S. Vishnu Sharma
IIT Gandhinagar admission is about submitting applications for Masters in Cognitive Science and Society and Culture. Applications can be submitted for MSc (Cognitive Science) and MA (Society and Culture) till 20 January 2022.
The courses
Cognitive Science is a fast-growing emerging field that works at the intersection of philosophy, psychology, computer science, neuroscience, and Artificial Intelligence while the Society and Culture program provides exposure to key disciplines within the Humanities and Social Sciences including, history, culture studies, literature, translation studies, sociology, political science and anthropology.
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Key careers
The key career opportunities and research options available to students who study these courses are given below:
MSc Cognitive Science
Ø Industry roles such as Educators, User Experience (UX), Linguistic analysts, Data analysts, Product developers/designers, AI engineers, Cognitive rehabilitation, Robotics, consumer behavior etc.
Ø Academic roles such as Teaching or Research in, Human-Computer Interface, Neuroscience, Decision Making, etc. and International Ph.D. in opportunities
Ø Founding a start-up
MA Society and Culture
Ø Working with non-profit (NGOs, policy think-tanks), industry roles such as Journalism, Advertising/media, Communications, Writing, Human resources
Ø Academic roles such as Teaching or Research in Ecological Sciences and Public Policy, among others
Ø International Ph.D. in opportunities
About MSc Cognitive Science
Students willing to apply to study this course under this IIT Gandhinagar admission must remember that this is an interdisciplinary field with applications in a number of fields like medical neuroscience, neural prosthetics, development of Artificial Intelligent Systems and Machine Learning, Behavioral Economics and NeuroMarketing.
The objective of the Master’s program in Cognitive Science is to offer students from different backgrounds, access to a breadth of knowledge and research techniques in a wide range of areas in Cognitive Science.
Students who have a bachelor’s degree in any discipline with a minimum of 55% (5.5 CGPA for students with letter grades/CGPA) aggregate marks for General/OBC category candidates and at least 50% (5.0 CGPA for students with letter grades/CGPA) aggregate marks for SC, ST and PD category candidates in the qualifying degree are eligible to apply to study this course through this IIT Gandhinagar admission.
Students who would be completing their bachelor’s degree in the current academic year are also eligible to apply.
About MA Society and Culture
This is a unique program conceptualized and implemented by the faculty at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (since 2014) has a specific goal of providing to students (from any disciplinary background) breadth and focus in the key disciplines within the Humanities and Social Sciences.
The program also helps students understand intersections between disciplines so that recurring themes such as identity, democracy, tradition, modernity, citizenship, selfhood do not get restricted to a narrow disciplinary focus.
Candidates willing to apply for this course through this IIT Gandhinagar admission must have passed any degree from a recognised institution.
Selection process
Students who apply for the two courses through this IIT Gandhinagar admission process must first appear for an entrance test. Post completion of the entrance test, applicants will have to take part in an interview. Candidates would be selected based on their performance in the qualifying exam, written test and interview.
Point to remember
Students who have applied for IIT Gandhinagar admission must remember that the written test and interview would likely be held online owing to COVID-19 situation.
While applicants can obtain the exact information on the official website for the courses. In case the interviews or test would be held online, they must be ready with camera enabled laptops or desktops with internet connectivity in case the procedures are to be held online.
Important dates with regards to IIT Gandhinagar admission
The registration process (application submission) for this IIT Gandhinagar admission began on December 1 this year. The last date to submit applications in connection with this IIT Gandhinagar admission is January 20.
The online admission test will take place on 27 February 2022 and online interviews will take place from February 28 to March 1 in connection with this IIT Gandhinagar admission.
How to apply
The procedure to apply for this IIT Gandhinagar admission is online. Applicants can visit the official websites of the courses to know all about them before they commence applying.
The official website for MSc Cognitive Science is ‘https://cogs.iitgn.ac.in/cogs-msc/’ The same for MA Society and Culture is ‘https://hss.iitgn.ac.in/masc/’
Students after studying everything about the course can click the link for application on the respective official websites and commence registration to obtain username and password.
Post obtaining username and password, they can login and begin applying for this IIT Gandhinagar admission.
They can fill the form with the required information, upload the required documents, pay the registration fee and submit the form.
Registration fee
The registration fee for General category candidates is Rs 300. The same for candidates of SC/ST/PwD categories is Rs. 150.
Uniqueness
Professor Jaison A. Manjaly, head of Discipline of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Gandhinagar spoke about the uniqueness of the two programmes offered.
‘The interdisciplinary nature of all the courses at IIT Gandhinagar makes a student’s learning experience highly enriching.’
The M.A. in Society and Culture offers students diverse perspectives on social and cultural factors with a nuanced and more in-depth understanding of their context, he said.
The M.Sc. in Cognitive Science, on the other hand, offers a deeper understanding of mind, brain, and cognition. These programs are also uniquely aligned to the IITGN’s vision to enable lifelong learning among the students, he said.
Financial support
Students applying for IIT Gandhinagar admission to study these courses must remember that, For financial support, eligible candidates admitted to the M.Sc. (Cognitive Science) and M.A. (Society and Culture) programs can apply for the ‘On-Campus Employment Opportunities Program’.
The Institute also encourages the M.Sc. (Cognitive Science) and M.A. (Society and Culture) students to present their research work at national and international conferences and provides travel scholarships of up to Rs. 60,000.
Unique research experience
Students who apply to study the courses through this IIT Gandhinagar admission have to remember that, in both the programmes, students will have unique research experiences like conducting field-work, conducting ethnographic research in the old city of Ahmedabad, visiting historical and archeological sites in Gujarat, conducting experiments in the state of the art cognitive science lab, traveling across the country through the IIT Gandhinagar Explorer Fellowships, taking advantage of the national and international academic and industrial internship opportunities and much more. Exposure to international faculty is another highlight of these programs.