Soon after graduating, Engineering students either land a job for themselves or opt for higher studies like post graduations or Ph.Ds. They are often seen in the dilemma of “What next?”, “Which one next?” kind.
So, for all those fresh graduates who are worried and are on the fence of what next, here is a compiled list of few courses that you can opt for according to your interest or the ones where you find a lot of scopes.
The below list of all the courses after B.Tech that you can opt for is not just confined to a student of a particular stream but are open for all the students from different streams who are for looking PG courses.
So, let’s get started. Find the one that will help you enhance your skills and will eventually become the way for you to reach culminating success.
Top Courses After B.Tech
1. M.Tech (Master of Technology)
Duration: 2 yearsEntrance Exam: GATE
This is one of the most popular courses and the most popular choice for most of the B.Tech degree holders. As soon as the students get graduated, they keep eyeing for the best colleges to pursue their Master’s degree.
When opted for the M.Tech course, students are provided with the options to choose the fields of their interest that slightly relates to the course they pursued their undergraduate degree in. The Master’s degree is meant for the students who crave to gain expertise in their fields of interests.
Like any other UG or PG course, the candidate has to crack the entrance exam to get admitted in the M.Tech course. The most common entrance exam for M.Tech is the GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering). It is the national exam that is conducted in India.
Once the students crack this exam with a good score, they are likely to get an admission into the IITs, IISC or NITs.
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2. MBA (Master of Business Administration)
Duration: 2 yearsEntrance Exam: CAT
This course might usually sound out of the list, but this is surely a great option for engineers too, and not only the management students. There are many MNCs and popular tag companies that hire the engineers with great management skills. And, an engineer with an MBA degree has a high value in the industry.
If you ever wanted to supervise things under your control or say imagined yourself at higher delegations like a manager, then MBA can be the gateway to your dream job. The students again have options to choose their field of interest, but that has nothing to do with your B.Tech course. Here the student’s selection solely depends on what they are interested in or what they find good for themselves.
The students are required to crack the entrance exam called CAT (Common Admission Test) with a good score in order to get admissions into popular MBA colleges.
3. MS (Master of Science)
Duration: 2 years, 2-3 yearsEntrance Exam: IELTS or TOEFL
This is again a common choice for the candidate who is interested in higher studies abroad; we also have a few great institutions in India too. The Masters of Science degree course focuses on more of the curriculum based on hard facts like engineering, medicine, mathematics or technology.
The MS course offerings will focus on specific topics that have more in-depth and comprehensive knowledge base. So, basically in simple words, it can be described as a course with more of partial knowledge to let the candidate gain more and more exposure to industrial practices.
The common entrance exams a student is required to crack are IELTS (International English Language Testing Systems) or TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) that test the student’s proficiency in English. The candidate must have a good sore of around 6.5 or 7 to qualify the exam.
4. MCA (Master of Computer Applications)
Duration: 3 yearsEntrance Exam: AIMCET
Students with an interest in programming or software development can opt for this course. The MCA course focuses on the development of software applications and software field. It has different fields to choose from like programming, developing, maintenance and testing etc.
AIMCET (All India MCA Common Entrance Test) is the entrance test that the candidate needs to crack with a good score.
5. M.Phil (Master of Philosophy)
Duration: 1-2 yearsEntrance Exam: CET
For the candidates who look for higher degrees within a short period of time, the M.Phil course will be an ideal choice. This postgraduate program spans for 1 year and aims at developing skills and professionalism.
The students with a keen interest in developing analytical skills and synthesizing skills can opt for M. Phil course in their field of interest. Regardless of the subject, the candidate has chosen, the course provides a rigorous and scientific study of all the domains of a specific subject chosen by the candidate.
The candidates need to crack an entrance exam called CET (Common Eligibility Test) to get admission into the M. Phil course.
6. Civil Services
Duration: Depends on the student’s interest (weeks, months)Entrance Exam: CSE
This is again an off-track course for B.Tech students. This course is nowhere related to your UG course. The Civil Services have dedicated services for the nation. This can many times be a hidden choice of the students.
The one who cracks the civil service exams is subjected to become an IPS (Indian Police Service) or IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer. But many times, the thought of taking up this course is dropped, as the civil service exams are considered to be the toughest exams of all, and the one that needs hours of preparations each day.
But as they say, where there is a will, there is a way. If you are determined to become a civil servant, then you can definitely go for it. After all, all that it tests is the candidate’s capability.
The entrance exam that the candidate needs to crack to become an IAS or IPS officer is CSE (Civil Services Examination) that is conducted nationwide across India by the UPSC (Union Public Service Commission).
