About the Course
The times have changes, faste than we thought and the world is being highly reliant on Information Technology. Information Technology has become the fundamental base for society to persist. Technology is everywhere from being prevalent in aviation, banking, medicine, hospitality to everyday lives like ordering food and grocery.
This has resulted in Information Technology becoming a specialisation across educational branches. Every important task to every mundane task is conducted with Information Technology. IT is loosely confused to mean computer science, which can not be more wrong. Computer Science deals with construction of computers, microprocessors, designing circuits, writing codes amongst others. Information Technology on the other hand is the study, regulation and security of data. The dissemination of data is done through electronic medium and allied softwares.
One can pursure infomation technology in undergraduate, postgraduate and postdoctoral levels. Information technology courses are as bachelor or master of engineering, bachelor or master of technology, bachelor or master of science, bachelor or master of computer application. There are few other short term courses, diploma courses available.
Information Technology courses generally cover the subjects computer architecture, operating systems, database systems, foundation of computer systems, software engineering, e-commerce and erp, data warehousing, data mining, designing of applications and other related subjects.
Information technology courses take 4-5 years to be complete. IT courses have great career opportunities for even graduates as the demand for skilled labor is increasing. India is one of the biggest hub for information technology with over 5000 institutes offering courses.
Apart from India, Information technology in Australia covers multiple specialisations like sound development, software development, video games development, user support, telecom infrastructure and other allied courses. IT courses in the USA have strong integration with management and strategy perspectives. Their strong courses are Artificial Intelligence, Computer Information System and others. Canada is another growing leader for information technology related courses. This is because of the demand for skilled and qualified labor in the given subject.
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- Class 12 or an equivalent senior secondary exam results with more than 50% score.
- It is desirable to have computer science or mathematics or both as one of the subjects.
- Entrance examinations like JEET, B-CAT, TANCET, GRE, TOEFEL and others as may apply.
It is said that India is one of the hubs for information technology. Apart from India, Australia, United States of America, Canada, New Zealand, Sweden, United Kingdom are the global frontrunners.
There is a wide career scope for students studying Information Technology. They can work as software developer, data analyst, project manager, database administrator, client-server management system, or even be employed in fields like HR, logistics, operations amongst others.