Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
The University of Lucknow will start offering part-time MTech courses for working professionals from the academic year 2022-23. This was announced by the University through the official Twitter handle on Monday. The applications and details for the part-time course will be shared soon.
According to the official reports from the university, the board comprising of the engineering faculty has given a nod to the proposal, during a recent meeting held after analysing the success of the part-time PhD programme. The University will start the process of online applications as soon as the approval from the academic council comes.
Announcing the launch of the part-time course, a social media post of the university said: “FoET, University of Lucknow has started MTech part time course to facilitate higher education for working persons.”
The part-time MTech course by the Lucknow University will be held for six semesters. The course is meant for working professionals including engineers and teachers who will be able to attend classes during late hours on weekends. Working professionals, with a BTech or Bachelor of Engineering degree are also eligible to take the course. The course which is being imparted by the faculty of engineering and technology will begin with subjects including power system in electrical engineering and industrial and production engineering in mechanical engineering domain.
According to available information, the starting batch will have 20 seats. The timings of the classes would be 6pm to 9pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Those interested in the course will have to submit a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from their organisations. Further the selection will be done on the basis of entrance exam and interview, as per the media reports. The fees of each semester of the part-time MTech programme will be Rs 40,000.
