IIT Hyderabad to launch a 12-month Certificate Program on 'Future Wireless Communication'

Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Hyderabad has launched a 12-month certificate program on “Future Wireless Communications.” The program will commence on August 1, 2022. The last date to apply for the program is July 10, 2022. Students can find details and apply for the program on the official website– fwc.iith.ac.in. Diploma, BSc, BTech graduates/ final year students or with an equivalent degree in any branch of science or engineering are eligible for this program.

The one-year certificate course is divided into 4 modules with an option to exit after any module with a certificate. Selected



candidates will be awarded a scholarship of INR 25,000 per month till the program ends. The scholarship will be accompanied by up to 50 pre-placement offers and 200 R&D project staff positions in the IITH 6G research project.

On this occasion, Professor B S Murty, Director, IITH, said, “It is imperative that the wealth of knowledge created in the IITH 5G research program be shared with as many fresh graduates in the country as possible in the shortest possible time. This certificate program will help address the acute shortage of workforce in this domain by training at least 500 engineers per year”.