7. Test of English as a Foreign Language
• 110 countries - 6000 institutes
• Score valid for 2 years
• US - Some universities TOEFL is not required. Not required for Post Doctoral
Program
• Education Testing Services - ETS conducts it via agencies.
In India www.prometricindia.com
• More opportunities in Bio technology, Bio informatics, Gametology, Microbiology,
Communication, Information Technology, Robotics, Signal Processing.
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8. International English Language Testing System
• Europe, Australia, New Zealand, US - 200 universities
• Cambridge University, British Council, IDP-IELTS Australia - together conducts
• Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking
• Result on 13th day
• Marking(1-9) 6-8 good
• www.ielts.org
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9. More Exams on ENGLISH
• Teach English as a Foreign Language – TEFL
• Test of Spoken English – TSE
• Business Language Testing Systems – BULATS
• Business English Certificate - BEC
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10. Graduate Record Examination - GRE
• All US universities, some in UK and other
European countries, Canada,…
• Education Testing Services - Prometric India
• GRE - General, Subject. 185 $
• Exam Date after 3 months can be opted.
• General (Verbal- 130-170, Quantitative 130-170,
Analytical Writing 0-6)
• 5 year validity -3 hr 30/45 PBT/CBT
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11. Graduate Management Aptitude Test - GMAT
• MBA
• 16 year of study or 4 year Degree
• GMA Council - Pearson VUE
• 3 hour 30 mins - Analytical Writing Assessment,
Integrated Reasoning, Quantitative, Verbal
• GMAT Total score 200 - 800, 400 - 600 avg
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12. Things to remember
• Course and Interest
• Fee, other expenses and Scholarships
• Part Time Job Feasibility
• Minimum 2 Referees
• STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
• Accredited
• Association of Indian Universities Approved
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13. GATE
• M Tech/ MS
• IISc/ IITs/ NITs/ NITIE/ IIIT/ NUS/NTU
• 100 Marks
• Score 1000
• Direct PhD also possible
• Notification –September/ October
• Exam – Feb/March online
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18. Joint Entrance Screening Test - JEST
• Physics, BioInformatics, Nuclear Science, Astrophysics, Theoretical Computer
Science,..
• ARIES, Nainital
• HBNI, Mumbai
• HRI, Allahabad
• ICTS, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (TIFR) Bangalore
• IGCAR Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam
• IIA, Indian Institute of Astrophysics Bangalore
• IISc Bangalore
• IISER Pune, Thiruvananthapuram, Mohali
• IPR Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar
• PRL Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
• IMSc The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
• TIFR
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19. IIIT Bangalore MS/ MTech/ Integrated PhD – GATE (EC/CS/EE)
IIIT Hyderabad MTech/ MS/ PhD – PGEE (CS/EC Related)
IIIT Allahabad Cyber Law & Information Security/ BioMedical –
GATE
BITS – Institute Entrance
MANIPAL – Manipal University – Online Entrance Test
DA – IICT GATE
TANCA (GATE / Non GATE -TANCET)
CUSAT/ KERALA (GATE)
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22. DEFENSE – Do you have it in you?
CDSE, Central Armed Forces : UPSC
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http://www.nausena-bharti.nic.in/
http://www.careerairforce.nic.in/
http://www.joinindiancoastguard.gov.in/
http://crpf.nic.in/crp_d.htm
http://itbpolice.nic.in/itbpwebsite/cpr.html
http://www.bsf.nic.in/en/recruitment.html
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23. Civil Services
• Preliminary
General Studies (1 & 2): Paper 2 is Aptitude
• Mains - written
7 Papers (including 2 papers of a subject of your choice)
• Interviews
IAS, IRS, IPS, IFS, ICS, IES, …
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24. Private Sector
• IT
• Non IT, but Technical
• BPO
• Banks
• Journalism
• HRs and other Administrative Jobs
• Film, Art, and others
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25. What can you do now ?
• Coursera, npetl, mit
• Internships
• Self driven Projects
• Puzzles
• HackerEarth, HackerRank, ProjectEuler,
Codechef , Google Summer of Code
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26. Ready to be a professional
• Resume
• Linkedln
• Interview
• Preparation -Technical
• HR
• Teams
• Project
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27. Life at IT & Scope for Higher
Studies
• Service, BPO, Product, Research
• Team Lunch, Corporate Dinner
• Conferences, Meetings
• Fun, Food, and Technology
• MBA
• MTech
• MS
• PhD
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28. Do what you Like
and
Like what you Do
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29. Twenty years from now you will be
more disappointed by the things you
didn’t do than by the ones you did
do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail
away from the safe harbor. Catch the
trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.
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