Georgia Tech’s Online Masters in Computer Science to enter India

BENGALURU:Bennett University will be the India associate for Georgia Tech’s Online Master of Science in Computer Science (OMSCS). Under this association, students undertaking online courses from Georgia Tech will receive on ground support with regards to the OMSCS course.

This marks the second in the line of such associations for Bennett University, an initiative of The Times Of India Group, the first being with edX under which edX will be the preferred worldwide provider of massive open online courses (MOOCs) to Bennett University.

“This is a first of many other important initiatives which are planned for the Indian subcontinent and we are hopeful that this association with Bennett University will be a successful one. We are confident that the students will be greatly benefited by this unique combination of our online course coupled with on ground support from Bennett University.” Said Zvi Galil, dean of College of Computing, Georgia Tech.

“Georgia Tech is one of the leaders in the online education sector and we are delighted to be associated with them for their OMSCS course. It has been our constant endeavour to bring the best to our stakeholders and we believe this association will help students get desired exposure in one of the best of online courses available,” said Yaj Medury, vice-chancellor, Bennett University.

Galil and Medury plan to showcase the OMSCS programme as an example of the kind of innovation needed in the education system to address the rising costs of quality higher education.

Bennett University launches in July 2016 with the promise of making students ‘life and career ready’. Located in Greater Noida within the National Capital Region, the university will initially offer a B.Tech in engineering (with specializations in computer science engineering, electronics and communications and mechanical engineering), and an MBA in management. Over the next few years, it will expand to a comprehensive offering of undergraduate, post-graduate and PhD programs across engineering, management, media, law, design, architecture, liberal arts and applied sciences.