Masters in Medical Science and Technology (MMST)

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Masters in Medical Science and Technology (MMST)

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Duration: 3 Year(s)

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur

Kharagpur, West Bengal, India

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Course TypeMaster

Course Specialty

Health Technology

Overview

    • The program is a three-year postgraduate course, specially designed for medical graduates of MBBS or equivalent to train them in clinical research and technology in medicine.
    • The aim is to provide a platform for interdisciplinary teaching and research in the field of medicine and clinical research which can lead to a better integrated healthcare delivery system.
    • The curriculum includes Medical Biotechnology, Data Structure & Programming, Biological Physics, Medical Imaging, Translational Health Research, Medical Electronics, Biomaterials Lab, Medical Instrumentation, Molecular Imaging. 
    • The students are exposed to all kinds of imaging modalities; microscopic and macroscopic, and will work on advanced image processing systems.
    • The academic program is of 3 years of duration with project work, dissertation, seminars and viva voce.
    • The Students will spend first two years in doing various course works in medicine and clinical research etc.
    • The last year of course is reserved for internal or external training either in India or abroad on actual research projects.
    • The students of MMST also serve as hospitalists at BC Roy Technology Hospital, a hospital with Intensive Care Unit and housing research labs for Medical Imaging, Instrumentation and Telemedicine, clinical exposure provides in the clinical acumen the student for interdisciplinary research.

Admission Intake

April

Fee ():

-

Stipend (INR):

Not applicable

Accomodation:

Hostel Facility

Scholarship:

Not applicable

Eligibility

    • The applicants should have completed their medical graduation in MBBS or equivalent degree from a medical college recognised by Medical Council of India (MCI)/ National Medical Commission (NMC) with a minimum of 55% marks in aggregate and having studied mathematics at +2 level (even as additional subject) or from any recognised Open University.

Minimum Education

MBBSMD (Doctor of Medicine)

Admission Process:

    • The admission process will be trough entrance exam of GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering).
    • The final selection is strictly based on an objective type of entrance test conducted by the Gate, IIT.
    • The test includes objective questions from medical domain as well as from +2 level Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.
    • The entrance test is conducted annually, in the month of April at Kolkata (IIT Kharagpur extension campus).
    • Candidates who are qualifying in the admission test, will be called for counselling at IIT Kharagpur before final selection.
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