Embedded systems are a specialization course in engineering offered at the postgraduate level. Those who have pursued Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical, Electronics, Computer Science, Information Technology, or Instrumentation Engineering are eligible to apply for this post graduation program. The course study includes topics on OS related programming, chip level programming, middleware, protocol level development, and so on.

The course is offered by several Engineering Colleges in India. Majority of these Colleges follow GATE exam as the basic eligibility for admission in to M.Tech in embedded systems. Only a few Colleges in India offer PhD courses in embedded systems.

List of Embedded Systems Entrance Exams

• GATE: Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
• PGCET: Post Graduate Common Entrance Test
• TANCET: TamilNadu Common Entrance Test
• Birla Institute of Technology & Science M.Tech Entrance Exam

List of Institutes that participate in Embedded Systems Entrance Exams

• Amrita School of Engineering Bangalore
• Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore
• Annamacharya Institute of Technology & Science
• Bharat Institute of Engineering and Technology
• BITS Pilani
• CMR College of Engineering & Technology
• College of Engineering, Guindy
• CVR College of Engineering
• CVSR College of Engineering Ranga Reddy
• GH Raisoni College of Engineering
• GKM College of Engineering and Technology
• Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering & Technology
• Gudlavalleru Engineering College
• Jayamukhi Institute of Technological Sciences
• Nalanda Institute of Engineering & Technology
• Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology
• Nirma Institute of Technology
• Nishitha College of Engineering and Technology
• PES College of Engineering Mandya
• Pragati Engineering College
• Raja College of Engineering and Technology
• Rajeev Gandhi Memorial College of Engineering & Technology
• Ramappa Engineering College
• Shri Vaishanav Institute of Technology and Science
• SJB Institute of Technology
• Sree Chaitanya College of Engineering
• Swami Ramananda Tirtha Institute of Science & Technology
• TRR College of Engineering
• Vathsalya Engineering College
• Vidya Vikas Institute of Technology
• VNR Vignan Jyothi Institute of Engineering & Technology

Exam Pattern of Embedded Systems Entrance Exams

The objective type questions must be answered in an OMR sheet distributed at the time of examination. The total time allotted for PGCET entrance test is 2 hours where as that for GATE is 3 hours.

How to procure application forms for Embedded Systems Entrance Exams?

The application forms for this entrance test can be procured through any of the following ways. It can be obtained through

• Banks
• University Counters or
• By Post

For obtaining the admission form through post, the applicant has to send a request along with the application fee (in the form of Demand draft) to the concerned official address. The branches of banks specified in the advertisement acts as another alternative to obtain the application forms.