Double Degree/ Joint Degree- A trend with Benefits

In today’s economic landscape, Education is becoming more important than ever before. The competition is growing for good jobs and employees are being asked to do more in less time with less resource. To go ahead, people are looking for high in demand courses such as MBA, B.Tech, LAW etc. But the education is not industry centric. To make it industry centric, several universities across the state and country have begun offering flexible dual degree and integrated courses like management and human resources goes with engineering programmes, law courses is available with BA etc. There is much value in this cross-departmental collaboration.

Some of the country's prestigious institutions have taken the lead in introducing integrated programmes, thus setting a trend for others to follow. Because of these integrated courses, students can develop expertise in two separate fields or leverage technical expertise in one field with another. The premier institutes in this filed are; The IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) offer a five-year M.Tech dual degree course in different engineering branches.

BITS, Pilani, Goa, Bangalore and Hyderabad Campuses offer dual degree options wherein a candidate can complete their engineering along with their M.Sc (Hons). In this way, management education integrated with engineering, architecture and pharmacy, offers huge opportunities to students.

“One thing you need to consider and realize is that integrating your degree adds two whole years to your experience.” says Sidhartha Rastogi, professor of Economics at IIT Indore. However, the benefits don’t stop there. There is an advantage of pursuing dual degree is that you don't have to take an entrance exam twice. Another advantage is that these programs are easily customized and grant students flexibility in determining their areas of study. In addition, the joint degrees give candidates greater access to resources like professors, cost & time benefits, and opportunities than they would have in a single program.

Dual degree courses seem to be in thing for youngsters today, with thousands of students looking for hitting two birds with one stone. Considering the advantageous of a double degree programme and how you will expand your knowledge and experience, it is definitely a great way to complete two degrees at a time. Get in contact with the universities or colleges and find a chance of completing a double degree!

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