The requirements of these programmes are described in terms of the total number of units which a student is required to complete rather than the duration. However, a normal student may be able to complete such a programme in four semesters, wherein the last semester may be spent for either of the two available alternatives, namely, Dissertation and Practice School. Certain motivated and hardworking students who are in dissertation stream may finish the programme in three semesters by starting the dissertation component right in their first semester. The programmes are intended to give a penetrating professional experience and an opportunity to acquire further competence either in one's own discipline or in many other traditional areas of Engineering, Pharmacy as well as interdisciplinary areas, like, Embedded Systems, Micro electronics, Computer Science, Biotechnology, Design Engineering, etc.