Bridge Program for Master Studies in Engineering

The bridge program is designed for science stream students to enter into engineering domain.

You should expect to get a chance to earn an engineering degree from France, which will help you in getting engineering jobs internationally and paid internship in the final semester in the France and Europe.

The program will cover topics like engineering mathematics, engineering physics – electromagnetism, engineering physics - heat transfer, basic electrical engineering, signals and systems, control systems, seminar, bibliographical studies and communication skills.

The program will be taught live in the online classroom by experienced and industry-oriented faculty. On-campus learning experience will be in class experience face to face with the faculty. 

No, the program is designed to be completed in its entirety and cannot be taken as standalone modules.

At least 18-20 hours per week of time commitment is expected to be able to complete the bridge program.

Peer-to-peer discussion forum where you can post your queries and your peers/faculty/teaching assistants answer your queries within a day. Regular Q&A sessions with faculty to get clarification on conceptual doubts. 

Application process for Bridge Program
• Create an account, apply and submit documents on ESIGELEC Website.
• Receive Conditional offer letter from via ESIGELEC ONESTOP.
• Apply on upGrad website and provide/upload your conditional offer letter received from ESIGELEC.
• Pay your fee to upGrad and start your course

Passport, Class 12 marksheet & certificate, Undergraduate official Degree & Transcripts, Medium of Instruction, SOP and Resume

To be eligible for the program, the following criteria need to be fulfilled: 
• For Master in Software Engineering & Digital Transformation student should be either B.Sc (IT/Computer Science) or BCA graduate with 60% marks.
• For Master in Electronic and Embedded Systems – students should be B.Sc (Electronics) graduate with 60% marks.
• Medium of instruction should be in English for Bachelor courses.
• You need to score a minimum of 50% marks in all subjects of the bridge program to transfer to ESIGELEC.

Taking the GRE is not a mandatory requirement. However, if you already have a GRE score of 300> at the time of applying, the admission interview will be waived.

For those applying for the 2-Year Master’s Programs, this is not a Mandatory requirement but if you do have an IELTS score of 6.5 or above (or equivalent), you will be eligible for a 750 € scholarship, which will be waived off from the tuition fees.

The SOP must highlight your reasons for choosing to study in France and for applying to the proposed program at ESIGELEC. You must also talk about your future career plans and other aspects of your background and interests that will help the admission committee evaluate your application. The SOP is also the document in which you can highlight any information that you did not manage to add in your CV.

Refund Policy: (Programs with prep-session component)
Student must pay an applicable caution money for the enrolment to the Program. This caution amount will be adjustable against the total Program fee payable by the student. You can claim a refund for the amount paid towards the Program at any time, before the Cohort Commencement Date, by visiting www.upgrad.com and submitting your refund form via the "My Application" section under your profile. Processing fee of Rs. 20,000/- will be levied. If less than Rs. 20,000/- have been paid in total, student shall not be eligible for any refund in such case. Student shall not be eligible for any refund under any circumstances if any such refund requests are raised post Cohort Commencement Date and student will continue to pay the EMI for loan (if applicable) and such loan cannot be cancelled. This is also applicable for those students who could not complete their payment and could not be enrolled in the cohort opted for. However, the student can raise a request for Pre-Program deferral as per the policy defined below for the same. In case of a refund, student will be solely responsible for any cancellation of loan, including but not limited to applicable loan cancellation charges levied on the total cancelled loan amount. Student must pay the full fee within 7 days of payment of Caution Money or Cohort Commencement Date, whichever is earlier, otherwise the admission letter will be rescinded. Request for refund must be sent via e-mail in the prescribed Refund Request Form. The refund will be processed within 30 working days of commencement of the program after being duly approved by the Academic Committee. 
 
Deferral Policy: (Pre- Program Commencement)
If a student, due to unavoidable circumstances is unable to commence with the cohort and requests for a deferral before the cohort starts, we provide the opportunity for the student to defer to another batch. However, the student will be required to pay 50% of the total course fee amount (inclusive of taxes) before the deferral can be approved. Till this is completed, the student will be assumed to be continuing in the same cohort. A student can request for deferral only once and to either of the scheduled cohorts to start in the next 1 year from the batch start date of initial batch the student enrolled for. The student has time till the current cohort launch date to make the payment of the 50% program fee, post which the deferral request will expire. Once the deferral window expires and the student now asks for a refund, the above-mentioned applicable refund policy will apply. The fee applicable to the deferred student will be as per prevailing fee for the batch student as opted to defer to (No additional deferral fee is required to be paid).  

Deferral Policy: (Post Program Commencement). 
Deferral is not allowed post program commencement.

No cost EMI is available on credit cards from all major banks (American Express, Bank of Baroda, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, RBL Bank, Standard Chartered, Axis Bank, Yes Bank).

If you are availing 0% credit card EMI, upGrad will not charge any processing fees or down payment for these transactions. Your bank may levy GST or other taxes on the interest component of the EMI. 

Certain banks charge nominal processing fees between INR 99 - 500 on 0% Credit Card EMI transaction. If charged will be billed in the first repayment instalment.

Only the Indian bank Credit cards can be used. But you can pay the amount using the Credit card option in one shot / part payments and later you can convert into EMI from your respective bank. The tenures and interest charged will depend on your bank. upGrad will not charge any processing fees or down payment for these transactions, this will be purely between you and your bank.

Yes, there will be additional charges to the extent of interest paid by the upGrad to the bank, you will be refunded only Principal amount, i.e. the amount actually deducted/blocked from your card. This deduction will be in addition to the amount mentioned in the refund policy shared with your offer letter.

You can pay the amount using the Credit card option in one shot / part payments and later you can convert into EMI from your respective bank. The tenures and interest charged will depend on your bank. upGrad will not charge any processing fees or down payment for these transactions.