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Semester 9

A full semester inside the lab for final-year engineers and recent graduates. Robots, PLCs and ROS 2, on live projects.

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The ninth semester, in 40 secondsIllustration

Final year
Control systems: theoryPLC: on paperVFD: one lab demoRobotics: electivePlacements next month

Coding courseCrowded queue

15%

of engineering students placed at survey time. Source: Unstop Talent Report 2026

  • Auto plantHiring
  • EV lineHiring
  • PharmaHiring
  • FMCGHiring
  • ElectronicsHiring

~80%

of Indian employers struggle to find skilled workers

Source: Indian Staffing Federation, 2026

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  • Robot arms
  • PLCs
  • SCADA
  • Vision
  • Drives

In the lab, full time · up to 20 engineers

  • Wire the PLC panel
  • Program the robot pick
  • Vision check on every part
  • Line running, handed over

Interview season

  • Robotic pick-and-place cell
  • PLC and SCADA filling line
  • Vision inspection station

Industry internshipPractical assessment

Semester 9.

On the factory floor

7 months · Rajajinagar, Bengaluru

  1. Final year, EEE, ECE or mechanical. Four years of theory, and the real machines are still diagrams.
  2. Most classmates take the default path: a coding course, then a crowded queue.
  3. Meanwhile, factories cannot find engineers who can run their machines.
  4. So one student takes a ninth semester: real robots, PLCs and SCADA from week one.
  5. Every week ends with a real cell commissioned: wired, programmed, tested.
  6. Seven months later, interviews. The CV shows commissioned projects, not just marks.
  7. Eight semesters build an engineer. The ninth puts them on the factory floor.

Where you are today

Final year in a core branch probably feels like this.

  • EEE
  • ECE
  • ETE
  • EIE
  • Mechanical
  • EEE“I can solve power systems and machines on paper. I have never wired a control panel or set up a VFD.”
  • ECE“Two years of microcontrollers and embedded C. Nobody has shown us a PLC or a SCADA screen.”
  • ETE“We studied communication protocols. Profinet or Modbus on a running line? Never seen one.”
  • EIE“Instrumentation is our subject. I have never tuned a loop or calibrated a sensor on a live process.”
  • Mechanical“Every plant I visit runs on robots and automation. Our syllabus stops at machines and drawings.”
  • All five“Seniors from my branch took a coding course. Most are still waiting in the IT hiring queue.”

Why now

Meanwhile, the default path is getting narrower.

For two decades, core-branch students were told to learn to code and join an IT company. Today that route is crowded, while core industry is short of engineers.

  • 15%

    of engineering students had been placed when India’s largest campus-hiring survey was taken.

    Source: Unstop Talent Report 2026
  • −19%

    fall in entry-level tech job openings in India, year on year.

    Source: Analytics India Magazine, May 2026
  • ~80%

    of Indian employers say they struggle to find skilled workers.

    Source: Indian Staffing Federation, 2026

Strong in theory. Not enough time on real systems.

In collegeIn industry

Concepts of PLC, SCADA and control systems

Hands-on work with real PLCs, HMIs, SCADA and drives

Simulators and lab demonstrations

Experience across multiple industrial brands

Limited exposure to field devices

Integration with real sensors, actuators and safety systems

Machine design and drawings

Robot cells, pneumatics and servo motion on real machines

Little troubleshooting or commissioning

Commissioning, troubleshooting and maintaining live systems

Semester 9 doesn’t replace what colleges teach. It completes it.

The good news

You are not late. You are one semester away.

12345678 Semesters 1 to 8 Most start job-hunting here Semester 9 Factory floor One semester between the classroom and the factory floor

Semester 9 gives you three things.

  • Real hardware from week one

    Industrial robots, PLCs, SCADA, HMIs and drives, not simulations.

  • Curriculum from live projects

    Designed by engineers who commission automation for a living, not adapted from textbooks.

  • Small cohorts, real mentorship

    A maximum of 20 engineers, so everyone gets machine time.

Format

How it runs

Length
7 months, including an industry internship
Schedule
Full time, in the lab
Cohort
Up to 20 engineers
Where
Rajajinagar, Bengaluru

Who it is for

Built for engineers who want the floor, not the slides

  • Final-year students in ECE, EEE, mechanical, mechatronics and instrumentation
  • Recent graduates moving into core engineering
  • Diploma holders with a background in electrical or mechanical work

What you learn

The curriculum

Industrial automation

  • Field devices, inputs and outputs
  • Control panel design and safety
  • Pneumatics and hydraulics
  • PLC programming on multiple brands
  • HMI and SCADA
  • Industrial networks
  • Project planning and commissioning

Robotics

  • Robot fundamentals
  • End-of-arm tooling design
  • Programming six-axis and SCARA robots
  • Vision integrated with the robot
  • Force and torque sensing
  • Conveyor tracking

Physical AI

  • ROS 2
  • Machine vision and inspection
  • Mobile robots and navigation
  • Simulation in Line Zero

Syllabus

Month by month

The detailed syllabus for Semester 9 is coming soon.

Until then, a counsellor can walk you through it, week by week.

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Line Zero

Try it before you join

Line Zero is the simulator our engineers built for learners. Open the module below and you are doing a small piece of week one.

Line Zero · runs in your browser

Try the full line module

Walk a running factory line: conveyors, a robot arm, vision and PLC logic. The arm here is the kind you program in week one.

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What you leave with

  • A portfolio of commissioned projects
  • A practical assessment on industrial hardware
  • Introductions to hiring companies
Apply to Semester 9 Or see Working Professionals

Let’s build it.

A line to automate, a machine to control, a robot to build. Tell us what you are running.

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