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October 2026 Applications are open for the October 2026 VLSI design cohort Apply Now

Semiconductor & VLSI Fundamentals

You’ll be able to: Explain the semiconductor industry and the full ASIC & custom-IC flow; tell digital and analog design paths apart; read a chip spec.

Eligibility

Who Can Apply?

  • Undergraduates from 1st year onward — no prior coursework required
  • Diploma holders, and career-changers from any engineering or physics background
  • Degree in, or current enrolment in:
    Electrical & Electronic (EEE)
    Electronics & Communication (ECE)
    Electronics & Telecommunication (ETE)
    Computer Science & Engineering (CSE)
    Applied Physics / Electronics
    Other related disciplines
  • Assumed knowledge
    School-level physics and algebra
    No electronics, programming or tool experience expected

  • Eligibility is advisory, not a gate. Enrolment is open — if you meet the knowledge bar for a course, you are welcome in it whatever year you are in.

Screening Process

  • Step 1: Mini-Exam
  • Step 2: Online Interview

Program Curriculum

See how ICs are fabricated and where they're used.

Understand digital targets and when each is used.

Walk the end-to-end digital implementation flow.

See how gates and standard cells build blocks.

Grasp clocks, setup/hold and basic constraints.

Place simulation, STA and physical signoff in the flow.

Reason about PPA in digital design.

Understand analog design intent versus digital.

Use the transistor as the analog building block.

Recognise current mirrors, amplifiers and biasing.

Follow schematic → simulation → layout → verification.

See why physical layout drives analog performance.

Understand DRC/LVS/PEX in the custom flow.