by Rishi | Jul 10, 2026 | JNTUK R23 Syllabus
| # | Category | Subject | L-T-P | Credits |
|---|
| 1 | BS | Complex Variables & Numerical Methods | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 2 | HSMC | Universal Human Values – Understanding Harmony and Ethical Human Conduct | 2-1-0 | 3 |
| 3 | Engineering Science | Electromagnetic Field Theory | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 4 | Professional Core | Electrical Circuit Analysis-II | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 5 | Professional Core | DC Machines & Transformers | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 6 | Professional Core | Electrical Circuit Analysis-II and Simulation Lab | 0-0-3 | 1.5 |
| 7 | Professional Core | DC Machines & Transformers Lab | 0-0-3 | 1.5 |
| 8 | Skill Enhancement Course | Data Structures Lab | 0-1-2 | 2 |
| 9 | Audit Course | Environmental Science | 2-0-0 | – |
Complex Variables & Numerical Methods
builds the mathematical toolkit electrical engineers lean on when a problem has no neat closed-form answer: numerical methods for root-finding, interpolation and integration, plus the theory of complex functions.
- Unit 1: Iterative root-finding methods (bisection, secant, false position, Newton-Raphson) and interpolation (Newton’s forward/backward, Lagrange’s formula)
- Unit 2: Numerical integration (trapezoidal, Simpson’s 1/3 and 3/8 rules) and solving ODEs (Taylor series, Picard’s method, Euler’s method, Runge-Kutta, Milne’s predictor-corrector)
- Unit 3: Functions of a complex variable — continuity, differentiability, Cauchy-Riemann equations, and complex integration via Cauchy’s integral theorems
- Unit 4: Series expansions (Taylor, Maclaurin, Laurent), types of singularities, and the residue theorem for evaluating real integrals
- Unit 5: Conformal mapping — standard transformations, translation, rotation, bilinear transformations, fixed points and cross-ratio
Universal Human Values – Understanding Harmony and Ethical Human Conduct
a foundation course that asks engineering students to examine their own values and relationships before examining circuits, building self-awareness and an ethical compass for professional life.
- Unit 1: Introduction to value education — self-exploration and the basis of happiness and prosperity
- Unit 2: Harmony within the individual — the relationship between the self and the body
- Unit 3: Harmony in the family and society — trust, respect and the foundations of human relationships
- Unit 4: Harmony with nature — interconnectedness across the orders of existence
- Unit 5: Implications for professional ethics — translating holistic understanding into ethical human conduct
Electromagnetic Field Theory
develops the vector-calculus foundation for how electric and magnetic fields behave in space, underlying everything from cable design to the machine flux analysis that shows up later in the EEE curriculum.
- Unit 1: Vector analysis (coordinate systems, gradient, divergence, curl) and electrostatics — Coulomb’s law, Gauss’s law, electric potential
- Unit 2: Conductors, dielectrics and capacitance — dipoles, polarization, boundary conditions, and energy stored in electric fields
- Unit 3: Magnetostatics — Biot-Savart’s law, Ampere’s circuital law, magnetic force and torque
- Unit 4: Self and mutual inductance of solenoids, toroids and coaxial cables, and magnetic energy storage
- Unit 5: Time-varying fields — Faraday’s law, displacement current, and Maxwell’s equations in integral and point form
Electrical Circuit Analysis-II
extends first-year circuit theory into three-phase systems, transient behaviour and frequency-domain tools that electrical engineers use daily to analyse real networks.
- Unit 1: Analysis of three-phase balanced and unbalanced circuits, and power measurement techniques
- Unit 2: Laplace transforms and transient response of R-L, R-C and R-L-C circuits
- Unit 3: Two-port network parameters (impedance, admittance, hybrid, ABCD) and their interconnection
- Unit 4: Fourier series analysis of circuits under periodic, non-sinusoidal excitation
- Unit 5: Filter design — low-pass, high-pass, band-pass and band-elimination constant-k filters
DC Machines & Transformers
covers the construction, operation and testing of DC generators, DC motors and transformers, the electromechanical building blocks that reappear throughout the power-focused subjects ahead.
- Unit 1: DC generator construction, EMF equation, excitation methods and characteristics
- Unit 2: DC motor starting, speed control methods, and standard testing procedures (Swinburne’s, Hopkinson’s, brake test)
- Unit 3: Single-phase transformer construction, operation, phasor diagrams and equivalent circuit
- Unit 4: Transformer testing — OC/SC tests, Sumpner’s test, parallel operation and auto-transformers
- Unit 5: Three-phase transformer connections, vector groups, and on-load/off-load tap changers
Electrical Circuit Analysis-II and Simulation Lab
pairs hands-on measurement with simulation software so students verify circuit theorems and network parameters using both real instruments and software tools.
- Measuring active/reactive power for balanced and unbalanced three-phase loads, and determining Z, Y, ABCD and hybrid network parameters
- Simulation-based verification of KCL/KVL, mesh/nodal analysis, superposition, maximum power transfer, reciprocity, Thevenin’s and Norton’s theorems
- Analysing transient response of RL/RC/RLC circuits and resonance, plus verifying self and mutual inductance
DC Machines & Transformers Lab
hands-on testing of DC machines and transformers that connects classroom theory on speed control, efficiency and regulation to measurable machine behaviour on the test bench.
- Speed control and braking tests on DC shunt motors, plus Swinburne’s, Hopkinson’s and field tests on DC machines
- Load tests on DC shunt and compound generators and DC series machines
- OC/SC and Sumpner’s tests, Scott connection, parallel operation, and core-loss separation for single-phase transformers
Data Structures Lab
introduces core data structures and algorithmic thinking through hands-on programming, giving EEE students the programming foundation the later software-heavy labs assume.
- Unit 1: Arrays, searching (linear, binary) and sorting (bubble, selection, quick sort)
- Unit 2: Singly, doubly and circular linked lists and their applications
- Unit 3: Stack implementation using arrays and linked lists, with expression evaluation and backtracking applications
- Unit 4: Queue, circular queue and deque implementation and applications
- Unit 5: Binary trees and binary search trees — traversal, insertion and deletion
Environmental Science
a mandatory awareness course on natural resources, ecosystems and pollution control, aimed at making engineering graduates conscious of the environmental footprint of the technology they build.
- Unit 1: Multidisciplinary nature of environmental studies and natural resources (forest, water, mineral, food, energy)
- Unit 2: Ecosystem structure and function, and biodiversity conservation
- Unit 3: Types and control of environmental pollution, and solid waste/disaster management
- Unit 4: Sustainable development, environmental legislation and social issues
- Unit 5: Population growth, human health and the environment
by Rishi | Jul 10, 2026 | JNTUK R23 Syllabus
| # | Category | Subject | L-T-P | Credits |
|---|
| 1 | Internship & Project Work | Full-Semester Internship and Project Work | 0-0-24 | 12 |
IV Year II Semester
consists entirely of a full-semester Industry Internship and Project Work component (12 credits). There are no additional theory, lab, or elective subjects in this semester, and — appropriately, since it is evaluated as an internship/project rather than taught coursework — no unit-wise syllabus for it appears in the document.
by Rishi | Jul 10, 2026 | JNTUK R23 Syllabus
| # | Category | Subject | L-T-P | Credits |
|---|
| 1 | Professional Core | Cellular & Mobile Communications | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 2 | Management Course-II | Management Science | 2-0-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Professional Elective-IV | Low Power VLSI Design / Coding Theory and Applications / DSP Processors and Architectures / Soft Computing Techniques | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 4 | Professional Elective-V | Design for Testability / Radar Engineering / Digital Image Processing / Internet of Things | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 5 | Open Elective-III | Fundamentals of VLSI Design / Digital Electronics / Electronic Measurements and Instrumentation / Optical Communications | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 6 | Open Elective-IV | Principles of Cellular & Mobile Communications / Fundamentals of Satellite Communications / Embedded Systems / Transducers and Signal Conditioning / Quantum Science and Technology | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 7 | Skill Enhancement Course | Digital Signal and Image Processing Lab | 0-1-2 | 2 |
| 8 | Audit Course | Constitution of India | 2-0-0 | – |
| 9 | Internship | Evaluation of Industry Internship | – | 2 |
| | Total | 19-1-2 | 21 |
Cellular & Mobile Communications
explains how cellular networks are actually engineered, from frequency reuse through to 5G, tying together most of the wireless theory from earlier semesters.
- Unit 1: Cellular system fundamentals — frequency reuse, co-channel interference, and trunking
- Unit 2: Co-channel/non-co-channel interference measurement and diversity techniques
- Unit 3: Frequency management, channel assignment, and cell-coverage propagation models
- Unit 4: Cell-site/mobile antenna design and handoff mechanisms
- Unit 5: Digital cellular networks — GSM, CDMA, OFDM/OFDMA, and an introduction to 5G
Management Science
a general industrial-engineering and management primer covering the operations and HR concepts engineers encounter once they move into industry roles.
- Unit 1: Management functions, motivation theories, and organizational structure design
- Unit 2: Plant location/layout decisions and work-study/method-study techniques
- Unit 3: PERT/CPM project management and statistical quality control
- Unit 4: Materials management — inventory classification (ABC, VED) and purchase management
- Unit 5: Human resource management basics and marketing fundamentals
Low Power VLSI Design
(Professional Elective-IV) — addresses power dissipation as a first-class design constraint, essential for any battery-powered or high-density chip design.
- Unit 1: Sources of power dissipation and short-channel effects in MOS circuits
- Unit 2: Voltage-scaling design approaches (VTCMOS, MTCMOS) and switched-capacitance minimization
- Unit 3: Low-voltage low-power adder architectures and design techniques
- Unit 4: Low-voltage low-power multiplier architectures (Braun, Booth, Wallace tree)
- Unit 5: Low-power memory design — ROM, SRAM, and DRAM technologies
Coding Theory and Applications
(Professional Elective-IV) — deepens the error-control coding introduced in Digital Communications, needed for reliable data transmission and storage systems.
- Unit 1: Information measures and linear block code fundamentals (Hamming codes)
- Unit 2: Cyclic codes — generator/parity-check matrices and decoding methods
- Unit 3: Convolutional codes and maximum-likelihood (Viterbi) decoding
- Unit 4: Burst-error-correcting cyclic and convolutional codes
- Unit 5: BCH codes and their syndrome-based decoding procedures
DSP Processors and Architectures
(Professional Elective-IV) — moves from DSP algorithms to the actual processor hardware (TMS320, ADSP families) that runs them in real products.
- Unit 1: DSP system fundamentals and computational-accuracy/error sources
- Unit 2: Programmable DSP architecture — computational units, buses, and addressing
- Unit 3: TMS320C54XX processor architecture and instruction set
- Unit 4: Analog Devices DSP family (ADSP-2100, Blackfin) architecture
- Unit 5: Interfacing memory and I/O peripherals to programmable DSP devices
Soft Computing Techniques
(Professional Elective-IV) — covers neural networks, fuzzy logic, and evolutionary algorithms as complementary tools to classical AI/ML for ill-defined problems.
- Unit 1: Introduction to soft computing — AI, ANN, fuzzy systems, and genetic algorithms compared
- Unit 2: Artificial neural network architectures — perceptron, backpropagation, Hopfield, Kohonen networks
- Unit 3: Fuzzy logic systems — fuzzy sets, relations, and inference systems
- Unit 4: Genetic algorithms and evolutionary programming
- Unit 5: Swarm intelligence — ant colony and particle swarm optimization
Design for Testability
(Professional Elective-V) — teaches how chips are designed to be tested efficiently after fabrication, a practical necessity in real VLSI production.
- Unit 1: Testing philosophy and fault modelling (stuck-at faults)
- Unit 2: Logic and fault simulation, and automatic test pattern generation (ATPG)
- Unit 3: Testability measures (SCOAP) and scan-design techniques
- Unit 4: Built-in self-test (BIST) architectures
- Unit 5: Boundary scan standard and boundary-scan description language
Radar Engineering
(Professional Elective-V) — explains how radar systems detect and track targets, an application-focused extension of the antenna and wave-propagation theory.
- Unit 1: Radar range equation and detection fundamentals
- Unit 2: CW and FM-CW radar systems
- Unit 3: MTI and pulse Doppler radar
- Unit 4: Tracking radar techniques — sequential lobing, conical scan, monopulse tracking
- Unit 5: Detection of radar signals in noise using matched filters
Digital Image Processing
(Professional Elective-V) — covers how images are enhanced, restored, and compressed digitally, foundational for computer vision and multimedia applications.
- Unit 1: Digital image fundamentals and image transforms (DFT, Walsh, Hadamard, KL)
- Unit 2: Intensity transformation and spatial/frequency-domain filtering
- Unit 3: Image restoration models and noise reduction techniques
- Unit 4: Wavelets, multi-resolution processing, and image compression methods
- Unit 5: Image segmentation and color image processing
Internet of Things
(Professional Elective-V) — ties embedded hardware, networking protocols, and cloud services together into the IoT stack most modern embedded products are built on.
- Unit 1: IoT architecture, design principles, and M2M fundamentals
- Unit 2: IoT hardware — Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and ARM Cortex processors
- Unit 3: IoT communication protocols (MQTT, CoAP, Bluetooth Low Energy)
- Unit 4: Device integration, data acquisition, and device authentication
- Unit 5: IoT case studies and cloud analytics for IoT applications
Open electives offered by the ECE department (Pool 3)
mapped to the Open Elective-III slot:
Fundamentals of VLSI Design
a condensed MOS-technology and logic-design course for non-ECE branches.
Unit 1: MOS transistor structure, modes of operation, and electrical characteristics
- Unit 2: MOS fabrication technology (n-well, p-well, twin-tub processes) and short-channel effects
- Unit 3: Layout design rules and CMOS process enhancements
- Unit 4: MOS combinational circuits — pass-transistor logic and dynamic CMOS circuits
Unit 5: Sequential MOS logic circuits — latches and flip-flops
Digital Electronics
a general digital-logic course covering the same core ground as Switching Theory and Logic Design, offered to other branches.
Unit 1: Number systems, codes, Boolean theorems, and logic operations
- Unit 2: Minimization techniques and combinational logic circuit design
- Unit 3: MSI/LSI-based combinational design (encoders, decoders, multiplexers)
- Unit 4: PLD structures — PROM, PAL, PLA, CPLD, and FPGA architectures
Unit 5: Sequential circuits — flip-flops, counters, and register design
Electronic Measurements and Instrumentation — the same content as the III Year I Semester Professional Elective-I subject above, offered to other departments.
- Optical Communications — the same content as the III Year I Semester Professional Elective-I subject above, offered to other departments.
Open electives offered by the ECE department (Pool 4)
mapped to the Open Elective-IV slot:
- Principles of Cellular & Mobile Communications — a condensed variant of the Cellular & Mobile Communications core subject above, covering cellular systems, interference, handoffs, and multiple access schemes for other branches.
- Fundamentals of Satellite Communications — a condensed variant of the Satellite Communication elective above (orbital mechanics, subsystems, link design, multiple access, and GNSS), offered to other departments.
- Embedded Systems — the same content as the III Year II Semester Professional Elective-III subject above, offered to other departments.
Transducers and Signal Conditioning
focuses on how physical quantities get converted into usable electrical signals, core knowledge for instrumentation and measurement work.
Unit 1: Generalized performance characteristics of measuring instruments
- Unit 2: Signal conditioning circuits, signal generators, and bridge circuits
- Unit 3: Transducers for motion, force, pressure, and temperature measurement
- Unit 4: Intelligent sensors and their static/dynamic characteristics
Unit 5: Instrumentation and isolation amplifiers, plus grounding and shielding techniques
Quantum Science and Technology
introduces quantum computing and communication concepts, an emerging area increasingly relevant to next-generation electronics and security.
Unit 1: Quantum mechanics fundamentals — wave-particle duality, Schrödinger equation, and the uncertainty principle
- Unit 2: Quantum information theory — qubits, superposition, entanglement, and quantum gates
- Unit 3: Quantum computing — Grover’s and Shor’s algorithms, and quantum error correction
- Unit 4: Quantum communication — quantum key distribution (BB84, E91) and quantum teleportation
- Unit 5: Quantum technologies — quantum sensors, metrology, and hardware platforms (superconducting qubits, trapped ions)
Digital Signal and Image Processing Lab
combined DSP and image-processing lab work using MATLAB and DSP starter kits.
- DFT/IDFT computation, linear and circular convolution using MATLAB and Code Composer Studio
- FIR/IIR filter design and implementation on a TI DSP starter kit
- Image enhancement, restoration, compression, and edge-detection exercises
Constitution of India
an audit course giving engineering students working knowledge of India’s constitutional and administrative structure as informed citizens.
- Unit 1: Constitutional history, citizenship, fundamental rights, and directive principles
- Unit 2: Union government structure — President, PM, Parliament, and judiciary
- Unit 3: State government structure — Governor, Chief Minister, and state secretariat
- Unit 4: Local administration — municipalities, Panchayati Raj, and grassroots democracy
- Unit 5: Election Commission functions and welfare provisions for SC/ST/OBC and women
Evaluation of Industry Internship
a 2-credit evaluation component for the mandatory industry internship; the course structure table lists only its credit weight, with no separate unit-wise syllabus in the document.
by Rishi | Jul 10, 2026 | JNTUK R23 Syllabus
| # | Category | Subject | L-T-P | Credits |
|---|
| 1 | Professional Core | VLSI Design | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 2 | Professional Core | Microprocessors & Microcontrollers | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 3 | Professional Core | Digital Signal Processing | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 4 | Professional Elective-II | Analog IC Design / Satellite Communication / Smart and Wireless Instrumentation / Machine Learning | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 5 | Professional Elective-III | Bio-Medical Instrumentation / Microwave Engineering / Embedded Systems / Artificial Intelligence | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 6 | Open Elective-II | (department pool) | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 7 | Professional Core | VLSI Design Lab | 0-0-3 | 1.5 |
| 8 | Professional Core | Microprocessors & Microcontrollers Lab | 0-0-3 | 1.5 |
| 9 | Skill Enhancement Course | Machine Learning Lab | 0-1-2 | 2 |
| 10 | Audit Course | Research Methodology and IPR | 2-0-0 | – |
| | Total | 20-1-8 | 23 |
A Mandatory Industry Internship of 8 weeks during the summer vacation runs alongside this semester. The table again lists optional Minor/Honors rows (e.g., a Minors pool including Embedded System Design, Digital Signal Processing) that are add-on tracks, not expanded here.
VLSI Design
the chip-design course covering MOS device behaviour through to FPGA architecture, foundational for anyone heading into semiconductor or hardware design work.
- Unit 1: MOS transistor electrical properties, CMOS fabrication basics, and stick diagrams/layout rules
- Unit 2: Sheet resistance, area capacitance, propagation delay, and MOS circuit scaling
- Unit 3: Analog IC building blocks — biasing styles and single-stage MOSFET amplifiers
- Unit 4: Static and dynamic CMOS logic design — combinational and sequential circuits
- Unit 5: FPGA design flow and architecture, plus advanced technologies (FinFET, TFET)
Microprocessors & Microcontrollers
traces the evolution from the 8086 through the 8051 to ARM Cortex-M, the processor families most embedded-systems work is still built on.
- Unit 1: 8086 architecture — register organization and minimum/maximum mode operation
- Unit 2: 8086 assembly programming, addressing modes, and interrupt service routines
- Unit 3: 8086 interfacing — memory, 8255 PPI, 8251 USART, and DMA controllers
- Unit 4: 8051 microcontroller architecture and interfacing (A/D, D/A, keyboard, LCD)
- Unit 5: ARM Cortex-M3 architecture, programming model, and interrupt controller
Digital Signal Processing
teaches how signals are processed on digital hardware in practice, from z-transforms and FFTs to actual DSP processor architectures.
- Unit 1: Discrete-time signals/systems and frequency-domain analysis of LTI systems
- Unit 2: Z-transform properties and the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT)
- Unit 3: Fast Fourier Transform algorithms and structures for realizing FIR/IIR systems
- Unit 4: FIR and IIR digital filter design methods (windowing, impulse invariance, bilinear transform)
- Unit 5: Programmable DSP architecture and the TMS320C5X instruction set
Analog IC Design
(Professional Elective-II) — goes deeper into CMOS analog building blocks (op-amps, comparators, PLLs) than the core VLSI course, for students aiming at analog/mixed-signal design roles.
- Unit 1: MOS device modelling — large-signal and small-signal transistor models
- Unit 2: Analog CMOS sub-circuits — current mirrors, sinks/sources, and bandgap references
- Unit 3: CMOS amplifier and op-amp design, including two-stage op-amp compensation
- Unit 4: Comparator design and performance characterization
- Unit 5: Oscillator and phase-locked loop design (ring, LC, charge-pump PLLs)
Satellite Communication
(Professional Elective-II) — covers how satellite links and constellations are engineered, from orbital mechanics to GPS/GNSS receiver operation.
- Unit 1: Orbital mechanics, launch vehicles, and satellite communication basics
- Unit 2: Satellite subsystems — attitude control, telemetry, and communication payloads
- Unit 3: Satellite link design — link budget, C/N ratio, and system noise temperature
- Unit 4: Multiple access techniques (FDMA, TDMA, CDMA) and earth station architecture
- Unit 5: LEO/GEO satellite systems and GNSS (GPS, GLONASS, IRNSS) principles
Smart and Wireless Instrumentation
(Professional Elective-II) — applies wireless sensor network concepts to instrumentation, relevant for IoT and industrial monitoring applications.
- Unit 1: Smart instrumentation and wireless sensor network (WSN) design constraints
- Unit 2: Sensor node architecture — processor subsystems and communication interfaces
- Unit 3: Wireless digital communication fundamentals — source/channel encoding and modulation
- Unit 4: WSN hardware (Zigbee) and energy-harvesting power sources
- Unit 5: WSN applications — structural health monitoring, healthcare, and precision agriculture
Machine Learning
(Professional Elective-II) — a first pass at ML concepts and workflow, increasingly core to how ECE graduates now approach signal and data-driven problems.
- Unit 1: ML paradigms (supervised, unsupervised, reinforcement) and Python ML tooling
- Unit 2: Exploratory data analysis, data cleaning, scaling, and feature engineering
- Unit 3: Supervised learning algorithms — KNN, logistic regression, decision trees, ensembles, SVC
- Unit 4: Unsupervised learning — K-means, hierarchical clustering, and DBSCAN
- Unit 5: Model evaluation metrics, cross-validation, and data visualization techniques
Bio-Medical Instrumentation
(Professional Elective-III) — applies electronics to medical measurement, the discipline behind ECG/EEG machines and diagnostic imaging equipment.
- Unit 1: Bioelectric potentials, electrodes, and biomedical signal basics
- Unit 2: Cardiovascular measurement — ECG, blood pressure, and heart-sound analysis
- Unit 3: Patient monitoring systems and respiratory measurement instrumentation
- Unit 4: Bio-telemetry systems and clinical laboratory instrumentation
- Unit 5: X-ray/radioisotope instrumentation, electrical safety, and modern imaging (MRI, ultrasound)
Microwave Engineering
(Professional Elective-III) — covers the high-frequency devices and waveguide theory used in radar, satellite, and point-to-point RF links.
- Unit 1: Rectangular waveguide mode analysis and microstrip line fundamentals
- Unit 2: Microwave tubes — 2-cavity and reflex klystrons
- Unit 3: Helix TWTs and M-type tubes (magnetrons)
- Unit 4: Waveguide components — couplers, attenuators, phase shifters, and S-matrix analysis
- Unit 5: Microwave solid-state devices (Gunn diodes) and microwave bench measurements
Embedded Systems
(Professional Elective-III) — teaches how firmware and hardware come together in resource-constrained devices, core knowledge for product-level embedded design.
- Unit 1: Embedded system classification, core components, and characteristics
- Unit 2: Embedded hardware design — I/O types, serial/parallel communication devices
- Unit 3: Embedded firmware design approaches, ISR handling, and device drivers
- Unit 4: Real-time operating system concepts and hardware-software co-design
- Unit 5: Embedded development tools, debugging, testing, and the end-to-end design flow
Artificial Intelligence
(Professional Elective-III) — a classical-AI survey (search, knowledge representation, reasoning) that complements the Machine Learning elective’s statistical approach.
- Unit 1: State-space search and heuristic search techniques (hill climbing, best-first search)
- Unit 2: Knowledge representation using predicate logic and rule-based systems
- Unit 3: Reasoning under uncertainty — Bayesian networks and Dempster-Shafer theory
- Unit 4: Fuzzy logic and slot-and-filler knowledge structures (semantic nets, frames, scripts)
- Unit 5: Game-playing algorithms, planning systems, and connectionist (neural network) models
Open electives offered by the ECE department (Pool 2)
mapped to the Open Elective-II slot, these are additional subjects ECE offers to other branches:
- Linear and Digital IC Applications — the same content as the III Year I Semester Analog & Digital IC Applications Professional Core subject above, offered to other departments.
Principles of Communications
a condensed analog-communications course for non-ECE branches, covering the same modulation fundamentals from a systems-and-probability angle.
Unit 1: Fourier tools, autocorrelation, energy spectral density, and AM basics
- Unit 2: DSB-SC and SSB modulation/demodulation, including the Hilbert transform
- Unit 3: Angle modulation — FM/PM, Carson’s rule, and FM demodulation
- Unit 4: Sampling, quantization, and delta/differential PCM
Unit 5: Probability basics and random processes as applied to wireless channels
Principles of Signal Processing
a compact signals-and-systems-plus-DSP course for other branches, combining continuous-time transform theory with discrete filter design.
Unit 1: Signal/system classification and LTI system analysis via convolution
- Unit 2: Fourier series/transform and Laplace transform of continuous-time signals
- Unit 3: Sampling theorem, Z-transforms, and their region of convergence
- Unit 4: Discrete Fourier Transform, Fast Fourier Transform (decimation in time/frequency)
Unit 5: IIR and FIR digital filter design (Butterworth, windowing techniques)
Microprocessors & Microcontrollers — the same 8086/8051/ARM content as the Professional Core subject above, offered to other departments.
VLSI Design Lab
CMOS schematic-to-layout design practice using industry EDA tools.
- CMOS logic circuit design (inverter, universal gates, adders) with schematic and layout generation
- Sequential circuit layout (latches, counters) and analog blocks (SRAM cell, differential amplifier, ring oscillator)
Microprocessors & Microcontrollers Lab
assembly-language programming and hardware interfacing across three processor generations.
- 8086 assembly programs (arithmetic, sorting) and peripheral interfacing (ADC, DAC, stepper motor)
- 8051 assembly programming, timer/UART operation, and sensor/LCD interfacing
- ARM Cortex-M3 assembly programming using Keil MDK-ARM (timers, PWM, UART)
Machine Learning Lab
implements the classic ML algorithm set in Python against real datasets.
- FIND-S, Candidate-Elimination, and ID3 decision-tree algorithm implementations
- Regression, KNN, Naive Bayes, and neural-network (backpropagation) implementations
- Clustering (K-Means, EM) and dimensionality reduction (PCA) exercises
Research Methodology and IPR
an audit course introducing how to frame a research problem and understand intellectual-property protection, relevant once students start project or thesis work.
- Unit 1: Research problem formulation and criteria for a good research problem
- Unit 2: Literature review methods, research ethics, and technical writing
- Unit 3: Nature of intellectual property — patents, designs, trademarks, and copyright
- Unit 4: Patent rights, licensing, and technology transfer
- Unit 5: Recent developments in IPR, including software and biological-systems IP
by Rishi | Jul 10, 2026 | JNTUK R23 Syllabus
| # | Category | Subject | L-T-P | Credits |
|---|
| 1 | PR | Internship and Project | 0-0-24 | 12 |
Internship and Project
IV Year II Semester is dedicated entirely to a full-time industry internship and final-year project (24 practical hours per week, 12 credits). The source document does not define a unit-wise syllabus for this semester, since it is evaluated through industry placement and project work rather than classroom instruction — flagging this honestly rather than inventing content.
by Rishi | Jul 10, 2026 | JNTUK R23 Syllabus
| # | Category | Subject | L-T-P | Credits |
|---|
| 1 | Professional Core | Geotechnical Engineering-II | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 2 | Management Course-II | Advanced Construction Management | 2-0-0 | 2 |
| 3 | Professional Elective-IV | Pre-stressed Concrete | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 3 | Professional Elective-IV | Advanced Environmental Engineering | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 3 | Professional Elective-IV | Design and Drawing of Irrigation Structures | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 4 | Professional Elective-V | Advanced Structural Engineering | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 4 | Professional Elective-V | Environmental Impact Assessment | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 4 | Professional Elective-V | Railway and Airport Engineering | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 5 | Open Elective-III | Building Materials for Engineers | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 5 | Open Elective-III | Environmental Impact Assessment | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 5 | Open Elective-III | Intelligent Transportation Systems | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 6 | Open Elective-IV | Quantum Science and Technology | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 6 | Open Elective-IV | Geo-Spatial Technologies | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 6 | Open Elective-IV | Solid Waste Management | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 6 | Open Elective-IV | Applied Mechanics | 3-0-0 | 3 |
| 7 | Skill Enhancement Course | Skills on Civil Engineering Software (STAAD-Pro / E-tabs / CAD / Revit / BIM) | 0-1-2 | 2 |
| 8 | Audit Course | Constitution of India | 2-0-0 | – |
| 9 | Internship | Evaluation of Industry Internship | — | 2 |
Geotechnical Engineering-II
moves from soil properties into foundation engineering, sizing footings and piles to safely carry a building’s load.
- Unit 1: Soil exploration methods and earth pressure theories (Rankine’s, Coulomb’s)
- Unit 2: Slope stability analysis and shallow foundation bearing capacity theories
- Unit 3: Bearing capacity determination methods, including Terzaghi’s and IS approaches
- Unit 4: Settlement criteria and design of shallow foundations, including raft foundations
- Unit 5: Pile foundation types, load capacity and pile group behaviour
Advanced Construction Management
covers the management disciplines — quality, cost, materials, BIM and sustainability — that run alongside actual construction work.
- Unit 1: Quality assurance, quality control and on-site safety management
- Unit 2: Cost estimation, budgeting and economic analysis methods
- Unit 3: Materials and machinery management, procurement and maintenance
- Unit 4: Building Information Modelling (BIM) for project collaboration
- Unit 5: Sustainable construction and green building certification practices
Pre-stressed Concrete
(Professional Elective-IV) — covers how tensioning steel tendons before or after casting lets concrete resist tension it otherwise couldn’t.
- Unit 1: Flexural, shear and torsional design of prestressed sections
- Unit 2: Continuous beam analysis and deflection prediction in prestressed members
- Unit 3: End block analysis (Guyon’s, Magnel’s methods) and composite section design
- Unit 4: Statically indeterminate prestressed structures and concordant cable profiles
- Unit 5: Composite construction of prestressed and in-situ concrete
Advanced Environmental Engineering
(Professional Elective-IV) — extends environmental engineering into stream pollution modelling, industrial wastewater treatment, and air and noise pollution control.
- Unit 1: Stream self-purification and the Streeter-Phelps dissolved oxygen model
- Unit 2: Advanced biological treatment — nitrification, denitrification and RBC systems
- Unit 3: Industrial wastewater treatment for sugar, dairy and pulp & paper industries
- Unit 4: Urban solid waste management and the sources/meteorology of air pollution
- Unit 5: Air pollution control equipment and noise pollution control
Design and Drawing of Irrigation Structures
(Professional Elective-IV) — a design-and-drafting course focused on the hydraulic structures that control and convey irrigation water.
- Unit 1: Design and drawing of a surplus weir
- Unit 2: Design and drawing of a tank sluice with a tower head
- Unit 3: Design and drawing of a notch-type canal drop
- Unit 4: Design and drawing of a canal regulator
- Unit 5: Design and drawing of a type-III syphon aqueduct
Advanced Structural Engineering
(Professional Elective-V) — covers specialized RCC structures beyond ordinary buildings, such as tanks, chimneys, retaining walls and flat slabs.
- Unit 1: Raft foundation and cantilever/counterfort retaining wall design
- Unit 2: RCC water tank design (circular, rectangular and Intze types)
- Unit 3: Flat slab design using direct design and equivalent frame methods
- Unit 4: RCC chimney design and loading concepts
- Unit 5: Pressed steel tank design
Environmental Impact Assessment
(offered as both Professional Elective-V and Open Elective-III) — covers how proposed projects are systematically screened for environmental consequences before approval.
- Unit 1: EIA fundamentals, stakeholder roles and cost-benefit analysis
- Unit 2: EIA methodologies — ad-hoc, matrix, network and overlay methods
- Unit 3: Impact prediction and mitigation for soil, water and air quality
- Unit 4: Impact assessment on vegetation/wildlife and environmental risk assessment
- Unit 5: MoEF&CC regulations, clearance procedures and ISO 14000 auditing
Railway and Airport Engineering
(Professional Elective-V) — covers the geometric design of railway tracks and airport runways as distinct transportation infrastructure disciplines.
- Unit 1: Railway track components, gauges and rail fastenings
- Unit 2: Railway geometric design — gradients, superelevation and curves
- Unit 3: Track turnouts, signalling systems and train movement control
- Unit 4: Airport planning, site selection and runway orientation
- Unit 5: Airfield pavement design methods and airport drainage
Building Materials for Engineers
(Open Elective-III) — the same building-materials curriculum offered to non-civil branches as an open elective, covering stones, masonry, cement and finishes.
- Unit 1: Properties and manufacture of stones, bricks and tiles, plus aluminium, gypsum, glass and bituminous materials
- Unit 2: Masonry bonding techniques, timber properties and alternative structural materials
- Unit 3: Lime and cement manufacture, composition and testing
- Unit 4: Building components — lintels, arches, staircases, floors and roof types
- Unit 5: Finishes, damp-proofing, paints, and aggregate classification
Intelligent Transportation Systems
(Open Elective-III) — introduces how sensors, communications and data systems are layered onto transportation networks to manage traffic more intelligently.
- Unit 1: ITS fundamentals, history and classification
- Unit 2: Sensor technologies and ITS data collection techniques
- Unit 3: ITS functional areas — traffic management, traveller information and public transport systems
- Unit 4: ITS architecture, planning and evaluation methods
- Unit 5: ITS applications — incident management, electronic toll collection and automated highway systems
Quantum Science and Technology
(Open Elective-IV) — a university-wide elective introducing quantum mechanics and its emerging computing, communication and sensing applications, included here as a cross-disciplinary option rather than a civil-specific subject.
- Unit 1: Quantum mechanics fundamentals — wave-particle duality, the Schrödinger equation and the uncertainty principle
- Unit 2: Quantum information theory — qubits, superposition, entanglement and quantum gates
- Unit 3: Quantum computing algorithms — Grover’s, Shor’s algorithm and quantum error correction
- Unit 4: Quantum communication — quantum key distribution and quantum teleportation
- Unit 5: Quantum sensing, metrology and hardware platforms
Geo-Spatial Technologies
(Open Elective-IV) — covers GIS and remote sensing as applied spatial-data tools for civil engineering decision-making.
- Unit 1: GIS fundamentals, map projections and coordinate systems
- Unit 2: Spatial data acquisition, formats, and data quality/error correction
- Unit 3: Spatial data modelling, overlay analysis, and cost/path analysis
- Unit 4: GIS applications in resource management, urban planning and GPS integration
- Unit 5: Remote sensing fundamentals and applications to watershed and urban modelling
Solid Waste Management
(Open Elective-IV) — covers the full lifecycle of municipal solid waste, from generation to landfill or hazardous-waste treatment.
- Unit 1: Solid waste generation, sources, sampling and characterization
- Unit 2: Waste collection, transport and transfer station design
- Unit 3: Waste processing, materials recovery and energy recovery methods
- Unit 4: Landfill classification, siting, design and leachate management
- Unit 5: Hazardous waste identification, regulation and treatment
Applied Mechanics
(Open Elective-IV) — a statics-and-dynamics refresher covering force systems, friction, centroids and rigid-body motion.
- Unit 1: Force systems, resultants, moments and equilibrium equations
- Unit 2: Friction types and applications, including wedges and screw jacks
- Unit 3: Centroids and centre of gravity of composite shapes and bodies
- Unit 4: Area and mass moments of inertia for simple and composite shapes
- Unit 5: Kinetics of rigid bodies and the work-energy principle
Skills on Civil Engineering Software
(Skill Enhancement Course) — a software-focused lab teaching structural analysis tools used in professional practice.
- Introduction to ETABS and 3D analysis of multi-storey buildings
- Analysis of continuous beams, portal frames and trusses using structural software
Constitution of India
(Audit Course) — a civic-literacy course on how India’s constitutional and administrative institutions function.
- Unit 1: Constitutional history, features, fundamental rights and directive principles
- Unit 2: Union government structure — the President, Parliament and higher judiciary
- Unit 3: State government structure — the Governor, Chief Minister and state secretariat
- Unit 4: Local administration — district, municipal and Panchayati Raj institutions
- Unit 5: The Election Commission and welfare-oriented constitutional bodies
Evaluation of Industry Internship
this internship-evaluation credit line has no unit-wise syllabus anywhere in the document; noting this honestly rather than inventing content.
