We are living through a fundamental shift in how software is built, how decisions are made, and how knowledge is created. Artificial intelligence is no longer a research frontier - it is the infrastructure of the present, already reshaping healthcare, engineering, science, and commerce at a pace that few anticipated.

The Opportunity

AI and ML engineers are among the highest-paid, fastest-growing roles globally. India alone needs 1M+ AI professionals by 2026.

The Urgency

Every industry is being rebuilt around AI right now. Students who graduate with real AI skills enter a market that is desperate for exactly what they can do.

Polaris Edge

This is not a regular CS degree with an AI elective. It is designed around one question: Can you build AI systems that work in the real world?

Curriculum

Projects

Careers

Admissions

Batch Profile

Curriculum

Projects

Careers

Admissions

Batch Profile

Curriculum Structure

What four years at Polaris actually looks like. Not a syllabus. A roadmap - what you'll learn, what you'll build, and where you'll go.

Year 1

Seed

Plant the foundations. Build the technical and mathematical literacy that everything else rests on. Discover what you're capable of.

Courses

Programming fundamentals

Data structures and algorithms

Math for AI/ML

Frontend development

Database Foundations

You'll build:

Build your own Social Media platform

Build an Automated Testing suite

Contribute to Global Open Source organizations

Crack internships, at companies

Year 1

Seed

Plant the foundations. Build the technical and mathematical literacy that everything else rests on. Discover what you're capable of.

Courses

Programming fundamentals

Data structures and algorithms

Math for AI/ML

Frontend development

Database Foundations

You'll build:

Build your own Social Media platform

Build an Automated Testing suite

Contribute to Global Open Source organizations

Crack internships, at companies

Year 2

Grow

Where programming becomes engineering. You move from writing code to designing systems - and begin working with the architectures that power modern AI.

Courses

Full stack development

Data science foundations

Problem solving

Gen AI systems & architectures

System design

Deep learning architectures

You'll build:

Build your own Social Media platform

Build an Automated Testing suite

Contribute to Global Open Source organizations

Crack internships, at companies

Year 2

Grow

Where programming becomes engineering. You move from writing code to designing systems - and begin working with the architectures that power modern AI.

Courses

Full stack development

Data science foundations

Problem solving

Gen AI systems & architectures

System design

Deep learning architectures

You'll build:

Build your own Social Media platform

Build an Automated Testing suite

Contribute to Global Open Source organizations

Crack internships, at companies

Year 3

Disrupt

This is the year you work with large language models, design AI infrastructure, navigate the ethics of deployment, and ship systems that people actually use.

Courses

Computer architecture

Operating systems & networks

Gen AI Studio

LLM & generative systems engineering

AI infrastructure & MLOps

Responsible & trustworthy AI

You'll build:

Build your own Social Media platform

Build an Automated Testing suite

Contribute to Global Open Source organizations

Crack internships, at companies

Year 3

Disrupt

This is the year you work with large language models, design AI infrastructure, navigate the ethics of deployment, and ship systems that people actually use.

Courses

Computer architecture

Operating systems & networks

Gen AI Studio

LLM & generative systems engineering

AI infrastructure & MLOps

Responsible & trustworthy AI

You'll build:

Build your own Social Media platform

Build an Automated Testing suite

Contribute to Global Open Source organizations

Crack internships, at companies

Year 4

Launch

You are embedded in an industry, a research lab, or your own company - building systems with real users, real consequences, and real stakes.

Courses

You'll build:

Build your own Social Media platform

Build an Automated Testing suite

Contribute to Global Open Source organizations

Crack internships, at companies

Year 4

Launch

You are embedded in an industry, a research lab, or your own company - building systems with real users, real consequences, and real stakes.

Courses

You'll build:

Build your own Social Media platform

Build an Automated Testing suite

Contribute to Global Open Source organizations

Crack internships, at companies

What’s a week at Polaris like?

At Polaris, your portfolio is your degree

Build AI-based real world Customer Support Chatbot

Harsh Gupta

2nd Year Student, B.Tech AI

Build AI-based real world Customer Support Chatbot

Harsh Gupta

2nd Year Student, B.Tech AI

Build AI-based real world Customer Support Chatbot

Harsh Gupta

2nd Year Student, B.Tech AI

Build AI-based real world Customer Support Chatbot

Harsh Gupta

2nd Year Student, B.Tech AI

Build AI-based real world Customer Support Chatbot

Harsh Gupta

2nd Year Student, B.Tech AI

Build AI-based real world Customer Support Chatbot

Harsh Gupta

2nd Year Student, B.Tech AI

Career Prospects

Industry placement

Embedded with a company, startup, MNC, or research org. You own real systems, deal with real production incidents, and ship features that real users depend on.

Roles you step into

AI/ML Engineer
Software Engineer
Applied AI Researcher
AI Product Engineer
ML Platform Engineer
Generative AI Engineer

Higher Studies

Partnered with a university lab or HCI/product research team. You study how people use technology and help design what comes next.

Roles you step into

Research Scientist
Research Engineer
AI Fellow
Masters candidate

Entrepreneurship

Building your own company — with Polaris's founder network, connections to EF, Peak XV, and Emergent, and ₹1M in specialisation fund credits behind you. Not a side project. A real company, with a cap table and customers.

Roles you step into

Tech Founder
CTO
AI startup CEO
Founding Engineer

Career Prospects

Industry placement

Higher Studies

Entrepreneurship

Embedded with a company, startup, MNC, or research org. You own real systems, deal with real production incidents, and ship features that real users depend on.

Roles you step into

AI/ML Engineer
Software Engineer
Applied AI Researcher
AI Product Engineer
ML Platform Engineer
Generative AI Engineer

Career Prospects

Industry placement

Higher Studies

Entrepreneurship

Embedded with a company, startup, MNC, or research org. You own real systems, deal with real production incidents, and ship features that real users depend on.

Roles you step into

AI/ML Engineer
Software Engineer
Applied AI Researcher
AI Product Engineer
ML Platform Engineer
Generative AI Engineer

Career Prospects

Industry placement

Embedded with a company, startup, MNC, or research org. You own real systems, deal with real production incidents, and ship features that real users depend on.

Roles you step into

AI/ML Engineer
Software Engineer
Applied AI Researcher
AI Product Engineer
ML Platform Engineer
Generative AI Engineer

Higher Studies

Partnered with a university lab or HCI/product research team. You study how people use technology and help design what comes next.

Roles you step into

Research Scientist
Research Engineer
AI Fellow
Masters candidate

Entrepreneurship

Roles you step into

Tech Founder
CTO
AI startup CEO
Founding Engineer

What Students do From Year 1

A Tailored Career Pathway, Day 1

Technical readiness

Internship preparation, open source onboarding, portfolio building, GitHub and resume reviews, mock technical interviews - so you're hireable from Year 1, not Year 4.

Personal brand

You can be the best engineer in the room and still be invisible. We help you build a presence - so the right people find you before you need to find them.

Communication & public speaking

Articulate your ideas clearly. Present your work with confidence. Pitch to a room.

Networking on campus

3000+ industry professionals have visited Polaris - engineers, founders, investors, and researchers. Every guest lecture and hackathon is a chance to make a connection that matters.

Not Everybody Gets In.Limited by Design.

A 3-step process - designed to evaluate who you are, not just what you've scored.

Start your Application

Take PAT

Take the Polaris Admission Test (PAT) A 120-minute test - choose Aptitude or Coding track. Your score is released immediately.

1:1 Interview

Interview by Industry Professionals - A conversation with Industry Experts from Google, Amazon, Visa and other tech companies - about you, what you've built, and why AI.

Pre-Engineering Cohort

Register for Pre-Engineering Cohort - After the interview, join highly curated sessions to get a preview of the curriculum and pedagogy at Polaris.

Not Everybody Gets In.Limited by Design.

A 3-step process - designed to evaluate who you are, not just what you've scored.

Take PAT

Take the Polaris Admission Test (PAT) A 120-minute test - choose Aptitude or Coding track. Your score is released immediately.

1:1 Interview

Interview by Industry Professionals - A conversation with Industry Experts from Google, Amazon, Visa and other tech companies - about you, what you've built, and why AI.

Pre-Engineering Cohort

Register for Pre-Engineering Cohort - After the interview, join these highly curated sessions to get a preview of the curriculum and pedagogy at Polaris.

Start your Application

Not Everybody Gets In.

Limited by Design.

A 3-step process - designed to evaluate who you are, not just what you've scored.

Take PAT

Take the Polaris Admission Test (PAT) A 120-minute test - choose Aptitude or Coding track. Your score is released immediately.

1:1 Interview

Interview by Industry Professionals - A conversation with Industry Experts from Google, Amazon, Visa and other tech companies - about you, what you've built, and why AI.

Pre-Engineering Cohort

Register for Pre-Engineering Cohort - After the interview, join these highly curated sessions to get a preview of the curriculum and pedagogy at Polaris.

Start your Application

Not Everybody Gets In.Limited by Design.

A 3-step process - designed to evaluate who you are, not just what you've scored.

Start your Application

Take PAT

Take the Polaris Admission Test (PAT) A 120-minute test - choose Aptitude or Coding track. Your score is released immediately.

1:1 Interview

Interview by Industry Professionals - A conversation with Industry Experts from Google, Amazon, Visa and other tech companies - about you, what you've built, and why AI.

Pre-Engineering Cohort

Register for Pre-Engineering Cohort - After the interview, join highly curated sessions to get a preview of the curriculum and pedagogy at Polaris.

Who should apply.

Criteria

Qualification

Criteria

Qualification

Grade XII from any recognised board in 2024, 2025 or 2026

Criteria

Stream

Criteria

Stream

Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics (PCM) — mandatory

Criteria

Admission test

Criteria

Admission test

Polaris Admission Test (PAT), JEE or SAT

Criteria

Nationality

Criteria

Nationality

Open to Indian and international applicants

Polaris Early Entry Program (PEEP) Get your seat for the Batch of 2027.

The Polaris Early Entry Program is for Class 11 PCM students who want to lock in their seat a full year before everyone else. Take the PAT early. Secure your conditional admission.

Apply Now

Know more about PEEP

Polaris Early Entry Program (PEEP) Get your seat for the Batch of 2027.

The Polaris Early Entry Program is for Class 11 PCM students who want to lock in their seat a full year before everyone else. Take the PAT early. Secure your conditional admission.

Apply Now

Know more about PEEP

Admission Eligibility AGet your seat for the Batch of 2027.

The Polaris Early Entry Program is for Class 11 PCM students who want to lock in their seat a full year before everyone else. Take the PAT early. Secure your conditional admission.

Apply Now

Know more about PEEP

Admission Eligibility AGet your seat for the Batch of 2027.

The Polaris Early Entry Program is for Class 11 PCM students who want to lock in their seat a full year before everyone else. Take the PAT early. Secure your conditional admission.

Apply Now

Know more about PEEP

We don't test what you know. We test how you think.

Most entrance exams reward memorisation. The Polaris Admission Test (PAT) is different. It's designed to surface the students who can reason clearly and solve problems they've never seen before

Duration

120 minutes

Tracks

Aptitude or Coding (Choose one)

Fee

Included in the ₹1,500 application fee

Next exam date

25 Mar 2026 (Last date to apply: 21 Mar 2026)

Download PAT Prep Kit

Don't just attempt PAT. Ace it.

Fast Track your Application

You don't need to take PAT if you have scored:

• 90th percentile or above in JEE Mains or Advanced, or
• 1200 or above in SAT (taken within the last 3 years)

Simply upload your scorecard during the application. Our admissions team will verify and move you directly to the interview stage.

Apply Now

Duration

120 minutes

Tracks

Aptitude or Coding (Choose one)

Fee

Included in the ₹1,500 application fee

Next exam date

25 Mar 2026 (Last date to apply: 21 Mar 2026)

Download PAT Prep Kit

Don't just attempt PAT. Ace it.

Fast Track your Application

You don't need to take PAT if you have scored:

• 90th percentile or above in JEE Mains or Advanced, or
• 1200 or above in SAT (taken within the last 3 years)

Simply upload your scorecard during the application. Our admissions team will verify and move you directly to the interview stage.

Apply Now

Duration

120 minutes

Tracks

Aptitude or Coding (Choose one)

Fee

Included in the ₹1,500 application fee

Next exam date

25 Mar 2026 (Last date to apply: 21 Mar 2026)

Download PAT Prep Kit

Don't just attempt PAT. Ace it.

Fast Track your Application

You don't need to take PAT if you have scored:

• 90th percentile or above in JEE Mains or Advanced, or
• 1200 or above in SAT (taken within the last 3 years)

Simply upload your scorecard during the application. Our admissions team will verify and move you directly to the interview stage.

Apply Now

Fees Structure

Fee Component

Registration Fee

Admission Fee

Tuition Fee

Sem 1

Sem 2

Sem 3

Sem 4

Sem 5

Sem 6

Sem 7

Sem 8

₹10,000

₹81,000

₹4,25,000

₹3,52,000

₹2,93,000

₹2,34,500

*Application form fee: ₹1,500 (one-time, non-refundable)
**Batch 2026–2030. Does not include hostel, mess, and bus fees.

Financial support & Scholarships

Financial barriers should never stand between a great student and a great education. Polaris offers merit and need-based scholarships - some of which cover a significant portion of your tuition fee.

Scholarship

Mukul Rustagi Scholarship for Excellence

Women in Tech Scholarship

Sourav Ganguly Young Leader in Tech

Classplus Techpreneur Scholarship

PST Merit Waiver

PST Need-cum-Merit Waiver

Waiver

Bonus

Seats

For

₹8 Lakhs