Eligibility Criteria

Regular PhD

Direct PhD

External PhD

Note:

• Candidates from engineering, science and humanities background should have qualified CEED to be eligible for Teaching Assistantship.
• First Class is defined as 60% marks or 6 CGPA. In case there are a large number of applications, the cut-off may be increased.
• Relaxation on the selection cutoff is provided for SC/ST/OBC candidates(10% for OBC candidates and 15% for SC/ST candidates). This is not applicable for Special High CGPA Direct PhD & External PhD.
• Students with a degree from a foreign university should produce an equivalency certificate and meet the institute criteria & government norms, amended from time to time.
• CFIs are any institute/university fully funded by MoE of GoI.

Selection Process

The selection procedure depends upon the applicant’s interest area and topic of interest and the suitability with the respective guide. Please write to the department/ faculty with your Ph.D. proposal and see if the guide is interested in the area. Admission is based on the candidate’s area of interest and performance in Personal Interviews, Academic qualification, and Design Portfolio.

All candidates are required to upload one zip file containing the following:

• Ph.D. proposal
• Portfolio of work/publications
• Copies of certificates

Fee Structure

Recent updates on fee structure can be found here.

Application Process

Ph.D. Regular

Application can be made through IITH online portal.

PhD Program (Interdisciplinary)

Details and application for Interdisciplinary (ID) PhD program are available on the IITH website.