IIT Goa PhD Admission 2025-26 Spring Semester

IIT Goa invites online applications for admission to PhD Program for academic year 2025-26 Spring Semester.

Application Categories for PhD admission

Full-Time or Regular PhD programme

• Teaching Assistantship (TA): Students get fellowship from the institute as per the guidelines by the Ministry of Education.
• TA through Project (TAP): Students get fellowship from the research project and partial support from the institute
• Govt./ Semi Govt. Fellowship Awards such as CSIR-JRF, UGC-JRF, etc.

Part-Time PhD programme

A student in this category is a professionally employed person (including IIT Goa staff), who pursues the PhD program while continuing the duties of the employment. The institute does not provide any assistance/fellowship to such a student.

• Permanent employees from state or central government universities, colleges, or research institutes and labs
• External – This category refers to a student employed in an R&D organisation/academic institution/industry having adequate research facilities. The research work leading to the PhD degree may be carried out largely in the parent organisation of the candidate under a Local Supervisor from the organisation but with the overall guidance provided by a faculty member (Institute Supervisor) of the AU in which the student is registered.
• Self-sponsored
• Permanent staff of IIT Goa

Areas of Specialisation

Computer Science and Engineering (CSE)

• Institute TA category:
  1. Theoretical Computer Science
  2. Discrete-event systems, Parallel and hybrid simulation, Computer systems performance modeling
  3. Machine learning
  4. Cyber Physical System
  5. Game Theory and Mechanism Design
  6. Robust Optimization
  7. Algebraic Algorithms
• Part-Time:
  1. Formal Methods in Machine Learning

Chemical and Materials Engineering (CME)

• Institute TA category:
  1. Next-Generation Redox Flow Batteries: Advanced Electrolytes and Electrode Architectures for Sustainable Grid-Scale Energy Storage.
  2. Dynamic Colloidal Structures: From Self-Assembly to Collective Dynamics.
  3. Atomic Layer Deposition Engineered Catalyst Surfaces for Green Hydrogen Generation.
  4. Nanomaterials for Antibacterial Activity and Cancer Therapy Applications.

Chemistry

• Institute TA/JRF category: (Candidates must have a valid GATE score for the Institute TA category)
  1. Theoretical Physical Chemistry
  2. Experimental Physical Chemistry
  3. Synthetic Organic Chemistry
  4. Inorganic Chemistry

Economics

• Institute TA category:
  1. Financial Economics
  2. Macroeconomics
  3. Development Economics
• JRF category:
  1. Financial Economics
  2. Development Economics

Electrical Engineering

• Institute TA category:
  1. Communication and Signal Processing: Signal/Image Processing, Audio Signal Processing
  2. Power Engineering: Electrical Machines and Drives, Power Electronics, High Voltage and Insulation Engineering, High Voltage and Plasma Technology
  3. VLSI and Microengineering: Analog/Mixed-Signal VLSI Design, MEMS Sensors, IoT Enabled Systems
• JRF category:
  1. VLSI and Microengineering: MEMS Sensors, Biomedical
     devices, IoT, Electronic Device Modelling

Mechanical Engineering

• Institute TA category:
  • Domain: Solid Mechanics and Design
    1. Mechanics of Marine Composites, Mechanical properties of Architected Composites
    2. Granular materials in space exploration, Bio-inspired design for granular systems
    3. Ambient energy harvesting using smart materials.
    4. Impact mechanics of composites (UR/OBC).
    5. Micro-robotics for manipulating biological cells (EWS/SC/ST/PwD)
  • Domain: Fluid and Thermal Sciences
    1. Characterization and mitigation of particulate matter from combustion sources, Optical properties of atmospheric aerosols.
    2. Mechanics of granular fluids
    3. Experimental multiscale hydrodynamics and heat transfer, Interfacial & colloid science, Energy and sustainability
    4. Experimental combustion for sustainable energy, Carbon-free fuels (metals, hydrogen, biofuels), Emission mitigation technologies, Aerospace propellants and energetic materials
    5. Computational combustion & modelling of sustainable fuel, Data-driven modelling of turbulent combustion, Aeroacoustic noise predictions from turbulent flows
    6. Computational fluid dynamics, High-performance computing, Porous media flows (EWS/SC/ST/PwD)
  • Domain: Manufacturing
    1. Precision finishing, Application of ML in manufacturing process, Numerical and analytical modelling of nano-scale material removal process, Additive manufacturing (UR/OBC)
• Part-Time:
  • Domain: Fluid and Thermal Sciences
    1. Optical properties of atmospheric aerosols
    2. Experimental multiscale hydrodynamics and heat Transfer, Interfacial & colloid Science, Energy and sustainability.

Physics

• Institute TA and JRF category:
  1. Theoretical High Energy Physics.
  2. Theoretical Quantum Condensed Matter and Quantum
  3. Materials Modelling.
  4. Statistical Physics at Micrometer Scale.
  5. Experimental Quantum Photonics.
  6. Theoretical Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology.
  7. Quantum foundation, information, communication, and network architecture theory.

Eligibility Criteria

Full-time PhD program

Applicants must have one of the following in appropriate subject areas:

• Master’s Degree in Engineering/Technology or equivalent degree with 60% marks or CPI 6/10 or equivalent. (55% marks or CPI 5.5/10 or equivalent for SC/ST).
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent degree in Engineering/Technology with 70% marks or CPI 7/10 or equivalent. (65% marks or CPI 6.5/10 or equivalent for SC/ST).
• Master’s degree in science, arts, social sciences, or equivalent degree with 60% marks or CPI 6/10 or equivalent. (55% marks or CPI 5.5/10 or equivalent for SC/ST).
• Bachelor’s degree in science with 4-year/8-semester or equivalent degree with 70% marks or CPI 7/10 or equivalent (65% marks or CPI 6.5/10 or equivalent for SC/ST).

Applicants must also fulfill one of the following additional requirements:

• For engineering stream:
  • Qualified GATE in the relevant streams. (Candidates with B.E./B.Tech/B.S./MCA/M.Sc. degree or equivalent relevant degree must have a valid GATE score).
  • Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) of CSIR/ UGC/ NBHM/ DBT/ ICAR/ ICMR/ ICPR Fellowship in the relevant streams.
  • B.Tech/Dual degree from IIT with a CPI/CGPA of 8.0 or more.
  • Minimum of 2 years of professional experience. (Acquired after obtaining the qualifying degree and completed before the start of the semester in which admission is sought) in the relevant areas. (Applicable to B.Tech/ B.E./ B.S./MCA/M.Sc. qualifying degree candidates).
• For science stream:
  • Qualified GATE/CSIR /UGC-NET/JEST in the relevant streams.
  • Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) of CSIR/ UGC/ NBHM/ DBT/ ICAR/ ICMR/ ICPR Fellowship, etc, in the relevant streams.
• For humanities and social science stream:
  • UGC-NET/GATE Qualified in Economics
  • Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) of UGC in Economics
  • Candidates with at least 70% marks in their Master’s degree (65% for SC/ST) in Economics may also be considered (Non-UGC-NET/GATE Candidates)

Part-time PhD program

Applicants must have ONE of the following in appropriate subject areas:

• Master’s Degree in Science/ Engineering/ Technology or equivalent degree with 60% marks or CPI 6/10 or equivalent. (55% marks or CPI 5.5/10 or equivalent for SC/ST) marks or equivalent and a minimum of two (02) years of work experience at the time of application.
• Bachelor’s degree in Science/Engineering/Technology with 60% marks or CPI 6/10 or equivalent. (55% marks or CPI 5.5/10 or equivalent for SC/ST) or equivalent and a minimum of four (04) years of work experience at the time of application.
• Master’s degree in Science/Engineering/Technology or equivalent degree with 60% marks or CPI 6/10 or equivalent. (55% marks or CPI 5.5/10 or equivalent for SC/ST) or equivalent from IIT/ IISER/ IIIT/ IISc/ NIT and a minimum of one (01) year of work experience at the time of application.
• Bachelor’s degree in Science/Engineering/Technology or equivalent degree with 80% marks or CPI 8/10 or equivalent (75% marks or CPI 7.5/10 or equivalent for SC/ST) or equivalent from IIT/ IISER/ IIIT/ IISc/ NIT and a minimum of one (01) year of work experience at the time of application.

Application Process

Candidates are required to submit the online application at www.iitgoa.ac.in

Please read the instructions carefully before applying.

How to Apply

1. To initiate the new registration process, please click on “New User Registration”.
2. Enter a valid email ID for verification. (Note: Your email ID will be verified only once and can be used for applying to multiple programs.)
3. After successfully verifying your email ID, you may proceed to register for different programs. Kindly submit separate applications for each program.
4. Please log in to the portal using your registered credentials.
5. Candidates are required to accurately complete all sections of the form and save the information.
6. Upload the following documents: recent passport size photograph (maximum 200KB), scanned copy of your signature (maximum 12KB), a comprehensive CV, and relevant mark sheets in accordance with eligibility criteria (Maximum 400KB). Ensure that your CV includes details of projects completed during your bachelor’s and master’s studies, as well as any awards or recognitions received.
7. Provide the necessary payment details. Please be note that the application submission process will not proceed without this information.
8. Carefully enter the payment details, as they cannot be edited after submission (refer to the corresponding section).
9. Once you have filled in all the required details, review your application by clicking “Preview and Submit”. After the final submission, the system will not allow any further edits.
10. Candidates desirous to apply for more than one program should apply for each program separately along with payment of the application fee for each program.

For academic queries, please contact: academic_query@iitgoa.ac.in
For technical issues, please contact: phd_tec_issue@iitgoa.ac.in

• Start date of application (online only): 14 October, 2025
• Last date for submitting an online application form and completing the payment: 04 November, 2025
• Commencement of classes for the Spring Semester: 06 January, 2026

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• IIT Goa Website