IIT Tirupati PhD Admission 2027 (Jan)

27 September, 2026

Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

PhD

IIT Tirupati

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Full details for IIT Tirupati PhD Admission 2027 (Jan).

IIT Tirupati invites applications for admission to PhD Program in various disciplines for Jan 2027 cycle.

Vacancy

Areas of Research

  • Chemical Engineering
    • Hydrogen Fuel Cell Characterization
    • Critical minerals Recovery – Molecular Dynamics study
    • Electrocatalysis for green hydrogen and fuels
    • Sodium ion battery materials
    • Recycling of spent Li-ion batteries
    • Catalytic conversion of CO2
    • Solar cells
    • Wearbale biosensors/bimedical devices
    • Solid state battery and interface
    • Computer vision for healthcare diagnostics
    • Microfluidics
    • Biomass to chemicals
    • Bioactive Extraction for Food
    • Critical minerals Recovery – Experimental study
    • Computationally engineered materials
    • Molecular simulations
    • Materials for gas capture
    • Green hydrogen supply chain optimization
    • Intelligent Control
    • Sustianable energy systems modeling
    • Reinforcement learning for vehicle routing
    • ML/AI for climate modeling and weather forecasting
    • Complex networks for process analysis and process monitoring
    • Non-linear identification and state estimation
    • Circular economy
    • ML for CO2 capture
    • AI/ML for adsorbent materials
  • Chemistry
    • Organocatalyzed Regioselective functionalization of carbohydrates and synthesis of glycoclipids*
    • Asymmetric Total Synthesis of Bioactive Natural Products and Drug intermediates*
    • Functional organic optoelectronic materials featuring main group elements
    • Computational Chemistry and Soft-Matter: Small Molecules, Materials, Zinc ion Battery, Proteins, and Machine Learning* (Additional Info: Organic semiconductors featuring main group elements)
    • COFs and MOFs Materials for Energy Storage, Organic Battery and Sulfur Battery (Additional Info: Students from Organic or Physical Chemistry Background and/or Interested in Interdisciplinary Research .)
    • Computational Chemistry: Modelling Luminophores, Photosensitizers, Photovoltaic Materials and Proton Conduction in Porous Materials (Additional Info: Students from any background of chemical science can apply, however, a strong interest in physical chemistry, chemical physics, statistical mechanics, and programming would be beneficial.)
    • Organic Synthesis: Photo- and Electro-Catalysis for Bio-Active Compounds Synthesis; Sustainable Method Developments for API and Drug Molecules* (Additional Info: Candidates should have strong interest in physical and materails chemistry)
    • Theoretical and Computational Chemistry: Stochastic Thermodynamics, Information Engines, Quantum Thermodynamics, Fluctuation induced Biophysical processes, AI-ML in Brownian Motion
    • Nanomaterials & Quantum dots for sensing, Coordination Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry & Drug Discovery, Environmental Chemistry, and Chemical Biology* (Additional Info: should have interest in physical chemistry and should have mathematics in undergraduate level)
    • Supramolecular chemistry of interlocked molecules, Transition metal-oxide cluster chemistry for Energy Storage, Electrochemistry and Redox Flow Battery Systems*
    • Experimental physical chemistry and chemical biology including fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy for the sensing and treatment of cancer
    • Coordination and bioinorganic chemistry, redox-driven small molecule activation, bioinspired catalysis. (Additional Info: should have interest in experimental physical chemistry and exploring the solution for human health-related problem)
    • Main Group Organometallic Chemistry and Metallomimetic Catalysis
    • Asymmetric catalysis, aminyl radical chemistry, and moelcular editing*
  • Civil & Environmental Engineering
    • Environmental Engineering
      • Air Quality Modelling and Management
      • Life Cycle and Sustainability Assessment
      • Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment (Additional Info: Environmental Engineering)
      • Applications of Non-Thermal Plasma in Agriculture and Food Crop Management (Additional Info: Environmental Engineering)
      • Capacitive Deionization for Water Desalination (Additional Info: Environmental Engineering)
    • Geotechnical Engineering
      • All areas of Geotechnical Engineering (Additional Info: Geotechnical Engineering)
      • Rock Engineering (Additional Info: Geotechnical or Rock Mechanics)
    • Structural Engineering
      • All areas of Structural Engineering
      • Construction Materials
    • Transportation Engineering
      • Pavement Technology
      • Freight Demand Modelling
    • Water Resources Engineering
      • Flood modeling, Digital Twin (Additional Info: GIS, Remote Sensing)
      • Water Resources Management (Additional Info: GIS, Remote Sensing)
  • Computer Science and Engineering
    • Computer Systems
      • AI Accelerator and Semiconductor Test
      • Computer Vision
      • Quantum System Architecture
    • Intelligent Systems
      • Software Engineering and AI
      • Malware Analysis and AI for Cybersecurity
      • Deep Learning for Medical Imaging
      • ML for IOT
    • Algorithms and Theory
      • Algorithms and complexity , Quantum Computing
      • Secure Data Analytics
      • Algorithms, Data Structures and Parallel Computing
  • Electrical Engineering
    • Power and Control
      • Power Electronics
      • Control, Optimization, and Robotics
      • Power Systems and Smart Grids
    • Semiconductor Devices
      • Semiconductor Devices
    • VLSI
      • Harsh Environment Electronics and Sensors
      • Digital VLSI Design
      • Analog VLSI Design
    • RF and Microwaves
      • Advanced Antenna Systems and Base Station (Additional Info: For the PhD program, eligible applicants include those with a UG/PG degree in EE, EC, IN, and PH, or any related field.)
      • RF and Microwave Components (Additional Info: For the PhD program, eligible applicants include those with a UG/PG degree in EE, EC, IN, and PH, or any related field.)
      • RF Integrated Circuits (Additional Info: For the PhD program, eligible applicants include those with a UG/PG degree in EE, EC, IN, and PH, or any related field.)
      • Metamaterials and RF Sensing (Additional Info: For the PhD program, eligible applicants include those with a UG/PG degree in EE, EC, IN, and PH, or any related field.)
    • Next-Generation Wireless Communications and Networks
      • Communication Networks (Additional Info: For the PhD program, candidates with a UG/PG degree in EE, EC and Physics are encouraged to apply.)
      • Quantum Information Theory (Additional Info: For the PhD program, candidates with a UG/PG degree in EE, EC and Physics are encouraged to apply.)
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
    • Urban and Regional Planning
      • Urban Mobility
    • Operations Management
      • Supply Chain Management* (Additional Info: Part-time applications are also invited)
      • Industrial Engineering* (Additional Info: Part-time applications are also invited)
      • Production Planning and Control* (Additional Info: Part-time applications are also invited)
      • Project Management* (Additional Info: Part-time applications are also invited)
      • Applications of Operations Research, Statistics and Machine Learning in Operations Management* (Additional Info: Part-time applications are also invited)
    • Economics
      • Development Economics (Additional Info: Part-time applications are also invited. UGC-JRF applications are also invited)
      • Network Economics (Additional Info: Part-time applications are also invited. UGC-JRF applications are also invited)
      • Financial Economics (Additional Info: Part-time applications are also invited. UGC-JRF applications are also invited)
  • Mathematics and Statistics
    • Mathematics
      • Partial Differential Equations
      • Inverse Problems
      • Number Theory
      • Numerical Partial Differential Equations
    • Statistics
      • Statistical Finance
      • Statistical Signal Processing
      • Spatial and Spatio-Temporal Models
      • Design of Experiments
      • Statistical Inferecne
      • Reliability and Survival Analysis
      • Time Series Analysis
      • Extreme Value Theory and Rare Event Modeling
      • Biostatistics*
      • Inlier-Prone Models*
      • Multivariate Distributions and Dependence Modeling (Copulas)
      • Bayesian Inference and Computation
      • Statistical Analysis of Network
  • Mechanical Engineering
    • Advanced Manufacturing
      • Piezoelectric thin films
      • Multiferroic materials
      • Self-Healing Composite Materials and Non Destructive Testing (NDT)
      • Semiconductors and High-performance computing thermal Management Architectures
      • Smart manufacturing platform for the Hybrid Metal Additive Manufacturing process
      • Shape-Agnostic Machine Learning-Based Prediction and Optimization of Thermal Evolution, Cooling Rates, and Distortion in Metal Additive Manufacturing
    • Fluids & Thermal Engineering
      • Hydrogen storage, Hydrogen combustion
      • Multiphase flows, CFD
      • Liquid Atomization and Sprays
      • Drones, wind turbine aerodynamics, CFD, low speed flows, wind tunnel experiments
      • Fluid-structure interaction
      • Hydrogen storage, Thermal energy storage, Absorption cooling
      • Water Waves: Experiments, Mathematical Modeling, and CFD
    • Solid Mechanics & Design
      • Automotive dynamics, vibrations, vibro-acoustics
      • Computational solid mechanics, continuum mechanics, plasticity, phase transformations, machine learning in mechanics (Additional Info: Solid Mechanics and Design)
      • Biomechanics, Medical Devices, Solid Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis (Additional Info: Solid Mechanics and Design)
  • Physics
    • Computational Condensed Matter Physics (Additional Info: Prior knowledge to Density Fucntioanl Theory (DFT) is preferable; NLE required)
    • Theoretical quantum matter
    • 2D Quantum Materials and Devices (Experimental) (Additional Info: Candidates having background of Physics, Materials Science and Engineering are eligible)
    • 2D Semiconducotrs and Heterostructure Devices (Experimental) (Additional Info: Candidates having background of Physics, Materials Science and Engineering are eligible)
    • Quantum materials (experimental and computational)
    • Theoretical Atomic, molecular and optical physics
    • Theoritical & Experimental Plasma Physics*
    • Quantum Computational Algorithms for Partial Diifferntial Equation Solver
    • Experimental Quantum Sensing (Portable atomic clocks) (Additional Info: Candidates having background of Physics and Electrical Engineering are eligible)
    • Astronomy and Astrophysics

Categories of Admission

  1. Regular-HTRA/Project
  2. Regular-Fellowship
  3. Part-Time
  4. External
  5. Internal (IIT Tirupati Staff)

Eligibility Criteria

Minimum Qualifications for PhD Admission for Regular Category

Minimum Qualifications for PhD Admission for Regular Category
S. No. Educational Qualifications Additional Requirements
1 M.E/M.Tech/MS(R) in Engineering

(or)

5-year integrated Master’s degree in Engineering/ B.Tech + M.Tech Dual Degree

(or)

5-year integrated degree or B.S+M.S from CFTI

(or)

Master’s degree in Sciences/Humanities and Social Sciences/Management from IITs with a minimum CGPA of 8.0 on a 10.0 point scale (7.5 for EWS/OBC-NCL and 7.0 for SC/ST/PwD)

 None
2 Master’s degree in the relevant Sciences/Humanities and Social Sciences/Management from any recognized university/institute. National Level Eligibility Test (NLT) such as GATE /UGC-NET/CSIR-NET/NBHM/ INSPIRE/JEST or an equivalent one tenable at the time of admission.
3* Master’s degree in the relevant Sciences/Humanities and Social Sciences/Management from any recognized university/institute without a National Level Eligibility Test (NLT) for PhD. (i) Candidates with more than 5 years of relevant experience after the Master’s

(or)

(ii) Candidates with a Master’s degree from CFI other than IITs with a minimum CGPA of 8.0 on a 10.0 point scale (7.5 for EWS/OBC-NCL and 7.0 for SC/ST/PwD)

(or)

(iii) Candidates qualified in the international-level post-graduate admission examination, such as the GRE.
4# 4-year Bachelor’s degree from a CFTI with a minimum CGPA of 8.0 on a 10.0 point scale (7.5 for EWS/OBC-NCL and 7.0 for SC/ST/PwD) None
5# 4-year Bachelor’s degree from any recognized university/institute with a minimum CGPA of 7.0 on a 10.0 point scale (6.5 for EWS/OBC- NCL and 6.0 for SC/ST/PwD) GATE tenable at the time of admission
* The candidates can only be admitted under the Regular-Project category without eligibility for conversion to the Regular- HTRA.
# Candidates with Educational Qualifications as mentioned in S. No. 4 and 5 will be considered for Direct MS(R)+PhD.

Minimum Qualifications for candidates in Part-Time /External /Internal Category

The educational qualifications remain the same as those prescribed for the regular admission category. However, a valid GATE score or UGC-NET/CSIR-NET/ INSPIRE/ NBHM/JEST or an equivalent qualification as applicable for the regular admission category is not required In addition, applicants under External/Part-Time/Internal category have to satisfy the following criteria:

  • External:
    • The applicant must be regular employee and have at least two years of professional experience as on the last date of receipt of applications.
    • The applicant must be sponsored by and employed in an industry/organization/national laboratories, having R&D facilities and recognized by DST or by IIT Tirupati.
  • Part-Time:
    • The applicant must be employed in an industry, organization or institution located within commutable distance of IIT Tirupati.
    • The applicant should have at least two years of professional experience as on the last date of receipt of applications.
  • Internal (IIT Tirupati Staff):
    • The applicant must be a regular employee of IIT Tirupati.
    • The applicant should have atleast two years of experience as a regular employee as on the last date of receipt of applications.

Financial Assistance

Financial assistance will be provided as per Ministry of Education (MoE) norms. All full time regular scholars admitted to Ph.D. and M.S (Research) programs are eligible for the Half-time Research Assistantship (HTRA) for which:

  • They should work for 8 hours per week for the Institute to earn this assistantship. The work would normally involve assistance in teaching/research and will be assigned by the Institute.
  • Renewal of assistantship every semester will be contingent on enrolment, satisfactory progress in research work and good performance during the preceding semester in the discharge of responsibility as teaching/ research assistant.
  • Assistantship for candidates who have qualified through UGC-JRF, CSIR-JRF, ICMR & AICTE etc. will be as per the norms of the funding agency.

Application Process

  • The link to the online application form is available in the Apply Online tab. After filling out the form, please take a print and keep it for your record.
  • A candidate can apply to more than one division among all departments; however, the maximum number of divisions to which he or she can apply is three.
  • Candidates called for the written test/interview must produce a copy of the application submitted online along with originals and photocopies of the relevant certificates.
  • Reservation/concession/relaxations for EWS /OBC-NCL /SC /ST/PwD and Kashmiri- Migrants (KM), including Kashmiri Pandits/Kashmiri Hindu Families: As per the Government of India rules. A copy of a valid OBC-NCL /ST /SC /EWS /PwD certificate must be uploaded during the ONLINE application and must be submitted at the time of admission.

A Statement of Purpose (SoP) must be uploaded along with the online application. The guidelines for preparing the SoP are available at this Link.

Selection Procedure

The selection committee will call eligible candidates based on the minimum eligibility requirements and additional screening criteria for a written test (if any) and interview.

Important Dates

  • Opening date and time for online application: 21 September, 2026 (Monday) at 11:00 AM
  • Closing date and time for online application: 12 October, 2026 (Monday) upto 05:00 PM
  • Written test / interview: To be announced
  • Announcement of results: To be announced
  • Reporting to campus: To be announced
  • Date of orientation program: To be announced

Application Fee

  • GEN/EWS/OBC-NCL Male candidates: Rs.400/-
  • GEN/EWS/OBC-NCL Female candidates: Rs.200/-
  • SC/ST and PwD candidates: Rs.200/-

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