IIIT Allahabad PhD Admission 2026

Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad (IIIT Allahabad) invites application for PhD Admission 2026.

Regular PhD. Admission (With Institute Fellowship and with External Fellowship)

• A Candidate with B.Tech. / B.Pharm. / MTech/ M. Pharm./ MSc. / MCA /MBA / M.Com. Degree/other equivalent professionals Backgrounds with a Qualified Score of GATE / GPAT / CAT/ NET-Ph.D. only/ NET (Lectureship/Assistant Prof.) /NET-JRF / CSIR NET/ICMR-JRF, as applicable, are eligible to apply to the PhD Program of respective domains. GRE/GMAT will also be considered in case the candidate has done his/her preceding degree outside India.
• Candidates holding an MTech/ M. Pharm./ MSc. / MCA /MBA / M.Com. Degree or equivalent degree; who have not qualified in a National Level Examination such as GATE/NET, are eligible to apply. However, they are required to appear for the IIITA-PET.
• The candidate MUST have secured at least 60% (For PG) cumulatively or 6 CGPI (For PG) on a scale of 10 or equivalent CGPI at the time of application submission itself. For the candidates belonging to socially and economically underprivileged classes, Relaxation shall be applicable as per GOI norms. OR In case of Direct admission after 4 year UG – The candidate MUST have secured at least 70% (For 4 years UG-) cumulatively or 7 CGPI (For UG) in a scale of 10 or equivalent CGPI at the time of application submission itself. For the candidates belonging to socially and economically underprivileged classes, relaxation shall be applicable as per GOI norms.
• Candidates admitted provisionally with INSPIRE Fellowship (or any such fellowship to be awarded after a year), are required to produce the award letter of fellowship before the end of 3rd Semester of their stay in the institute or during this period, the candidate needs to qualify the national exam as mentioned in point “a.” above, failing to produce above may result in termination of PhD program. The fellowship will be given after the award letter of fellowship. In a very exceptional case of the candidate, who fails to receive the award of INSPIRE fellowship, in a stipulated time period and also does not succeed in qualifying the above mentioned national examinations, an internal committee of experts, constituted by the Chairman-Senate, for the purpose, shall assess the merit of the case, and recommend on the continuance of the candidature with Institute’s fellowship or without fellowship (thus converting the candidature into a ‘self-financed’ one) or terminate the candidature. The decision of the Chairman-Senate shall be final on such recommendation.
• A candidate without any Financial Support from the Institute /any other funding agency, is NOT allowable to pursue PhD from IIITA. (Not applicable for working professionals and applicable in 1c.).

PhD Program for Working Professionals

• Working professionals of Industries/Corporate, R&D organizations, Laboratories, Government/Private Institutions, NGOs, Banking Institutions, and other Organization / Institutions (not limited to above) with B.Tech. / B.Pharm. / MTech / M.Pharm. / MSc. / MCA / MBA / M.Com will be eligible to apply for respective research studies in IIITA.
• Qualification of GATE/ GRE/ UGC/CSIR NET/ CAT/ GMAT or similar Exams is not mandatory for admission in PhD (WP)program.
• For pursuing PhD at IIITA, the employees of Central/State Governments, Autonomous bodies like ISRO, DRDO etc, PSUs, Industries/Corporate,R&D organizations, Laboratories, Government/Private Institutions, NGOs, Banking Institutions, Academic Institutions, and other similarly placed organizations shall be required to submit an appropriate NOC.
• A working professional candidate must be working in some organization and should have at least 3 years (2 years for INI pass out candidates UG/PG) of total experience at the time of application.
• The said work place / professional centre should formally sponsor/ support the working professionals for research studies on a full / part time basis by issuing an NOC.
• The candidate MUST have secured at least 60% cumulatively or 6 CGPI on a scale of 10 or equivalent CGPI at the time of application submission itself. For the candidates belonging to socially and economically underprivileged classes, Relaxation shall be applicable as per GOI norms.

Admission Process

The admission process, comprising Stage I & Stage II, shall be as follows:

• Stage I shall be a screening test to be held at IIITA Campus only and ONLY COMPUTER BASED (Not pen and paper based) and comprising two sections. Maximum marks of Stage I Test shall be 100 and of two hours. Further each section shall be of 50 marks each, where Section I shall be of general common nature for all Departments / Disciplines and for all applicants, while Section II shall be Department Specific.
• Stage I computer-based Examination shall ONLY ACT AS A Screening Exam. Each Department shall declare their own list of screened-in candidates for Personal Interview which will be held on the same day/ next day of computer-based exam. (Note: STAGE I IS EXEMPTED for all National Level exams like GATE/NET etc. qualified candidates.)
• Stage II shall comprise a Personal Interview, with a Department specific panel of experts to be held on the same day/next day as Stage-I.
• For Working Professionals, they are exempted from the Stage-I. Eligible candidates shall be called directly at Stage II for personal interview.
• The selection of the candidate will be subject to the recommendation of Evaluation Committee & approval of Competent Authority.
• Institute reserves the right to not fill all the *seats, in case suitable candidates are not found available

Application Process

Applicants are advised to completely fill all details in the online application portal along with paying the requisite fee by the due date & time. Without both the things being completed, application submission will be summarily rejected.

Cut off date: 30th November, 2026 (Monday)

• Notification & Application Link
• IIIT Allahabad Website