IIIT Surat PhD Admission 2025-26

Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Surat invites application for PhD Admission 2025-26.

Admission Categories

• Regular Full time
  • With Institute fellowship or with project support,
  • With funding from outside agencies such as UGC, CSIR and industries,,
  • Candidates sponsored under the Quality Improvement Programme (QIP) of AICTE. External Should be regular employed and sponsored by an Industry/ Organization/ Institution having R&D facilities and recognized by DST and/or IIIT-Surat with at least 2 years of experience.
• Part time
  • Should be regular employed in a reputed Institution/University/Organization, preferably within commutable distance, with at least 2 years of experience.

Note

• For admission under regular category without fellowship and project category, the Departments will adopt common short-listing criteria and have a common merit list.
• A research scholar under the external category will normally carry out part or all his/ her research work in the industry/ organization/ national laboratory employing the scholar under the supervision of a co-guide employed in the same organization and a guide at IIIT-Surat.
• In general, external, and part-time scholars have a minimum residential requirement of one semester. Part- time scholars will be permitted to do course work without residential requirement, with the permission of their employer.

Minimum Education Qualification

Ph.D. in Engineering

• ME/ M.Tech/MS by Research/5 year integrated Masters/Dual Degree in relevant Engineering/2 year M.Sc from IITs (entry through JAM) with CGPA 6.0 and above. BS+MS (5 year integrated) from CFTI.

Ph.D. in Physical and Applied Sciences. & Mathematics and computational Sciences.

• ME/ M.Tech/MS by Research/5 year integrated Masters/2 year M.Sc from IITs (entry through JAM) with CGPA 6.0 and above. BS+MS (5 year integrated) from CFTIs.
• M.Sc. from any recognized Indian University/Institute in relevant subject. AND Valid GATE score/UGC-NET fellowship/ CSIRNET fellowship/ NBHM PhD scholarship or equivalent qualification tenable for the year of admission.

Selection Procedure

• Eligible candidates possessing the minimum educational qualifications and satisfying additional criteria set by the institute from time-to-time will be called for an Interview and written test by the Selection Committee of the institute.
• Candidates who have obtained PG degree 10 years earlier as on the last date for receipt of the completed application, has to appear for institute test.
• The applications of suitably qualified foreign nationals may be considered with an online interview.
• Based on the academic record and the performance of the candidates in the interview and written test, the Institute Selection Committee will recommend to the Chairperson, Senate the names of candidates found suitable for admission to the Ph.D. Programme.

Application Process

• Fill the application form given along with this notification.
• Fill the Google form to upload the signed & scanned copy of your application along with necessary documents justifying your claims. All documents shall be self-attested before scanning. Scan the application along with other attested documents to get a single PDF file of size less than 10MB size.

• Last date of submission for Online Application: 16 March, 2026
• Intimation to shortlisted candidates for Test or Interview (website): Fourth week of March 2026
• Date of written test and Interview (Offline Mode): Second week of April 2026
• Announcement of List of Selected Candidates for Admission: Third week of April 2026

• PhD Admission Notification
• Application Form
• IIIT Surat Website