IIITDM Kurnool PhD Admission 2027 (Jan)

Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing invites applications for PhD admissions for the academic session 2027 (Jan).

PhD Admission Categories

Full-Time PhD

• Regular Full-Time Program with MoE Fellowship – HTRA
• Regular Full-Time Program with Financial Support from Sponsored Project / External Funding Scheme from Govt. (DST/UGC/ CSIR/DRDO/NBHM, etc.)

Part-Time PhD

• For permanent employees of Government R&D labs, educational institutions, Govt. Organizations, Govt. industry, PSUs/State undertakings, who can submit No Objection Certificate from their employee and are working in the cadre equivalent to Scientist-C/Assistant Professor/Lecturer in Government having at least three years of experience are eligible.
• For employees of Private Organization/Industry/Educational Institutions standing (i.e., established at least five years before the last date of applying for Ph.D. (Part-time) admission as per the advertisement) with membership in CII/ASSOCHEM or any other equivalent membership with Permanent/Regular Employees from Private Industries/Education Institutions with R & D facilities having at least three years’ experience are eligible.
• Regular Staff of IIITDM Kurnool with at least 3 years of experience

Eligibility Criteria

The minimum educational qualifications for admission to the regular full-time scholars into the Ph.D. programme of the Institute is available in department wise brochure given on institute website.

Financial Assistance (HTRA)

The scholars admitted to the Ph.D. programmes under Full-time are eligible for the Half-time Teaching/Research Assistantship (HTRA) under the following regulations:

• The scholars should work for at least 8 hours per week to earn this assistantship.
• 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.
• Financial assistance is provided to selected scholars based on the prescribed rules of MoE.
  • 1st and 2nd Year (JRF): 37,000/-
  • 3rd – 5th Year (SRF): 42,000/-

For externally funded – Fellowship will be as per the norms of the respective external funding agency.

Application Process

• Interested and eligible candidates shall submit application using online Admission to Ph.D. programme portal available on the Institute website (www.iiitk.ac.in).
• Enclosures such as GATE score card, Educational and Experience certificates, online Fees payment receipt, No Objection Certificate (NOC) and sponsorship certificate in support of application are to be uploaded as separate documents (pdf), along with the application form.
• In case, NOC and Undertaking Certificate is not enclosed at the time of online submission, a duly-signed self-declaration form should be uploaded by the candidate stating that NOC and Undertaking Certificate will be submitted at the time of interview. After filling the form, applicants are advised to take a printout of their application and keep the same for future record.

Selection Procedure

• Respective Departments will conduct the shortlisting and selection process.
• Eligible candidates possessing the minimum educational qualifications and satisfying additional criteria set by the institute from time to time only will be called for the written test and/or Interview.
• An entrance examination shall be conducted for all the applicants (Full-Time and Part-Time) who do not have GATE or NET qualification.
• The syllabus for the written test and/ or Interview is GATE 2026 syllabus in respective subject.
• Applicants with a valid GATE or CSIR/UGC-NET qualification will be directly eligible for the interview.
• The question paper for written exam will consist of 50 MCQ based on the GATE/NET syllabus.
• Each question will carry 2 marks, with a negative marking of 0.5 marks for every incorrect answer
• The cut-off marks shall be determined in line with the GATE 2026 standards.
• The exam will be conducted either in CBT (Moodle) mode or offline based on number of applications.
• Based on the academic record and the performance of the candidates in the written test and/or Interview test, the selection committee will finalize the applicants for admission to the Ph.D. programme.

• Web notification of the PhD advertisement: 25 September, 2026
• Online application registration process start date: 25 September, 2026
• Last date for the submission of online application form: 18 October, 2026
• Notification of shortlisted candidates for interview/written test: 28 October, 2026
• Publication of final results: 29 November, 2026
• Last date for seat acceptance and fee payment: 5 December, 2026
• Reporting to the institute: 14 December, 2026

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