IIT BHU Varanasi PhD Admission 2025-26 (Odd Sem)

Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi invites applications for admission to Ph.D. programs in various departments/schools for 2025-26 (Odd Sem).

Categories of Admission

• Full Time Regular Registration Category
• Full Time External Registration category
• Full Time Sponsored Registration Category
• Part-time Registration Category

Eligibility Criteria

Full Time Regular Registration Category Minimum Qualification

Ph.D. in Engineering

• Applicants with master’s degree in engineering in the discipline concerned or in an allied discipline/area must have a minimum of 60% marks or 6.0 CPI (on a 10.0 point scale) at the master’s degree level.
• Applicants with bachelor’s degree in engineering in the discipline concerned or in an allied discipline/area must have a minimum of 75% marks or 7.5 CPI (on a 10.0 point scale) at the bachelor’s degree level. Applicant with more than two years of professional experience, the minimum requirement shall be 70% marks or 7.0 CPI (on 10 point scale) at bachelor degree provide the degree is from an Institution funded by the Central Government.
• Applicants with master’s degree in science as an allied discipline/area (where science is an allied discipline/area), must satisfy each of the following criteria:
  • A minimum of 65% marks or 6.5 CPI (on a 10.0 point scale) at the master’s degree level,
  • A minimum of 60% marks or 6.0 CPI (on a 10.0 point scale) at the bachelor’s degree level.

Ph.D. in Pharmacy

• Applicants with master’s degree in pharmacy or in an allied discipline/area must have a minimum of 60% marks or 6.0 CPI (on a 10.0 point scale) at the master’s degree level.
• Applicants with bachelor’s degree in pharmacy must have a minimum of 75% marks or 7.5 CPI (on a 10.0 point scale) at the bachelor’s degree level. Applicant with more than two years of professional experience, the minimum requirement shall be 70% marks or 7.0 CPI (on 10 point scale) at bachelor degree provide the degree is from an Institution funded by the Central Government.

Ph.D. in Sciences

• Applicants with master’s degree in science in the discipline concerned or in an allied discipline/area must have a minimum of 60% marks or 6.0 CPI (on a 10.0 point scale) at the master’s degree level.
• Applicants with four year bachelor’s degree in Science in the discipline concerned or in an allied discipline/area must have a minimum of 75% marks or 7.5 CPI (on a 10.0 point scale) at the bachelor’s degree level. Applicant with more than two years of professional experience, the minimum requirement shall be 70% marks or 7.0 CPI (on 10 point scale) at bachelor degree provide the degree is from an Institution funded by the Central Government.

Ph.D. in Humanistic Studies

• Applicants with Master’s degree in relevant subject or allied subjects with a minimum CPI of 6.00 on a 10.0 point scale (or 60% marks) in the qualifying degree.
• Applicants with Master’s degree in Science or allied subjects with a minimum CPI of 6.00 on a 10.0 point scale (or 60% marks) in the qualifying degree.
• Applicants with Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Sciences (4-Year program) with a minimum CPI of 7.50 on a 10.0 point scale (or 75% marks) in the bachelor degree. Applicant with more than two years of professional experience, the minimum requirement shall be 70% marks or 7.0 CPI (on 10 point scale) at bachelor degree provide the degree is from an Institution funded by the Central Government.

Ph.D. in Architecture, Planning and Design

• Applicants with M.Arch. or M.Plan. or M.Des. or in an allied discipline/area must have marks/ with a minimum CPI of 6.00 on a 10.0 point scale (or 60% marks) in the qualifying degree.
• Applicants with B.Arch., B.Plan. or B.Des. or in an allied discipline/area must have a minimum of 75% marks or 7.50 CPI (on a 10.0 point scale) at the bachelor’s degree level.

Interdisciplinary Programmes

• Ph.D. in Systems Engineering
  • Applicants with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in any branch of Engineering must have a minimum of 60% marks or 6.0 CPI (on a 10.0 point scale) at the master’s degree level.
  • Applicants with bachelor’s degree in any branch of engineering must have a minimum of 75% marks or 7.5 CPI (on a 10.0 point scale) at the bachelor’s degree level. Applicant with more than two years of professional experience, the minimum requirement shall be 70% marks or 7.0 CPI (on 10 point scale) at bachelor degree provide the degree is from an Institution funded by the Central Government.
• Ph.D. in Industrial Management
  • Applicants with bachelor’s degree in any branch of engineering and master’s degree in any branch of engineering/ management must have a minimum of 60% or 6.0 CPI (on a 10.0 point scale) at the master’s degree level.
  • Applicants with bachelor’s degree in any branch of engineering must have a minimum of 75% marks or 7.5 CPI (on a 10.0 point scale) at the bachelor’s degree level. Applicant with more than two years of professional experience, the minimum requirement shall be 70% marks or 7.0 CPI (on 10 point scale) at bachelor degree provide the degree is from an Institution funded by the Central Government.
• Ph.D. in Bio-chemical Engineering/Bio-medical Engineering/Materials Science and Technology
  • Applicants with master’s degree in the discipline concerned or in an allied discipline must have a minimum of 60% or 6.0 CPI (on a 10.0 point scale) at the master’s degree level.
  • Applicants with bachelor’s degree in the discipline concerned or in an allied discipline must have a minimum of 75% marks or 7.5 CPI (on a 10.0 point scale) at the bachelor’s degree level. Applicant with more than two years of professional experience, the minimum requirement shall be 70% marks or 7.0 CPI (on 10 point scale) at bachelor degree provide the degree is from an Institution funded by the Central Government.
• Ph.D. Programme in Jay Chaudhry Software Innovation Centre
  • Applicants with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in any branch of Engineering must have a minimum of 60% marks or 6.0 CPI (on a 10.0 point scale) at the master’s degree level.
  • Applicants with bachelor’s degree in any branch of engineering must have a minimum of 75% marks or 7.5 CPI (on a 10.0 point scale) at the bachelor’s degree level.

Read information brochure for department wise complete eligibility criteria.

Full Admission of Candidates having National-level Scholarships

• There is a provision for admission to Ph.D. programmes for candidates who fulfill the eligibility criteria for the respective programmes and also have qualified in any of the national level JRF/SRF tests conducted by UGC, CSIR, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Council of Medical Research or DST-INSPIRE fellowship or Dr. K.S. Krishnan Fellowship of DAE, etc.
• Applicants must have requisite qualification with minimum marks/CPI. Such candidates may be offered admission after an interview as and when they apply in Departments/Schools where they are eligible.
• They will be recommended by DPGC to register for the programme at the next available semester. Such candidates who are applying for admission in response to this advertisement for the current session will go through similar process of selection as above.

Financial Assistance

• Financial assistance in the form of Institute Assistantships is available to the students admitted to Ph.D. programmes under Full Time regular registration category. Such students must have qualified GATE/GPAT.
• A student, if admitted to the Ph.D. programme of Department of Humanistic Studies under full time regular category, shall get Institute Assistantship if he/she is GATE/GPAT/UGC or CSIR NET-LS qualified. Further, the NET-LS student must have CPI 7.00 (on a 10 point scale or 70% marks in the qualifying examination. The maximum number of such assistantship available at the time of admission shall be the difference of number of permanent faculty and the number of assistantship being availed by the NET-LS qualified students. There shall be one assistantship assigned to a faculty.
• Presently the Assistantships @ Rs. 37,000/- per month is available to full time students admitted to the Ph.D. programmes.
• A student shall be assigned duties up to eight hours per week by the Departments/Schools to avail the Teaching Assistantship. The renewal of assistantship is contingent on the student’s satisfactory performance in the academic programme and in the discharge of assistantship duties on a semester to semester basis.
• For the Odd Semester of Session 2023-24, the Teaching Assistantships (Institute Assistantship) of the Institute are available for Ph.D. programmes in each department/school as given in Table 2C of Annexure-II. The number of available Institute Assistantship should not be considered as available seats. Applicants who are either of sponsored registration category or who are already awarded fellowship by external agencies or Part time registration category or external registration category can submit their applications for admission in departments/schools even if there is no Institute Assistantship available.
• No student shall be admitted to Full time Regular Registration Category without Institute Assistantship or National-level Scholarships/Fellowships. No student can get financial assistance from more than one source at a time.

Selection Criteria

• Admission will be based on written test/ interview/ counselling of the candidates shortlisted by the Department/School concerned.
• The following category of applicants shall be exempted from appearing in the written test:
  • a) External Registration Category
  • b) Sponsored Registration Category
  • c) Part-time Registration Category
  • d) Candidates having National Level Scholarships
  • e) Registration of MoRTH officials under Civil Engineering Department.
  • f) Registration of NMCG officials under Civil Engineering Department.
  • g) Registration sponsored category through national Academy of Ayurveda, Ministry of Ayush.
  • h) Outstanding candidates from Premier Institutions:
    • i) Applicants who have qualifying degree from IITs with CPI of 8.00 or above (on a 10.0 point scale) will also be admitted under advertise seats of Teaching Assistantship (TA) of the concerned Department/School.
    • ii) Interview should be conducted for this type of candidates PRIOR to the conduct of Interview for remaining candidates;
    • iii) Any candidate who could not qualify in the said Interview, through this channel, is eligible to take regular selection procedure of Written Test/Interview. Since, the candidate has been interviewed once, he/she will not appear again in the interview and marks of the first interview will be considered for preparing merit list.
• Further, if qualifying marks are specified in written test/interview a 5% relaxation will be given to SC/ST candidate. If a candidate avails such relaxation, he/she shall not be considered for admission in general category.
• Upon approval of Chairman, Senate, the Head of the Department/Coordinator of the School concerned will issue admission letters to the candidates who will be required to accept the offer of admission by depositing the prescribed fee before a specified date.
• In case a candidate does not accept the offer by paying the prescribed fee by the specified date, the offer of admission will stand withdrawn, and the admission will be offered to the candidates in the waiting list, if any, in order of merit.

Application Process

Candidates have to fill online application.

Read complete instructions before filling online application.

Step Wise Application Process

• Step 1. Register into the portal
• Step 2. Login to fill the application form – Click here to view a sample application form
• Step 3. Select the programme
• Step 4. Fill Personal Information.
• Step 5. Upload your photograph and signature.
• Step 6. Pay online the application processing fee – Click here to view a sample fee submission form format
• Step 7. Select the Registration Category, Programme, Department/School, Discipline/Specialization(s)
• Step 8. Fill in Details of GATE/GPAT (Mandatory for Full-Time Regular Category)
• Step 9. Fill in the academic information
• Step 10. Fill in the work experience (Mandatory for Sponsored Candidates)
• Step 11. Fill in the referees details (Only for Ph.D. programme)
• Step 12. Fill in the publication details (Only for Ph.D. programme)
• Step 13. Self Declaration.
• Step 14. Save, View, Lock/Submit and Download the application form (PDF)

The submission of application form is extended for Ph.D. Programmes to April 16, 2025 at 1700 hrs

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• Application
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