IIT Indore PhD Electrical Engineering Admission 2025 (Sept)

The Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Indore invites applications from motivated and research-oriented students for admission to its Ph.D. Program for 2025 (Sept).

Admission Categories

Applications are invited in FA, FAP, and FAR Category only.

FA (Fellowship Awardee)

Fellowship Awardees from the funding agencies such as CSIR, UGC, NBHM, DST etc. The scholarship will be as per the rules of the concerned funding agency.

FAP (Fellowship Awardee, funded from Research Project)

JRF/ SRF project staff working in a sponsored research project under a faculty member, PI of the project, of IIT Indore.

FAR (Fellowship Awardee, funded from Research Development fund)

FAR (Fellowship Awardee, funded from Research Development fund)

Eligibility Criteria

• Master’s degree in Electrical/ Electronics/ Electronics & Communication / Physics / Instrumentation and Control Engineering / Material Science & Engineering / Mathematics or any other equivalent degree with specialization in the areas of communication and signal processing or micro/nanoelectronics & VLSI area or power electronics and power systems/control systems (with first division in the qualifying degree*) AND having UGC/CSIR/DBT – JRF qualification OR DST INSPIRE fellowship OR Equivalent fellowship. Candidates without having any Equivalent fellowship may be considered under FA (Project) mode, if any faculty members are having JRF/SRF vacancies under sponsored projects. OR
• Four-year Bachelor’s degree OR five-year integrated degree in Electrical Engineering/ Electronics and Communication Engineering OR Electrical & Electronics Engineering/ Instrumentation & Control Engineering / Engineering Physics (with first division in the qualifying degree*) AND having UGC/CSIR/DBT – JRF qualification OR DST INSPIRE fellowship OR Equivalent fellowship. Candidates without having any Equivalent fellowship may be considered under FA (Project) mode, if any faculty members are having JRF/SRF vacancies under sponsored projects.

Application Procedure

• Applicants have to apply ONLINE through official website of IIT Indore.
• After submitting the application online the eligible candidates have to bring the signed hard-copy of the application along with payment receipt, recent photograph, self- attested copy of the relevant certificates, additional forms at the time of Written Test / Interview.

After applying online, the signed application form along with the following documents should be sent by email to admission-ee@iiti.ac.in

• Self-attested photocopies/scanned originals of all relevant supporting documents such as degree certificates, mark sheets from 10th class onwards, date of birth certificate, fellowship award letter, GATE score card UGC-NET Score card, etc., that they wish to present before the selection committee.
• Two recent passport size photographs.
• Receipt of fee (Rs.100/-) paid through SBI i-collect.
• Letters of recommendation duly signed by a minimum of two referees, who have known the applicant in a professional capacity, are mandatory for PhD selection process and must be sent directly to admission-ee@iiti.ac.in

• Last date of online application: 07 Sept 2025
• Dates of PhD selection process (Written Test and Interview): 12-13 Sept 2025

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• Institute PhD Advertisement
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