IIT Jammu PhD Admission 2025-26 (Special Drive for Reserved Category)

8 October, 2025

Full details for IIT Jammu PhD Admission 2025-26 (Special Drive for Reserved Category).

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jammu invites application for PhD admission 2025-26 (Special Drive for Reserved Category) in various departments.

Vacancy

PhD is being offered by the following departments –

Bio Sciences and Bio Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Humanities and Social Sciences
Materials Engineering
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Physics
Interdisciplinary Program

Categories of PhD Admission

The applicants can apply for admission to the Ph.D. programme under any one of the following categories:

Institute Research student/candidate (Full Time)

Eligibility Criteria

Regular (Full time)

Applicants with the following qualifications shall be eligible for application to a full-time PhD program at the Institute:

A Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology or a Master’s degree by Research in Engineering/Technology along with a good academic record. or
Master’s degree in Science (with a good academic record) and a valid GATE / UGC-CSIR NET (JRF or LS) /GPAT/ NBHM/ ICMR (JS) / ICAR (JS) or equivalent qualification in the relevant area tenable for the year of registration. or
Candidates with a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology with an exceptional academic record and a valid GATE score in the eligible discipline/paper code.
Exemption for GATE under schemes as agreed by IIT Council for students of NITs/IITs/IIITs/IISERs/IISc may be acceptable. The Candidate should have a minimum of 8.0 CGPA during the B.Tech program from these institutes.
UGC-CSIR NET Lectureship (LS) can be used as a selection criterion if the candidate qualifies for the interview cum selection process at the department level, and Institute fellowship can be granted to such candidates.

Application Process

Candidates have to fill the application online only
Candidates are advised to read advertisement very carefully before applying Online.
Candidates are advised to fill their active e-mail addresses in the online application. All correspondence will be made through e-mail.
Interview/Test schedule will be emailed to the candidates in their registered e-mail.
Visit institute website regularly for any updates.

Note: For special drive PhD Programme, only reserved category candidate can apply. General Category Candidate needs not to apply for special drive PhD Programme. Application fee is non refundable.