IIT Jammu PhD Admission 2027 (Jan)

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jammu invites application for PhD admission 2026-27 (January Session) in various departments.

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)
• Full Time externally funded students (UGC, CSIR, GPAT, SERB, DST, PMRF, Visveswaraya scheme etc.)
• External Project funding (Full Time)
• Off Campus – External
• Off Campus – Part time
• Institute Staff

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.

Off Campus – External

• Candidates working as a regular full-time employee in a government institution/ R&D organization/ relevant private industries are eligible to apply.
• Candidate must be sponsored by his/her employer and must have been in employment with the sponsoring organization for at least two years at the time of admission. The organization(s) should sign MoU with IIT Jammu.
• The employer must expressly undertake to relieve him/her to stay on the campus to enable the candidate to complete the “Course work” (it may take up to 3 semesters based on pace of student) and attend the evaluation presentations at the end of every semester.
• Candidate should have a minimum residency period of one semester on campus. Visits at the end of each semester till completion of program are mandatory.
• Candidate should have well established research facilities on parent campus. Majorityof research work shall be carried out in parent organization.
• Candidate should have Co supervisor from the parent organization who is a doctorate in the relevant field. (Annexure A)
• Supervisor from IIT Jammu should be allowed visit the organization/lab/ industry once a year for mutual research benefit.
• Minimum qualification for these candidates is the same as for full-time regular candidates.

Off Campus – Part time

• Candidates working as a regular full-time employee in a government institution/ R&D organization/relevant private industries/CRPF/Indian Armed Forces are eligible to apply. Theparent organization should be located in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh regions only.
• The employer must expressly undertake to relieve him/her to stay on the campus to enable the candidate to complete the “Course work” and attend the evaluation presentations at the end of every semester.
• A candidate applying for admission to the Part time PhD programme must spend at least 6 weeks per semester on IIT campus to work.
• Part-time PhD candidates will utilize research infrastructure of IIT Jammu for their thesis research work and supervisor at parent organization is not mandatory.
• Minimum qualifications for these candidates are the same as for full-time regular 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.

Merely applying for / being shortlisted/appearing for the interview / written test / or subsequent processes does not imply that a candidate will necessarily be admitted in IIT Jammu.

Departments/Centers of the Institute reserve the right to restrict the number of candidates to be called for interview to a reasonable number, based on qualifications and/or experience. A higher shortlisting criteria may be used by the departments in this regard.

• Start date of the application: 09 October, 2026
• End date of the application: 02 November, 2026

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