IIT Tirupati PhD Admission 2025 (July)

IIT Tirupati invites applications for admission to PhD Program for the academic session starting in 2024 (July).

IIT Tirupati PhD Programs

• PhD Chemical Engineering
• PhD Civil & Environmental Engineering
• PhD Computer Science & Engineering
• PhD Electrical Engineering
• PhD Mechanical Engineering
• PhD Chemistry
• PhD Physics
• PhD Mathematics and Statistics
• PhD Humanities and Social Sciences

Categories of Admission

1. Regular-HTRA/Project
2. Regular-Fellowship
3. Part-Time
4. External
5. Internal (IIT Tirupati Staff)

Eligibility Criteria

Minimum Qualifications for PhD Admission for Regular Category

S. No.	Educational Qualifications	Additional Requirements
1	M.E/M.Tech/MS(R) in Engineering (or)5-year integrated Master’s degree in Engineering/ B.Tech + M.Tech Dual Degree (or)5-year integrated degree or B.S+M.S from CFTI (or)Master’s degree in Sciences/Humanities and Social Sciences/Management from IITs with a minimum CGPA of 8.0 on a 10.0 point scale (7.5 for EWS/OBC-NCL and 7.0 for SC/ST/PwD)	None
2	Master’s degree in the relevant Sciences/Humanities and Social Sciences/Management from any recognized university/institute.	National Level Eligibility Test (NLT) such as GATE /UGC-NET/CSIR-NET/NBHM/ INSPIRE/JEST or an equivalent one tenable at the time of admission.
3*	Master’s degree in the relevant Sciences/Humanities and Social Sciences/Management from any recognized university/institute without a National Level Eligibility Test (NLT) for PhD.	(i) Candidates with more than 5 years of relevant experience after the Master’s (or)(ii) Candidates with a Master’s degree from CFI other than IITs with a minimum CGPA of 8.0 on a 10.0 point scale (7.5 for EWS/OBC-NCL and 7.0 for SC/ST/PwD) (or)(iii) Candidates qualified in the international-level post-graduate admission examination, such as the GRE.
4#	4-year Bachelor’s degree from a CFTI with a minimum CGPA of 8.0 on a 10.0 point scale (7.5 for EWS/OBC-NCL and 7.0 for SC/ST/PwD)	None
5#	4-year Bachelor’s degree from any recognized university/institute with a minimum CGPA of 7.0 on a 10.0 point scale (6.5 for EWS/OBC- NCL and 6.0 for SC/ST/PwD)	GATE tenable at the time of admission
* The candidates can only be admitted under the Regular-Project category without eligibility for conversion to the Regular- HTRA.
# Candidates with Educational Qualifications as mentioned in S. No. 4 and 5 will be considered for Direct MS(R)+PhD.

Minimum Qualifications for candidates in Part-Time/External/ Internal Category

The educational qualifications remain the same as those prescribed for the regular admission category. However, a valid GATE score or UGC-NET/CSIR-NET/INSPIRE/NBHM/JEST or an equivalent qualification as applicable for the regular admission category is not required In addition, applicants under External/Part-Time/Internal category have to satisfy the following criteria:

• External:
  • The applicant must be regular employee and have at least two years of professional experience as on the last date of receipt of applications.
  • The applicant must be sponsored by and employed in an industry/organization/national laboratories, having R&D facilities and recognized by DST or by IIT Tirupati.
• Part-Time:
  • The applicant must be employed in an industry, organization or institution located within commutable distance of IIT Tirupati.
  • The applicant should have at least two years of professional experience as on the last date of receipt of applications.
• Internal (IIT Tirupati Staff):
  • The applicant must be a regular employee of IIT Tirupati.
  • The applicant should have atleast two years of experience as a regular employee as on the last date of receipt of applications.

Financial Assistance

Financial assistance will be provided as per Ministry of Education (MoE) norms. All full time regular scholars admitted to Ph.D. and M.S (Research) programs are eligible for the Half-time Research Assistantship (HTRA) for which:

• They should work for 8 hours per week for the Institute to earn this assistantship. The work would normally involve assistance in teaching/research and will be assigned by the Institute.
• 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.
• Assistantship for candidates who have qualified through UGC-JRF, CSIR-JRF, ICMR & AICTE etc. will be as per the norms of the funding agency.

Application Process

The link to the online application form is available in the Apply Online tab. After filling out the form, please take a print and keep it for your record.

A candidate can apply to more than one division among all departments; however, the maximum number of divisions to which he or she can apply is three.

Candidates called for the written test/interview must produce a copy of the application submitted online along with originals and photocopies of the relevant certificates.

Reservation/concession/relaxations for EWS/OBC-NCL/SC/ST/PwD and Kashmiri- Migrants (KM), including Kashmiri Pandits/Kashmiri Hindu Families: As per the Government of India rules. A copy of a valid OBC-NCL/ST/SC/EWS/PwD certificate must be uploaded during the ONLINE application and must be submitted at the time of admission.

A Statement of Purpose (SoP) must be uploaded along with the online application. The guidelines for preparing the SoP are available at this Link.

Selection Procedure

The selection committee will call eligible candidates based on the minimum eligibility requirements and additional screening criteria for a written test (if any) and interview.

• Opening date and time for online application: 10 March, 2025
• Closing date and time for online application: 9 April, 2025
• Written Test / Interview: will be updated soon
• Announcement of Results: will be updated soon

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