Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy PhD Admission 2026 (July)

Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy invites applications from motivated Indian citizens for admission to the Ph.D. Programme [Regular, Sponsored, Working Professionals and Individual Fellowship (i.e. CSIR/ UGC/ DBT/ ICMR/ INSPIRE, etc.)] in the disciplines of Engineering, Technology, and Science.

Eligibility Criteria

Minimum qualifying degree required for seeking admission to the Ph.D. program

• An applicant must have a Master’s Degree (M. Tech/ME/MS) in Engineering/ Technology or a degree equivalent with First Class/ division or a minimum 60% marks or a minimum 6.5 CGPA on a 10-point scale (55% or 6.0 CGPA for ST/SC/PwD). OR
• An applicant must have a Bachelor Degree (B.Tech /BE/BS) in Engineering/ Technology or a degree equivalent to any of the above in relevant subject with First Class/ division or a minimum 60% marks or a minimum 6.5 CGPA on a 10 point scale (55% or 6.0 CGPA on a 10 point scale for ST/SC/PwD). OR
• An applicant must have a Master Degree (M.Sc/ M.Tech/ MS/M. Sc. Tech/ME) in Science/ an allied area or a degree equivalent to any of the above in relevant subject with First Class/ division or a minimum 60% marks or a minimum 6.5 CGPA on a 10 point scale (55% or 6.0 CGPA for ST/SC/PwD).
• The minimum marks for being eligible for admission are without round-off.

Additional Requirements for Different Admission category

• Regular with Institute Research Fellowship
  • A valid GATE /UGC/CSIR-NET/NBHM/National Level Exam score is required for BTech/ MSc students for the award of the Institute Research Fellowship.
  • Candidates with an M.Tech. degree in Engineering or Technology are not required to have a GATE score for the Institute Research Fellowship. However, candidates who completed their M. Tech degree more than 10 years prior to the application date, must undergo a written examination in addition to the interview.
  • B. Tech Degree, Dual Degree (B. Tech & M. Tech), 5 year Integrated MSc degree, M. Tech and Master’s Degree (admitted through JAM) having final CGPA >= 8.0 on a 10.0 point scale or 75% (7.0 CGPA or 65% for SC/ST) from IITs/IISc/IIPE/ RGIPT/NITs may be considered for Direct admission in Ph.D Programme with Institute Fellowships holders provided they meet minimum eligibility criteria.
  • A person who is in employment and is applying for Institute Fellowship and selected for admission, he/she must resign and produce the acceptance of resignation by the employer at the time of joining or produce a document that he/she is not receiving any salary from his/her employer along with proper document of sanctioned leave.
  • Subject-wise Eligibility Criteria for vacancy under Institute Fellowship in the following disciplines is given in brochure.
• Individual Fellowship (CSIR/UGC/DBT/ICAR/INSPIRE etc.)
  • All candidates applying for the Individual Fellowship category must have a valid award letter with fellowship issued by the respective funding agency (i.e. CSIR/UGC/DST/DBT/ICMR etc.) along with the eligibility criterion.
  • Candidates having provisional Individual Fellowship award letter must give an undertaking that “In case of cancelation/withdrawal of Provisional award of fellowship by the funding agency, the admission at IIPE Visakhapatnam will be cancelled from the date of joining the Ph.D. program and there is no liability on the part of IIPE in this regard”.
• Ph.D. through Project
  • Candidates who possess the prescribed qualifications as mentioned in the eligibility criteria as mentioned in Section 3.1 and are working on a sponsored project in the Institute shall be eligible for admission to the Ph.D. program under the project category.
  • An intending candidate must submit his/her application in prescribed form for admission through Principal Investigator, Head of the Department and Dean (Research and Development) with suitable endorsement.
  • The minimum remaining period of the project as well as tenure of the project employee should be at least 1 year from the date of joining the Ph.D. program.
  • The minimum remaining period should be 3 Years for DST Inspire or project of similar nature.
• Degrees from IITs/IISc/IIPE/RGIPT/NITs
  • B.Tech degree, Dual Degree (B.Tech & M.Tech), 5 year Integrated MSc degree, 2 year MSc degree (admitted through JAM) holders having final CGPA >= 8.0 on a 10.0 point scale or 75% (7.0 CGPA or 65% for SC/ST) from Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE), Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum and Technology (RGIPT) and National Institute of Technology (NIT) may be considered for direct admission in Ph.D programme with Institute Research Fellowship.

For other admission categories see brochure for reuirements.

Selection Process

The admission of a candidate to the Ph.D. program is recommended by the Institute Academic Committee (IAC) on the basis of

1. Overall Academic Performance
2. Written/Computer Test or Interview or both

Application Process

• STEP-I: Fill in the ONLINE application form
  • Register with Your Email Id and Login. FILL in the appropriate data. Please note that you have to upload your testimonials wherever it is required to validate your information along with your digital photograph and signature.
• STEP-II: Make PAYMENT and SUBMIT
  • Application Payment of the application fee has to be made through an online payment gateway only.
• STEP-III: Take PRINT
  • After the final submission of your online application, you will be able to generate your online application print with your specific details/data. This application print may be retained with you for future requirements.
• Please note that you NEED NOT SEND the application by post. Your application will be considered on the basis of your final submission through online. You can check submission, shortlisting, selection, and other application-related status from the Application Status menu. You should remember your login ID and password for the same.
• In case you are desirous of being considered for admission in more than one “specialization”, you should apply separately.

• Commencement of application form submission: 15 April, 2026
• Last date of the application submission: 13 June, 2026
• Tentative dates of written test and/ or interviews (for short-listed candidates): 22 June, 2026 and 30 June, 2026
• Tentative date of result declaration: 3 July, 2026

• Information Brochure
• Application Form
• IIPE Website