MANIT Bhopal PhD Admission 2026 (July) – Phase II

Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) Bhopal or NIT Bhopal will invites invites applications for PhD admission for 2026 (July) for the academic year 2026-27.

Admission Categories

Students with a Graduation/Master’s Degree in the relevant discipline will be eligible for admission to the following Ph.D. programs as per the concerned eligibility criteria.

Full Time (FT)

1. FT-Institute – (With Institute Fellowship)
2. FT – JRF – (With fellowship from NET/UGC etc.)
3. FT-Self-Financed – (Without Institute Fellowship)
4. FT- Sponsored – (Without Institute Fellowship)
5. FT-Foreign – (Without Institute Fellowship)

Eligibility Criteria

FT-Institute (With Institute Fellowship)

• Master’s degree in respective discipline with a minimum of 60% or CGPA 6.5 (on a 10-point Scale) with NET/GATE qualified. OR
• B.E./B.Tech/ B.Arch/B.Plan or Equivalent Degree with a minimum of 70% marks or 7.5 CGPA (on the scale of 10) plus Valid Gate Score.

FT – JRF (With Fellowship from the NET/UGC etc.)

• Master’s degree in respective discipline with a minimum of 60% or CGPA 6.5 (on a 10-point Scale) with NET/GATE qualified. OR
• B.E./B.Tech/ B.Arch/B.Plan or Equivalent Degree with a minimum of 70% marks or 7.5 CGPA (on the scale of 10) plus Valid Gate Score.

FT-Self-Financed (Without Institute Fellowship)

• Master’s degree in respective discipline with a minimum of 60% or CGPA 6.5 (on a 10-point Scale). OR
• B.E./B.Tech/B.Arch/B.Plan or Equivalent Degree with a minimum of 70% marks or 7.5 CGPA (on the scale of 10).

FT- Sponsored (Without Institute Fellowship)

• Master’s degree in respective discipline with a minimum of 60% or CGPA 6.5 (on a 10-point Scale). OR
• B.E./B.Tech/B.Arch/B.Plan or Equivalent Degree with a minimum of 70% marks or 7.5 CGPA (on the scale of 10).
• Experience and other Requirements: The Candidate must be an employee of Central/State Government Institutions/ organizations. It is mandatory to furnish NOC (Annexure B) from the parent organization at the time of application/admission.

FT-Foreign (Without Institute Fellowship)

• Master’s degree in relevant discipline with a minimum of 60% or CGPA 6.5 (on a 10-point Scale). AND B.Tech/ B.E./ B Plan of 04 years duration in relevant discipline or 05 years Degree course in Architecture with minimum 60% aggregate marks or 6.5 CGPA (on a 10-point Scale).
• Experience and other Requirements:
  • This category of admission is applicable to foreign students through ICCR scholarship.
  • The applicant should not be older than 30 years as on 1st October of the calendar year.
  • Must have a minimum valid GRE score of 280.

Reservation / Relaxation

Presently, a relaxation of 5% in marks or 0.5 in CGPA is applicable for SC/ST/PWD candidates, Any modification in all or anyone admission category, shall be notified on Institute website after due approval from the competent authority. Category-reservation of PwD/SC/ ST/OBC/EWS is as per prevailing GOI norms.

Admission Procedure

• The admission to PhD program shall be through entrance examination, which include written test followed by interview.
• The applicable procedure for admission to both FT and PT category may include written test and/or interview, which shall be notified in advertisement/institute website with due approval from Senate or Chairman Senate.
• Eligible applicants from the organizations having MoU with the MANIT Bhopal will get the admission under sponsored category after having ascertained the eligibility (as per Table-I) by the DRPC committee. The basis of the admission under such category shall be Interview/interaction and there shall not be any written test.
• Final recommendation on the selection of the candidates Page shall be made by the Interview committee in cognizance with evaluation of presentation committee. Dean (Academic) shall get the final approval from the Director before forwarding the list of selected candidates

The selection will be based on the candidate’s academic research profile and following criteria:

• Weightage of written test 70%
• Weightage of Interview (if found eligible for research) 30%

No TA/DA will be paid for attending the written test &/or Interview.

Application Process

• The application form can be filled from https://online.manit.ac.in/admission.
• After successfully filling out the online application form, candidates are required to send a copy of the completed application form along with all the required supporting documents to the designated e-mail at admissionmanit@gmail.com on or before the prescribed last date.

• Last Date of form submission: 30 July, 2026
• Date of written test: 3 August, 2026
• Date of Interview: 3 August, 2026
• Result Declaration on institute website: 7 August, 2026
• Admission Date: 11 August, 2026

• Brochure
• Application
• MANIT Bhopal Website