NIT Calicut PhD Admission 2025 (Dec)

National Institute of Technology, Calicut invites applications for PhD Admission in various Departments for the academic session Winter Semester (Dec) Admissions 2025-26.

PhD Admission Schemes

• Scheme I: Full-time registration with Institute Fellowship or other Govt. Fellowships like CSIR-UGC JRF/ KSCSTE/INSPIRE etc.
• Scheme II: Full-time registration under the Self-Sponsored category
• Scheme III: Full-time registration for candidates sponsored from Industry or other organizations including Educational Institutions
• Scheme IV: Internal Registration for regular staff employed at NITC/ Research staff employed in funded projects at NITC
• Scheme V: External (Part-time) Registration for candidates, from Industry or other organizations including Educational Institutions, who possess a post graduate degree
• Scheme VI: External (Part-time) Registration to Direct PhD programme for candidates working in Industry/R&D Labs/Medical Institutions who do not have a post graduate degree but have relevant experience in reputed Industry/R&D Labs/Medical Institutions.

Eligibility Criteria

Scheme I (Full time with Institute Fellowship or other Govt. Fellowships like CSIR-UGC JRF/KSCSTE/INSPIRE etc.

For course wise eligibility criteria refer to information brochure.

Selection Process

• For selection to PhD Scheme-I with Institute Fellowship and Scheme-II (Self-sponsored), the candidates must qualify the National level PhD entrance examination & Interview conducted by NIT Calicut for admissions to the Ph.D. programme. Exam will be conducted at NIT Calicut
• The number of PhD seats under Scheme-I with Institute Fellowship in each Department are limited. Hence allocation of PhD seats under Scheme-I with Institute Fellowship will be based on the rank list prepared by Department. Once the Institute fellowships are exhausted, the remaining candidates in the rank list will be considered for PhD admission under Scheme-II (Self-sponsored), provided they have indicated their preference for Scheme-II (Self-sponsored) during the application process / Interview.
• Those candidates, who have secured Govt. fellowships such as CSIR-UGC JRF/KSCSTE etc., will be selected for PhD admission based on their performance in written test and/or interview conducted by respective Departments/Centre of NIT Calicut. Fellowship for such candidates shall be as per the norms of the funding agency.
• The selection of candidates for the PhD programme under Schemes III-VI will be based on written test and/or interview conducted by the respective Departments/Centre.

Application Process

• Candidate has to apply online on the link available at official website.
• Register with your e-mail id and mobile number for creating a login in the online portal.
• Candidates who wish to apply to multiple departments or schools (subject to fulfilling the eligibility criteria) should select each such department/school and pay the application fee separately.
• However, candidates applying for multiple schemes under one department need to pay the application fee for that department only (Payment details and copy of the same fee payment receipt may be uploaded again).
• Read information brochure carefully before filling application form.

• Activation of the website for submission of Online application: 11 October, 2025 at 1:00 PM
• Last date for submission of completed application form through on-line: 27 October, 2025 at 10:00 AM
• Publishing the list of short-listed candidates for the selection process, in the website: 7 November, 2025 (Tentative)
• Selection process for shortlisted candidates (Offline Mode): 25 November, 2025 to 28 November, 2025 (Tentative)
• Date of Admission and Reporting for the Programme: 18 December, 2025 (Tentative)

• Brochure
• Application
• NIT Calicut Website