Winter Research Admissions 2024 (for Spring 2025)
    Important dates
  • Application Portal Opens: 16th October 2024
  • Application Portal Closes: 15th November 2024
    20th November 2024
Ph.D. admissions at IIIT Hyderabad are open for Winter 2024. Applications are invited for full-time and part-time Ph.D. from individuals with a passion for cutting-edge research aimed to transform industry and society by developing new theories, technologies, or applications in the following programmes.

For academic regulations of PhD programmes: Click Here

Eligibility for Application

Applicants must satisfy the following criterion.

Programme Discipline Eligibility Criteria
Ph.D
Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) B.E/B.Tech/M.E/M.Tech all branches, M.Sc (Maths) and related branches, M.Stat, MCA
Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) B.E/B.Tech/M.E/M.Tech all branches, M.Sc (Maths) and related branches, M.Stat, MCA
Civil Engineering (CE) B.E/B.Tech in Civil Engineering
Computational Natural Sciences (CNS) M.Sc in fundamental sciences, M.E/M.Tech/B.E/B.Tech in CS/IT/Biotech/BioInformatics/BioMed, MCA

Admission Procedure

Applicants are first screened based on their application, which includes their academic performance in relevant subjects, standard exam scores (such as GATE), merit scholarships (such as CSIR-UGC NET) and CV/relevant work experience in IT industry/R&D labs. Shortlisted applicants are invited in person to the IIIT Hyderabad campus for a written test, followed by a technical interview. Final selection is based on performance in the interview. The decision of the interview committee is final and binding.

How to Apply

Complete the online application process, which has two parts – Registration Form and Application Form. Please note that incomplete applications will be desk-rejected and not be considered even for the first level screening.

Applications are closed

Application Fee

An application fee of INR 2000 (Non-Refundable) is payable to complete your application process. Payment can be done through Credit Card/Debit Card (Visa/ Master/RuPay Card) or Net Banking.

Tuition Fee and Financial Support for PhD Programmes

Tuition fees and financial support for the academic year 2024-25 is listed on this page.

  • Full-time Ph.D. students are given scholarships that provide a monthly stipend between Rs. 31,000/- to Rs. 35,000/- depending on the stage of the student in the Ph.D. program.
  • Students are provided generous travel support to present their published research work in reputed conferences.

Many of our Ph.D. students have been awarded corporate fellowships such as from Google, TCS. The fellowship amount under these schemes is Rs 50,000/- per month.

Important Dates

Details Dates
Application portal opening October 16, 2024
Portal closure November 15, 2024
November 20, 2024
Announcement of short listed candidates for interview November 22, 2024
Interviews for shortlisted candidates December 05 – 06, 2024
Announcement of selected candidates December 15, 2024
December 09, 2024
Last date of seat acceptance December 21, 2024
Last date of online Reporting December 25, 2024
Physical Reporting to IIITH campus December 30, 2024
Commencement of classwork January 02, 2025

Note

  • Please check your “Bulk” or “Junk/Spam” folders also for any missing acknowledgement e-mails.
    Important dates
  • Application Portal Opens: 16th October 2024
  • Application Portal Closes: 15th November 2024
    20th November 2024
Updated on December 2024