IIT Guwahati PhD admissions 2024 are ongoing. IIT guwahati is accepting registrations for admission to the PhD program. The last date to register for the program is October 30, 2023. IIT Guwahati will conduct selections for PhD program from November 30 to December 07, 2023.   Check IIT Guwahati PhD Schedule here

IIT Guwahati PhD Important Dates 2024

Event Dates
Application process begins October 06, 2023
Application process (Extended) November 03, 2023
Selections of shortlisted candidates November 30 – December 07, 2023
Registration of New Ph.D. students January 02, 2024
Orientation of new students January 03, 2024
Schedule of PhD Selections
Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering (Offline Interview) December 05-07, 2023
Department of Civil Engineering (Offline Interview) December 06, 2023
Department of Computer Science and Engineering (Two-Stage Selection Process Written Test (Offline) + Interview (Offline))

Written Test: December 05, 2023

Interview: December 06, 2023
Department of Chemical Engineering (Online Interview) December 01-02, 2023
Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering (Online Interview) Novermber 30- December 02, 2023
Department of Mechanical Engineering (Offline Interview) December 06-07, 2023
Department of Design (Two-Stage Selection Process Written Test (Offline) + Interview (Offline))

Written Test: November 30, 2023

Interview: November 30 – December 01, 2023
Department of Physics (Online Interview) November 30- December 01, 2023
Department of Chemistry (Online Interview) November 30- December 01, 2023
Department of Mathematics (Two-Stage Selection Process Written Test (Offline) + Interview (Offline))

Written Test: December 04, 2023

Interview: December 04-06, 2023
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (Two-Stage Selection Process Written Test (Offline) + Interview (Offline))

Written Test: December 06, 2023

Interview: December 06, 2023
School of Agro and Rural Technology (Offline Interview) December 06-07, 2023
Jyoti and Bhupat Mehta School of Health Science and Technology (Offline Interview) December 06-07, 2023
School of Business (Online Interview) November 30- December 01, 2023
Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (Offline Interview) December 04-05, 2023
School of Energy Science and Engineering (Online Interview) November 30- December 01, 2023
Center for Nanotechnology (Offline Interview) December 04-05, 2023
Center for the Environment (Offline Interview) November 30, 2023
Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems (Offline Interview) November 30, 2023
Center for Disaster Management and Research (Offline Interview) December 05, 2023
Centre for Sustainable Polymers (Online Interview) December 06, 2023
Center for Linguistic Science and Technology (Online Interview) December 07, 2023
Center for Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems (Online Interview) December 06, 2023
Centre for Sustainable Water Research (Online Interview) December 04, 2023
Centre for Drone Technology (Offline Interview) December 04, 2023

Check IIT Guwahati Latest News

IIT Guwahati PhD Eligibility Criteria

For admission to the Ph.D. For programs in various disciplines, a candidate must satisfy the following criteria:

Computer Science and Engineering

  • Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology in the relevant area with a minimum Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) of 6.5 or 60% of marks.
  • MSc (CS)/MSc (IT)/MCA/Equivalent Non-Tech Master’s Degrees in the relevant area with a minimum Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) of 6.5 or 60% of marks having a GATE/NET/SLET score in CS/IT.
  • Candidates with a Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Medical Sciences or equivalent in a relevant area with a minimum CPI of 7.0 or 65% of marks.

The table shows the eligibility criteria for different Ph.D. specializations.

Specializations Eligibility criteria
Biosciences and Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering, Design, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Energy, Environment, Nanotechnology, Rural Technology, Linguistic Science and Technology ME/ MTech or any master’s degree in a relevant area with at least 60% Marks OR a Four-year bachelor’s degree in a relevant area with at least 70% Marks
Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics M.Sc in relevant area with at least 60% Marks OR Four years BTech/ BE/ BSc from IIT in the relevant area
Design M.Arch/ M.Des with at least 60% Marks
Humanities & Social Sciences Master’s degree in relevant area with at least 55% marks + ME/ MTech with at least 60% Marks OR BE/ BTech with at least 70% Marks

Check: IIT Guwahati Admission

IIT Guwahati Ph.D Application Fee 

Particulars Amount
All Female Candidates INR 150
All Transgender Candidates INR 150
All SC/ ST/ PwD Candidates INR 150
All Other Candidates INR 300

IIT Guwahati PhD Admission Procedure

Candidates who want to take admitted to the IIT Guwahati Ph.D. program must go through the admission procedure.

  • Candidates should appear in a written exam conducted by the institute.
  • Candidates who qualify for the written test are called for an interview.
  • Candidates need to go through the interview process.
  • Candidates who clear the interview round will be selected.

Entrance exams to get selected for the course are GATE and conducted by UGC- NET. Students must have got qualified marks in the exams.

IIT Guwahati PhD Application Process

Candidates can apply offline mode also by downloading the form and submitting it in college with all required documents.

The online Admission process is given below:

Below mentioned is the step-by-step process which needs to be followed:

  • Registration: Candidates need to register themselves online.
  • Login to your system: Login to the portal by entering the username and password.
  • Go to the "Click here to Apply" button.
  • Fill up the application form. Once you update the form you need to save/ submit the application form.
  • Application fee: Below mentioned are the fees that need to be submitted after filling out the form.
    • General/ OBC Category - INR 300 only
    • SC/ ST/ PWD category - INR 150 only
    • All Women Candidates - INR 150 Only
    • All Transgender Candidates- INR 150 Only
  • Apply by clicking on the submit button. Please note that if you do not apply, your application will not be considered.
  • After submission of the application form please take a printout of the form which will be used for future reference.

Important Documents required to submit are:

  • Date of Birth proof and a colored passport-size photograph
  • If required submit a PWD/ Caste certificate
  • Certificate of category
  • Sponsored/ Part-time form if applicable in the required format
  • Scorecard of entrance exam
  • Copy of all Degree certificates.

IIT Guwahati Ph.D. Selection Process

Candidates are selected based on the below-mentioned criteria:

After fulfilling the minimum eligibility criteria, the students don’t need to be called for a written test and interview. IIT Guwahati Institute has the right to shortlist students based on suitability.

  • Presentation/ Seminar of a topic needs to be given by students on the choice of their interest
  • Students need to produce project works/ Experience etc
  • Interview

Please note that for selecting candidates an overall assessment will be done based on all of the above-mentioned points.

IIT Guwahati PhD (Regular Seats) for GATE qualified candidates are offered on the basis of COAP in the following disciplines:

  1. Biotechnology
  2. Bioengineering
  3. Civil Engineering
  4. Computer Science Engineering
  5. Chemical Engineering
  6. Electronics adn Electrical Engineering
  7. Machanical Engineering
  8. Data Science
  9. Robotics and Artificial Intelligence
  10. Biomedical Science & Engineering

IIT Guwahati Ph.D. Course Details

The below-mentioned table shows the course details of the Ph.D. in physics offered and the course details that students need to study in detail in their whole Ph.D. course tenure:-

Ph.D. in Biosciences and BioEngineering Course Number Subjects
Electives (Departmental) BT 612 Systems Biology
BT 607 Plant Biotechnology
BT 623 Research Methodology
BT 629 Metagenomics
BT 637 Genome Editing and Engineering
BT 638 Cellular and Molecular Aspects of Aging
Electives (Open) BT 641 Fundamentals of Human body Mechanics
BT 624
Fluorescence Techniques in Biotechnology
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering Course Number Subjects
Departmental Electives CH601 Physical Methods in Chemistry
CH602 Optical and Electronic Materials: A Molecular Approach
CH603 Supramolecules: Concept and Application
CH605 Applied Crystallography
CH610 Organometallics
CH611 Bioinorganic Chemistry
CH620 Art in Organic Synthesis
CH621 New Reagents for Organic Synthesis
CH630 A fundamental approach to Physical Chemistry
CH631 Experimental Spectroscopy
CH632 Chemical Applications of Group Theory
CH638 Time-Dependent Quantum Mechanics
CH639 Principles and Applications of Molecular Fluorescence
CH623 Chemistry of Biological Macromolecules
Principles and Applications of Molecular Fluorescence - -

Ph.D. in Physics:

Course Code Course Name
PH702 Electrodynamics
PH703 Quantum Mechanics
PH704 Statistical Mechanics
PH706 Experimental and Numerical Techniques

Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering:

Course A Course B
Computer Architecture/ Computer organization Advanced algorithms for graph and combinatorial optimization problems and vector spaces 13. Artificial intelligence
Data and file structures Digital Signal Processing
Design and analysis of algorithms Document processing and retrieval of Fault-tolerant computing
Discrete mathematics Formal Logic
Operating Systems -
Automatic, Languages and computation -

PhD in Electronics and Electrical Engineering:

Specialization Course Details
Communication Engineering Data Sciences, Biomedical Signal and Medical Image Processing; Speech and Handwriting Processing; Image/ Video Processing and Computer Vision; Pattern Recognition; Multimedia Analytics; Biometrics; Counter-spoofing; Security and Privacy; Biometrics and Biometric counter-spoofing; Privacy-preserving analysis for secure computation; Secure key distribution and management in wireless sensor networks, Video processing, Pattern recognition, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Human-Computer Interactions (HCI), Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality, Speech and Audio Processing, Speech Recognition, Biomedical Signal Processing, Cardiovascular Signal Processing, Biomedical Data Science, AI in Healthcare, Retinal Image Processing (Fundus Image), Privacy-preserving authentication and multimedia searches, Blind image forensics and image phylogeny, Statistical Signal Processing, Applied Mathematics and Signal Processing, Large Scale Optimization and Machine Learning.
Systems, Control and Automation Systems Theory; Control Theory and Applications; Control of Nonlinear Uncertain Systems; Artificial Intelligence-based Control; Identification and Control of Nonlinear Systems; Relay Based Identification and Autotuning; Adaptive Control; Optimal Control; Robotics and Automation; Cryptography, Linear Control, Nonlinear Control, Adaptive and Robust Control, Event-based Control, Networked Control, Robotics and Automation, Relay Control System, Control of Nonlinear Uncertain Systems, Artificial Intelligence based Control, Consensus in Multi-Agent Systems Control Systems, Singular descriptor systems/ Differential algebraic systems, Model order reduction, Multiagent systems, Behavioral theoretic approach to control, Graph-Theoretic approach to control Electronic instrumentation, Systems design, Ultrasonic instrumentation, Non-destructive testing, Electronic product design, EMI/ EMC issues, Acoustic sensors, Underwater acoustics, Surface acoustic wave devices.
VLSI Solid-State Devices; Analog and RF Integrated Circuits; Digital Systems; DSP Architectures; CAD for VLSI; High-Performance Computing; MEMS; Organic Electronics; Flexible Electronics; Instrumentation; Quantum Computing; Hardware Security, VLSI Circuits/ Electronics System Design, VLSI Architectures for Signal Processing Systems, Circuit Simulation (Analog, RF & Digital), Embedded Systems and IoT, Computer Architecture, CMOS radios, Photovoltaics, Optoelectronics.
Power Engineering Power Systems; Power Electronics; Power Quality; Power electronics application in power system; Microgrid and renewable energy resources; Power distribution system planning; Custom power devices; Electrical Machines; Control of Electrical Drives; Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles; High Voltage Engineering; High Voltage Engineering and Applied Electromagnetics; Condition Monitoring of Power Apparatuses; High voltage and Pulse power; High power density motor design; Inductive charging for EVs; Vector Control of Motors. Power Systems Dynamics and Stability, Wide Area Monitoring of Power Systems, Renewable Energy and Distributed Generation, Synchrophasor Technology, HVDC and HVAC transmission systems, Design and control of Power Electronic converters, Optimization and control of Energy storage systems, Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS), Electrical Machine Analysis and Design.
RF and Photonics Microstrip Antennas, Electromagnetic Band Gap, Filters, Metamaterials, Energy Harvesting, RF Circuit Design, Antenna; Microwave Engineering; Electromagnetics; Computational Electromagnetics. Fibre Optic Communication; Optoelectronics; Photonics Integrated Circuits, Optical Communication, Optical Networks; Optical Sensors; Microwave and Photonics; Optical Instrumentation; Plasmonics and metamaterials and smart electro tuneable plasmonic metasystems; Silicon photonics, Structural Health Monitoring Using fibre Optics, Distributed Acoustic Sensors, Optical Signal Processing, Digital Holography, Phase Imaging, Integrated Photonics, Fiber lasers Optoelectronics, Device Characterization and Fabrication, Non-invasive measurement of physiological parameters of human blood, Vacuum Electron Devices.
Signal Processing and Machine Learning Data Sciences, Biomedical Signal and Medical Image Processing; Speech and Handwriting Processing; Image/ Video Processing and Computer Vision; Pattern Recognition; Multimedia Analytics; Biometrics; Counter-spoofing; Security and Privacy; Biometrics and Biometric counter-spoofing; Privacy-preserving analysis for secure computation; Secure key distribution and management in wireless sensor networks, Video processing, Pattern recognition, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Human-Computer Interactions (HCI), Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality, Speech and Audio Processing, Speech Recognition, Biomedical Signal Processing, Cardiovascular Signal Processing, Biomedical Data Science, AI in Healthcare, Retinal Image Processing (Fundus Image), Privacy-preserving authentication and multimedia searches, Blind image forensics and image phylogeny, Statistical Signal Processing, Applied Mathematics and Signal Processing, Large Scale Optimization and Machine Learning.

Check IIT Guwahati Courses

FAQ’S

Ques. What type of students can take admitted to IIT Guwahati in the Ph.D. program?

Ans. Below mentioned are the types of Ph.D. students who are taking admission to IIT Guwahati

  • Regular and Full-Time Category
  • Sponsored and Full-Time Category
  • Employed and Part-Time Category
  • Self-Finance and FullTime Category
  • Self-Finance and Part-Time Category
  • Project Staff and FullTime Category
  • Project Staff and Part-Time Category
  • External and FullTime Category
  • External and part-time Category
  • Self-Financed and Full-Time Foreign students

As per Government rules and regulations reservation of seats is given to SC/ ST/ OBC and physically challenged people.

Ques. What is the minimum age to apply for an IIT Guwahati Ph.D.?

Ans. Students should be at least 21 years of age before applying for this course. This is as per standard norms provided by the Education Board as before applying for a Ph.D. course students must be post-graduate. A student who is a postgraduate should be at least 23 years old.

Ques. Is a hostel facility available for IIT Guwahati Ph.D. course candidates?

Ans.Yes, students have facilities where he/ she can take admitted to hostels. The hostel fees will need to be deposited by the student once the admission is into the course

Ques. Is there any scholarship available for the IIT Guwahati Ph.D. course?

Ans.Yes, the college is providing scholarships to eligible candidates. The financial assistantship will be given to students who are truly deserving of all Ph.D. specializations.

Ques. Is there any entrance test required for taking admission into the IIT Guwahati Ph.D. course?

Ans.Yes, for taking admission into a Ph.D. course Institute conducts its written test which students need to qualify as per the eligibility criteria.