IIT Bhilai Ph.D: Fees 2025, Course Duration, Dates, Eligibility

IIT Bhilai PhD Course Highlights

IIT Bhilai offers PhD courses in Engineering with 7 specializations. The institute offers the following course types in PhD to the sponsored students- Full time, part-time, external, external full-time, and external part-time.

• These specializations include Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering, and Liberal Arts. 
• To be eligible, candidates should have a Master's degree in Bachelor’s degree with 60% marks. 
• The IIT Bhilai PhD admission is based on a valid GATE Score/ NET.

IIT Bhilai PhD Admission Dates 2023

IIT Bhilai PhD Online Application Procedure

The application process for the IIT Bhilai PhD program is done via online mode. For applying online, the candidate needs to perform the following steps:

• Go to the official website of IIT Bhilai
• Fill up all the necessary details and you'll be provided with an application number
• Note down your application number and upload the essential testimonials related to your information
• You'll also be required to upload your digital photograph and signature
• After the final submission of your details, you'll be able to take a printout of your application form
• Keep the application form with you for future reference
• You'll be required to pay an application fee amounting to INR 100 for SC/ ST/ PwD/ Female candidates and INR 200 for the other candidates
• The Application fee payment is done only through State Bank Collect
• For this, the student candidate needs to visit the SBI collect and select the PhD application fee as per the category
• Mention the application id in the correct format while filling the SBI collect challan for the payment
• The SBI collect will generate a payment reference number after making the payment
• Keep the SBI collect receipt with you for any future reference.

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IIT Bhilai PhD Course Details

Each student registered for the IIT Bhilai PhD program shall go through various academic stages of the program which shall include the following. 

• Coursework, which shall be evaluated as per the course evaluation guidelines of the Institute. Candidacy examination, which shall be carried out as per the academic calendar and shall be evaluated as per the guidelines of the Institute.
• Research seminars, one in each semester of the program after clearing the candidacy examination. The seminars shall be evaluated by a departmental committee formed by the DPGC and shall be graded as per the guidelines of the Institute. Thesis submission and evaluation, which shall be carried out after the candidate submits the research thesis as per the prescribed procedure of the Institute by a duly formed committee of thesis examiners.
• Thesis Defense, which shall be carried out after the thesis evaluation. The thesis evaluation committee shall make its recommendation on the acceptance of the thesis to the academic senate via IPGC and DPGC.
• Students are expected to complete their programs within the nominal duration. A first-year undergraduate student who could not clear at least 60% of the credits registered for will be required to repeat the entire first year irrespective of the reasons thereupon.
• The program of a PhD student who accumulates 24 or more thesis credits with an F grade shall be terminated.
• The program of a PhD student who fails to clear a minimum of 24 credits out of the first 48 credits registered shall be terminated.

IIT Bhilai PhD Stipend

IIT Bhilai offers stipends to students who are residents of the campus for that semester. The institute pays a fellowship for 3 years and continues for another year with a recommendation from the department. Students who are not residents of the campus are not paid the fellowship. IIT Bhilai offers a stipend/ fellowship to students who devote 8 hours per week in academic and administrative work (other than the research and coursework) assigned to them.