PhD Admission in IIT 2024

PhD Admission in IIT (Indian Institute of Technology)

The Indian Institutes of Technology was pioneered by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (First Prime Minister of India) to provide trained technical personnel of international class to the nation who would act as leaders in technology for the newly born independent India.

In May 1950, the first IIT was established in Kharagpur at the site of the Hijli Detention Camp, where the British had incarcerated political prisoners, the institution was named the ‘Indian Institute of Technology’ before its formal inauguration on August 18, 1951.

Within a decade of the launch of the first IIT, four more were set up: IIT Bombay (1958), IIT Madras (1959), IIT Kanpur (1959), and IIT Delhi (1961). Decades later, the sixth IIT was established in Guwahati (1994).

India’s first technical institute, set up in 1847 and known as the Thomson College of Engineering and subsequently the University of Roorkee, was ordained as the seventh IIT in September 2001.

In the year 2008, six new IITs were started;

IIT Bhubaneswar
IIT Gandhinagar
IIT Hyderabad
IIT Patna
IIT Rajasthan, and
IIT Ropar

This was followed by two more IITs in 2009: IIT Indore and IIT Mandi. In 2012, Institute of Technology, BHU was designated the sixteenth IIT. IIT Palakkad and IIT Tirupati came into existence in 2015, and in 2016 five more IITs; IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, IIT Bhilai, IIT Goa, IIT Jammu and IIT Dharwad were started.

During the early years, the IITs benefited in varying degrees from material assistance and academic cooperation from developed countries;

IIT Bombay from the Soviet Union,
IIT Madras from Germany,
IIT Kanpur from the United States, and
IIT Delhi from the United Kingdom

Over the years, IITs have created world class educational platforms dynamically sustained through internationally recognized research based on excellent infrastructural facilities. The faculty and alumni of IITs have made huge impact in all sectors of society, both in India and abroad. The institutes are globally recognized as centres of academic excellence, and are reputed for the outstanding caliber of the students graduating from them.

Eligibility for PhD Admission in IIT:

The specified minimum marks/CPI (Cumulative Performance Index) (55 percent marks /5.5 (on a 10 point scale)
No minimum Percentage or Points for Candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes (Passed only).

The eligibility conditions are specific for each subject. For details, visit the website of respective IITs.

Selection: For selection process and all details, please visit the respective websites of IITs.

PhD Admission in Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal

PhD Admission in Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Maharashtra

PhD Admission in Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

PhD Admission in Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Tamil Nadu

PhD Admission in Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Delhi

PhD Admission in Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam

PhD Admission in Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand

PhD Admission in Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Punjab

PhD Admission in Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Odisha

PhD Admission in Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gujarat