Ph.D Engineering at AcSIR Chennai Offline Course

PhD in Engineering-

(i) A Master’s degree in Engineering or Technology following a four-year engineering/technology or 4/5 year science degree; or an integrated minimum-5-year M Tech degree; or equivalent. 

AND 

(ii) At least one of the following 

(a) Awarded a national-level fellowship (such as NET JRF) tenable at CSIR institutes 

(b) Meeting all the conditions required for eligibility for the CSIR-SRF 

(c) Meeting all the conditions for the award of the INSPIRE fellowship (typically awarded to students ranked first in the University) 

(d) Meeting all the conditions stipulated by AcSIR for Project Assistants to register for a PhD 

(e) Meeting all the conditions stipulated by AcSIR for industry-sponsored* students. 

Integrated Dual-Degree PhD (IDDP) Program-

 (i) A 4-year undergraduate degree in Engineering or Science (such as BE/BTech/BS), or a five-year degree in Science (such as MSc), or equivalent. AND 

(ii) At least one of the following 

(a) Awarded a national-level fellowship (such as NET JRF) tenable at CSIR institutes 

(b) Meeting all the conditions required for eligibility for the CSIR-GATE-JRF 

(c) Meeting all the conditions for the award of the INSPIRE fellowship (typically awarded to students ranked first in the University) 

(d) Meeting all the conditions stipulated by AcSIR for Project Assistants to register for a PhD 

(e) Meeting all the conditions stipulated by AcSIR for industry-sponsored* students. 

* with an endorsement from Industry, Academic or Research Institutes for required academic leave and financial support during the program. These are only minimum quality yardsticks of eligibility for consideration for admission and bear no relationship with financial assistance or scholarship. Any stipend, scholarship or financial source for study would be the sole responsibility of the student. AcSIR itself does not provide any such scholarship or have any rule in these matters 

Candidates whose final results are awaited, but who are otherwise eligible as per the screening criteria, can also apply. If selected, they will be provisionally admitted to the program. Their continuation in the program will be subject to securing required percentage/ equivalent grade (depending on the cut-off marks for screening for the specific program) and submission of marks-sheet of their final result at the time of joining the program.