Hello Ansh,

The Admission Process is generally conducted two times in a year normally in the months of May and November for sessions starting from July or January.  Last year the form filling for admission to PhD in Applied Sciences continued up to May 13, 2018, for batch starting from July onwards.  You can apply by filling the online application form available at the Institute’s website with an Application fee of Rs.500 for General/OBC and Rs.250 for SC/ST candidates.

The candidates who are eligible to apply for a PhD in Applied Sciences should have:

i. A master’s degree in Science / Life Science or equivalent degree with a minimum of 60% marks / 6.5 CGPI (55% marks / 5.5 CGPI for SC/ST).

ii. A master’s degree in Engineering / Technology or equivalent degree with a minimum of 60% marks / 6.5 CGPI (55% marks / 5.5 CGPI for SC/ST).

iii. The candidate must have qualified one of the following appropriate national tests: GATE / CSIRNET / UGC-NET / DBT/ICMR / JEST / NBHM / INSPIRE

Or

A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering / Technology or equivalent degree with a minimum of 75% marks/ 8.0 CGPI (70% marks/7.5 CGPI for SC/ST).

Institute Fellowship or scholarship will be awarded on the following criteria:

(i) If a PhD Scholar in Applied Science does not have a GATE Score above a prescribed cut off level, an institute fellowship may be provided to such students on availability.

(ii) Such scholars may appear for GATE / CSIRNET / UGC-NET / DBT/ ICMR / JEST / NBHM / INSPIRE and on successful clearance of any of these national exams above the prescribed cut off level, they will be eligible for the MHRD Fellowship.

(iii) PhD Scholars can also take up the additional assignment of ‘Tutor-cum-Research Assistant’ Positions at IIIT Allahabad and will be granted an additional fellowship of Rs.10,000/- per month over and above their scholarship.

For any further information regarding admissions you can refer to the following link:

https://as.iiita.ac.in/index.php/admissions/

Hope this helps!

Thank you and All the best.