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Course Details

MODE

Full time

DURATION

72 Months

Doctor of Philosophy in Data Science is a full-time research degree course offered by the Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad. Duration varies from 3 to 6 years, the student has to finish course between the timeline to obtain a Ph.D. degree.

The field of Data Science (DS) has grown from a bunch of "fancy" techniques that could "also" be applied into a set of well-founded methods to solve hard problems in various fields such as engineering and technology, science, and economics. This ubiquitous applicability of Data Science/ Artificial Intelligence (DS/AI) to a wide array of problems is a direct consequence of its generality, which in turn, has been fuelled by the complementary interaction between theory and application.


Eligibility Criteria

(a) Candidates with a Master's degree in Engineering/Technology or a Master's degree by Research in Engineering/Technology with a good academic record. 

(b) Candidates with Master's degree in Sciences with a good academic record and of exceptional merit are eligible for the relevant Engineering discipline. They should have a valid GATE score or UGC/CSIR-NET/NBHM or equivalent qualification in the relevant area tenable for the year of registration. 

(c) Candidates who have qualified for the award of Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Technology from a Centrally Funded Technical Institute (CFTI) with an exceptionally good academic record in an eligible discipline will be considered for direct admission to Ph.D. provided he/she has a minimum CGPA of 8/10 (7.5 for OBC- NCL and 7.0 for SC/ST/PwD on a 10.0 point scale)

Admission Details

Eligible candidates possessing the minimum educational qualifications and satisfying additional criteria set by the Institute from time to time, will be called for an Interview and/or Test by the Selection Committees of the respective departments. 

For candidates who have obtained PG degree 10 years earlier as on the last date prescribed for receipt of the completed application, a departmental test may be conducted. 

Based on the academic record and the performance of the candidates in the interview and/or test, the Departmental Selection Committee will recommend to the Chairman, Senate the names of candidates found suitable for admission to the Ph.D. Programme.

Applications for Admissions are open.

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JEE Main 2025 exam will be held from April 2 to 9, 2025. 

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Ethnographic Perspectives and Methods programme will be held at IIT Palakkad on July 8, 2025.  

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