Direct Admission For IIT (Indian Institute of Technology), Kanpur

Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

Introduction

For Year

2020

For Course(s)

Doctor of Philosophy (Civil Engineering)
Doctor of Philosophy (Computer Science and Engineering)
Doctor of Philosophy (Electrical Engineering)
Doctor of Philosophy (Mechanical Engineering)
Doctor of Philosophy (Materials Science and Engineering)
Doctor of Philosophy (Chemistry)
Doctor of Philosophy (Statistics and Mathematics)
Doctor of Philosophy (Physics)
Doctor of Philosophy (Aerospace Engineering)
Doctor of Philosophy (Earth sciences)
Doctor of Philosophy (Humanities and Social Science)
Doctor of Philosophy (Industrial Engineering and Management)
Doctor of Philosophy (Biological Sciences and Bio - Engineering)

Form Availability

Online

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Important Dates

Events	Date	Last Date
Registration Dates	03/10/2019	31/10/2019 11:45 pm

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Registration Details

Admission Registration

Guidelines for Filling-Up the Post Graduate Application Form

SIGNUP

Registration to the IIT Kanpur PG Admissions portal is required before applying to any PG Programme .
After registration use your credentials to log-in to the system.
Your registered email id will the user-name to enter IIT Kanpur Registration Portal. Enter a Strong password (at least 6 characters).
Enter the correct First Name, Middle Name and Last Name, Email address and Date of Birth while registering to the IIT Kanpur PG Admission portal. The same data would be used by the system while filling your personal details.
You can change your password or retrieve a lost password by following the “Forgot Password” link.

FILLING A FORM

Before starting to fill up the form, read the PG information brochure carefully. The brochure is available at IIT Kanpur PG Admissions Portal.
The site does not offer automatic saving of the data. The data on a page gets saved once you click on the "Save & Next" or “Save as Draft” button provided in the page.
After the successful submission of the form, candidates need to pay the fees online. Applications without the payment with be rejected. The bank charges if any will have to be borne by the candidate.
A print button is provided to save a pdf copy of the application form.
In case you forget to download the pdf copy of the form, you can login again with your login credentials and take a printout of the same form.
After making the payment, please make sure that the “Payment Status” is complete. In case of any discrepancy please contact automation@iitk.ac.in.
At least one preference is mandatory while filling up the “Program Selection”
Candidates need to upload all the relevant document at the time of submission. System only accepts PDF files (max 2MB Size) for documents and .jpg/.png files (max 500Kb) for photographs.

GENERAL GUIDELINES

Payment of Fees is mandatory.
Submit a separate application for each program.
In all the pages where you want to add an extra record (like in case you want to add two records for employment details indicating multiple employers, you need to click on the “+” button shown on the page).
In case you are a final year student applying for a post graduate program in IITK and your results for the final year are awaited then you can select the result status as “Awaited” in the Education Information page.
The career (UG, PG etc.), year of passing, semester, from date and to date details are all compulsory fields on the Education Information page. Enter valid data for all the aforesaid fields.
Make sure you have PDF copy of all the relevant document as they are required to be uploaded in the application.
For any query, you may send a mail to automation@iitk.ac.in.

Admission Details

Admission Information

Eligibility Criteria:

Programme	Eligibility
PhD in Engineering	A master's degree in engineering with marks/CPI not below the specified minimum. Or A bachelor's degree in engineering or science (4-year programme) with a minimum of 75 percent marks/7.5 CPI and a valid GATE score (the requirement of GATE score is waived for candidates with bachelor's degree in engineering from the centrally funded technical institutes (CFTIs)). Or A master's degree in science or an allied area while satisfying each of the following three criteria: a minimum of 65 percent marks/6.5 CPI in the master's degree, first division in bachelor's degree, and JRF/95 percentile or higher in GATE score. For admission into PhD in Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, applicants having master's degree in pharmacy/medicine/veterinary science with marks/CPI not below the specified minimum, or bachelor's degree in pharmacy/medicine/veterinary science with a minimum of 75 percent marks/7.5 CPI, may also be considered. For admission into PhD in Computer Science and Engineering, applicants with master in computer applications while satisfying each of the above criteria in (a), (b) and (c) may also be considered. A valid GATE score is required for the candidates with a bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Design/Architecture, except in the case of candidates with bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the centrally funded Technical Institutes (CFTIs). The candidates with master’s degree in science must either have a valid GATE score or must have qualified for/in JRF/NET.
PhD in Sciences	A master's degree in the relevant subject or a bachelor's degree in engineering or science (4-year programme) with marks/CPI not below the specified minimum. The candidate either must have a valid GATE score or must have qualified JRF, or should have INSPIRE fellowship. In addition to GATE/JRF, a valid JEST score is also an eligibility criterion for applying to the PhD programme in Physics. The requirement of GATE/JRF/JEST is waived for candidates having a master's degree in science from IITs with a minimum CPI of 8.0. For Economic Sciences: (a) The candidate must have a master's degree in economics or a bachelor's degree in engineering or sciences (4 year programme) or a master's degree in sciences or in an allied field of economics with marks/CPI not below the specified minimum. The candidate must either have a valid GATE score or must have qualified JRF/NET. The requirement of GATE/JRF/NET is waived for candidates having a master's degree in sciences/arts from IITs with a minimum CPI of 8.0.
PhD in Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS)	A master's degree in the relevant subject or a bachelor's degree in engineering or science (4-year programme) or a master's degree in sciences or in an allied field of HSS with marks/CPI not below the specified minimum. The candidate either must have a valid GATE score or must have qualified JRF/NET. The requirement of GATE/JRF/NET is waived for candidates having a master's degree in science/arts from IITs with a minimum CPI of 8.0.
PhD in Management	A master’s degree in management or relevant disciplines in engineering / technology with marks / CPI not below the specified minimum. OR a bachelor's degree in engineering or science (4-year programme) with a minimum of 75 percent marks/7.5 CPI. OR a master's degree in science/arts/commerce/chartered accountancy while satisfying each of the following three criteria: a minimum of 65 percent marks/6.5 CPI in the master's degree, first division in bachelor's degree, and JRF/95 percentile or higher in GATE/CAT/GMAT/NET or any other national level examination. A valid GATE score is required for the candidates with a bachelor’s degree in Engineering, except in the case of candidates with bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the centrally funded Technical Institutes (CFTIs). The candidates with master’s degree in science/arts/commerce must either have a valid GATE/CAT/GMAT score or must have qualified for/in JRF/NET.