Notification Summary: Admission into Ph.D Programme -2026.
Online applications are invited from eligible candidates for admission into Ph.D. Programme 2026 of IIT Guwahati in the following departments. Interested candidates are encouraged to review the Notification summary carefully and apply online through official web portal.
Admission Details:
Advt No: IIT Guwahati Ph.D Programme -2026
Programme: Admission into Ph.D Programme -2026.
University: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati.
Location: Guwahati.

Vacancy Details:

Regular Seats

Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering
Department of Civil Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Department of Design
Department of Physics
Department of Chemistry
Department of Mathematics
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
School of Agro and Rural Technology
Jyoti and Bhupat Mehta School of Health Sciences and Technology
School of Business
Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
School of Energy Science and Engineering
Center for Nanotechnology
Center for the Environment
Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems
Center for Disaster Management and Research
Centre for Sustainable Polymers
Center for Linguistic Science and Technology
Center for Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems
Center for Sustainable Water Research
Centre for Drone Technology

CSIR/UGC Special Scheme

Department of Physics
Department of Chemistry

Project Mode

Department of Civil Engineering
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Department of Chemistry
School of Energy Science and Engineering
Center for Nanotechnology
Center for Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems

Eligibility Criteria:
Valid GATE/CEED Score.
BTech/BDes/MSc/MA/MTech/MDes/MS degree from an IIT with a minimum CPI of 8.0 on 10-point scale.
UGC-CSIR-NET (Assistant Professorship) in case of Arts background candidates.
MTech/MDes/MS(R) or an equivalent degree:
Either qualified GATE/CEED (at some point of time, which need not be valid now),
Or, qualify in the written examination conducted by IIT Guwahati. 
NET-JRF of CSIR/UGC/DST/DBT/ICMR/ICAR
NBHM Doctoral Scholarship
DAE Graduate Fellowships Scheme (DGFS)
UGC Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (UGC RGNF) Scholarship Scheme
The candidates under Employed Part-Time Category are professionally employed persons (including regular employees of IIT Guwahati)
The candidates under Project-Staff are those presently working on sponsored R&D projects of IIT Guwahati.

Selection Process:
1. Applications of the candidates which are complete in all respects are considered valid.

2. The respective Department/School/Centre will process the valid applications discipline wise and/or
specialization wise.

3. MEC: The applicants who do not satisfy the minimum eligibility criteria and norms will not be considered for
shortlisting/selection process.

4. Shortlisting: The Institute reserves the right to consider a limited number of eligible candidates for selection
process by setting additional shortlisting criteria based on the performance in GATE/NET/CEED, grades/marks
in the qualifying degree examination and/or other educational qualifications starting from Class 10.

5. The shortlisted candidates shall be considered for the selection process.

6. Selections for PhD programmes shall be based on the performance of candidates in the previous educational
qualifications and in the written test and/or interview conducted by the respective Department/School/Centre.

Offline: All stages of the selection process shall be completely offline for which the candidates have to
come to the campus and participate in the selection process.

Online: All stages of the selection process shall be completely online through video conferencing
through MS Teams, G-Meet, etc., as per the convenience. For no stage of the selection the candidates
need to come to the campus.

Hybrid: Some stages of the selection process shall be Online and some stages of the selection
process shall be Offline. At every stage, selection process shall be either Online or Offline for ALL the
candidates shortlisted for that stage. That is, in a particular stage, it is not permitted to conduct the
selection Online for one candidate and Offline for another candidate.

Application Fee:
All Female Candidates: Rs.300/-
All Transgender Candidates: Rs.300/-
All SC/ ST/ PwD Candidates: Rs.300/-
All Other Candidates: Rs.600/-

Educational Qualification:
4-Year/5-Year Bachelor’s Degree or a Master’s Degree. 

Steps to Apply:
Interested candidates can apply online through official web portal.
Browse the Apply link.
Click on the Apply link.
Complete the online application form with accurate details.
Submit your application with all documents.
Receive confirmation Email or SMS and track your application status online.

Important Dates:
Opening of Application Portal for Submission of Applications: 11 March, 2026
Closing of Application Portal: 1 April, 2026
Selections will be conducted during: 13 May to 31 May, 2026
Registration of New PhD students: 21 July, 2026
Orientation for New PhD Students: 22 July, 2026
First Day of Instruction of Winter Semester 2025: 23 July, 2026

Important Links:

Address / Venue: 
IIT Guwahati.

About University: 
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, the sixth member of the IIT fraternity, was established in 1994. The academic programme of IIT Guwahati commenced in 1995. At present the Institute has eleven departments, seven inter-disciplinary academic centres and five schools covering all the major engineering , science, healthcare, management and humanities disciplines, offering B.Tech., B.Des., BSc(Hons), M.Tech., M.Des., M.Sc., MBA, M.A. and Ph.D. programmes. Within a short period of time, IIT Guwahati has been able to build up world class infrastructure for carrying out advanced research and has been equipped with state-of-the-art scientific and engineering instruments. Besides its laurels in teaching and research, IIT Guwahati has been able to fulfil the aspirations of people of the North East region to a great extent since its inception in 1994.

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