Tirupati: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Tirupati, an Institute of National Importance, has opened PhD & MS Admission Portal for January 2021 semester. Financial Assistance is available (Half-time Teaching/Research Assistantship – HTRA) as per the norms of MoE or other funding agency.
Categories of Admission (PhD):
(a) Regular full-time scholars.
(b) Research scholars under the external registration programme (Sponsored)
Key Dates: The last date for submission of applications is 06 December 2020 (Sunday).
PhD research Areas:
Chemical Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Chemistry
Physics
Master of Science (Research) [MS Research]
Chemical Engineering
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Computer Science & Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Candidates who expect to complete all the requirements of their degree before 31-Dec-2020 can also apply.
Selection Procedure: Shortlisted candidates will have to appear for an interview and/or a written test.
Financial Assistance: Assistance will be as per MHRD norms. Fulltime Scholars admitted to Ph.D. and M.S. programmes are eligible for the Half-time Teaching/Research Assistantship (HTRA) for which:
(i) They should work for 8 hours per week for the Institute to earn this assistantship. The work would normally involve assistance in teaching/research, and will be assigned by the Institute.
(ii) Renewal of assistantship every semester will be contingent on enrolment, satisfactory progress in research work and good performance during the preceding semester in the discharge of responsibility as teaching/ research assistant.
Other scholarships like UGC-JRF, CSIR-JRF, ICMR & AICTE etc. may also be available for those who have qualified for these schemes and get admission and the amount of fellowship will be as per the norms of the funding agency.
For further details about eligibility conditions, how to apply and other details, the candidates should refer the Admission Notification, uploaded on the official website of IIT Tirupati.
