Bangalore, 23 September 2025: Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, India’s top ranked Research University, has announced Mid-Year Admission for PhD Programmes for the Academic Year 2025-26 (January Session). Applications are invited from eligible applicants for admission to regular (1) Research Programmes (2) External Registration Programme at Indian Institute of Science.
Applicants possessing the educational qualification, including those in the final semester/year of their qualifying examinations but expect to complete all the requirements for award of the degree (like examinations, project dissertation, viva-voce, etc.) by 31st December 2025, and can furnish the necessary certificates on or before 31st March 2026, are eligible to apply.
Department /Centre/ Unit
Ph D in Science Faculty: Inorganic & Physical Chemistry, Materials Research, Developmental Biology and Genetics, Neurosciences, Organic Chemistry, Physics, Solid State & Structural Chemistry, and Instrumentation and Applied Physics.
Ph D in Engineering Faculty: Aerospace Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering (in the area of Transportation Engineering), Computer Science & Automation, Earth Sciences, Electrical Communication Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Systems Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Nano Science and Engineering, Design & Manufacturing, and Computational & Data Sciences.
PhD in Interdisciplinary areas: Energy (offered by Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Research), Cyber Physical Systems (offered by Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems), and Brain, Computation and Data Science.
Key Dates:
Website opens for on-line submission of applications 03 October 2025
Last date for online submission of applications (website closes at 23:59 hours on 27 October 2025)
Last date for online submission of applications- (website closes at 23:59 hours on 24 October 2024) 24 October 2024
Last date for the submission of hard copies of the application and other relevant documents for ERP – 04 November 2025
Date of Interview – 17 November 2025 –
20 November 2025
Commencement of session 01 January 2026
Application Fees:
The fees payable for each online admissions application form are as follows:
General / OBC / EWS: Rs. 800
SC / ST / PwD: Rs. 400
ERP candidates (all categories)- 2,000
Scholarships: All the students who join the Institute are eligible for a scholarship from the INSPIRE/IISc Promotional Scheme (IIScP), depending upon their entry mode. Scholarships from many Indian and multinational agencies and business houses are also available for meritorious students. The scholarship amount may vary for different scholarship agencies as per norms.
For exact eligibility criteria, how to apply and other details, candidates should refer the official website IISc Bangalore.
