Mumbai: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has announced the PhD seat strength for the Academic Year 2018-19. The PhD admission will be held in two sessions for AY 2018-19: Autumn and Spring semesters.
For AY 2018-19, the total number PhD seats are 334 with teaching assistantship. Teaching Assistantship, a research fellowship, is available to regular full time PhD scholars. Doctoral programmes will be offered in 26 departments/centres.
For Spring session admission 2018-19, the online admission window will open soon, as per IIT Bombay.
Electrical Engineering has the highest seat strength with 30 seats for Ay 2018-19. Mechanical Engineering (24 seats), Computer Science & Engineering (20 seats), Mathematics (20 seats), Civil Engineering (18) have large number of seats available for doctoral programmes.
| List of Departments with PhD seat strength for AY 2018-19 in IIT Bombay
Department |
Total |
| Aerospace Engineering | 13 |
| Biosciences and Bioengineering | 14 |
| Chemical Engineering | 17 |
| Chemistry | 19 |
| Civil Engineering | 18 |
| Computer Science and Engineering | 20 |
| Earth Sciences | 13 |
| Electrical Engineering | 30 |
| Energy Science & Engineering | 10 |
| Humanities and Social Sciences | 18 |
| Mathematics | 20 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 24 |
| Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science | 18 |
| Physics | 19 |
| Industrial Engineering & Operations Research | 6 |
| Systems & Control Engineering | 6 |
| Educational Technology | 5 |
| Climate Studies | 5 |
| Centre for Environmental Science & Engineering | 8 |
| Industrial Design Centre | 12 |
| Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering, | 6 |
| Centre for Research in Nanotechnology & Science | 5 |
| Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas | 4 |
| Centre for Urban Science and Engineering | 6 |
| Management (SJM SOM) | 13 |
| Centre for Policy Studies | 5 |
| Total | 334 |
IIT Bombay informed that the information brochure 2018-19 Spring session will be uploaded very soon.


