Eligibility Criteria

Doctor of Philosophy

For admission to the PhD Programme, a candidate must have either a Master’s degree or a Four-year Bachelor’s degree in the relevant discipline as sepcified in the following table. The following Cumulative Performance Index (CPI)/Marks criteria in respective qualifying degrees will be applicable:

Master’s Degree: 6.0 on 10-point scale (or 60% of marks)
Four-year Bachelor’s Degree: 7.0 on 10-point scale (or 70% of marks)

The CPI/Marks criteria will be relaxed by 0.5 CPI (or 5% marks) for SC/ST/PwD candidates.

Discipline wise qualifying degrees (along with CPI/Marks criteria, if it is different from the above) are listed below:

Departments/Schools/Centres	Qualifying Degrees and Disciplines
Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering	Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Medical Sciences/Veterinary Sciences/Pharmacy in the relevant area, or Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Medical Sciences in the relevant area, or Two-year Master's degree (after completion of 4-year Bachelor's degree), or Three-year Master's degree (after completion of 3-year Bachelor's degree) in Engineering/ Technology/Science, or Two-year MSc degree (after completion of 3-year Bachelor's degree) in a relevant area.
Department of Civil Engineering	Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Medical Sciences/Veterinary Sciences/Pharmacy in the relevant area, or Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Medical Sciences in the relevant area. For admission in the area of specialization ‘Construction Management’: Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology or equivalent in a relevant area, with a Postgraduate Degree in Management Science(Finance) or MBA with Finance specialization or equivalent, is also considered. In this case, the CPI/Marks criteria will be 6.0 CPI (or 60% marks) in Bachelor's level and 6.0 CPI (or 60% marks) in the postgraduate degree. A candidate having MSc degree with Mathematics as a subject at bachelor’s level is also considered for admission in the Department of Civil Engineering. The candidate should have a minimum of either 7.0 CPI or 70% marks in Master’s level with consistent first class at other levels.
Department of Computer Science and Engineering	Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Medical Sciences/Veterinary Sciences/Pharmacy in the relevant area, or Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Medical Sciences in the relevant area, or Postgraduates in Computer Science (ALCCS) from Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE), with a minimum 6.0 CPI (or 60% of marks), or Two-year MSc degree in CS/IT/M&C/Maths/Data Science (after completion of 3-year bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/M&C/Maths/Data Science as major) with valid GATE score in CS.
Department of Chemical Engineering	Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Medical Sciences/Veterinary Sciences/Pharmacy in the relevant area, or Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Medical Sciences in the relevant area
Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering	Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Medical Sciences/Veterinary Sciences/Pharmacy in the relevant area, or Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Medical Sciences in the relevant area
Department of Mechanical Engineering	Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Medical Sciences/Veterinary Sciences/Pharmacy in the relevant area, or Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Medical Sciences in the relevant area, or Medical qualification viz., MBBS / BDS / MD / MS / BVSc / MVSc having 6.0 CPI (or 60% marks), or Allied health care professional degrees viz., Masters in Physiotherapy / Prosthetics and Orthotics / Occupational Therapy having 6.0 CPI (or 60% marks) in both bachelor degree and master degree.
Department of Design	For PhD in the Discipline of Design One of the following: MArch/ MDes/MTech/ ME degree in a relevant area, or Master’s degree in Applied Arts/ Ergonomics/ Fine Arts/ Visual Arts/ Psychology/ Physiology/ Occupational Safety and Health/ Journalism/ Mass Media Communication, or two-year Master’s degree in Management (MBA or equivalent) with relevant studies in Design field. Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Design or Engineering/Technology or Five-year BArch degree in a relevant area with at least 7.0 CPI (or 70% marks) Four-year Undergraduate Diploma in Design (NID or equivalent), with postgraduate qualification in relevant area with at least 6.0 CPI (or 60% marks). A two-year Post-Graduate Diploma in Design and relevant areas (NID/CEPT or equivalent) with first class at Bachelor’s level. BFA (4-year professional programme, after 10+2)/ GD Art (5-year programme after 10th standard) with one-year professional experience, with at least 7.0 CPI (or 70% marks). Master of Computer Application(MCA), with one year of professional experience, with at least 6.0 CPI (or 60% marks).
Department of Design	For PhD in the Discipline of Electronic Product Design (Project Mode) A two-year Master’s programme with 6.0 on 10-point scale (or 60% of marks) or a Four-year BTech or B.E. in Electrical / Electronics / ECE / EEE / Mechatronics / Computer Science / Computer Science and Engineering / Medical Electronics / Instrumentation / Electronic & Telecommunication, Electronics & Instrumentation, Mechanical Engineering, or any combination of these disciplines with a minimum CPI of 7.0 out of 10 or minimum 70% of marks. The candidate must have cleared CEED or GATE.
Department of Physics	Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Design/Science in the relevant area, or Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Design/Science in the relevant area.
Department of Chemistry
Department of Mathematics
Humanities and Social Sciences	Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Design/Arts/Commerce/Science in the relevant area, or Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Design or equivalent in the relevant area.
School of Agro and Rural Technology	Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Science/Environmental Science/Agriculture and other relevant fields, or Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Agriculture or equivalent in the relevant area.
School of Health Science and Technology	Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Science/Medical Sciences/ Veterinary Sciences/ Pharmacy/ Design/ Allied Health Care Programmes in a relevant area, or Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Design/Pharmacy in the relevant area, or Degrees in Medical Sciences viz., MBBS / BDS / BVSc in a relevant area with a minimum 6.0 CPI (or 60% marks).
School of Business	Master’s degree in Management or equivalent, or Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Science/Commerce or in allied fields of Management in case of Social Sciences, or Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology.
Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence	Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Science in the relevant area, or Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Science.
School of Energy Science and Engineering	Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Science/Design/Architecture/Medical Sciences in the relevant area, or Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Medical Sciences or equivalent in the relevant area Further, Master’s degree in Social Sciences in a relevant area is also considered for admission to PhD in the Centre for the Environment.
Center for Nanotechnology
Center for the Environment
Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems	Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Science/Design/Arts/Commerce in the relevant area, or Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Design or equivalent in the relevant area.
Center for Disaster Management and Research	Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Science/Agri-Engineering/ Design/ Architecture/ Disaster Management and other relevant fields (Environmental Science/Agriculture/Social Sciences/ Economics/ Geology/ Statistics, etc.), or Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Agriculture or equivalent in the relevant area. In case, Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Agriculture is from any of the Centrally Funded Technical Institutions, the CPI/Marks criteria is 6.5 CPI (or 65% of marks).
Centre for Sustainable Polymers	Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Science/Design in the relevant area, or Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology in the relevant area, or Degrees in Medical Sciences viz., MBBS/ BDS/ MD/ MS/ BVSc/ MVSc having 6.0 CPI (or 60% marks), or Master's in allied health care professional degrees having 6.0 CPI (or 60% marks) in both bachelor's degree and master's degree.
Center for Linguistic Science and Technology	One of the following: Master’s degree in Engineering/ Technology in CSE / ECE / EEE or equivalent / Master of Design. Master of Science in CSE / IT / ECE / Physics / Mathematics / Statistics/Speech and Language Pathology/ Audiology or equivalent. Master of Arts in Linguistics/any language with specialization in Linguistics/Language Studies or equivalent. Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/ Technology in CSE / ECE / EEE or equivalent / Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Design. Four-year Undergraduate Diploma in Design (NID/ CEPT or equivalent), with postgraduate qualification in relevant area with a minimum CPI of either 6.0 or 60% marks. Two-year Postgraduate Diploma in Design (NID/ CEPT or equivalent) with first class at Bachelor’s level.
Center for Intelligent Cyber Physical Systems	Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Design or other relevant disciplines, or Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Technology/Design or other relevant disciplines.

Dual MTech + PhD

IIT Guwahati offers Dual MTech + PhD programme in Computer Science and Engineering. This programme is meant for Non-CSE or Non-IT discipline candidates. For more details of the programme visit the website of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering.

Eligibility Criteria:

For admission to the Dual MTech +PhD in CSE, a candidate must satisfy the following criteria:

B.E. or B.Tech. degree or equivalent in any discipline other than Computer Science and Engineering or Information Technology with a minimum 7.0 CPI on 10-point scale (or 70% marks).
Having valid GATE score in any GATE Examination Paper.

The requirement of valid GATE score is exempted for the Candidates with qualifying degree as Bachelor's (B.Tech./B.Des.) degree from an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) with minimum CPI of 8.0 on 10-point scale.

The CPI/Marks criteria will be relaxed by 0.5 CPI (or 5% marks) for SC/ST/PwD candidates.

Studentship Category:

Students for the Dual MTech +PhD in CSE programme are admitted only in the Regular category. A student in this category works full-time and receives assistantship from the Institute.

Dual MS + PhD

IIT Guwahati offers Dual MS(Engineering) + PhD programme in Electronics and Electrical Engineering. For more details of the programme visit the website of the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering.

Eligibility Criteria:

For admission to the Dual MS(Engg) +PhD in EEE, a candidate must satisfy the following criteria:

Bachelors degree in Engineering or Technology or equivalent in any discipline with a minimum 7.0 CPI on 10-point scale (or 70% marks).
Having valid GATE score in any GATE Examination Paper.

The CPI/Marks criteria will be relaxed by 0.5 CPI (or 5% marks) for SC/ST/PwD candidates.

Studentship Category:

Students for the Dual MS(Engg) +PhD in EEE programme are admitted only in the Regular category. A student in this category works full-time and receives assistantship from the Institute.