1. Person of Indian Origin (PIO) and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI): On approval/selection of student by concerned department/centre, Office of Alumni & External Relations (AER) requests the student to send a signed statement certifying that he/she will bear all the charges including the tuition fees, accommodation, food charges and all other incidental charges during the course of their stay at IIT Guwahati. He/she will also bear travel cost from his/her home country to India (Guwahati).

A student is required to attach either a bank statement showing that they have enough finances in their own bank account or a letter from their parents or sponsors certifying that they will support all the expenses incurred by the student as mentioned above.

AER then forwards the list of selected students to the Office of Academic Affairs (with the departmental approval/selection report) along with the documents cited above received from the student for processing and obtaining the Director's approval.

2. Self-financed candidates: On approval/selection of student by concerned department/centre, Office of Alumni & External Relations (AER) requests the student to send a signed statement from the student certifying that he/she will bear all the charges including the tuition fees, accommodation, food charges and all other incidental charges during the course of their stay at IIT Guwahati. He/she will also bear travel cost from his/her home country to India (Guwahati).  

Student should attach either a bank statement showing that they have enough finances in their own bank account or a letter from their parents or sponsors certifying that they will support all the expenses incurred by the student as mentioned above.

AER will forward the list of selected students to the Office of Academic Affairs (with the departmental approval/selection report) along with above cited documents received from the student for processing and obtaining the Director's approval.

3. Incoming Foreign Students Under Student Exchange Programme: Foreign students registered for a degree in a foreign Institute/University who is officially sponsored by that Institute/University to carry out Course work / Project work or Internship at IIT Guwahati for a period of not exceeding two semesters can be accepted as visiting students under the MoU or otherwise. The foreign student should have passport and proper visa to visit IIT Guwahati.

Alumni and External Relations (AER) is the initial processing section at IIT Guwahati, where applications (please see exchange related forms) are to be sent. The completed application along with the required documents (mentioned below) is to be submitted to the following address. Dean, Alumni and External Relations Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati – 781039. To expedite processing, it would be desirable if an email copy is also sent Dean, AER at doaaer@iitg.ac.in with a CC to hosaa@iitg.ac.in.
 
4. Internship: On approval/selection of student by concerned department/centre, Office of AER will request the student to send a signed statement from the student certifying that he/she will bear all the charges including the tuition fees, accommodation, food charges and all other incidental charges during the course of their stay at IIT Guwahati. He/she will also bear travel cost from his/her home country to India (Guwahati).
 
Student should attach either a bank statement showing that they have enough finances in their own bank account or a letter from their parents or sponsors certifying that they will support all the expenses incurred by the student as mentioned above.