IIIT Allahabad PhD Admission 2024 (July): Dates, Application Form, Results

IIIT Allahabad PhD Admission 2024 (July) – Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Allahabad, Prayagraj invites applications for PhD admission for the academic session starting from July 2024.

Check full details on IIIT Allahabad PhD Admission 2024 (July) here.

IIIT Allahabad PhD Programs

PhD Admission Categories

• PhD (in regular mode with Institute Fellowship)
• PhD (in regular mode with External Fellowship)
• PhD (in Working Professional Mode)

Available PhD Programs

• Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering
• Department of Information Technology
• Department of Applied Science
  • Bioinformatics & Biomedical Engineering
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
• Department of Management Studies

Eligibility Criteria for IIIT Allahabad PhD Admission 2024 (July)

Minimum Eligibility Criteria for Regular PhD. Admission (With Institute Fellowship and with External Fellowship)

• A Candidate with B.Tech. / B.Pharm. / MTech/ M. Pharm./ MSc. / MCA /MBA / M.Com. Degree/other equivalent professionals Backgrounds with a Qualified Score of GATE / GPAT / CAT/ NET (Lectureship/Assistant Prof.) /NET-JRF / CSIR NET/ICMR-JRF, as applicable, are eligible to apply to the PhD Program of respective domains. GRE/GMAT will also be considered in case the candidate has done his/her preceding degree outside India. Requirement of GATE is exempted only for M. Tech qualified candidates; Candidates who are in the Final Year / Semester of their respective qualifying Degree Programs are eligible to apply, subject to fulfilling other eligibility criteria.
• The candidate MUST have secured at least 60% (For PG) cumulatively or 6 CGPI (For PG) on a scale of 10 or equivalent CGPI at the time of application submission itself. For the candidates belonging to socially and economically underprivileged classes, Relaxation shall be applicable as per GOI norms OR In case of Direct admission after 4 year UG – The candidate MUST have secured at least 70% (For 4 years UG-) cumulatively or 7 CGPI (For UG) in a scale of 10 or equivalent CGPI at the time of application submission itself. For the candidates belonging to socially and economically underprivileged classes, relaxation shall be applicable as per GOI norms.
• Candidates admitted provisionally with INSPIRE Fellowship (or any such fellowship to be awarded after a year), are required to produce the award letter of fellowship before the end of 3rd Semester of their stay in the institute or during this period, the candidate needs to qualify the national exam as mentioned in point “a.” above, failing to produce above may result in termination of PhD program. The fellowship will be given after the award letter of fellowship. In a very exceptional case of the candidate, who fails to receive the award of INSPIRE fellowship, in a stipulated time period and also does not succeed in qualifying the above mentioned national examinations, an internal committee of experts, constituted by the Chairman-Senate, for the purpose, shall assess the merit of the case, and recommend on the continuance of the candidature with Institute’s fellowship or without fellowship (thus converting the candidature into a ‘self-financed’ one) or terminate the candidature. The decision of the Chairman-Senate shall be final on such recommendation.
• A candidate without any Financial Support from the Institute /any other funding agency, is NOT allowable to pursue PhD from IIITA. (Not applicable for working professionals).

Qualifying Degrees and Additional Eligibility Criteria

Department of IT:

1. M.Tech. in Information Technology, Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Cyber Security, or related areas.
2. B.E./B.Tech./M.Sc. in Computer Science, Information Technology, Electronics and Communication Engineering, or related areas, or MCA with a valid GATE score in Computer Science/Information Technology.
3. M.Sc. in Mathematics/Statistics/Physics with a valid GATE Score in Computer Science/Information Technology.

Department of ECE:

1. Candidates with B.Tech. and M.Tech.: B.Tech. in equivalent branches with M.Tech. in ECE, CSE, IT, Electrical, Instrumentation and Control, Biomedical Engineering, Materials and Science Engineering, Nanotechnology.
2. Candidates with only B.Tech./MSc.: B.Tech./MSc in any discipline with GATE or equivalent examination in ECE, CSE, IT, Electrical, Instrumentation Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Data Science, and AI.

Department of Applied Sciences:

1. B.Tech./B.Pharm./MTech/M.Pharm./M.Sc./MCA.

Department of Management Studies:

1. M.Tech./MBA/M.Sc. (Stat/Math/CS/IT/Economics/Bio-informatics/Business/Data analytics)/MCA/M.Com./Economics/Other discipline relevant to Management discipline.
2. B.Tech. in any discipline.
3. For candidates with CAT/NET/GATE scores, the score/percentile from the last two years will be considered (cut-off decided by the committee).
4. For candidates with UGC-JRF, valid scores shall only be considered.

Non Full-time PhD Program for Working Professionals

• Working professionals of Industries/Corporate, R&D organizations, Laboratories, Government/Private Institutions, NGOs, Banking Institutions, and other Organization / Institutions (not limited to above) with B.Tech. / B.Pharm. / MTech / M.Pharm. / MSc. / MCA / MBA / M.Com will be eligible to apply for respective research studies in IIITA.
• Qualification of GATE/ GRE/ UGC/CSIR NET/ CAT/ GMAT or similar Exams is not mandatory for admission in PhD (WP)program.
• For pursuing PhD at IIITA, the employees of Central/State Governments, Autonomous bodies like ISRO, DRDO etc, PSUs, Industries/Corporate,R&D organizations, Laboratories, Government/Private Institutions, NGOs, Banking Institutions, Academic Institutions, and other similarly placed organizations shall be required to submit an appropriate NOC.
• A working professional candidate must be working in some organization and should have at least 3 years (2 years for INI pass out candidates UG/PG) of total experience at the time of application.
• The said work place / professional centre should formally sponsor/ support the working professionals for research studies on a full / part time basis by issuing an NOC.

IIIT Allahabad PhD Admission 2024 (July) Important Dates

IIIT Allahabad PhD Admission 2024 (July) Application Process

• Candidates can apply through official website https://www.iiita.ac.in/
• Candidates read the full notification carefully before applying.

Application Fee

Selection Procedure

1. Two-Stage Process:
   • Stage I – Computer-based screening test at IIITA Campus:
     • Total marks: 100
     • Duration: 2 hours
     • Two sections:
       • Section I: General common nature for all Departments/Disciplines (50 marks)
       • Section II: Department-specific (50 marks)
     • Stage I acts as a screening exam. Each Department will declare a list of screened-in candidates for the Personal Interview.
   • Stage II – Personal Interview:
     • Department-specific panel of experts.
     • Held on the same day as Stage I.
     • Working Professionals exempted from Stage I, appear directly for Stage II personal interview (Online Mode).
2. Selection Criteria:
   • The selection of candidates is subject to the recommendation of the Evaluation Committee and approval of the Competent Authority.
3. Seat Reservation:
   • The institute reserves the right to not fill all seats if suitable candidates are not found available.

IIIT Allahabad PhD Admission 2024 (July) Results

List of Provisional shortlisted candidates for Ph.D. admission-2024

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