IIT Delhi PhD Admissions 2018 – Official Notification
Check out the official notification for the IIT Delhi PhD Admissions 2018. Candidates who are looking to start their PhD can check out the courses offered at IIT Delhi on the same. 2018 PhD Admissions are open at IIT Delhi. Interested and eligible candidates are requested to check out all of the details on the same below:
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ADMISSION PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS:
I. Ph.D. Programmes
The award of the Ph.D. degree is in recognition of high achievements, independent research, and application of scientific knowledge to the solution of technical and scientific problems. The creative and productive inquiry is the basic concept underlying the research work. The details of research programmes in various Departments/ Centres/ Schools are given in Annexure-I.
Course work and other academic requirements: In order to overcome any deficiency in the breadth of fundamental training or proper foundation for advanced research work, special make-up or pre-doctoral courses are offered by each Department/ Centre/ School. These courses are given either by a faculty member, or by guest speakers and specialists in the profession. Normally, candidates having a B. Tech./ M.Sc./ M.A., or equivalent degree are required to complete a minimum
of 12* credits, while M. Tech. or equivalent degree holders are required to complete a minimum of 6* credits. For continuation of registration in each semester, students need to satisfy some minimum GPA requirements.Admission to the Ph.D. Programmes: Admission to the Ph.D. programmes is normally made on the basis of an interview of eligible candidates conducted by the Department/Centre/School concerned through its Department Research Committee (DRC) / Centre Research Committee (CRC)/ School Research Committee (SRC). DRC/CRC/SRC may decide to conduct a written test as well to screen the candidates. Applications
are invited from candidates by advertising the programmes in Employment News/leading newspapers in March for the first semester and in October for the second semester every year.
I(a) Minimum Qualifications for admission to Full-time Ph. D. Programmes:
Table1 defines the minimum qualifications required for admission to full-time Ph. D. programmes at IIT Delhi for General/OBC (Non-creamy Layer) category students. Please note:
- These are Institute minimum requirements and any Department/Centre/School operating through their DRC/CRC/SRC can specify higher short-listing criteria than what is specified here.
- This table includes most of the qualifying degrees, but each DRC/CRC/SRC is free to specify the qualifications and disciplines acceptable for admission to their programmes.
- Candidates in the final year of their programmes and who expect to complete all their qualifying degree requirements before the date of registration are also eligible to apply for admissions. For shortlisting purposes, their performance until the preceding semester (preceding year if their programmes are year based) would be considered but their admission would be provisional, subject to their meeting the minimum eligibility criteria after their final qualifying examination results are announced.
Exemptions, relaxations and clarifications:
1. For SC/ST/PH category students, minimum performance in the qualifying degree with postgraduate qualifications (first two rows in Table 1) is relaxed from 60% to 55% (6.00 to 5.50).
2. Qualifying degree performance is computed by aggregating performance over all the
semesters/years of the qualifying degree.
3. In respect of M.A., M.Sc. and/or B. Tech. from IITs graduating with a CGPA of 8.0 or above, the requirement of qualification through a national examination (column three in Table 1), is waived off.
4. Students from CFTIs (Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (IITs, NITs, IIITs, etc)) having CPI/ CGPA 7.00 (on a 10.00 scale) at the end of 3rd year are also eligible for admission to Ph.D. The requirement of qualification through a national examination (column three in Table 1) is waived off.
5. For purposes of shortlisting, the primary method of evaluation (i.e., CGPA/CPI, or aggregate percentage) followed by the institution where candidate has obtained his/her qualifying degree will be used by IIT Delhi for determining whether the candidate meets the final shortlisting requirements.
6. For assistantship purpose only, candidates with M.B.B.S. qualification will be considered equivalent to M. Tech., for admission to Ph.D. programme in Centre for Biomedical Engg.
7. For candidates with M.A. degree in English, a 5% relaxation in marks or 0.5 relaxation in CGPA may be permitted for admission to the Ph.D. programme in Humanities and Social Sciences.
I (b) Minimum Qualifications for admission to Part-time and Sponsored (full-time) Ph.D. Programmes:
The following eligibility conditions apply for the Part-time and sponsored full-time programmes:
1. Only employees of Public Sector Undertakings or Government Departments or Research and Development Organizations or Private Industries (approved by Faculty Boards) are eligible for admission to these programmes.
2. The minimum full-time experience required after obtaining the qualifying degree and as on date of registration, is given in below in Table 2:
3. Minimum qualification for these candidates is the same as for full-time candidates, except that the requirement of qualifying in a national examination (column 3 in Table 1) is waived off.
4. For part-time candidates from outside NCR (or at a radial distance of more than 50 km from IIT Delhi), there is a minimum residency requirement of 6 months. DRC/ CRC/SRC may specify a higher residency requirement based on the courses recommended as well as the background.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
Submission of Application is only through online procedure. Candidates are NOT required to send hard copy of the application form and bank challan. Online submission of application form may be made by accessing the Institute website <http://www.iitd.ac.in>. Candidates belonging to General/OBC category are required to pay for each application form a fee of Rs. 200/- and the candidates belonging to SC/ST/PH categories are required to pay Rs. 50/-. The bank charges will be borne by the candidate.
REFUND OF FEES:
The whole amount of fees/other charges deposited by the students will be refundable after deduction of Rs.1,000/- if the candidates do not join the programme after paying the dues and leave the Institute by applying for refund on or before the date of registration (ie July 17, 2018). On resignation after registration, only security deposit will be refunded.
For refund of fees and/or security deposit the student must apply on the prescribed form available from the P.G. Section, IIT Delhi or the Institute Website : http://www.iitd.ac.in.
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING APPLICATION FORM:
(a) Separate application form should be filled for Ph.D. programme for each Department/ Centre.
(b) Separate application form should be filled for each M.S.(R) programme.
(c) Separate application form should be filled for M.Des. programme.
(d) Separate application form should be filled for each interdisciplinary M.Tech. programme.
(e) The applicant seeking admission to M.Tech. programme of a particular department should fill a separate application form. He/she may give upto four choices in order of preference for the M.Tech. Programmes available in that department. However, he/she will be considered only for two choices for which he/she is eligible in the order of preference given. In case a candidate is found to have filled
more than one form of a particular department, his/her candidature will be cancelled.
(f) GATE score cut off criteria used for short-listing candidates in different non-sponsored (full-time) M.Tech. programmes during the previous academic year is given in Annexure IV. This is only for the candidate’s reference and the criteria may even change substantially based on applications received for the current admissions i.e. academic year 2018-2019.
(g) Part-time/Sponsored (full-time) candidates must submit NOC/Sponsorship Certificate from their employer at the time of interview.
(h) Filling of false information will lead to rejection of application/cancellation of admission.
(i) Fill the programme code at the appropriate place in the Application Form. The Ph.D. programme codes are given in Annexure-I and M.Tech./M.S. (R)/M.Des. programme codes are given in Annexure-II.
Important Dates:
- Submission of online application commences on : March 09, 2018 (12:00 noon)
- Last date for submission of online application and application fee : April 02, 2018 (04:00 pm)
- Range of dates for Test / Interview : May 14, 2018 – June 8, 2018
- Date of Orientation and Registration for new students : July 16-17, 2018
- Commencement of classes : July 18, 2018
All Annexures are available in the View Notification link
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