Indian Institute of Technology Patna
Ph.D. Admission – July 2011
Applications are invited for admission to the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) programme, starting in July 2011 in the following Departments. The Areas of Research at IIT Patna are as follows:
Category of Admission:
The Institute admits Ph.D. students under the following categories:
REGULAR and FULL-TIME
A student in this category works full-time for her/his PhD degree. They can be classified as
a) Institute Fellows
She/he receives assistantship from the Institute.
The qualifying Degree for Financial Support is:
BE/ BTech/ MSc/ MA equivalent with valid GATE score above the prescribed cut off level/ NET / NBHM/ DBT-JRF qualification.
ME/ MTech or equivalent.
Age Limit: Please refer Eligibility Criteria for Admission into Ph.D. Programme
JRF/SRF Fellows
She/he receives fellowship from any government recognized funding agencies, such as CSIR, UGC, DBT, etc.
SPONSORED (FULL-TIME)
A student in this category is sponsored by a recognized R&D organization, academic institution, government organization or industry for doing research in the Institute on a full-time basis. The Institute does not provide any assistantship/fellowship to such a student.
Candidate in Sponsored category must be a regular employee of the sponsoring organization with at least one year of professional experience in the respective field.
PROJECT STAFF
This category refers to a student who is working on a sponsored project in the Institute and is admitted to the PhD Programme to work on a full-time or part-time basis. The remaining duration of the project at the time of admission should be at least two years. If the project gets completed before the student completes her/his PhD Programme, her/his category will be converted to that of SELF-FINANCED unless she/he is granted an assistantship/fellowship from the Institute or any other agency.
EMPLOYED AND PART-TIME
A student in this category is a professionally employed person (including the staff of IIT Patna), who pursues the PhD Programme while continuing the duties of her/his service. The Institute does not provide any assistantship/fellowship to such a student. PhD students registered in Employed and Part time category, the minimum residential requirement is one or two semester(s) depending on the completion of mandatory course work required for PhD students by the respective departments.
Candidate in Employed and Part-time categories must be a regular employee of the sponsoring organization with at least one year of professional experience in the respective field.
Distance requirement: The candidate must reside within 50 km radius from IIT Patna.
Applicants appearing in the Ph.D. interview under Regular and Full-time (Institute Fellows only) category, to-and-fro Sleeper Class Railway Fare or equivalent will be paid by the shortest route from the place of contact address (as filled in the application form) to Patna on producing the original tickets.
Selection:
The Institute reserves the right to call a limited number of candidates for written test or/ and interview, based on performance in GATE/NET, grades/marks in the qualifying examination, etc.
Important Dates:
Date of Issue of Application Forms: 23-03-2011 onwards
Last Date for issuing Application Forms is: 25-04-2011 (by post / in person)
Last Date for receipt of completed Application Forms by IIT Patna is: 29-04-2011
Note that the Application Form is available for downloading from 23-03-2011 to 25-04-2011.
Note: The above information is not the complete set of Rules & Regulations for the Ph.D. programme of IIT Patna.
For any further information, please contact
Assistant Registrar, Indian Institute of Technology Patna
Patliputra Colony, Patna – 800 013, Bihar
Phone : +91 (621) 2552067
Fax: +91 (612) 2277383
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About IIT Patna
The Indian Institute of Technology, Patna (also known as IIT Patna) is an autonomous institute for education and research in science, engineering and technology located in Patna, India. It forms a part of a group of 15 such IITs in India.
Admission to these programs is through the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), taken by students seeking admission into the IITs after completing 12 years of schooling. As of 2010, the total undergraduate student intake is 120, with 40 students in each of the above disciplines.
The B.Tech programs consist of eight semesters spread over four academic years. A student takes five to six theory courses in addiion to laboratory courses in each semester.A student's performance is evaluated on a credit system. Credits are allotted to each courses depending on the number of lecture/tutorial/laboratory hours per week.
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