Ph.D Mechatronics and Automation Engineering at IIIT Bhagalpur Offline Course

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) is an offered Full-time three/six-year Doctoral program and it is offered by the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Bhagalpur. Ph.D. programme shall be for a minimum duration of three years, including course work and a maximum of six years. Extension beyond the above limits will be governed by the relevant clauses as stipulated in the Statute/Ordinance of the individual Institution concerned.

Categories of PhD programme: 

A. Institute Stipendiary Full Time Research Scholars: A student in this category works full-time for his/her PhD degree. The research scholars under this category will be entitled for fellowship from the Institute as per Institute norms. The candidate must have qualified GATE/NET or any other equivalent test recognised by MHRD for award of fellowship. 

B. Sponsored Full Time Research Scholars: 

 A student in this category is sponsored by a recognized industrial, R&D organization, academic institution (universities/colleges), government organization (defence or other ministries of the Government of India or any other government organizations including PSUs and autonomous bodies) or reputed industries (as may be recognized by this Institute) for doing research in the Institute. 

 The Institute does not provide any assistantship/fellowship in this category. 

 Candidate in Sponsored category must be a regular employee of the sponsoring organization (of repute) with a minimum of two-year job experience in the respective field. A student in this category is therefore a professionally employed person, who pursues PhD while continuing her/his services. The candidate has to work full time in institute to obtain the degree minimum for a period of 03 years. 

 Foreign students shall be sponsored by their Government or awarded scholarship by Govt. of India, Indian Council for Culture Relations (ICCR) or other such agencies/organisations.

C. Self-Financed Research Scholars: 

An Indian student in this category may work full-time or part-time towards the PhD Programme. The Institute does not provide any assistantship/fellowship to such a student. A NRI student in this category may work full-time or part-time towards the PhD Programme. The Institute does not provide any assistantship/fellowship to such a student. However, student needs to do the following: 

 On approval/selection of student by concerned department/centre, The Institute will request 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 IIIT Bhagalpur. He/she will also bear travel cost from his/her home country to India(Bhagalpur). 

 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.  

Project Staffs: 

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 one year. If the project gets completed before the student completes his/her PhD Programme, his/her category will be converted to that of SELF-FINANCED.

Employed and Part-Time: 

A student in this category is a regularly employed person (including the staff of IIIT Bhagalpur), 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.