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Total Fees

1.36 L

Fees Details

General

₹ 1.36 L

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Course Details

MODE

Full time

DURATION

72 Months

The Institute awards the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Engineering to a candidate who has successfully completed the stipulated Programme of Research. Applications will be invited through Press advertisement and announcement at the Institute website : www.iiitkottayam.ac.in. Shortlisted candidates will be called for a written test/ an interview at IIIT Kottayam. The names of the selected candidates will be announced at our website. The successful candidate has to register for the Ph.D. Programme by producing originals of the required certificates, certificate of sponsorship if any and payment of the registration fees on the day prescribed for Registration.

Area of Research- FPGA based system Design, System On Chip (SoC) Design, Signal Processing, Computer Vision, Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, Data Security and Privacy, Wireless Networks.

Categories of PhD Students :

i) SCHOLARSHIP HOLDERS (FULL-TIME)

A candidate who is having INSPIRE/CSIR/UGC can apply for full-time Ph.D programme. Such candidate receives assistantship or fellowship from concerned funding agencies. The Institute does not provide any financial assistantship/fellowship to such candidates. Sponsorship letter must be attached with the application.

ii) SPONSORED (FULL-TIME)

A candidate in this category is sponsored by a recognized R&D organization, academic institution, government organization or industry or QIP candidates for doing research in the Institute on a full-time basis. The candidate must be a regular employee of the sponsoring organization with at least one year of professional experience in the respective field. The Institute does not provide any financial assistantship/fellowship to such a student. Sponsorship letter must be attached with the application.

iii) SELF-FINANCED (FULL-TIME)

A candidate in this category works full-time towards the PhD Programme. The Institute does not provide any financial assistantship/fellowship to such a student except teaching assistantship to a limited number, on a case to case/need basis.

iv) PART-TIME

A candidate in this category must be a regular employee of the sponsoring organization with at least one year of professional experience in the respective field and who can pursue the PhD Programme at IIIT Kottayam while continuing the duties of his/her service at the parent organisation. The Institute does not provide any financial assistantship/fellowship to such a candidate. Sponsorship letter in the prescribed format must be attached with the application. A part time scholar is required to spend one semester residential program preferably in the 1st year during the course work

Eligibility Criteria

Master’s degree in ECE/ EEE or equivalent area with minimum CGPA of either 6.5 in a 10-point scale or 60% of marks in appropriate branches.

(ii) Four-year Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering/Electrical Engineering from any IIT’s, NIT’s, IIIT’s / Other Institutions of National Importance with a minimum CGPA of either 7.5 in a 10-point scale or 70% of marks. Such students will be awarded both MS and PhD degree on completion of PhD Programme without any exit option during the programme.

Admission Details

Selection of the candidate will be based on the performance in the written test and /or interview. Appearing for test and /or interview does not entitle any candidate for admission to the Ph.D. programme.