IIT Bhilai PhD Admission Entrance Test 2024 : Indian Institutes of Technology

Organisation : Indian Institutes of Technology IIT Bhilai
Exam Name : PhD Admission Entrance Test 2024
Last Date : 14th November 2024
Exam Date : December 1st Week
Website : https://www.iitbhilai.ac.in/index.php?pid=adm_phd_new

IIT Bhilai PhD Admission Entrance Test

IIT Bhilai invites applications for admission to PhD program in various disciplines for the session starting from December 2024. IIT Bhilai is striving for research-driven undergraduate and postgraduate education. Our objective is to create an educational system with multifaceted outcomes, including research, entrepreneurship, technical leadership, and above all, responsible citizenship. Last Date for submission of application is 14th November 2024.

Eligibility Criteria for PhD Admission Entrance Test

i. Applicants must have ONE of the following in appropriate subject areas.
** Master’s degree in engineering/Technology with first class, 60% marks (55% marks for SC/ST) or equivalent.
** Bachelor’s degree in engineering/Technology with first class, 60% marks (55% marks for SC/ST) or equivalent.
** Master’s degree in science, arts, social sciences with first class 60% marks (55% marks for SC/ST) or equivalent.
** Bachelor’s degree in science (4 years) with first class, 60% marks (55% marks for SC/ST) or equivalent.
** #M.Pharm with first class, 60% marks (55% marks for SC/ST) or equivalent.
** #M.B.B.S or B.D.S with first class, 60% marks (55% marks for SC/ST) or equivalent.
** Note: Equivalency of eligibility degree obtained through online/executive program with regular (offline) degree will be assessed based on the course and thesis credit completed during the program.

ii. Applicants must also fulfil ONE of the following additional requirements.
** Valid GATE/GPAT# Score (Also refer to Table 1 below for department/discipline specific criteria).
** Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) of CSIR/ UGC/ NBHM/ DBT/ ICAR/ ICMR/ ICPR/DAE or DST INSPIRE Fellowship (Also refer to Table 1 below for department/ discipline specific criteria).
** Minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience. The experience gained while acquiring a master’s degree in engineering/Technology or experience acquired after obtaining the qualifying degree and completed before the starting of the semester in which admission is sought may be considered as professional experience.
** BTech from IIT with a CPI/CGPA of 8.0 or more.
** #NEET-PG, NEET-AIIMS (INI-CET), NEET-MDS scores as applicable.

Application Process for PhD Admission Entrance Test

STEP-I: Apply Online
Candidate must apply online from IIT Bhilai website. A fresh registration is required for each Program, for which, an applicant would like to apply. Applicant must fill all required information and upload documents, if any, sought in application.

STEP-II: Application Finalization
Finalization of application is mandatory. If not finalized, the application will not be considered. Editing/modification/addition is not possible after finalization of the application form. Hence, candidate should verify details before finalizing the application form. Once is application is finalised; application number will be generated. Candidates should note the application number for future reference.

STEP-III: Make Payment
** Application fee of 100 INR is applicable for SC/ST/PwD/female candidates and 200 INR is applicable for other candidates.
** Payment of application fee must be made through State Bank Collect only. Candidate shall visit SBI Collect, for fees payment (SBI collect link is provided in the portal).
** In the SBI collect portal please select category as “Educational Institutions” and search for “IIT BHILAI” then you will be redirected to “Enter payment details” where you need to select the payment category as “PhD Application Fee 2024-25 M Semester”.
** Candidates need to pay applicable fee as per their category and complete the fee payment. The candidate has to clearly mention the application id in the correct format (Eg: ME-101) while filling-up SBI collect challan for payment.
** After making payment, SBI Collect will generate payment reference number (viz. DU12345678), candidate has to retain a copy of sbi i-collect receipt for any future reference.

STEP-IV: Add Payment Details
This step should be done after the generation of SBI Collect DU reference number. Applicant has to add the DU reference number to his/ her application.

Tentative Schedule of PhD Admission Entrance Test

1. Start date of application (online only) October 18 , 2024 (10:00 Hrs IST)
2. Last date for submitting an online application form and completing the payment November 14, 2024 (17:00 Hrs IST)
3. Entrance Tests and Interviews. December 1st Week