Ph.D. in Electronics and Communication Engineering 

at IIIT Guwahati, Guwahati

The fee structure of IIIT Guwahati is segregated in three parts including per semester tuition fee, institute caution money and hostel fee. Hostel fee will be incurred only if you plan to stay in the hotel. Otherwise, you only need to pay tuition fee and institute caution money (one-time refundable fee). Do remember that you pay caution money only once throughout your course. From second semester, you will pay only tuition and hostel fee if you are living in hostel. Otherwise, you will only pay the tuition fee.

For SC category students the eligibility criteria for every IIIT Guwahati PhD programme is relaxed by 5% marks which translates into 0.5 less CPI. For example, Computer Science and Engineering general category candidates should have at least 7.0 CPI. In this case, SC category students will need 6.5 CPI which is 0.5 lesser than usual requirement.

MHRD Fellowships is a financial assistance for PhD students for a maximum period of five years. PhD students will get INR 37000 as monthly stipend for the first two years at JRF level and then for the next 3 years, they will receive INR 42000 per month at SRF level. 

Under the Visvesvaraya PhD scheme for Electronics and IT, students will get a fellowship of INR 38,750 per month during first and second year. After that, they will get INR 43,750 per month till 5th year of PhD. They will also get research contingency grant or INR 1.20 lac per year, as per DIC MeitY, Govt. of India guidelines. Stipend related information for other programs is not clearly mentioned on the official website.

Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF) is also offered to PMRF scholars from IIIT Guwahati who receive INR 70,000 per month for the first two years. During the third year, they will receive INR 75,000 rupees per month and in the fourth and fifth year, they will receive INR 80,000 per month. Along with that, PMRF scholars will get INR 2 lac per year which will mean they receive INR 10 lac in five years. 

IIIT Guwahati is a good option, particularly for PhD in computer science. IIIT PhD fee is INR 13750. The faculty is generally well-regarded. When it comes to scholarship, students of Electronics and IT are offered INR 38,750/- per month as stipend under Visvesvaraya PhD scheme. On the top of that, it is a government institute which adds on to its reputation.

A valid score of GATE, NET, JRF or SLET exam works for admission in IIIT Guwahati PhD programs. You can check the eligibility section where each PhD has a different exam score requirement. Based on this criteria, you can plan to take the exam. For example, candidates who plan to pursue PhD in Humanities and Social Sciences, must have taken either GATE, NET or JRF exam.

IIIT Guwahati cutoff 2025 has been released across various specialisations in opening and closing ranks. IIIT Guwahati B.Tech cutoff 2025 ranged between 28255 and 44592 for the General AI category candidates, wherein B.Tech in CSE is the most competitive course. The easiest B.Tech specialisation to secure admission in is B.Tech. in Electronics and Communication Engineering. For a detailed IIIT Guwahati branch-wise cutoff 2025, candidates can refer to the table below for the last round cutoff. The cutoff mentioned below is for the General category under the AI Quota; other categories and rounds will have different results.

The average package offered during IIT Gwahati BTech placements 2025 stood at INR 16.75 LPA. Earlier, IIIT Guwahati average package offered during the 2024 placement drive stood at INR 14.88 LPA. Further, IIIT Guwahati CSE average package offered in 2025 stood at INR 17.66 LPA. The branch-wise average package trends witnessed during IIIT Guwahati BTech placements over the past three years are presented below:

As per the official placement report, IIIT Guwahati attained a placement rate of 56.36% for BTech ECE batch 2025. The highest and average package recorded during IIIT Guwahati ECE placements 2025 stood at INR 71 LPA and INR 13.59 LPA, respectively. Check out the IIIT Guwahati placement statistics that are provided in the table below

After JEE session 2 is completed, only those candidates who are aiming for IITs need to start preparing for JEE Advanced after clearing JEE Main. Those who are above the 98th percentile should start preparing for JEE Advanced as soon as possible. Those below this, between the 95th and 98th percentile, should focus on attempting more mock tests and previous year question papers so that they have a better chance of clearing JEE Advanced