Ph.D. in Applied Geology 

at IIT Dhanbad, Dhanbad

IIT Dhanbad admissions are open for PhD. Check below the admission dates:

Candidates must apply for PhD on the official website of IIT Dhanbad. Aspirants must pay an application fees of INR 2,000 for PhD. Candidates can pay the fees via any of the online payment modes. Aspirants must keep the fee receipt with them for future references.

IIT Dhanbad accepts national-level entrance exams like GATE/ UGC NET for providing admission to PhD course. Candidates shortlisted based on the entrance exam score are further called for a personal interview round. Besides, candidates need to pass UG degree with a minimum of 70% aggregate or 7.0 CGPA or Postgraduate with 60% aggregate or 6.0 CGPA in Engineering / Science or any allied area for PhD admission. After selection, aspirants need to come for counselling and document verification. 

IIT Dhanbad is one of the leading Engineering institutes in India. Placements at this Institute is good as well. The key highlights of IIT Dhanbad placement 2025 are presented below:

IIT Dhanbad provides Merit-cum-Means Scholarship to students pursuing a course. Check below the criteria for merit scholarships:

The institute provides scholarship to top 35% enrolled students in regular UG, MSc, MSc Tech, MA and two-year MBA. The scholarship includes:

• Refund of tuition fees to top 35% students
• Scholarship of INR 1,000 per month (maximum up to 10 months) to top 25% in addition to refund of tuition fees

The total students placed across the courses during IIT Dhanbad placement 2025 is presented below:

IIT (ISM) Dhanbad faculty include educators with excellent educational background. They are pass outs from reputed institutions. The faculty members also contribute in research work in the respective area of specialisation. Details about some of the IIT Dhanbad faculty members are mentioned in the following table:

To get admission to IIT Dhanbad, students must secure a rank as per the cutoff list and according to the category they belong to to avail admission at this institiute. IIT Dhandbad JEE Advanced cutoff 2025 for the General AI category candidates was released for all rounds and courses. 

 As per the cutoff ranks for the General AI category candidates, the overall closing cutoff varied between 3348 for BTech (CSE) and 18368 for Integrated BSc + MSc in Physical Science. Therefore, students seeking admission to the college must have a JEE Advanced rank of at least 18368 or preferably below, if belonging to the All India category. 

Note:The cutoff for other categories, rounds., etc., will diffrer. 

IIT Dhanbad is a government institute. It was established in 1926 and was formerly known as the Indian School of Mines before its conversion into an IIT. The institute provides undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD programmes and the courses include BTech, MTech, MSc, MBA, Executive MBA, PhD, etc. under 18 departments.