Ph.D. in Biological Engineering 

at IIT Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar

PhD at IIT Gandhinagar is available across 13 specialisations which include Biological Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, CSE, Electrical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, Cognitive Science, Earth Sciences and Humanities & Social Sciences, etc.

Admissions to PhD at IIT Gandhinagar generally opens up toward the beginning and end of each academic year. In addition to the announced admission cycles with a prescribed deadline of application, the institute also considers applications for any time of the year for exceptional candidates. Based on the qualifications of the candidates and the need of the specialisation, applications received are processed via duly constituted selection committees at regular intervals. Currently, PhD admissions are open for Start Early courses and via a Special Drive for OBC (NCL)/ SC/ ST/ PWD catgeory students. 

IIT Gandhinagar offers a Ph.D. course to students at the doctoral level in 13 specialisations. Apart from regular Ph.D. courses, the institute also provides Start Early Ph.D. courses to students. Offered in regular and continuing doctoral programmes (CDP) mode, admission to Ph.D. and Start Early Ph.D. courses is based on an interview round which is followed by a written test, if necessary. The seats are limited so the students must apply early.

IIT Gandhinagar highest package data is not released by the Institute. According to the data available, branch-wise average and median package offered during BTech and MTech placements 2025 are mentioned below:

BTech Branch	Average Package 2025	Median Package 2025
CL	INR 17.52 LPA	INR 14.27 LPA
EE	INR 23.88 LPA	INR 21 LPA
ME	INR 14.55 LPA	INR 14 LPA
MSE	INR 9.62 LPA	INR 10.2 LPA
CE	INR 12.4 LPA	INR 13.65 LPA
CSE	INR 23.21 LPA	INR 21.5 LPA
MTech / Dual Degree Branch	Average Package 2025	Median Package 2025
BE	INR 8 LPA	INR 8 LPA
CL	INR 10.55 LPA	INR 10.55 LPA
CE	INR 7.29 LPA	INR 7.2 LPA
CSE	INR 16.73 LPA	INR 13 LPA
EE	INR 11.79 LPA	INR 10 LPA
ESS	INR 4.8 LPA	INR 4.8 LPA
ME	INR 11.78 LPA	INR 11.48 LPA
MSE	INR 11.9 LPA	INR 14 LPA

The JEE Main session - II test is now taking place LIVE. Except for April 7, 9, and 14, the exam's second session will be held between April 6 and April 15. All a student needs to ace the JEE Main 2023 is a proper approach along with a well-constructed preparation strategy. The following is a list of last-minute exam preparation advice:

• Cross-check section-wise weightage & syllabus for all subjects covered in JEE Main
• Solve previous year’s section-wise2 question papers there are high chances of getting questions from there
• Choose your reference books wisely
• Solve as many Mock Tests as possible. Shiksha.com is providing FREE Downloadable JEE Main Mock Test Paper (with Solutions).
• Revise as much as possible
• Keep your focus on NCERT books at this point

While the short-term objective must be to clear JEE Main, the ultimate goal must be to qualify JEE Advanced exam, check out the preparation strategy for JEE Advanced.

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IIT Gandhinagar placements 2025 were good. The consolidated placement report 2025 is not released. As per limited available, the average and median package recorded during BTech CSE placement 2025 was 23.21 LPA and 21.5 LPA. The placement rate recorded in BTech CSE, CL and and ME branch was 86.05%, 73.33% and 79.49%.

The list of the top Tier 1 Engineering Colleges in India includes IITs, NITs, BITS, BIT, IISc, etc. IIT Gandhinagar definitely comes under the list of top Tier Engineering colleges in India. The accepted entrance exams are JEE Advanced, GATE, JEE Main, and others. Keep an eye on GATE exam date, GATE exam pattern, GATE preparation guidelines, and others. It is one of the eight IITs which were announced by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) in 2008. Also, IIT Gandhinagar was mentored by the prestigious IIT Bombay in its initial years of inception. It took possession of over 400 acres of land and classes and other activities on the new campus began in July 2015.

Overall average package recorded during IIT Gandhinagar BTech placements 2025 was between 9.62 LPA and 23.88 LPA. For MTech and Dual Degree, it was between 4.8 LPA and 16.73 LPA.

The number of students placed during IIT Gandhinagar BTech placements 2025 is presented below:

BTech Branch	Students Registered 2025	Students Placed 2025
CL	30	22
EE	37	27
ME	39	31
MSE	15	6
CE	21	10
CSE	43	37

The overall placement rate recorded during IIT Gandhinagar placements 2024 for UG programmes was 82.39%. In 2023, UG placement rate was 81%.