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IIT Gandhinagar PhD Eligibility & Highlights 2024

IIT Gandhinagar offers a PhD course at the doctoral level in 13 specialisations. Apart from regular PhD, the institute also offers Start Early PhD. Offered in regular and continuing doctoral programme (CDP) mode, admission to PhD and Start Early PhD course is based on an interview supplemented by a written test, if necessary.

Admission is generally open towards 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 for the specialisation, applications received are processed via duly constituted selection committees at regular intervals. More details about IIT Gandhinagar PhD are as follows:

Check out all the admission-related details of PhD at IIT Gandhinagar in the following table:

Particulars	Highlights
Duration	3-7 years (min-max)
Number of specialisations	13
Name of specialisations	Biological Engineering \| Chemical Engineering \|Civil Engineering \| CSE \| Electrical Engineering\| Materials Engineering \| Mechanical Engineering \| Chemistry \| Mathematics \| Physics \| Cognitive Science \| Earth Sciences \| Humanities and Social Sciences
Eligibility (regular PhD)	A pass in MA/ MSc/ BTech/ MTech/ BS (IISc, IISER)/ BS-MS (IISER) or equivalent degree with 55% or 5.5 CPI (Read specialisation wise eligibility)
Eligibility (Start Early PhD)	- BTech students from NITs and selected colleges who will graduate in 2022 or have graduated in 2021 and are among the top five rank holders in the departments at the end of their pre-final year and final year - BTech students from IITs who will graduate in 2022 or have graduated in 2021 with a CPI/ CGPA of not less than 6.0 at the end of their third year and fourth year respectively
Selection	Written Test and/ or Interview

NOTE: The fee mentioned in the above table is sourced from unofficial sources. Hence, is indicative.

Return on Investment

Total Tuition Fees₹ 4.5L

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Q: How are the placements at IIT Gandhinagar?

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%.

Q: What is the highest salary of IIT Gandhinagar?

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

Q: Is IIT Gandhinagar a Tier 1 College?

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.

Q: What is the CSE cutoff of IIT Gandhinagar?

The closing rank of the recently released Round 3 of JoSAA cutoff 2022 for CSE stood at 1352. If we compare this closing rank with the previous year's ranks of R-3, the competition at IIT Gandhinagar has gone up. For more details on IIT Gandhinagar cutoffs, click here.

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Fee components	Amount (for 5 years)
Tuition	₹ 4.55 L
Total fee	₹ 4.55 L

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IIT Gandhinagar PhD Admission Dates 2024

Find below the important dates around IIT Gandhinagar PhD admission 2024:

Dates	Past Events
20 Apr '25 - 20 May '25	Ph.D. (Special-Drive) Written test/Interview (Phase 1& 2)
20 Apr '25 - 20 May '25	Ph.D. /Start Early PhD/PhD CDP - Written test and/or interview (Phase 1 & 2)

Commonly asked questions
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Q: Is IIT Gandhinagar costly?

IIT Gandhinagar tuition fee costs around INR 79,000 – INR 8 L. This fee is exclusive of other components such as examination fee, application fee, hostel fee, security deposit, etc. This fee is taken from the official website. It is subject to change. Hence, it is not moderately expensive, and not very costly.

Q: How much percentage is required for admission to IIT Gandhinagar?

IIT Gandhinagar offers UG & PG courses including BTech, MTech, MSc, MA, etc. To get admission, candidates must fulfil the minimum eligibility criteria. Tabulated below are the minimum percentage requirements for popular courses offered at IIT Gandhinagar:

Course Name	Eligibility Criteria
BTech	Class 12 with 75% aggregate
MTech	Any 4-year UG degree with minimum 55% aggregate
PG Diploma	BE/ BTech/ MSc or equivalent with 55%
MA	Any UG degree with 55%
PhD	A pass in MA/ MSc/ BTech/ MTech/ BS (IISc, IISER)/ BS-MS (IISER) or equivalent degree with 55% or 5.5 CPI

Q: How can I get admission in IIT Gandhinagar?

The modes of IIT Gandhinagar admissions are online and offline. Admission to various postgraduate and undergraduate courses is based on merit and entrance exam scores. Accepted entrance exams are GATE, JEE Main, and JEE Advanced. Candidates must study GATE exam pattern, keep an eye on GATE exam date and GATE result. At the undergraduate level, the college offers four-year BTech courses to students in seven specialisations. At the postgraduate level, the college offers two-year MSc, MTech, M.A. And various other courses to students. Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IIT Gandhinagar) also provides Ph.D. and several online courses to students.

Q: Can I get admission in IIT Gandhinagar without GATE?

Yes, non-GATE applicants willing to get into M.Tech at IIT Gandhinagar are required to appear for the institute level entrance test. However, all candidates are required to appear for the Personal Interview round for final selection. In addition to this, BTech graduates from the IITs with CGPA/ CPI of 8.0 or above (on a scale of 10) are eligible to get admission to M.Tech at IIT Gandhinagar without GATE. Other than GATE or the criteria state above, candidates are required to be a pass in BE/ BTech/ MSc or equivalent in appropriate branches with a minimum of 55% aggregate or 5.5 on a 10-point scale (50% aggregate for SC /ST). Read more about MTech admission at Gandhinagar here.

IIT Gandhinagar PhD Application Process 2024

Candidates seeking admission to IIT Gandhinagar for PhD must apply online on the official website. Those looking forward to applying for more than one discipline must submit a separate application for each discipline. After the successful submission of the application form, students receive an application number and a link to download the application form. It must be saved, filled and shared as a hard copy along with the self-attested copies of all the relevant documents during the interview.

The application fee is INR 150 for SC/ ST/ PD categories and INR 300 for other categories.
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Q: How can I join IIT Gandhinagar?

IIT Gandhinagar admission process is entirely based on the selection of candidates via popular entrance exams such as JEE Advanced and GATE, etc., for courses such as BTech and MTech, respectively. Further, IIT Gandhinagar conducts an institute-level test for the selection MA and PhD courses. Candidates must fulfil the minimum eligibility criteria as per the course requirements and then qualify for the respective entrance exam in order to secure a seat at IIT Gandhinagar. Later on, the final seat allotment is done through counselling process.

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Ph.D. in Chemistry - Batch of 2026

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Overall, it is the best college for a PhD in Chemistry course.

Placements: About 70% of the students qualified in the last batch. The highest salary package offered is 35 LPA, and the lowest salary package offered is 9 LPA. The average salary package offered is 17 LPA. Top companies like Tata Chemical, Ranbaxy, Sun Pharmaceutical, etc., visit the college to hire students. More than 60% of the students secured internships in industry. Both education and technical training are available. Higher-level roles like research scientist, patent scientist, etc., are offered here.

Infrastructure: IIT Gandhinagar is located in one of the best locations in India. It has exclusive campuses with a library, exclusive hotels with multiple daily outlets, and two agglomerations. It has a sports stadium with impressive sports facilities, an Olympic-size swimming pool, badminton courts, basketball courts, etc. It also has two cricket and football pitches.

Faculty: Teachers are helpful but their teaching is not at all good. Students are not happy with teachers. Some teachers take 3-4 days leave in a week. Otherwise, the college is good. Semester exams are a little tough and the pass percentage is 57%.

Reviewed on 11 Jan 2025Read More

Harshdeep

Ph.D. in Physics - Batch of 2017

4.2

4Placements4Infrastructure5Faculty5Crowd & Campus Life3Value for Money

IIT Gandhinagar is good.

Placements: About 60% of the students got placed in the last batch. The highest salary package offered is about 15 LPA, the lowest salary package offered is about 4 LPA and the average salary package offered is about 7 LPA. Top companies include DRDO, HPCL, etc. More than 80% of the students got an internship in companies. Both academic and industrial internships are available.

Infrastructure: It is one of the new IITs. Hence infrastructure is very good. For the chemical department, different labs and classrooms are available. The library has sufficient reading materials for the chemical department. All others like hostel and food are rated as 4 stars. For games and sports, a brand new complex had built which is still to open due to covid.

Faculty: Most of the faculty members are Ph.D. holders from top universities of the world. Faculty members are very good in terms of teaching quality and are knowledgeable. The course is more relevant to the academic career like who wants to go deep in research and that area. It provides sufficient industrial knowledge.

Other: It's really good college.

Reviewed on 1 Mar 2021Read More

Reachie Macwan

Ph.D. in Mathematics - Batch of 2017

5.0

5Placements5Infrastructure5Faculty5Crowd & Campus Life5Value for Money

The best college in the gandhinagar.

Placements: No placements to our class don't have a good hut placement its okay. Ita not a big dill. The highest salary cols so loss. I think maybe 40 percent student salary offered and college internship. It's not useful its a slow placement. And not a good opportunity.

Infrastructure: No Wi-Fi. Labs no useable under teachers guidance. Classrooms not clean but it's our small responsibility. Medical facilities are available. Sports and games are useable. And also events seminar. Available. Canteen not good. It's ok. Hostel rooms so bad. Poor very poor.

Faculty: Teachers they helpful but teaching it's not completely. Teaching method good but task don't have. The student is not happy with teachers some teachers leave in week 3-4 days and after then our course is back but just a topic in teacher otherwise college very good.

Other: Campus crowd is all day same.

Reviewed on 25 Feb 2018Read More

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IIT Gandhinagar PhD FAQs

Q: How can students apply for Ph.D. admissions at IIT Gandhinagar?

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.

Q: What all specialisations are available for PhD at IIT 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.

Q: When can I apply for PhD admission at IIT Gandhinagar?

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.

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What is the fee for BTech at IIT Gandhinagar?

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Category	Total B.Tech Cost
General (>₹5L income)	~₹11.8 lakh
Income ₹1–5L	~₹6.5 lakh
SC/ST / <₹1L income	~₹3.8 lakh

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Can I take direct admission in IIT Gandhinagar?

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Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar offers admission primarily on the basis of the scores obtained in the national level entrance exams including JEE Main, JEE Advanced, IIT JAM, and GATE. To get admission to IIT Gandhinagar, candidates must fulfil the course-specific eligibility. Candidates

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What is the mode of application at IIT Gandhinagar?

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IIT Gandhinagar conducts the admission process for all the UG, PG, diploma, and PhD courses in online mode. Interested candidates can fill the admission forms through the official website. The admissions to IIT Gandhinagar are now open for certain courses. Candidates can go to the website for update

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How to apply at IIT Gandhinagar?

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IIT Gandhinagar conducts the application process online. The step-wise application process is mentioned below:

Open the official website and register.
Fill in the required info and complete the registration.
Fill the detailed application form by providing information around educational qualifications,

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What are the documents required at the time of application at IIT Gandhinagar?

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Candidates must keep the below enlisted documents ready for application at Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar: