IIT Guwahati scholarships are awarded to meritorious and talented undergraduate and postgraduate students. These scholarships are divided into three categories namely-Institute Scholarships, Other Scholarships and Assistantships. Any one of the IIT Guwahati scholarships can be availed by eligible students.
Institute scholarships: IIT Guwahati offers three types of institute scholarships for its graduate/ postgraduate students. Tabulated below are details on types of institute scholarships and awards:
| Scholarship | Awards |
|---|---|
|
Institute merit scholarship |
Tuition fee waiver and a monthly stipend for eight months. |
|
Institute merit-cum-means scholarship |
Tuition fee waiver and a monthly stipend for eight months. |
|
SC-ST scholarship |
Monthly stipend for eight months, free messing, hostel seat rent waiver, tuition fee waiver for all SC-ST students |
Other Scholarships: IIT Guwahati allows its students to avail of other scholarships offered by central/ state government or private corporates.
Assistantships: These are applicable to all MTech, MDes and PhD regular students. Assistantships are offered as per the norms of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India or IIT council.
IIT Guwahati Scholarships FAQs
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Yes, IIT Guwahati offers scholarships to meritorious students. These scholarships are divided into three categories susch as:
- Institute Scholarships
- Other Scholarships
- Assistantships
Any one of the IIT Guwahati scholarships can be availed by eligible students. IIT Guwahati offers three types of institute scholarships for its graduate/ postgraduate students.
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Student Forum
Answered 3 weeks ago
Yes, the PhD students of Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme of IIT Guwahati are offered financial assistance. The students of this scheme are eligible to get the following:
- Fellowship: Rs. 38,750/month in 1st and 2nd years. Rs. 43,750/month for 3rd, 4th and 5th years.
- Contingency Grant: Rs. 1,20,000/year.
- Suppor
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 5 months ago
The BTech scholarships at IIT Guwahati have different eligibility criteria. Some of them are merit based scholarships where, the candidates are offered BTech scholarships due totheir high score in either the JEE Advanced exam or their last qualifying exam. Candidates who belong to the SC/ST groups a
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 2 years ago
Yes, IIT Guwahati offers scholarships to BDes students. The institute offers Institute Merit Scholarship, Institute Merit-cum-Means (McM) Scholarships, SC-ST Scholarships and others. Apart from this, the institute also offers assistanship to BDes students. Assistantships are provided to regular stud
Answered a month ago
Yes, IIT Guwahati has released GATE exam admit card 2026. The link to download GATE hall ticket is available at gate2026.iitg.ac.in. Candidates must keep their enrollment ID and password to download admission ticket of Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering.
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Contributor-Level 7
Answered 3 weeks ago
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati has a total of 11 departments through which it offers multiple UG and PG courses. The departments present at IIT Guwahati are enlisted below:
- Biosciences & Bioengineering
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Design
- Electro







Candidates under M.Tech Students (Studentship) category must have valid GATE score in admissible examination paper. They are entitled to receive Financial Assistantship/ Scholarship from IIT Guwahati at the rate of INR 12,400 per month (tenable for a maximum period of 24 months) as per the governing rules subject to satisfactory academic progress and satisfactory performance in assigned teaching assistant duty.