

IIT Kharagpur PhD Courses & Fees 2026: Admission Dates, Placements & Seats
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IIT Kharagpur PhD Eligibility & Highlights 2026
IIT Kharagpur offers PhD courses to students at the doctoral level with a minimum and maximum duration of three and eight years, respectively. The area of research is available in 19 departments, 12 schools and 12 centres in the areas of Engineering, Technology, Science, Architecture & Regional Planning, Humanities & Social Sciences, Rural Development, Law, Management and Medicine.
Offered in regular mode with institute assistantship, individual fellowship, sponsored and for working professionals, admission to PhD programme is recommended by the Departmental Academic Committee based on the overall academic performance of the candidates and written test followed by the interview. Additionally, the institute also offers a three-year Post-Doctoral Fellowship (PDF). Candidates must complete a master’s degree with a minimum of 60% aggregate in Engineering/ Science/ Commerce/ Management/ Law and/ or equivalent to apply for PhD courses.
Minimum 60% aggregate or a CGPA of 6.5 on 10 point scale in the qualifying examination in Engineering/ Science/ Commerce/ Management/ Law and/ or equivalent
- OR a minimum 55% aggregate or a CGPA of 6.0 on 10 point scale in the qualifying examination in Humanities/ Social Science/ MBBS degree and/ or equivalent
- Students who possess the minimum prescribed qualifications (without GATE/ UGC NET) and are in service in any of the following establishments with a minimum of two years of job experience are eligible for admission to the PhD as sponsored candidates
Commonly asked questions On Highlights
The highest package offered during IIT KGP placements 2026 was INR 2.44 Crore per Annum.
The list of top recruiters across various sectors. Some of the popular companies are mentioned below:
| IIT Kharagpur Top Recruiters | ||
|---|---|---|
| Ford | Tata Steel | Shell |
| Accenture | American Express | HUL |
| IBM | Amazon | Goldman Sachs |
| KPMG | Sony | Barclays |
The minimum percentage required for admission to IIT Kharagpur is different for different courses. However, IIT Kharagpur admission is completely entrance-based. Students are selected based on various national-level entrance exams like JEE Main, JEE Advanced, GATE, etc. The below table mentions the minimum percentage required by the students in the last qualifying degree to be eligible for some of the popular IIT KGP courses:
| Popular Courses | Common Eligibility |
|---|---|
| BTech (Hons) | Class 12 with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics with at least 75% aggregate |
Integrated MTech | Class 12 with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics with at least 75% aggregate |
| LLM | First class or equivalent LLB/ BL (5 years) LLB/ BL (3 years) from a ny recognised university with Bachelor's degree (not less than 3 years) in Humanities/ Science/ Commerce or equivalent with at least 60% aggregate or 6.5 CGPA |
| MBA | Bachelor's degree of minimum 4-year in Engineering/ Technology/ Pharmacy or Master's degree in Science/Economics/Commerce (with Mathematics or Statistics at Bachelor's level) with a minimum of 60% aggregate or 6.5 CGPA (55% aggregate or 6.0 CGPA for SC/ ST/ PwD) |
| E-MBA | Bachelor's degree of minimum 4-year in Engineering/ Technology or Master's degree in Science/Economics/Commerce (with Mathematics or Statistics at Bachelor's level) with a minimum of 60% aggregate or 6.5 CGPA (55% aggregate or 6.0 CGPA for SC/ ST/ PwD) |
Hostels at IIT Kharagpur are furnished with beds, tables, chairs, high-speed LAN ports, fans, lights and adequate electricity ports. The quantity of the aforementioned things may vary depending upon the occupancy of the room whether it’s single room, double sharing or triple occupancy sharing.
Also, some halls (hostel is referred to as hall of residence at IIT Kharagpur and hostellers as boarders) have washing machine facilities and some don’t. Laundry service is available at a reasonable price.
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IIT Kharagpur PhD Admission Dates 2026
IIT Kharagpur PhD admission dates are mentioned below:
| Dates | Past Events |
|---|---|
31 Dec '25 | Ph.D. Date of admission |
8 Dec '25 - 12 Dec '25 | Ph.D. Written Test & Interview |
Commonly asked questions On Admissions
If you get a good score in the JEE Main, you would then have to pass the exam of JEE Advanced for admission into IIT Kharagpur. It is through the JoSAA counseling process that admission is granted based on the rank obtained in the JEE Advanced. For MBA or M.Tech or any other postgraduate degrees, you would have to qualify for tests like GATE or CAT.
IIT JAM 2026 cutoff for IIT Kharagpur will released after each round of counselling process. Last year, IIT Kharagpur offered admission to Joint M.Sc PhD courses to JAM rank between 11 to 6700. GEN category students had to obtained JAM rank between 11 to 528 for admission.
The different PhD programmes available at IIT KGP campus include:
- Regular with institute assistantship
- Ph.D with individual fellowship (INSPIRE, UGC NET, etc.)
- Sponsored PhD
- PhD through sponsored research projects
- PhD programme (Regular, Sponsored, Working Professionals, CSIR/UGC, INSPIRE Fellowship)
IIT Kharagpur cutoff 2024 for MBA course is based on CAT scores. The institute offers admission through VGSOM. Tabulated below are the CAT scores for candidates seeking admission to the MBA course offered at IIT Kharagpur for last few years for the General category All India candidates:
| Section | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 90 | 90 | 90 |
| Quants | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| VA-RC | 50 | 50 | 50 |
| DI-LR | 50 | 50 | 50 |
IIT Kharagpur Ph.D.IIT Kharagpur PhD Seats 2026
IIT Kharagpur offers a total of 239 seats, detailed breakdown is presented in the table below:
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IIT Kharagpur PhD 2026 FAQs
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IIT KGP, through various departments and schools of study, offers UG, PG, PhD, and other courses to students across the Law, Management, Engineering, and various other streams. The below-mentioned table reflects on the IIT Kharagpur departments:
| IIT Kharagpur Departments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Aerospace Engineering | Agricultural and Food Engineering | Architecture and Regional Planning |
| Artificial Intelligence | Chemical Engineering | Civil Engineering |
| Cryogenic Engineering | Computer Science and Engineering | - |
Note: Reach the official site for other department details.
The application process for a few popular courses is completely online. Candidates seeking admission must apply via the following websites:
- BTech and BSc/ BS aspirants must fill out the application form for JEE (Main) through the official website of the National Testing Agency (NTA) (nta.ac.in). The application fee for boys is INR 625 and INR 325 for girls. Read more
- MTech candidates are required to register for GATE through the official website of GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) (appsgate.iitd.ac.in). The application fee for boys is INR 1,500 and INR 750 for girls. Read more
- For MSc, candidates need to register for IIT JAM through the official website (iitr.ac.in). The application fee for others is INR 1,800 for other and INR 900 for female (all categories)/ SC/ ST/ PwD for one test paper. Read more
- For MBA, LLM and PhD, candidates are required to apply via the official website of IIT Kharagpur.
For Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur admissions, candidates need to clear the entrance exams and should also fulfill the other eligibility criteria. The entrance exams accepted include JEE Advanced / GATE/ CAT for BTech and BSc. The admission process is completely conducted by JoSAA after students appear for their JEE Main and JEE Advanced exam. Also, the eligibility for admissions is that candidate should have passed Class 12 or graduation with a minimum of 50-60% aggregate. JEE Advanced 2023 Dates are out. Hence, check the dates and prepare accordingly. For more information please click here.
Yes, IIT Kharagpur does accept GATE scores for admission to its M.Tech programme. Applicants must have a valid GATE score relevant to the discipline of their qualifying degree. In cases where there is no specific GATE paper available for a particular discipline, XE/XL/XH papers of the GATE examination can be considered. GATE is the accepted entrance exam for admission to IIT Kharagpur's M.Tech programme.
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Current LL.B (Hons.) students with a CGPA of 8.5 or above will be considered.
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To get a seat at IIT Kharagpur for the MSc course and its various branches, students have to first attempt the IIT JAM entrance examination, followed by its counselling process to be considered eligible for admission.
The cutoff gets released for various All India categories in the form of ranks. Th
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IIT Kharagpur JAM cutoff 2026 was declared for round 1 regarding admission to the integrated MSc courses. The cutoff was released in the form of ranks for various All India categories.
For the General AI category, the round 1 cutoff ranged from 97 to 605. To know the cutoff for other categories, stu
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The actual required CAT percentile is only visible for candidates with login access. But, based on previous years' estimated CAT cutoff for the General AI category, 90 percentile would be required overall and 50 percentile sectionally for the previously-mentioned category.
Note: The actual cutoff da
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IIT Kharagpur CAT cutoff 2025 is not released publicly. It is only visible to candidates with login details. But, based on the the closest estimated cutoff percentile of previous years for the General AI category, the CAT cutoff percentile was 90 overall and 50 sectional.
Note: The actual cutoff d
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