IIT Delhi to offer direct PhD admission to NIT Warangal BTech students

Meritorious students of NIT Warangal can now get direct admission to PhD programme offered at IIT Delhi.

Those students who are doing their BTech at National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal will now get direct admission to PhD. at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi under the new collaboration between the two institutes.

Earlier, IIT Delhi has made a similar collaboration with NIT-Agartala too.

IIT Delhi will allow the meritorious BTech students at NIT Warangal to do part of their studies including the project work at the institute. They will be offered direct admission than to the PhD programme without the need to appear and qualify GATE or other national-level examination. 

To qualify, students at NIT Warangal need to have a CGPA of 8 by the end of their sixth semester. Such students will be eligible to apply for a project in summer and complete their fourth year at IIT-Delhi, and then be considered for early admission to the PhD programmes at IIT-Delhi.

This scheme will also help students to increase their chances to qualify for Prime Minister Research Fellows (PMRF) Scheme for pursuing PhD at IIT Delhi, the IIT said in an official statement. The NIT and IIT have signed an MoU in this regard.

IIT has claimed that it will not be charging any fees from the students during their stay at the institute as visiting students since they will be already paying their regular academic fees in their parent institution. The students will also be provided either on-campus or off-campus hostel accommodation during the one-year period on a paid basis.

Further, the two institutes will also exchange BTech, MTech students, research scholars, and faculty under the collaboration. Faculty from both the institutions will also collaborate in joint research in disciplines of mutual interest.

Students under the exchange programme will be classified as special exchange students and will be permitted to take courses on credit or audit, as well as participate in research activities, internships or project work. The faculty of NIT can also apply for suitable positions at IIT-Delhi. The selection and nomination of students will be open throughout the academic year.