IIT Hyderabad, Deakin University begin applications for 'Joint Doctoral Programme'

Candidates interested in IIT Hyderabad Admissions 2021 can apply through the website- iith.ac.in. The last date to submit the admission application is April 30, 2021.

IIT Hyderabad Admissions 2021: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad and Deakin University launched a joint doctoral programme (JDP) for this academic session. There are a total of 10 seats open for the July 2021 batch. Candidates interested in IIT Hyderabad Admissions 2021 can apply through the website- iith.ac.in. The last date to submit the admission application is April 30, 2021. “The programme will be offered in a wide range of disciplines including Materials and Smart Manufacturing, Affordable Healthcare, Food, Environment, and Agriculture, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science, Cyber-Physical Systems, Infrastructure and Energy,” IIT Hyderabad said.

In order to be eligible, candidates must have BTech or MTech degree. The selection of the candidate will be made through a joint interview process. Upon selection into the JDP programme, the candidates will be jointly supervised from day one by supervisors from both IIT Hyderabad and Deakin. Successful candidates will spend between 3-12 months at Deakin depending upon the research requirements.

“IIT Hyderabad will provide the regular PhD fellowship to the students during their stay at IIT Hyderabad and when the students travel to Deakin, they will get a stipend at the rate of $A28,600 per annum for the duration of their stay at Deakin,” the institute said

In addition to the above, Deakin will provide a full tuition fee waiver for up to four years and a top-up stipend of $A150 per month for three years while they are at IIT Hyderabad.

Supervisory Team at Deakin and Doctoral Committee at IIT Hyderabad will be assigned to each candidate. Upon successful completion of PhD, a candidate will be conferred a PhD by both the institutes with two separate certificates, noting that the doctoral award is conferred under the JDP HDR (Higher Degree by Research) programme between the institutes.

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