IIT Guwahati - Indian Institute of Technology

IIT Guwahati requires candidates to present a different set of documents based on their chosen PhD course category during admissions. 

The following documents in digital form must be provided to apply for IIT Guwahati PhD courses:

• Class 10 and Class 12 marksheets
• Bachelor's degree certificate & marksheets
• Master's degree certificate & marksheets
• Entrance exam scorecard
• Work experience certificate
• Passport size photograph
• Scanned image of the signature
• OBC-NCL Certificate (if applicable)
• Copy of Income & Asset certificate for EWS (if applicable)
• Sponsorship Letter
• No Objection Certificate

No, the registration dates for all accepted entrance exams for PhD admissions at IIT Guwahati have been closed at this point. Currently, most entrance exams are still in the phase of result declaration.

The registrations for most of the accepted entrance exams for PhD admissions at IIT Guwahati are opened in the month of August.

No, the IIT Guwahati PhD admissions 2026 have been closed at this point. The registration for PhD admissions 2026 at IIT Guwahati closed in the month of April 2025. The PhD admissions were concluded in the month of Decemeber.

Candidates interested in applying for PhD at IIT Guwahati will now need to wait for the month of March 2026 to apply for IIT Guwahati PhD admissions 2027. 

Yes, candidates can get admissions into the PhD course at IIT Guwahati without any work experience. However, only the regular category PhD courses accept admission of such candidates.

Every non regular PhD course admission only selects candidates with a work experience between one - three years.

The PhD admissions to the Institute Assistantship courses at IIT Guwahati require candidates to appear for the GATE or CEED. 

However, PhD admissions to the other categories of PhD courses at IIT Guwahati are not decided on the basis of the aforementioned entrance exams scores.

A total of 7 students were placed out of 15 registered students during MSR placements 2025. Placement rate recorded was 46.67%. During the placement drive 2024, MSR Placement percentage was 50%.

21 students were placed out of 38 registered students during IIT Guwahati MA placements 2025. MA placement rate in 2025 was 55.26%. In 2024, the placement rate was 50%.

The placement rate recorded during MSc Mathematics placements 2025 was 76.19%. The branch-wise median package and placement rate recorded during MSc placements 2025 is mentioned below:

A total of 13 students were placed out of 21 registered students during IIT Guwahati MBA placements 2025. MBA placement rate in 2025 was 61.9%. The placement rate in 2024 was 92.86%.

A total of 22 students were placed out of 54 students during IIT Guwahati MDes placements 2025. MDes placement rate in 2025 was 40.74%. In 2024, the placement percentage was 33.33%.