Ph.D

Yes, IIT Patna does offer financial support to its PhD students. However, candidates of the self-financed category of PhD courses are not offered any financial assistance at IIT Patna.

PhD students can receive financial under the Visvesvaraya PhD Scheme, Reimbursement of Rent (RoR), Research Contingency grant and ther schemes at IIT Patna.
 

Yes, candidates belonging to the special category are offered several fee relaxations for the IIT Patna PhD courses. The most notable relaxation includes a complete waiver of tuition fees for the whole duration of the IIT Patna PhD course.

Other fee relaxation include a 50% reduction in application fees at the time of admissions.

For the purpose of completing the IIT Patna PhD admission process, candidate need to bring physical copies of the below mentioned documents at the time of personal interview round:

• Class 10th and Class 12th passing certificate and marksheets
• Graduation degree
• Post graduation degree
• Work experience ertificate (if available)
• No Objection Certificate (if required)
• Sponsorship certificate/ Relieving letter (in case of full-time sponsored/ full-time working candidates)
• Medical certificate (in case of full-time candidates)
• ID and address proof
• Passport sized photographs

There is no mention of a specific mode of application for IIT Patna PhD admissions. However, the registrations for the accepted entrance exams for PhD admissions such as GATE or UGC NET is not open for offline applications. 

If the candidates have already appeared for the entrance exams or are qualified for direct admissions, they need to contact the admission desk for more information.

The last date to apply for the July session of IIT Patna PhD admissions was March 4th 2026. Candidates who have appeared for the UGC NET before or are qualified for direct PhD admissions can apply for the IIT Patna PhD admissions. 

The July session of IIT Patna PhD admissions are currently open.

No, the IIT Patna PhD admissions are no longer open for the January session in 2026. The last date to apply for IIT Patna PhD's January admissions was October 22nd 2025. Candidates who missed this application window can still apply for the July session which are currently open.

Yes IIT Patna offers a relaxation in both the age limit as well as the minimum aggregate for last qualifying exams in the PhD admission criteria. Candidates are offered a relaxation of 5% along with a relaxation of 5 years in the PhD eligibility criteria during IIT Patna course admissions.

No, GATE is not a mandatory entrance exam for IIT Patna PhD admissions. To become qualified for IIT Patna course admission to the PhD course, candidates can also appear for the UGC NET as well. 

However, candidates with an appropriate CGPA in their BTech course from a Centrally Funded Technical Institutes can get direct admissions into the IIT Patna PhD course.

Candidates who are applying for PhD courses from the engineering department such as NIT Jalandhar chemical engineering or NIT Jalandhar civil engineering departments must have a ME/MTech degree of the relevant field. However, NIT Jalandhar also offers PhD courses in Humanities, Science and Management sectors where, an ME/MTech degree is not required.

No, candidates without a PG level degree in the relevant field are ineligible to apply for the NIT Jalandhar PhD admissions. Candidates will need to have cleared a specific PG level course in accordance with their chosen PhD course at NIT Jalandhar. Go to NIT Jalandhar's official website for the eligibility criteria of individual PhD courses.