Ph.D

No, IIT Hyderabad PhD admissions are yet to be opened for the academic year 2026. 

IIT Hyderabad's website claims that the admissions to regular PhD courses is scheduled to begin from the first week of the month of March. 

Hence, candidates should go to the website of IIT Hyderabad during the month of March to check the PhD admission dates.

No, GATE is not a compulsory entrance exam for PhD admissions at IIT Hyderabad. However, every department of IIT Hyderabad has a separate eligibility and selection criteria for their offered PhD courses.

In some departments, candidates are required to appear for the GATE in order to be eligible for IIT Hyderabad PhD admissions.

No, work experience has not been listed as a mandatory requirement in the IIT Hyderabad PhD eligibility criteria. Candidates who wish to gain admission into the regular PhD course admissions are required to only clear the specific PG level course with the required minimum aggregate to be eligible.

Gautam Buddha University provides BTech programs requiring students to have passed 10+2 with Physics & Mathematics as compulsory subjects, plus Chemistry, Biotechnology, technical vocational subject. Minimum of 45% marks & 40% for SC/ST is required in these subjects combined. Admission is based on Gautam Buddha University Entrance Test or JEE Main scores.

The admission process charges for all PhD courses is yet to be revealed at AMU. However, for the PhD courses whose admissions have begun, the admission process fees is INR 1,000 for the academic year 2026.

Candidates will be charged the aforementioned fees in appropriate amounts during the admission process.

The PhD admission fees at AMU ranges between INR 13,300 - INR 26,100 for the academic year 2026. Most PhD courses have an admission fees of INR 13,300 which must be paid after the personal interview round, if the candidate is selected for PhD admissions.

However, candidates will also need to pay admission process charges which also vary between PhD courses at AMU.

There is no mention of candidates who are waiting for final exam results being eligible for PhD admissions at AMU. In most other similar institutes, candidates cannot apply for PhD admissions without the final exam scorecards.

However, AMU does offer provisional admissions to candidates who are yet to receive their final scorecard. To confirm this, canddiates need to contact the admission desk.

To complete the PhD admission process at AMU, candidates need to provide digital copies of the below mentioned documents at the time of application process:

• Class 10th and Class 12th passing certificate as well as marksheet
• Graduation degree
• Post graduation degree
• Entrance exam scorecard
• No objection certificate
• Work experience certificate
• ID and address proof
• Scanned images of the candidate's signature

According to the seat intake data at AMU for PhD course, the highest number of seats are offered for the PhD in Mechanical Engineering course. This course offers a total seat intake of 100 for the 2026 admissions. Out of these 100 seats, 94 seats are available for the general category while the rest are reserved for special category candidates.

The total number of PhD seats offered by AMU is 884 for admissions in the academic year 2026. Out of the 884 seats, 807 seats are offered to the general category students while the remaining 77 are reserved seats.

The reservations are not offered for every PhD branch at AMU while some branches are not open to the general category.