Ph.D. in Bioinformatics 

at IIIT Hyderabad, Gachibowli

Yes, IIIT Hyderabad offers a stipend ranging from INR 15,000 to INR 30,000 to the PhD students. Additionally, IIIT-H announced 20 PhD fellowships of INR 35,000 per month for five years for deserving students. 

The placement rate recorded during IIIT Hyderabad PhD placements 2023 was 100%. The highest package offered was INR 15 LPA. 

The semester-wise fee for PhD is INR 75,000. Additionally, the deemed university provides financial assistance towards the tuition fees and stipend to all research students (PhD) of good standing. Normally, full financial assistance requires the student to put in 20 hours of work per week. Financial assistance is provided to all the students during the first semester, but it is continued based on good academic performance.

PhD students can take the relevant courses in the first one or two semesters, depending on the background, just like a student of MS by research. After the first year, the student works on clearing the PhD qualifying exam which tests his or her breadth of knowledge in the field of study. To be eligible, candidates must have completed a relevant MPhil or master's degree course. Final selection to PhD at IIIT Hyderabad is subject to a valid score in one among PGEE/ Winter Research Entrance Test (WREE)/ GATE exam. Additionally, other selection rounds such as Written General Aptitude Test and a personal interview is also conducted to finalise the students before offering them admission.

A PhD student can take the relevant courses in the first one or two semesters, depending on the background, just like a student of MS by research. After the first year, the student works on clearing the PhD qualifying exam which tests his or her breadth of knowledge in the field of study.

The year-wise fee for PhD is INR 60,000. Additionally, the deemed university provides financial assistance towards the tuition fees and stipend to all research students (PhD) of good standing. Normally, full financial assistance requires the student to put in 20 hours of work per week. Financial assistance is provided to all the students during the first semester, but it is continued based on good academic performance. Additionally, the institute also offers a monthly stipend ranging from INR 31,000 and INR 35,000 to the PhD students.

IIIT Hyderabad offers the flagship Bachelor of Technology (BTech) programme in a variety of specializations. The course is a popular programme for students seeking to build a career in Engineering. The total tuition fees for International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad BTech is INR 10 L - 18 L. Students can also check out the various scholarship schemes offered by IIIT Hyderabad.

The course-wise highest package offered during IIIT Hyderabad placements 2025 as compared with 2024 and 2023 are presented below:

Earlier, the specialisation-wise highest package offered during IIIT Hyderabad BTech, MTech and PhD placements 2025 as compared with 2024 and 2023 are presented below:

Further, the specialisation-wise highest package offered during IIIT Hyderabad MS By Research placements 2025 as compared with 2024 and 2023 are presented below:

International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad accepts JEE Main scores for admission to the BTech courses. As per the IIIT Hyderabad JEE Main cutoff 2024, the Round 2 closing rank for CSE and ECE were 1371 and 4391, respectively for the students beloning to the OBC category. 

Candidates can refer to the table below to check out the IIIT Hyderabad BTech cutoff trends over the past three years for the OBC category students: 

IIIT Hyderabad's application process for all the courses is completely online. Eligible candidates must visit the application portal of this institute and apply online. Check out the step-by-step application process mentioned below:

Step 1: Visit the official website of IIIT Hyderabad

Step 2: Click on the 'Admissions' tab and click on the respective stream.

Step 3: Click on the exam tab accordingly.

Step 4: Click on the application portal link.

Step 5: Click on the “New Users click here to register” link. Fill out the registration form and then apply online.