Ph.D. in Computer Science Engineering (CSE) 

at IIIT Hyderabad, Gachibowli

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.

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.

Yes, student with a cutoff rank of 3000 in JEE Main can get admission to IIIT Hyderabad, if belonging to the General All India category. The course available at thi rank for the General All India category is BTech in ECE. The last-round closing rank for admission to BTech in ECE was 4350 for the General All India category. 

Among the OBC AI category candidates, the cutoff rank for admission to BTech in ECE was 4398. Therefore, admission at rank 3000 is possible for OBC AI category as well. 

The key highlights of IIIT Hyderabad placements over the past three years are presented below:

IIIT Hyderabad Cutoff 2024 was concluded for admission on the basis of JEE Main scores. The cutoff was out for B.Tech in CSE and BTech in ECE. The cutoff was released for different categories under the General All India quota. The last round closing ranks for BTech in CSE and BTech in ECE were 1582 and 4350, respectively, for the Geeneral AI category. For more information and updates on the category-wise cutoff for IIIT Hyderabad, checkout this page. 

The IIIT Hyderabad placements have been excellent so far. During the season 2025, an overall placement rate of 96.41% has been achieved. The key highlights of IIIT Hyderabad placements over the past three years are presented below:

No, the deemed university only considers JEE Main scores for regular admissions. There is, however, a provision for admissions based on other entrance exams, such as DASA and SPEC. Further, for students from Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities with Mathematics, there are opportunities to pursue Dual Degree in the field of Computational Linguistics or Exact Humanities.