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Call for PhD Spot Admission Programme (July 2025 intake)  

Applications are invited for Spot PhD admission to July 2025 semester at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.

Note: (For final-year students only; not applicable to graduated students)

The admission brochure is available: PhD brochure for Spot Admission
Open-House Session:
Please attend open-house session on 1st February 2025 at 4 pm to know more details about the admission process and research activities at the department.
Meeting link: https://teams.live.com/meet/9398110445555?p=YfVW3zIU9f4Q74TVSB
Meeting ID: 939 811 044 555 5 | Passcode: ET2xs7v
Dates & links:

Detailed information on PG programmes offered at IIT Kanpur is available at: PG Manual

ChE Department Brochure is available at: Brochure Link

Important Resources for PG Students:
Degree Department General Requirements
PhD in Engineering Chemical Engineering (i) Final year M.Tech/M.S with a minimum of 80 percent marks/8.0 CPI (CFTIs).
{GATE requirement is waived}
or
(ii)Final year B.Tech/B.S with a minimum of 75 percent marks/7.5 CPI (CFTIs).
{GATE requirement is waived}
or
(iii)Final year B.Tech/B.S with a minimum of 75 percent marks/7.5 CPI (Top 100 NIRF Institutes).
{Valid GATE Score is compulsory at the time of joining.}

List of CFTI: https://www.iitk.ac.in/doaa/pgadmission/assets/data/CFTI-list.pdf

List of Top 100 NIRF: https://www.nirfindia.org/Rankings/2024/EngineeringRanking.html

Financial Assistantships

1. Financial support (in the form of Institute Assistantship) is available to the regular (non-sponsored) students of the PhD programme amounting to Rs. 37000/- for the first two years, and thereafter, it is raised to Rs. 42000/- for another three years. The student is expected to carry out the assigned duties during the programme to maintain eligibility for continued financial support.
2. Students may also avail financial assistantship from external funding agencies (such as UGC/CSIR/NBHM/INSPIRE/DBT/ICAR/ICMR/PMRF etc.).