IIT Roorkee

Admission to Ph.D. Programme – Spring Semester (Session – 2008 - 09)

Applications are invited for admission to full-time/Part-Time Ph. D. programmes in the following departments/centers:

(1) Departments : Alternate Hydro-Energy Centre, Architecture and Planning, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Earthquake Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Computer Engineering, Hydrology, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Paper Technology, Water Resources & Management, Biotechnology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences. Mathematics, Physics, Humanities & Social Sciences and Management Studies.

(2) Centres of Excellence: Centre for Transportation Systems (CTFRANS), Centre for Disaster Mitigation, Centre for Nanotechnology. However, these specializations are also available in respective parent departments.

(3) Other : Institute Instrumentation Centre
Eligibility: An applicant possessing the following qualifications in appropriate areas shall be eligible to apply for admission for Ph.D. programme of the Institute.

(a) Masters degree in Engineering / Technology/ Architecture/Urban & Rural Planning/ Sciences/ Humanities & Social Sciences and Management in respective discipline or equivalent with a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 6.00 on a 10 point scale or equivalent as determined by the Institute wherever letter grades are awarded; or 60% marks in aggregate (of all the years/ semesters) where marks are awarded.

OR

Applicants with B.Tech./B.Arch. degree or equivalent in respective discipline with excellent academic record (with a minimum CGPA of 7.00 on a 10 point scale or equivalent or 70% marks) may be considered eligible for admission.

(b) Applicants for admission for full-time studies who do not possess a M.Tech. / M.Arch./ MURP degree or equivalent in the relevant field must have a valid GATE score (at least 75 percentile) for Engineering / Technology/ Science disciplines or must have qualified national level fellowship examinations such as NET (JRF/LS) conducted by UGC/CSIR for Science/ Humanities and Social Sciences disciplines.

(c) Engineering/Architecture graduates from IIT/ University of Roorkee having CGPA Score > 8.00 or marks > 80%.

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RESERVATION / RELAXATION

a) For the SC/ST applicants and for others holding Master’s Degree (M.A. with English) seeking admission to Ph.D. English in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences the eligibility requirement of CGPA may be relaxed to 5.50 on a 10 point scale or equivalent, or to 55% marks.

b) The SC/ST applicants holding B.Tech. Degree or equivalent may be allowed 5% relaxation in marks or equivalent relaxation in CGPA.

c) Physically handicapped applicants may be permitted relaxation in eligibility requirement of CGPA to 5.50 on a 10 point scale or equivalent, or to 55% marks. They will not be allowed any other relaxation beyond this limit even if they belong to SC/ST category and/are holders of the Degree of M.A. in English etc.

d) For the SC/ST applicants minimum GATE score requirement will be 50 percentile.

e) Reservation for OBC/SC/ST will be as per Central Govt. of India directive/ Institute rules.
Application procedure: Application form and other details can be downloaded from www.iitr.ernet.in/admissions and completed application form should be sent to Chairman, PG Admission-2009 along with a demand draft of Rs. 200/- in favour of Chairman, PG Admission, IITR. Forms without Demand Draft will not be entertained.

Application form can also be obtained from Chairman, PG Admission, Indian institute of Technology Roorkee, ROORKEE — 247657 by sending a demand draft of Rs.250/- in favour of Chairman, PG Admission, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee- 247667 and a self addressed envelope (30 x 25 cm).

Email : pgadm@iitr.ernet.in
Further details can be taken from: Phone : +91 1332 285875/284010
Fax : +91 1332 285874/273560
Website : http://www.iitr.ernet.in/admissions
Address: Chairman, PG Admission-2008, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, ROORKEE - 247 667 (Uttranchal) INDIA

Last date of submission of Forms: 14th November, 2008

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