IIT Ropar PhD admission for the 2nd semester of 2026-27 (January 2027 intake) is open. CSE closes on 31 October 2026, HSS and Chemical Engineering on 25 October 2026. Application fee Rs 100 or Rs 200; assistantship as per Ministry of Education norms.
UGC NET December 2026 registration is open and the last date to apply is 28 October 2026 at 11:50 PM. Qualifying gives the Junior Research Fellowship, Assistant Professor eligibility and Ph.D. admission.
IIT Palakkad MS (by Research) and PhD admission for January 2027 closes on 1 November 2026. Ten PhD and five MS disciplines are open, with HTRA assistantship as per MHRD norms.
IIITM Gwalior PhD admission for the even semester 2026-27 closes at 5 PM on 30 October 2026. The application fee is Rs 500 and there is no fee for SC, ST and PwD candidates.
IIT Dharwad PhD admission for Spring 2026-27 is open and the last date to apply is 16 November 2026. TA scholars get Rs 37,000 a month for two years and Rs 42,000 after that.
IIT Madras research admission for January 2027 is open. The last date to apply is 30 October 2026 at 5:00 PM, and Ph.D. HTRA scholars get Rs 37,000 a month for the first two years and Rs 42,000 after that.
IIT Bhubaneswar admits PhD students round the year under four windows. The Window-3 cut-off is 31 October 2026, the application fee is Rs 500 and is exempt for female candidates, and Institute PhD Scholars get the MoE assistantship.
IIT Kanpur has opened PG admission for the January 2027 semester in its PhD and MS (By Research) programmes. The last date to apply is 3 November 2026, the fee is Rs 500, and Institute Assistantship is available to non-sponsored students.
IIT Roorkee has opened PhD admission for the Spring Semester 2026-27. The last date to apply is 20 October 2026, the application fee is Rs 500, and the TCS Research Scholar Program pays up to Rs 75,000 a month.
VNIT Nagpur has opened PhD admission for the January 2027 session across 16 departments. The last date to apply is 2 November 2026, the application fee is Rs 500, and the Institute assistantship goes to GATE/NET-qualified full-time candidates.