IIT Tirupati PhD Admissions 2026: Applications open at iitp.ac.in under Visvesvaraya scheme

The Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati (IIT Tirupati) has opened applications for admission to its PhD programmes for the academic session 2026-27. Candidates can apply for the PhD courses through the official website at iitp.ac.in by October 23 up to 5 pm.

The engineering institute will admit students for its PhD programmes under phase 2 of the Visvesvaraya PhD scheme for electronics and IT.

The Visvesvaraya PhD scheme is aimed at increasing the number of PhD seats in electronic system design and manufacturing (ESDM) and IT, IT enabled services (ITES).

The PhD programme at IIT Tirupati will provide candidates with access to research facilities, research ecosystem, networking opportunities and an academic environment that supports advanced research.

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IIT Tirupati Admissions 2026: Eligibility, selection process

Candidates can apply for research opportunities across three departments, including computer science and engineering, electrical engineering and Physics.

As per the eligibility criteria, candidates must have ME, MTech or MS (research) in engineering to apply for the PhD programmes.

Those with a five-year integrated master’s degree in engineering, a BTech, MTech dual degree, a five-year integrated degree or BS plus MS from a Centrally Funded Technical Institution (CFTI) are also eligible to apply.

Candidates with a master’s degree in science, humanities and social sciences, or management from an IIT should have at least CGPA of 8.0 on a 10-point scale to be eligible for admission.

The selection committee will contact eligible candidates based on the minimum eligibility requirements and additional screening criteria for a written test (if any) and interview, according to the official notification

Students can opt for various research areas under the computer science and engineering department such as theoretical and computer science, microelectronics and VLSI, artificial intelligence and machine learning, internet of things, high performance computing.

The specialised areas under the electrical engineering department includes research areas such as microelectronics, microelectronics and VLSI and power engineering.