Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee(IITR) conducts an admission process for admission to its various research(PhD.) programmes. There are about fifteen IIT institutes are available in various cities of India and they are amongst the most prestigious institutes of our country. Students vision to be the part of the various IITs needs to prepare hard to get admission in these institutes. Similarly IIT Roorkee is also highly famous institutes for various fields of education.

IIT Roorkee is the oldest technical institution in the country and it was started in the year 1847 as Thomason College of Engineering. After independence it was known as university of Roorkee and in the year of 2001 it got status of Indian Institute of Technology by the government. IIT Roorkee is a premier institute for engineering education in a number of fields at both Undergraduate and Postgraduate level.

Campus:

IIT Roorkee provides all sorts of generalized facility to the students. At present situation, most of the very good students of this institute placed all over the world.  The students passing from these institutes offered excellent placement from the reputed companies across the country. The institute has excellent records over the years and received plenty of awards for its Excellency in the field of education.

Popularity of the institute:

This institute is highly famous for various undergraduate, postgraduate and research programs in India. Every year huge numbers of candidates are filling the forms and giving good response. This exam is one of the best choices for the students to get India’s top IIT’s institutes.

More about IIT Roorkee:

IIT Roorkee also provides research programmes in a number of fields. Candidates are admitted to PhD. programmes of IIT, Roorkee on the basis of GATE percentile and/or written test/interview or both. For sponsored candidates admission is based on written test/interview and relevant work experience.

Courses offered:

Ph.D:

• Alternate Hydro-Energy

• 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

• Management Studies

Eligibility criteria:

Candidates must have any one of the following qualifications:

• Candidate having Master’s degree in Engineering / Technology/ Architecture/Urban & Rural Planning/ Sciences/ Humanities & Social Sciences and Management in respective discipline or equivalent with atleast 60% marks or CGPA of 6 can appear for the examination.

• Candidates having B.Tech./B.Arch. degree with a minimum of 70% marks or a CGPA of 7 and valid GATE Score(atleast 75 percentile) or NET (JRF/LS) qualification conducted by UGC/CSIR for Science/ Humanities and Social Sciences disciplines can also apply for the examination.

• Graduates from any of the IITs or University of Roorkee having engineering or architecture degree with a CGPA of 8 can also apply.

Availability of Application forms:

The form can be obtained by post from IIT, Roorkee by sending a Demand Draft along with the request for form. Candidates can also download the form online through the website www.iitr.ernet.in/admissions .

Important Dates:

Last Date for receipt of completed application forms: third week of April, 2011

Contact details:

Chairman

PG Admission-2008 Indian Institute of Technology

Roorkee - 247 667 (Uttrakhand)

INDIA

Phone : +91 1332 285875/284010

Fax : +91 1332 285874/273560

E-mail : [email protected]

Website : www.iitr.ernet.in/admissions