Candidates shall be admitted the program under following category :

• Full Time Regular : A student in this category works full-time for his / her Ph.D. degree. He / She receives assistantship from the Institute or fellowship from CSIR / UGC or any other recognized funding agency. (Candidate must have Valid GATE/ NET Score for MHRD scholarship as per rules notified time to time).
• Full Time Sponsored : A candidate in this category is sponsored by recognized R&D organization, academic institution, government organization or industry for doing research in the Institute on full-time basis. He / she must be a regular employee of the sponsoring organization with at least one year of professional experience in relevant field. The Institute does not provide any assistantship / fellowship to such candidate.

Candidates with following qualification shall be eligible for admission to the Ph. D. Programme of the Institute.

• For Engineering, Technology and Architecture Departments :
  • Candidates possessing M.Tech. / M.E. / M.Sc. (Engg.) / M.Arch or equivalent Degree in relevant branch from a recognized University / Institute with minimum 70% marks (or a CGPA of 7.0 in 10 point scale) in the qualifying examination.
  • Candidates possessing B.Tech. / B.E. / B.Sc. (Engg.) / B.Arch or equivalent Degree in relevant branch from a recognized University / Institute with minimum 80% marks (or a CGPA of 8.0 in 10 point scale) in all (from 10th onward) examinations including qualifying examination may be considered in exceptional cases after approval of DRC. Such candidates must have professional / research experience of at least ten years in reputed Institutions / Organizations.
• For Science Departments :

  Candidates possessing Master’s Degree in the area of Science from a recognized University / Institute with minimum 60% marks (or a CGPA of 6.0 in 10 point scale) in the qualifying examinations shall be considered for admission in the departments as per their Specialization only.

• For Humanities & Social Science Departments :

  Candidates possessing Master’s Degree in the area of English or Economics from a recognized University / Institute with minimum 55% marks (or a CGPA of 5.5 in 10 point scale) in the qualifying examinations shall be considered for admission in the departments as per their Specialization only.

Admission for Ph.D Program through Institute admission Test and Interview as detailed below shall be based on merit as decided on overall academic performance, written examination and followed by interview.

Candidates’ name with application Number, fulfilling minimum eligible criterion for admission to the respective department and program will be displayed on the Institute website as per admission schedule.

The written examination/ interview will be conducted by the Examination section and Admission Committee of respective department in association with experts from respective departments.

Admission shall be based on merit prepared after written test and Interview as detailed below, and subject to verification of documents, original certificates.

# The Thesis evaluation fee after approval of DRC is Rs. 2000/- to be deposited alongwith the thesis separately.

• Application must be submitted ONLINE through our website (http://www.nitp.ac.in).
• After Submitting the application online, the same is to be downloaded and the signed hardcopy along with recent photograph and self-attested relevant certificates, document and Statement of Purpose must be sent to the following address on or before the last date of submission.
• Application fee of Rs. 1000/- for General / OBC / Sponsored category and Rs. 500/- for SC / ST / PH in the form of DD drawn in favour of National Institute of Technology Patna Payable at Patna, must accompany with the Hard copy of the online application submitted as stated above, else application shall be rejected.
• Applicants from SC / ST / PH category must enclose Certificate issued by competent authority to claim relaxation in application Fee.