IIT Kanpur Ph D Admission-13

Can you provide me the guidelines for Admission of Foreign Students in PhD program offered by Aerospace Engineering Department in IIT Kanpur?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

Admission for Foreign Students in PhD program offered by Aerospace Engineering Department in IIT Kanpur is available throughout the year.

Interested candidates with excellent academic record can send their applications to Convenor, DPGC Aerospace Engineering.

The PhD program is aimed at helping one acquire proficiency in the chosen area through course work, followed by doctoral research.

A PhD student is required to complete a minimum of 4 courses and 32 units (two semester load) of research subject to a minimum total academic load of 4 semesters.

One is also required to pass the PhD comprehensive examination held on completion of course work.

Guidelines for Admission of Foreign Students in PhD program

1. One should send the applications (on plain paper) together with all supporting documents directly to the Dean of Academic Affairs (DOAA).

2. The DOAA will send the applications to the concerned Departments and try to spot the mentors (adviser) for one. Together with this, the Department committee (DPGC) will find out the suitability of the candidate. The committee has to be convinced that one has a reasonably good background to score 7.5 CPI every semester.

3. On the basis of the recommendations of the Department, DOAA and the Chairman-SPGC will prepare the documents and get the approval of the Chairman-Senate for admission.

4. At this stage, the offer letters (admission only) will be sent to the candidate and one needs to contact the HRD ministry of their own countries for formal permission etc.

5. The selected candidates need to find out the sponsorship. For the students from the European/North American countries, the problem may be minor.

6. Once all these are settled, one will be asked to fill out a form and submit it to the local Indian Embassy. It is in addition to application for obtaining visa. In India, Institute sends requests to home ministry through MHRD for the approval of a long-term stay.