The field of design having an intrinsic multidisciplinary character has a very large and broad base of students from various disciplines. Master and Bachelor Students from IITK and other equivalent institutes, aiming at a broad interdisciplinary research in design, matching the research interests and disciplines of the participating faculty members, are eligible for admission to the Ph.D. programme.

Who can Apply?

The applicant must have a master's degree in engineering/design with marks/CPI not below the specified minimum. Those applicants may also be considered who have a bachelor's degree in engineering/design/architecture or a 4-year bachelor's degree in science with a minimum of 75 percent marks/7.5 CPI or a master’s degree in science or an allied area while satisfying each of the following criteria:

(a) a minimum of 65 percent marks/6.5 CPI in the master’s degree,

(b) first division in bachelor’s degree, and

(c) Valid JRF/GATE/CEED Score.

For admission into PhD in Design, a 4-year bachelor's degree in design/architecture will be considered equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in engineering., and CEED score can be used as a replacement for GATE score for fulfilling criterion (c) above