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IISc Bangalore Ph.D: Fees 2025, Course Duration, Dates, Eligibility

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Ph.D at IISc Bangalore is a 3-year Full Time Doctorate Degree. The course is offered in 44 specializations. The most popular specializations include Artificial Intelligence, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Neuroscience.

The total Ph.D Fees at IISc Bangalore for 2025 - 2026 academic year is ₹ 77,400. This includes a total tuition fee of ₹ 45,000 - 77,400.

To be eligible for the IISc Bangalore Ph.D program, candidates must have passed Post Graduation with 60%+GATE (or equivalent). Ph.D admissions at IISc Bangalore are offered based on GATE. The overall IISc Bangalore GATE Cutoff marks 2025 is 400 - 900 for General category students. Check IISc Bangalore Ph.D Cutoff Here

Read the section below for further details on IISc Bangalore Ph.D admission 2025, fees, hostel fees, cutoff, placement, rankings and more.

Ph.D

Total Fees:₹77,400

4.0(5 Reviews)44 Courses3 Years Full Time

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Offered By:

Indian Institute of Science, Department of Management Studies - [DMSIISC], Bangalore

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438 Students have shown interest in the last 30 days

Eligibility:

Post Graduation with 60%+GATE

Application Date:

3 Oct - 27 Oct 2025

Artificial Intelligence

₹77,400

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Astronomy & Astrophysics

₹77,400

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IISc Bangalore Ph.D Fees

IISc Bangalore Ph.D Fees 2025 - 2026 is ₹ 77,400 for the entire course duration. This is an increase of 2.38% (~₹1) from the previous year fee. Students must pay approximately ₹ 25,800 per year.

The total Ph.D fees covers-

Total tuition fee of ₹ 45,000 - 77,400
Caution fee of ₹ 7,500
Total other fee of ₹ 24,900

The hostel fees for IISc Bangalore is 2.4 Lakhs.

Based on 2 reviews and 6.08 K views collected by Collegedunia last year, the most popular Ph.D specialisation is Artificial Intelligence, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Neuroscience.

Ph.D Artificial Intelligence total fees is ₹ 77,400
Ph.D Astronomy & Astrophysics total fees is ₹ 77,400
Ph.D Neuroscience total fees is ₹ 77,400

Quota:

Fee Type	Total Amount (INR)
tuition fees	₹ 45,000 - 77,400
caution fees*	₹ 7,500
other fees	₹ 24,900
total academic fees	₹ 77,400
hostel fees	₹2.4 Lakhs
total fees	₹ 3.17 Lakhs

* Fees is refundable

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IISc Bangalore Ph.D Admission 2025

Students must have Post Graduation with 60%+GATE to be eligible for Ph.D admission at IISc Bangalore.

IISc Bangalore Ph.D Admission Dates 2025

The application deadline for admission to IISc Bangalore Ph.D program was October 03 - October 27, 2025.

Important Events

Events	Dates
Commencement of Session for Admission 2026 [Ph.D] (Science)	Jan 01, 2026

Expired Events

Events	Dates
Date of Interview for Session 2026 [Ph.D] (Science)	Nov 17, 2025 - Nov 20, 2025
Document Submission Date for Session 2026 [Ph.D] (Science)	Nov 04, 2025
Online Submission of Application for Session 2026 [Ph.D] (Science)	Oct 03, 2025 - Oct 27, 2025

IISc Bangalore Ph.D Ranking

IISc Bangalore is ranked by several ranking agencies such as Times Higher Education. Some of these rankings are as follows-

#251-300 out of 801 under Times Higher Education Ranking 2020.

Ranking Agency	Latest	Previous
	#251-300 out of 801 (2020)	#251-300 out of 800 (2019)

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Fees and Financial Aid:

Students can avail a loan of 25K every year without interest and can pay it back in installments. GARP funding is another fund we can get if we are going for any conference or workshop abroad, it's about 1L per student that can be used in two installments.

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There are multiple ways to get loans in Iisc. Every student gets scholarship. There are ug students, integrated PhD students, PhD students and summer students. There are post docs. Every one has their own fellowship from Iisc or government.

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IISc Bangalore: 1 Answered Question

What is the fees structure of iisc bangalore?

Sanket MondalStudied at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (2020)

The Indian Institute of Science (IISC) Bangalore offers various programs that are listed below.

Bachelor of Science ( Research) Undergraduate Program- (Master of Science is only offered to those who wish to continue after 4 years of UG programs)
M.Tech/M.Des/ M.Mgt
Integrated Ph.D. programs
Research Program- M.Tech (Research)/ Ph.D

The following table has the annual fee structure for the various programs offered at IISc Bangalore.

The fee structure for General/OBC students (INR for annum)

	Regular Students						Sponsored Students from(Defence/DRDO/ISRO/NAL etc.)
Program	Bachelor of Science (Research)	PhD	M Tech (Res)	Int. PhD	M Tech/ M Des	M Mgt	M Tech
Tuition Fee	10,000	15,000	9,000	9,000	9,000	1,00,000	14,000
Gymkhana Fee	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000
Other Academic Fees	3,700	3,700	3,700	3,700	3,700	50,000	3,700
Statutory Deposit (Refundable)*	7,500	7,500	7,500	7,500	7,500	7,500	7,500
Library Deposit (Refundable)*	7,500	7,500	7,500	7,500	7,500	7,500	7,500
Student Emergency Fund	300	300	300	300	300	300	300
Total	30,000	35,000	29,000	29,000**	29,000	166,300	34,000

* to be paid in the first year.

**for the 1st two years and thereafter on per with PhD

Fee structure for SC/ST category (INR per annum)

Program	Bachelor of Science (Res)	PhD	M Tech (Res)	Int. PhD	M Tech/ M Des	M Mgt
Tuition Fee	Fee waived
Gymkhana Fee	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000	1,000
Other Academic Fees	3,700	3,700	3,700	3,700	3,700	50,000
Statutory Deposit (Refundable)*	7,500	7,500	7,500	7,500	7,500	7,500
Library Deposit (Refundable)*	7,500	7,500	7,500	7,500	7,500	7,500
Students Emergency Fund	300	300	300	300	300	300
Total	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	20,000	66,300

*to be paid in the first year

There are many scholarships or fellowships available for student in need of financial assistant at IISC Bangalore.

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Comments

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busani padmini

Mar 19, 2024 18:43

Why should I go for IISc Bangalore Bsc program rather than a BTech program at NIT?

Sweta Kumari

Mar 20, 2024 14:59

IISc Bangalore selects candidates for its BSc (By Research) program based on the JEE Main/ KVPY/ NEET-UG/ JEE Advanced exam and is of 3 years duration. The BSc program at the IISC Bangalore is a flagship program, and it has ranked one of the best research institutes in India. It has ranked 1st for Overall by NIRF 2023. It has ranked 155 Overall by QS 2023. If you want to pursue a career in the research field BSc program from IISC would be the better choice. The Btech from NIT is the 4 years duration course and specializes in tech fields like computer science, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, etc.

farida m

Mar 18, 2024 19:00

Is IISc Bangalore good for MDes Program?

ruchika dyavatha

Oct 29, 2023 11:08

Research Scholar (PhD) available for MS students in IISC? If Yes please share the procedure of Admission.

Shikhar Srivas

Oct 29, 2023 20:40

Admission to PhD at IISc Bangalore is done based on GATE/NET(JRF) to get selected and you can check out tha page IISc Bangalore PhD course for the same.

anjali sharma

Jul 4, 2022 01:30

What is the procedure to get admission in msc life science in IISC?

Aniket Ranjan

Jul 4, 2022 07:21

The IISC admits students to MSc courses on the basis of written test and interview conducted by IISc Bangalore. The Applications for MSc programs can be filled and submitted through online mode.

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