IIT Bombay Ph.D: Fees 2026, Course Duration, Dates, Eligibility

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Ph.D at IIT Bombay is a 3-year Full Time Doctorate Degree. The course is offered in 32 specializations. The most popular specializations include Design, Mathematics, Data Science.

The total Ph.D Fees at IIT Bombay for 2025 - 2026 academic year is ₹ 2.2 Lakhs. This includes a total tuition fee of ₹ 1.97 Lakhs.

To be eligible for the IIT Bombay Ph.D program, candidates must have passed Post Graduation (or equivalent).

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

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Eligibility:

Post Graduation

Application Date:

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IIT Bombay Ph.D Fees

IIT Bombay Ph.D Fees 2025 - 2026 is ₹ 2.2 Lakhs for the entire course duration. This is an increase of 145.76% (~₹1) from the previous year fee. Students must pay approximately ₹ 73,400 per year.

The total Ph.D fees covers-

  • Total tuition fee of ₹ 1.97 Lakhs
  • A Refundable Caution fee of ₹ 5,000
  • Total other fee of ₹ 18,700

The hostel fees for IIT Bombay is 2.51 Lakhs.

Based on 9 reviews and 5.11 K views collected by Collegedunia last year, the most popular Ph.D specialisation is Design, Mathematics, Data Science.

  • Ph.D Design total fees is ₹ 2.2 Lakhs
  • Ph.D Mathematics total fees is ₹ 2.2 Lakhs
  • Ph.D Data Science total fees is ₹ 2.2 Lakhs

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Quota:
Fee TypeTotal Amount (INR)
tuition fees₹ 1.97 Lakhs
caution fees*₹ 5,000
other fees₹ 18,700
total academic fees₹ 2.2 Lakhs
hostel fees₹2.18 Lakhs
total fees₹ 4.39 Lakhs
* Fees is refundable

IIT Bombay Ph.D Admission 2026

Students must have Post Graduation to be eligible for Ph.D admission at IIT Bombay.

IIT Bombay Ph.D Admission Dates 2026

The application deadline for admission to IIT Bombay Ph.D program was March 25 - April 11, 2025.


Expired Events

EventsDates
Semester Registration, Reporting & Orientation for Spring Admission [Ph.D] (Engineering)
Jan 01, 2026 - Jan 02, 2026
Declaration of Result / Payment of fees for Spring Admission [Ph.D] (Engineering)
Dec 19, 2025 - Dec 24, 2025
List of Candidates for Written Test/Interview for Spring Admission [Ph.D] (Engineering)
Oct 31, 2025

IIT Bombay Seat Intake 2026

There are 461 Ph.D seats in IIT Bombay. These include 14 seats of Design, 26 seats of Mathematics, 31 seats of Chemistry.

ParticularsNumber of Seats
Mathematics26
Economics8
Chemistry31
Computer Science And Engineering26
Humanities And Social Science10
Physics26
Management16
Civil Engineering35
Design14
Climate Studies10
Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering22
Educational Technology4
Environmental Science & Engineering12
Technology and Development6
Earth Science17
Mechanical Engineering41
Electrical Engineering38
Aerospace Engineering16
Metallurgical Engineering And Materials Science27
Chemical Engineering24
Policy Studies5
Energy Science And Engineering12
Nano Science and Technology8
Industrial Engineering10
Control Systems6
Natural Resources7
Urban Engineering4

IIT Bombay Ph.D Ranking

According to Collegedunia Ranking 2025, IIT Bombay ranks #1 out of 500 colleges in India. According to 9 Reviews collected by Collegedunia, the Ph.D program at IIT Bombay is rated 3.9/5. The college has an overall Collegedunia score of 1983/2000, calculated based on NAAC grade, exam cutoff, rankings, placements and student reviews.

IIT Bombay is ranked by several ranking agencies such as India Today, The Week, NIRF. Some of these rankings are as follows-

  • #1 out of 269 under India Today Ranking 2025.
  • #2 out of 286 under The Week Ranking 2025.
  • #3 out of 300 under NIRF Ranking 2025.

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Collegedunia.com
#1 out of 500 (2025)
#1st Mumbai
#1 Maharashtra
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India Today
#1 out of 269 (2025)
#1st Mumbai
#1 Maharashtra
#2 out of 284 (2024)
#1st Mumbai
#1 Maharashtra
The Week
#2 out of 286 (2025)
#1st Mumbai
#1 Maharashtra
#2 out of 275 (2024)
#1st Mumbai
#1 Maharashtra
NIRF
#3 out of 300 (2025)
#1st Mumbai
#1 Maharashtra
#3 out of 300 (2024)
#1st Mumbai
#1 Maharashtra
Outlook
#3 out of 25 (2025)
#3 out of 25 (2024)
IIRF
#1 out of 160 (2025)
#1st Mumbai
#1 Maharashtra
#1 out of 160 (2024)
Times Higher Education
#151-175 out of 800 (2020)
#151-175 out of 800 (2019)

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Reviewed on Jun 27, 2021(Enrolled 2020)

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Good holistic course with a good focus on analytics. Most of the teachers are from IIT or IIM and try to bring similar experience in the institute. Friendly faculties with a lot of exposure in industry and academia.
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Reviewed on Jun 25, 2021(Enrolled 2019)

Course Curriculum Overview:

One may take any courses in any department which is perhaps one of the best things about coursework. There are certain criterias need to be fulfilled for completion of coursework. The progress is looked by committee and the system is transparent. Overall academics is good with faculties being very experienced in their domains. One thing which needs imporvement is inclusion of more international faculties and students.
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Reviewed on Jun 18, 2021(Enrolled 2020)

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Since 2016, the central Govt. has increased the fees of all these IITs, IISERs, NITs etc. Hence the tuition fees of PhD program per semester are raised to 25000 per semester with additional hostel, mess and gymkhana charges which increase the cost to 75k per semester for PhD Program. But IIT has given tuition Fee WAVIER from 25000 to 2500 per semester for students who have qualified any of the National exams which reduces the cost of fees to 50000 thousand per semester for these students. also the students who qualify any of these National exams get a stipend of 31000/m for 1st 2 years and 35000/m for remaining 3 years of PhD program.
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Reviewed on Jun 16, 2021(Enrolled 2019)

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The fee structure is meticulously designed and perfectly balanced. The institute at various levels provide opportunities for national and international scholarship at every point of education level. Financial assistance and absorption in institute as a project staff is very common and usual practice for the needy and deserving.
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Riju De
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Reviewed on Aug 12, 2020

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I was offered the Teaching Assistant position funded by Ministry if Human Resource Development at IIT Bombay.
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Reviewed on Oct 3, 2017

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Two banks, namely, State Bank of India and Canara Bank have their branches inside the college. During the admission, they place their stalls near the main building for any assistance on the education load. These loans are readily available at a lucrative interest rate.
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Suyog Hawal
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Ph.D, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Reviewed on Apr 16, 2017

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Type of Scholarship for Ph.D. students: 1. TA: Teaching Assistant funded by MHRD for 5 years. (25K per month for first two years, 28K per month after two years) 2. TAP: Teaching Assistant through project ( Depending upon project budgets ) 3. RA: Research Assistant (Slightly more paid (~28K) compare to TAs subjected to more working hours: for a TA 8 Hours per week; for RA 20 Hours per week)
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Reviewed on Nov 2, 2015

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I cleared the GATE exam and I got fellowship from the institute as Teaching Assistant-ship. I had to do 8 h per week duty as a TA for 5 years (till i get fellowship). I also got loan for laptop from IIT Alumni centre. IIT alumni gets lot of fund from past alumni students which was utilized for loan facilities and other activities too.
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Sudarshan Kini
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Reviewed on Oct 21, 2015

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Loan faculties were provided by IIT alumni through Canara bank. Scholarships were offered based on merit. I received an MHRD fellowship of 18k per month.
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arzoo khan
Jul 8, 2022 23:21
Is their any entrance exam for MSc in biotechnogy ? If no then Whats the cutoff for admission ?
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Mudit Mann
Jul 17, 2022 22:31

Yes, the course requires an entrance examination. It conducts GATE for admission which will be followed by a personal interview or group discussion round. It will be followed by the CCMT counseling round.

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Sinbad Chongtham
Jul 21, 2022 18:20

Yes, admission to the M.Sc courses of IIT Bombay is based on IIT JAM scores. You can check the IIT Jam cut offs for the respective category of students from IIT Bombay Cut-offs.


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