Spot PhD Admissions for CFTI - 2026-27 Semester I
Spot PhD admissions with on-campus interview
Announcements:
16th Aug. 2025
Spot PhD Admissions -2026-27 Semester I for current BTech, BS (4 years), MTech and MSR students in CFTIs
Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur is conducting spot admissions to the PhD programme for current BTech/BS(4 years)/MTech/MSR Students from Centrally funded Technical Institutes (CFTIs) including IITs/IISc/NITs/IIITs/IISERs. If you are an administrator/faculty from a CFTI institute and are interested in inviting us for an on-campus admission drive in your campus, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . The requirement of a GATE score is waived off for all BTech/BS(4 years)/MTech/MSR candidates from CFTIs.
The admission brochure is available below:
PhD brochure for Spot Admissions
Our department has six specializations/streams in which a student can choose to apply.
(a) Students with background in electrical engineering may apply in the following streams:
- Control and Automation (CA)
- Power Engineering (PE)
(b) Students with background in electronics/electrical/communications/instrumentation may apply in the following streams:
- Control and Automation (CA)
- Microelectronics and VLSI (MVLSI)
- Optoelectronics and Optical Communication (OPTEC)
- RF and Microwave (RF)
- Signal Processing, Communication and Networks (SPCOM)
Interested students can directly apply for the spot admission by filling the following Google form:
Applicants in Fourth year of BTech/BS(4 years) programme: https://forms.gle/LBqNWFzJzN8t9RZj9
Applicants in Second year of MTech/MSR programme: https://forms.gle/XMQteJvY394DPSnd6
Students can join us for a live interaction on 23rd Aug. 2025 at 11am to learn more about the PhD programme at IITK EE department and spot admission procedures. The link will be shared with all the participants who have filled the above Google form.