Department of Sustainable Energy Engineering


Eligibility criteria and admission process to PG Programs in 2025-26 Sem I

  • M.Tech. and MSR applications are shortlisting based on the GATE score/ as applicable.
  • PhD applications are shortlisting based on following Criteria

The domain-wise shortlisting criteria are as follows:


Thermo-fluid Systems Material and device development Power systems and power electronics Energy Economics and Policy
Satisfying the minimum eligibility criteria*. Satisfying the minimum eligibility criteria*. Satisfying the minimum eligibility criteria*.

    Additional criterion
  • Candidates with B. Tech/M. Tech Degree in Electrical/ Electronic Engineering.
  • First division throughout from graduation.
Satisfying the minimum eligibility criteria*.

Master's degree in Arts/MBA is not considered.

*Minimum Eligibility Criteria as per PG manual for PhD admission-:

In addition to the above, several attractive fellowships from Industry/DAE/MNRE are also available.

General Information


Detailed information on PG programmes offered at IIT Kanpur is available at:

PG Manual

Indian Candidates:

  1. Reservations [EWS/SC/ST/OBC(NCL)/DAP] shall apply as per Government of India (GoI) norms
  2. For Application Form, Reference Letter Form, Information Brochure, Eligibility Criteria and other relevant details, please visit:
    Important Links
    Click the link for the concerned department to get detailed information about the department.
  3. Students who are in the final year of their programme (likely to finish the programme by July 26, 2024) may also apply and secure provisional admission for the session commencing in July 2024 (2024-25-I Semester).
  4. Financial support (Institute Assistantship/Scholarship) will be provided to non-sponsored PhD students.
  5. Those employed in industry, or a college/university/institute may also apply for admission as sponsored, external, or part-time candidates. Further information on these categories of admissions is available at: Important Links

Withdrawal from the Programme:

  1. The last date of withdrawal from the programme (with Rs 1000/- deduction) is July 12, 2024. If withdrawal is received after the aforesaid date the deduction will be as per institute norms.
  2. Refund processing will be taken up after August 15, 2024. Refund may take up to 21 working days.
  3. Withdrawal applications should be submitted through the below mentioned link along with below mentioned documents: https://forms.gle/M58poweBRJF916eX6
    • Signed application for withdrawal consisting of all details like Application number, Department, Program, Amount paid.
    • Fee payment receipt
    • Bank details (Name, Brach, IFSC code, A/C no, address)
    • Photocopy of front page of passbook

How To Apply


Detailed information on PG programmes offered at IIT Kanpur is available at:

PG Manual

Indian Candidates:

  • Indian Nationals can apply only through online mode of application. The deadline for application in online mode is June 28, 2024 (Friday), 05:00 PM. Please note that this is a hard deadline. No further extension would be made. Go to "Google form Link".
  • PhD applicants may arrange for two letters of reference as well. For this purpose, the names of the referees along with their e-mail addresses are to be provided by the candidate at the online applications portal. The referees will be contacted electronically.
  • The application fee is Rs. 500 for General, EWS, OBC and OBC-NCL candidates and Rs. 250 for SC/ST and all DAP candidates.
  • Bank details for payment of application fees are given below. You are required to pay the fees and upload the online payment receipt of the same in the google form.
    • Beneficiary name: Registrar, IIT Kanpur
    • Bank name: State Bank of India
    • Bank branch: IIT Kanpur, IIT Campus Kanpur - 208016
    • Bank A/c No.: 10426002137
    • Bank SWIFT code: SBININBB499