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IIT Delhi with its 29 Ph.D., 40 M.Tech., 13 M.S.(R), 5 M.Sc., 3 M.B.A., and one M.Des. Programmes, offers you extensive choices of specializations. The strength of the Institute is its 600+ highly qualified faculty, due to which it is continuously ranked among the top technical institutions globally. As you may be aware, IIT Delhi was recently recognized as an Institution of Eminence (IoE) by the Government of India. While this is a great recognition, it is also a great responsibility on all of us and indeed our prospective PG students, to take this Institution to even greater heights. We would like you to consider joining us in this journey. In the last few years, we have constantly been working towards making our rules, regulations, and policies governing post-graduate education flexible and attractive to potential candidates. I am writing this letter to make you aware of some major policy changes in the last couple of years. 

1.  At IIT Delhi, most of the academic Departments/ Centres/ Schools offer M. Tech. and Ph.D. programmes, while some of them also offer an M.S.(R) programme. It is possible for a student to switch from one programme to another any time after one semester of joining. For example, a candidate joining an M. Tech. programme can apply for the switch to a Ph. D. programme in the same Department (or even in another eligible Department), after completing 12 credits of courses with a minimum CGPA of 8.0. All his/her earned credits, if relevant to the new programme, can be considered in the new programme as well. Similar flexibility exists for switching between other programmes. 
2. In the last year, IIT Delhi has initiated sponsored research activities worth around Rs. 350 crores which are expected to grow further this year. Candidates wanting to gain project experience along with post-graduate education can apply and join one of the sponsored projects simultaneously with admission to the post-graduate degree. Apart from gaining experience, various schemes may provide for higher assistantship amounts with your participation in the sponsored research projects. One significant policy change that has been adopted is that the recruitment for the project can also be carried out by the same Department/ Center/ School Research Committee (DRC/CRC/SRC) that admits students to the postgraduate programmes. 
3. IIT Delhi is striving towards ensuring that each of its Ph.D. students has an opportunity to present a paper and attend at least one international conference before they graduate. We offer a certain quantum of financial support to all full-time research scholars to present their research at up to two international conferences.
4. We have also introduced a new scheme under which highly meritorious research scholars are awarded a further opportunity for presenting their work at another conference, provided they have demonstrated sustained excellence in their research. 
5. Our post-graduate programmes are highly flexible, which offer students a variety of courses and research topics to choose from.
6. Meritorious students with a bachelor’s degree (such as B. Tech.) are advised to directly apply for the Ph. D. programmes if they wish to pursue doctoral research. Details about direct admission to Ph. D. for B. Techqualified students are available in this brochure and also on our website. Of course, students who already hold a Master’s degree are welcome to apply for Ph.D.
7. Starting this academic year, IIT Delhi is starting two new M.Sc. Programmes – M.Sc. (Cognitive Science) and M.Sc. (Economics). These programmes are being offered by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. The detailed eligibility and application process for these courses are given in this information brochure. Please note that admission to the other three existing M.Sc. programmes (Physics, Chemistry, Maths) is through Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. (JAM). 
8. IIT Delhi is actively promoting post-graduate research in inter-disciplinary areas, and you are invited to avail of this exciting opportunity. In addition to such research being pursued in our regular Academic Units, we also have a School of Interdisciplinary Research (SIRe) wherein candidates with a diversity of backgrounds seek admission to pursue a Ph.D. degree involving faculty supervisors in different Academic Units and expertise, jointly supervising the student. Please look for more details on inter-disciplinary research on our website.
9. IIT Delhi, as a part of its Institution of Eminence (IoE) initiatives, is moving rapidly to welcome meritorious candidates for pursuing Ph.D. from other countries. As part of this, International students wanting to pursue PhD degree at IIT Delhi (who are not availing a scholarship from any other source) are entitled to a merit-based fellowship under the International PhD Fellowship Programme (IPFP). More information on this scheme and other details for international students are available at: http://intladm.iitd.ac.in 
10. Starting Academic Year 2020-21, IIT Delhi is also starting a new scholarship scheme for international students wishing to pursue M. Tech. / M. Des. / MS(R), under the newly launched “International Masters Scholarship Programme (IMSP)”. Under this scheme, international students wishing to pursue either of M. Tech., M. Des., or MS(R) degrees in IIT Delhi, and secure an admission offer from the respective Department or Centre or School within IIT Delhi, are entitled to be considered for a limited number of merit-based scholarships. Those international students who have successfully cleared the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE examination: http://gate.iitd.ac.in/) are also entitled to a scholarship for pursuing their masters degree in IIT Delhi. More details of on the IMSP scheme are available at: http://intladm.iitd.ac.in
11. IIT Delhi is the National Coordinator of two flagship MHRD schemes: the Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (https://pmrf.in/) and the Scheme for students in ASEAN countries to pursue PhD in IITs (http://asean.iitd.ac.in/). The latter scheme entitles students from ASEAN countries (https://asean.org/asean/asean-member-states/) to pursue PhD with a full scholarship at any of the IITs, including IIT Delhi. Potential PhD candidates from the ASEAN member countries interested in pursuing their PhD degree in IIT Delhi are strongly encouraged to avail this facility. 12. Under the PMRF scheme (https://pmrf.in/), Indian students of high merit from who have completed their bachelors degree, or pursuing their masters or PhD degrees in top Indian institutions may be considered for a merit-based premier scholarship. Potential candidates are encouraged to apply under this scheme, and seek details at the website. 13. At IIT Delhi, we are engaged in two Joint Ph.D. programmes, one with University of Queensland, Australia (www.uqidar.org), and other with National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan (www.nctu.edu.tw). While for the UQ-IITD programme, the admission is through a separate channel (details on the website www.uqidar.org), for NCTU the entrance is after the selection of students into the regular IITD Ph.D. programme.