Spot PhD Admissions - 2027-28 Semester I
Spot PhD admissions with on-campus interview
Announcements:
16th September 2026
Spot PhD Admissions - 2027-28 Semester I for current BTech and MTech students in CFTIs
Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kanpur is conducting spot admissions to the PhD programme for current BTech/MTech Students from CFTIs (Centrally funded Technical Institutes 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, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . GATE score is waived off for all BTech/MTech 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. Students with background in electrical engineering may apply in the following streams:
- Control and Automation (CA)
- Power Engineering (PE)
Students with background in electronics/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 Final year BTech programme: https://forms.gle/Ri57aKx1LdSLmkmCA
Applicants in Second year MTech programme: https://forms.gle/C43dgZfwcezJkqGc7
Students can join us for a live interaction on 26th September 2026 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.