IIT-H and Deakin University together to offer a joint doctoral programme
Image used for representational purpose onlyHYDERABAD: Deakin University and the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT-H) on Wednesday signed an agreement for a joint doctoral programme (JDP) that is expected to commence from July, 2021 with an enrolment of 10 PhD students in first year.
The programme will be offered in a wide range of subjects/disciplines, including materials and smart manufacturing, affordable healthcare, food, environment and agriculture, artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science, cyber-physical systems and infrastructure and energy.
Candidates with BTech/MTech degrees are eligible to apply for the JDP provided they meet the necessary entry requirements. The selection will be made through a joint interview process. Upon election into the JDP Program, the candidates will be jointly supervised from day one by supervisors from both IITH and Deakin. Successful candidate(s) will spend between 3-12 months at Deakin depending upon the research requirements.
The IIT-H will provide the regular PhD fellowship to the students during their stay at IITH and when the students travel to Deakin, they will get a stipend, paid fortnightly, to increase the total equivalent stipend to $A 28,600 per annum. In addition to the above, Deakin will provide a full tuition fee waiver for up to four years and a top-up stipend of $A 150 per month for three years while they are at IIT-H.
“Deakin comes along with four decades of academic and research excellence. Through this MoU, both IITH and Deakin will explore new avenues in the field of teaching and research through synergy to scale newer heights of excellence and will prove to be a winning quotient for the benefit of the society at large,” said Prof BS Murty, director, IIT-H.
Each candidate will be assigned a supervisory team at Deakin and doctoral committee at IIT-H. Once the candidate meets all requirements for a PhD, he/she will be conferred PhD by both the institutes with two separate certificates with a noting that doctoral award is conferred under the JDP higher degree by research programme between the institutes.
The programme will be offered in a wide range of subjects/disciplines, including materials and smart manufacturing, affordable healthcare, food, environment and agriculture, artificial intelligence, machine learning and data science, cyber-physical systems and infrastructure and energy.
Candidates with BTech/MTech degrees are eligible to apply for the JDP provided they meet the necessary entry requirements. The selection will be made through a joint interview process. Upon election into the JDP Program, the candidates will be jointly supervised from day one by supervisors from both IITH and Deakin. Successful candidate(s) will spend between 3-12 months at Deakin depending upon the research requirements.
The IIT-H will provide the regular PhD fellowship to the students during their stay at IITH and when the students travel to Deakin, they will get a stipend, paid fortnightly, to increase the total equivalent stipend to $A 28,600 per annum. In addition to the above, Deakin will provide a full tuition fee waiver for up to four years and a top-up stipend of $A 150 per month for three years while they are at IIT-H.
“Deakin comes along with four decades of academic and research excellence. Through this MoU, both IITH and Deakin will explore new avenues in the field of teaching and research through synergy to scale newer heights of excellence and will prove to be a winning quotient for the benefit of the society at large,” said Prof BS Murty, director, IIT-H.
Each candidate will be assigned a supervisory team at Deakin and doctoral committee at IIT-H. Once the candidate meets all requirements for a PhD, he/she will be conferred PhD by both the institutes with two separate certificates with a noting that doctoral award is conferred under the JDP higher degree by research programme between the institutes.
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