Admissions


  • The department is at the forefront of the academics, thanks to the enthusiastic participation of the students and faculty members. It offers various programmes to the aspiring students.
  • We encourage Masters and Bachelors students to apply for PhD and M.Tech programs at our department which is among the top 100 as per QS World Rankings.
      • Admissions to BTech in EE and Dual Degree programmes with specialization in Communications and Signal Processing (CSP) and Microelectronics are carried out at the institute level jointly with all the IITs through nationwide common entrance test called the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE). More details about JEE can be found here.

      • Admissions to MTech programmes with two year duration are usually performed in April-May months of every year. Details about eligibility criteria with regards to academic qualifications, experience, application forms and online application procedure, selection procedures etc are advertized here. Admissions to MTech programmes with three year duration, MTech programmes with RA positions are usually performed in June-July months of every year. More details about eligibility criteria with regards to academic qualification, experience, application forms, selection procedures etc are advertized here.

        If you are interested in admissions to MTech as Teaching Assistant (TA/TAP) or as Research Assistant (RA) or as Project Staff (PS) already working in IIT Bombay, you are strongly encouraged to appear in GATE. More information about GATE including procedures for appearing in GATE can be found here.

        Admissions to PhD programmes are conducted twice in a year once in April-May time frame and another in December month of the year. Usually, persons holding Masters Degree in engineering and technology are encouraged to apply for PhD. Persons with Bachelors degree in engineering and technology or Masters in science (subject to some restrictions as prescribed) with exceptional academic records may also be considered for admissions. More details about eligibility of other degrees, eligibility for funding support and selection procedures can be found here. Tentative Schedule for Ph.D Admission can be found here. The syllabus for the same can be found here.

        The procedure for selection of PhD guide and research topic can be found here.

        EE department has an ambitious plan of increasing both the quality and quantity of PhD level research. If you are interested in doing cutting edge research in any area of electrical engineering and have outstanding academic record, do write to Head of the Department (head@ee.iitb.ac.in) or any other faculty member with matching research interests about your interest to join the PhD programme of our department.

        The broad goals and process of PhD is described informally in document titled PhD Goals and Roadmap - A Desiderata

      • If you are not Indian national and interested in studying various degree programmes in IIT Bombay, then please read the information given here.

        If you are already pursuing degree in a university in some other country and would like to spend a semester in our department, then please read the information given here for more details.