Ph.D. CSE

The Ph.D. program at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at IIT Jodhpur is postgraduate-research-oriented. A Ph.D. student works in an area of his/her interest under the supervision of a faculty member(s) and also has the flexibility to have an industry expert as co-supervisor. The student has to complete the Ph.D. qualifier requirements, which involve a minimum number of credits by taking courses, a comprehensive exam, state-of-the-art seminar, and research proposal defense. The doctoral program’s salient feature is the independent research work taken by scholars, leading to a thesis at the end of the program. The average duration of a PhD. program is between four to five years.

The CSE department invites students with a "research" bent of mind to apply for admission to the Ph.D. program. The Ph.D. applicant must have high aspiration and willingness to work on socially relevant cutting-edge problems. The department expects that an aspirant has strong foundations in core Computer science subjects. The department offers admission to the Ph.D. program in categories like Full-Time, Part-Time.

Ph.D. Tracks

• MoE Funded Ph.D.
• Ph.D. Funded by Exciting Projects
• Joint Ph.D. (JPD) With SUNY Buffalo (UB)

Broad Research Areas

• AI & ML
• CV, AR-VR
• Systems & S/W
• Theoretical Computer Science

Some Specific Areas of Interest Include: Health Informatics; Social Network Analysis; Cryptography; Computational Social Choice Theory; Parameterized & Randomized Algorithms; Graph Algorithms; Natural Language Understanding; Quantum Computation; VANET; Internet of Things (IoT); Blockchain; Network Security…

Detailed curriculum for P.hD CS (AY 2026 Onwards) ( 1158 KB)

Compute Facilities & Coursework

• Industry focused & research-driven courses
• Industry-supported labs
• Modern high-end GPU clusters including NVIDIA DGX A100, DPU coming
• State-Of-The-Art testbeds in VANET
• Samsung sponsored AR-VR lab
• Opportunity to attend courses from adjunct and visiting faculties from industries and top universities in India and abroad

Research Opportunities

• Industry-sponsored projects (Meta, IBM, TCS, DRDO, Microsoft, Accenture)
• Projects with government agencies on real-world problems (DRDO, AIIMS, PGI, Law Enforcement)
• Close collaborations with iHub Drishti – a Technology Innovation Hub focused on “Computer Vision, AR & VR”
• Joint projects with IMSc, IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur, IIIT Guwahati, IIT Delhi, IIIT Hyderabad, IISc Bangalore, SUNY Buffalo, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University,
• Missouri University of Science and Technology, IIT Hyderabad, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
• Publications at top venues
• Support for attending conferences
• Student reading groups and webinars by leading experts

Alumni

Our alumni are at different places in industry & academia: Charles University, State University of Texas, American Express, Czech Technical University in Prague, IIT Roorkee

Joint Ph.D. (JPD) with SUNY Buffalo (UB)

Requirements

• Students interested in being admitted into the JPD need to be first selected into the full-time PhD program in CSE at either Institution as per selection procedures of that Institution.
• JPD selection procedures will be initiated within 6-12 months of the student enrolling in the PhD program. Students selected into the JPD program shall be enrolled on a full-time basis at both Institutions.
• Before the student matriculates to UB - as a part of the residency requirement the student must fulfill UB’s minimum academic admission conditions
  • UB’s required minimum score in English for language proficiency requirements (i.e. TOEFL, IELTS, PTE, CPE, CAE or DET)
  • GATE (or equivalent as specified by MoE, Govt. of India) from India is mandatory.
• While the program specifically admits exceptional students following their completion of an appropriate Bachelor’s degree, it will also admit those who will have completed an appropriate Master’s degree.

Features

• Dissertation will be jointly directed by faculty from both institutions
• Students will be awarded two separate PhD degrees, one from each institution
• Students will need to spend approximately equal time at each institution
• When in residence at UB, scholarship will cover tuition costs and a living allowance (stipend)
• When in residence at IITJ, scholarship will be at par with PhD students at IITJ
• When enrolled as a full-time PhD student at UB, all broad-based fees will be waived off. Covered fees include comprehensive fee, academic excellence and success fee, student activity fee, and international student fee (wherever applicable)
• Students will have access to funding for research costs from the laboratory where research is being conducted