M.Tech.-Ph.D. Dual Degree CSE & M.Tech.-Ph.D. Dual Degree AI

IIT Jodhpur has been offering MTech-PhD dual-degree programs since July 2019. These programs have been designed particularly for students with an inclination for research. Students who have completed their B.Tech. are eligible to join this program. Students complete their M.Tech. course work and then start their research, and earn both M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees - at the end of the program. There are two distinct aspects of these programs: first, it provides an avenue for students to earn both degrees in a far lesser duration compared to if these were done individually, and second, students are awarded a fellowship equivalent to that of a JRF from the date of their joining. Academically, these programs facilitate students to decide upon their area of research by the end of the first semester. After a phase of rigorous coursework in the first two years, they start working towards the academic requirements of a PhD that includes a comprehensive exam, state-of-the-art seminar, publications in top conferences and journals, and a thesis. The students can also work on industry projects and collaborate with faculty from other academic/research bodies. This program offers the benefit of PhD level scholarship from the first year itself and the integrated courses and research helps in reducing the overall time of completing MTech and PhD.

The Department of CSE is currently offering two such programs: MTech-PhD Dual-degree in CSE and MTech-PhD Dual-degree in AI, and is continuously looking for motivated and capable students to conduct advanced research in all areas of Computer Science and AI (please visit the "Research" page for more details). The coursework requirements of these programs are similar to the corresponding MTech programs, and other support (travel support, institute mobility grant, fellowship schemes in addition to that from the Ministry of Education, etc.) and research related academic requirements are similar to the PhD program.

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