This page contains important instructions related to the upcoming postgraduate admissions at the CSE department for the winter semester 2025 (2025-2026-II). For more details, please consult the Institute PG Admissions web page.
Note: Applicants are advised to send their queries to only one recipient. Please avoid sending separate emails to different recipients for the same query.
Please check the PG brochure for more academic and research activities happening in the department.
Please check the institute's (essential) Eligibility Requirements here.
Please note that the applicant should satisfy both institute and department eligibility requirements to be shortlisted for the admission process.
Please refer the Syllabus here.
An SOP is mandatory for PhD applicants. MS(R) applicants are also strongly encouraged to submit an SOP. Please refer to SOP Instructions before submitting your SOP on the application portal.
| Particular | Date | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online registration commences | Tuesday, September 2, 2025 | 10:00 AM | - |
| Online registration closes | Sunday, September 14, 2025 | 11:59 PM | - |
Reporting/Registration
|
Saturday, Sep 20, 2025 | 8:30 A.M. | CSE Department (RM Building) |
| Intro to Prutor (Programming Test) |
Saturday, Sep 20, 2025 | 9:30 A.M. to 10:00 A.M. | CSE Department RM-610/611 |
| Programming test (C or Python) |
Saturday, Sep 20, 2025 | 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. | CSE Department RM-610/611 |
| Lunch Break | Saturday, Sep 20, 2025 | 12:00 P.M. to 1:45 P.M. | - |
| Intro to Moodle (Pareeksha) (Written Test) |
Saturday, Sep 20, 2025 | 1:45 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. | CSE Department RM-610/611 |
| Written test | Saturday, Sep 20, 2025 | 2:00 P.M. to 4:30 P.M. | CSE Department RM-610/611 |
| Declaration of results: (Applicants Shortlisted for the interviews)
|
Saturday, Sep 20, 2025 | 7.30 P.M. | CSE Department (RM Building) |
| Reporting for Interview | Sunday, Sep 21, 2025 | 9:30 A.M. | CSE Department KD-105 |
Interview for shortlisted applicants
|
Sunday, Sep 21, 2025 | 10.00 A.M. onwards | CSE Department (KD & RM Building) |
Thank you for your interest in the PG program at CSE Department IITK.
⮞ PhD applicants have been shortlisted for written and programming tests based on the absolute minimum eligibility criteria.
An MS/PhD applicant should accurately indicate his/her area of interest for research (e.g., computer architecture, data science, programming languages) while filling in the online application form. This helps the process of matching prospective MS/PhD candidates to potential advisors. Furthermore, shortlisted candidates will be evaluated on the areas of her choice.
It is possible to switch to different areas of research and also switch advisors after a few months, with mutual agreement between the advisee, the old advisor(s), and the new advisor(s). However, note that this is contingent on all the involved parties agreeing and expressing willingness for this to happen.
A choice of topics during admissions will not restrict an applicant's choice of allowed courses/research areas during her MS/PhD. However, shortlisted PG candidates are strongly recommended to credit relevant courses after discussions with their initial advisors.