IITB-Monash Research Academy PhD Scholarships 2015

What is IITB-Monash Research Academy PhD Scholarships 2015?

The IITB-Monash Research Academy is an exciting partnership between the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB) & Monash University, Melbourne (Australia)

The Academy's jointly badged PhD program has students who will undertake interdisciplinary research in the fields of science, technology, computer science, IT, engneering, humanities, design and mathematics.

The academy's june2015intake will focus on attracting excellent and highly motivated students to work in areas of applied research particularly or problems what are important to many of the Academy's industrail partners.

Candidates will

• Receive a generous Scholarship
• Receive co-supervision from professors at IITB & Monash
• Receive a jointly badged PhD degree from IITB & Monash
• Have access to world class research facilities.
• Gain international research experience.
• Receive a special fellowship to visit Monash university.

Eligibility:-

• a first class Masters degree from reputed university or
• a Bachelors Degree in Eng/Science

Who can apply for this scholarship ?

Applications for the June 2015 Intake are now open. The last date for submission of EOI forms is 22 March 2015.

If you wish to send an "Expression of Interest", fill the EOI form online.

For further queries, please send us an email at students@iitbmonash.org

Step 1: EOI

The first step of the admissions process is the Expression of Interest (EOI) stage. In this stage, candidates fill in an EOI form Online. 

The EOI stage for the June 2015 intake is now in progress. 

Please click here to fill in the Expression of Interest (EOI) Form which will enable us to adequately evaluate your background, academic record and research interests.If your EOI form is found to be suitable, you will receive an email indicating you are able to proceed to Step 2 of the application stage. 
If your EOI Form is found to be suitable, you will need to download and complete the full application form, Form A Candidates who are successful in this EOI stage will be invited to go Step-2 once the EOI stage is completed. Contained in this invitation email will be a unique Form A Number (FAN). This email will be sent only after the EOI stage is complete.

Step 2: Form A

If your EOI form is found to be suitable, you will be notified via email and you will receive a unique FAN number. 
You need the FAN number to upload your Form-A online. At this stage you will need to upload your transcripts, publications, certificates, etc and make project selections too. 
Upon completion of your Form A, please upload it to this site. For logging in to the Form A site, use your unique Form A Number (FAN). Do not give this FAN to anyone else. It is for your use only. Moreover, you can use your FAN only once. At the site, you will need to upload your Form A as well as copies of all of your academic transcripts, publications GATE score sheet, and other supporting documentation. Remember again that you will only have one opportunity to use your FAN to login to the site to upload all of your documentation related to the applications-process. 
So it will be most optimal if you collect all documentation relating to your application before visiting the site.

Step 3: Short-listing for Interview

If your Form-A is found to be suitable, you will be notified via email and you will receive an interview invitation. 
The Interview short-list will be announced only after the Form-A stage is complete. 

Step 4: Click here to view the quiz questions we asked in December 2011. This is provided for a sample only.

Step 5: Interviews and Successful Candidates

After the interviews, successful candidates will be notified by email. 

In case you have any doubts, please read the Applications Process FAQ before sending your doubts to students@iitbmonash.org. We will not respond to queries that have already been adequately answered in the FAQ document.

Important documents

iitb-monash-phd-form-a-2013-04-01-application.doc

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