IIT Madras Ph.D Mechanical Engineering: Fees 2025, Course Duration, Dates, Eligibility

IIT Madras Ph.D Mechanical Engineering is offered as 3 Years Full Time program. The minimum eligibility criteria for Ph.D is Post Graduation. The total fees for IIT Madras Ph.D Mechanical Engineering in 2024 is ₹ 1.24 Lakhs for the complete course duration, which includes total tuition fees of ₹ 30,000. Earlier, the fees in 2020 - 2021 for Ph.D Mechanical Engineering was ₹ 30,850.

IIT Madras Hostel Fee for Male is ₹ 23,959 to 24,113. Hostel Fee for Female at IIT Madras is ₹ 20,051 to 20,346.

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According to Collegedunia.com Rankings 2026 for Engineering, IIT Madras ranks 13 out of 15 in India. Earlier, the institute ranked 7 out of 394 institutes in India.

IIT Madras Ph.D Mechanical Engineering Fees 2025

IIT Madras Ph.D Mechanical Engineering Fee has not been released yet. For reference you can check the previous year academic fees in the section below.

IIT Madras Ph.D Mechanical Engineering Previous Fees

* Fees is refundable

IIT Madras Ph.D Mechanical Engineering Admission 2025

The minimum eligibility for admission to Ph.D Mechanical Engineering at IIT Madras is Post Graduation.

IIT Madras Ranking 2025

IIT Madras ranking 2025 has not been released. You can check the agency wise previous year national ranking below.

Ranking Agency	Latest	Previous
	#13 out of 15 (2026)	#7 out of 394 (2023) #1st Chennai #2 Tamil Nadu
	#3 out of 131 (2025) #1st Chennai #1 Tamil Nadu	#3 out of 275 (2024) #1st Chennai #1 Tamil Nadu
	#1 out of 25 (2024)	#1 out of 25 (2023)
	#1 out of 200 (2023) #1st Chennai #1 Tamil Nadu	#1 out of 300 (2022) #1st Chennai #1 Tamil Nadu
	#3 out of 170 (2023)	#2 out of 192 (2022)
	#201-250 out of 800 (2020)	#251-300 out of 800 (2019)

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a) Candidates with a Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology with a good academic record / Master’s degree by Research in Engineering/Technology with a good academic record / 5 Year Dual Degree in Engineering or 5 Year BS+MS Dual degree with a good academic record. b) 2 Year M.Sc. from IITs (entry through JAM) with 8.0 and above are exempted from qualifying in National Level Examinations otherwise with valid National Level Examination score is required. c) Candidates with Master’s degree in Sciences with a good academic record and of exceptional merit are eligible, for the relevant Engineering disciplines (as decided by admitting departments). Candidates must have a valid GATE score or UGC-JRF/NET/CSIR-JRF or equivalent qualification in the relevant area tenable for the year of registration. In the case of candidates with Bachelor’s degree in Engineering / Technology AND possess more than 5 years relevant work experience after the Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology, the requirement of a test score may be waived by the Selection Committee.

Grand total fees for the NRI for SAARC category – Rs 1,08,400
Grand total fees for the NRI for Non-SAARC category - Rs 1,83,400

IIT Madras offers a Ph.D. under the following departments-

• Engineering
• Science
• Humanities & Social Studies
• Management

M.S. (Research) is offered under- Engineering & Management

IIT Madras Ph.D. & M.S. (Research) Eligibility

M.S. (Research) 

• B.E/B.Tech degree in the relevant discipline
• Candidates with MFT (Major Field Test) are also eligible to apply for the M.S program.

Ph.D. 

• Master or a dual degree in the relevant disciplines with the CGPA of 6.5 or above.
• Candidates with B.E/B.Tech. degree can apply to pursue directly for Ph.D. (M.S+Ph.D.) in Engineering or Sciences after their Bachelor’s degree. Meritorious M.S scholars with CGPA>8.0 are eligible to upgrade to the Ph.D. program in the same department and will receive dual degree i.e. (M.S+Ph.D.) on completion of the program.

IIT Madras Ph.D. & M.S. (Research) Selection Criteria

For Ph.D. programs, a valid Score in UGC NET, CSIR NET or JRF is required while for MS (By Research) program a good score in GATE is mandatory. 

Research courses in the field of Management, the candidates must have an MBA degree with a valid JRF or NET score. The application fee is INR. 1000/- for all the research programs offered by the institute.