NIT Warangal PhD December 2026

Last date Wed, 14 Oct 2026

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NIT Warangal PhD admission December 2026 opened on 1 October 2026. Last date — 14 October 2026. A clock time is not printed on the date block. Apply on admissions.nitw.ac.in. Brochure: phd_dec_2026.pdf. This is the PhD round. The Visvesvaraya postdoctoral form on the same portal closes on 12 October and is a different notice.

What NIT Warangal actually does

National Institute of Technology Warangal is an Institute of National Importance under the Ministry of Education, in Warangal, Telangana. Most students meet it through JoSAA for B.Tech. This page is only the December 2026 PhD admission. It is not the closed M.Tech spot round and not an internship.

A PhD application here is a department form plus a fee. If you apply to two departments, the portal note says you register and pay again. The institute fellowship is Rs 37,000 a month for two years, then Rs 42,000. That is not the fee. The fee is Rs 1,000 or Rs 500.

What kind of seat this is

Full-time and part-time PhD. Departments printed: Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Computational Data Science, Biotechnology, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Humanities and Social Science, and Management Studies. Seat total is not printed. The brochure says seats follow available PhD vacancies. Date changes, if any, will be posted only on nitw.ac.in/adm.

Who should apply — and who should skip

Apply if you meet the department mark bar. Engineering: 60% aggregate or 6.5 CGPA at both UG and PG for GEN/GEN-EWS/OBC-NCL, and 55% or 6.0 CGPA for SC/ST/PwD, with B.Tech/B.E. and M.Tech/M.E. in the relevant branch, or the B.Tech-only route printed for Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Metallurgical, Chemical or Computer Science. Science (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry): Master’s at the same 60%/6.5 and 55%/6.0 bar. Humanities and Social Science: Master’s in English at that bar. Management: Master’s or equivalent in Management, Social Sciences, Commerce, a 2-year PGDM, M.Tech, Entrepreneurship Management, MSc Statistics, CA, CS or ICWA, at the same bar. GATE, UGC-CSIR-NET and GPAT are not mandatory for full-time and part-time candidates in the categories the brochure names.

Skip the institute-fellowship track if you are over the age cap on the notification date: 30 years for GEN/GEN-EWS, 33 for OBC-NCL, 35 for SC/ST/PwD/Female. Skip full-time if you cannot leave your job. The brochure says no working professional is admitted as a full-time scholar unless relieved, with a relieving letter and NOC. Skip part-time if you wanted the Rs 37,000 fellowship. Part-time does not get it. Do not use this form for the Visvesvaraya PDF. That close is 12 October.

Dates and fee

Item	On the official notice
Applications announced	1 October 2026
Last date	14 October 2026
Shortlist	23 October 2026
Written test and/or interview	4 to 10 November 2026
Phase 1 list / fee	16 November 2026 / 17–18 November 2026
Phase 2, if seats remain	List 20 November. Fee 21–23 November.
Phase 3, if seats remain	List 26 November. Fee 27–28 November.
Application fee	Rs 1,000 GEN/GEN-EWS/OBC-NCL. Rs 500 SC/ST/PwD. Not returned. Separate registration and fee for each department.

Available positions

1. Full-time PhD — institute fellowship Vacancies not printed

Eligibility criteria
Department mark bar above. Age on the notification date: 30 GEN/GEN-EWS, 33 OBC-NCL, 35 SC/ST/PwD/Female. Fellowship Rs 37,000 per month for the first two years and Rs 42,000 per month for the next three years, if PhD guidelines are met. Brochure also says category (a) receives the institute fellowship for 3 years, extendable by 2 years. Amounts can change if the Ministry of Education revises them. No second scholarship. PwD needs Medical Board approval.

2. Full-time PhD — external fellowship, project, sponsored, or self-financed Vacancies not printed

Eligibility criteria
Same degree bar. Category (b) is a valid full-time government or semi-government fellowship (CSIR, UGC, DOE, DST, DBT, NBHM, INSPIRE). Category (c) is a full-time project fellow or JRF/SRF already at NIT Warangal. Category (d) is full-time sponsored by industry or R&D, financed by that organisation. Category (e) is ICCR, for foreign students. Category (f) is full-time external CSIR/JRF/SRF in a national lab, with NOC and a supervisor, and no financial commitment from NIT Warangal. Category (g) is full-time self-financed, and the brochure prints no reservation on this track. Selection is interview for (b), (d) and (f); written test plus interview for (c) and (g) without GATE.

3. Part-time and executive PhD Vacancies not printed

Eligibility criteria
Categories (h) to (k): permanent faculty of private academic institutions; permanent or contractual faculty of government-funded institutions including PPP; permanent employees of private industry with R&D and CII/ASSOCHAM membership; permanent employees of government R&D, PSUs or state undertakings. NOC required. No institute fellowship. Executive PhD is open for working professionals, eligibility same as self-finance, four online certifications (NPTEL is the example) within one year, no minimum work experience printed, and exempted from the minimum residential requirement. Interview only for (h), (i), (j) and (k).

No category-wise vacancy table is printed. Reservations for GEN-EWS, OBC-NCL, SC, ST and PwD follow Government of India norms. Total vacancies — not printed.

Educational qualifications

Department group	Degree / marks	Experience / extras
Engineering	60% or 6.5 CGPA at UG and PG (55% or 6.0 SC/ST/PwD). B.Tech and M.Tech, or the B.Tech-only route named in the brochure.	GATE not mandatory
Science	Master’s in Mathematics, Physics or Chemistry at the same bar. Some M.Sc. routes for Biotechnology, Chemical, and Metallurgical.	GATE / UGC-CSIR-NET / GPAT not mandatory
HSS	Master’s in English at the same bar	Not printed as an experience post
Management	Master’s in Management, Social Sciences, Commerce, PGDM, M.Tech, MSc Statistics, CA, CS or ICWA, at the same bar	Part-time needs NOC

Selection

Shortlist on 23 October 2026.
Written test, if required, from 4 to 10 November 2026. Part A is the department GATE syllabus. Part B is the postgraduate specialisation. Part C is a single department test on the GATE syllabus. GATE-qualified candidates are exempt in the categories the brochure names.
Interview. Phase lists on 16, 20 and 26 November only if seats remain.

How to prepare (free, official)

How to apply without getting played

Register at admissions.nitw.ac.in. New registration link is on that page.
Pay Rs 1,000 or Rs 500 per department. A second department is a second fee.
Mail admissions.research@nitw.ac.in for a PhD query. Do not pay a third party. Check spam for the institute mail.

FAQs

What is the last date?
14 October 2026. Shortlist 23 October. Test or interview 4 to 10 November 2026.

Who can apply?
Engineering, science, English or management at 60% or 6.5 CGPA (55% or 6.0 for SC/ST/PwD) at UG and PG, with the degree line in the brochure. GATE is not mandatory.

How many seats?
Not printed. Phases 2 and 3 run only if seats remain.

Where do I apply?
admissions.nitw.ac.in.

What is the fee?
Rs 1,000 for GEN/GEN-EWS/OBC-NCL. Rs 500 for SC/ST/PwD. Not refunded.

Can final-year students apply?
The December 2026 brochure does not print a final-year rule. The qualifying mark on the degree certificate or marksheet is what the institute will use.

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