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🎓 Welcome to the BITS–RMIT PhD Application Portal

Application is Divided into 5 Parts:

  • âś”PART A – Project Selection & Statement of Purpose (What is a SOP?)
  • âś”PART B – Personal Details
  • âś”PART C – Qualification Details
  • âś”PART D – RMIT Specific Requirements
  • âś”PART E – Document Upload (Have your certificates ready)
🏆 Minimum Qualification Requirements

Master’s degree* from CEP S2 (“Good Institutions” with “Very Good” grade scale or “First Division/Class” or equivalent). Examples may include (not limited to) M Technology, M Engineering, M Pharmacy, MBA, MA, M.Phil.

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Master’s degree* from CEP S2 (“Good Institutions” with “Very Good” grade scale or “First Division/Class” or equivalent). Examples may include (not limited to) MSc, MCA, MA/M. Social Sciences.

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Bachelor’s degree* (e.g. BTech/BEng) requiring at least four (4) years of full-time study, in a relevant discipline awarded with honours, from CEP S2 (“Good Institutions” with “Very Good” grade scale or “First Division/Class” or equivalent).

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Candidates with other qualifications listed outside the above need to be dealt with by exceptions.

Qualification requirements: H2A (Distinction Average overall)- A Distinction for BITS RMIT PhD equates to 70% or higher; however, the same grade from another university internationally may not translate to this score due to differences in grading systems, with equivalencies determined through the Country Education Profile (CEP) in line with Australian Higher Education standards.

What is a good university? Click here for details.

Examples of scores: CGPA 8/10, CGPA 3.2/4, or CGPA 5.6/7.0 – Indian qualifications; 15/20 – Iranian qualifications.

  • The degree should include a research component comprised of a thesis, other research projects or research methodology subjects that constitute at least 25% of a full time (or part time equivalent) academic year.
  • The applicant must have achieved at least a distinction average in the final year.
  • Awarded in a relevant discipline awarded with honours

All documents need to be certified.

Other: Candidates with other qualifications listed outside the above.

Where degree certificate or final year transcripts are not yet available, applicants may upload the previous semester / year transcripts Candidates without a valid GATE/ UGC-NET, CSIR, ICAR, ICMR, DST-INSPIRE score can be considered if they have undertaken GATE in the last five years AND/OR have a minimum of two years professional work experience, AND if they meet all other eligibility requirements. Where applicants wish to use the option of providing 2 years professional work experience as evidence – please include evidence within your uploaded documents.

The BITS RMIT PhD Research project options

Use the following search filters to find projects of interest

Project Results