IndiGlobal Bureau
The Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati is implementing special initiatives to increase the enrollment of foreign students in the institute. At present, twenty-nine foreign students belonging to nine different nationalities including the U.K., Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Syria, Ethiopia, Sudan, Cameroon, Seychelles pursue studies here.
A Joint Degree PhD Programme (JDP) has also been initiated and more such JDPs are likely to be offered in the near future. The institute is also actively inviting foreign national students for admission in courses across all disciplines of engineering, sciences, humanities and social sciences, design, healthcare and medicine, management and interdisciplinary areas.
Highlighting IIT Guwahati’s vision to become a global educational Institute of excellence, Prof. T.G. Sitharam, Director, IIT Guwahati said, “With rapid internationalization of the education sector, IIT Guwahati shall gain a strong foothold, across higher education Institutes, worldwide and can play an active role in mitigating challenges associated with global issues. Students on the other hand will gain by obtaining the quality education that we offer here at IIT Guwahati and get an opportunity to pursue research in a world-class environment.”
The Institute aims to further improve the number of foreign students by taking specific steps, including:
- Exchange Research Work Programme: Applications from foreign nationals registered for a PhD degree in a recognized Institute/University, who are officially sponsored by that Institute/University to carry out Research work or to avail a laboratory or other facilities at IITG for a period not exceeding two semesters, are accepted as visiting students (with IITG roll number) under the MoU.
- Course Work Exchange Programme: Foreign nationals registered for a degree in a recognized foreign Institute/University, who are officially sponsored by that Institute/University to carry out Course work at IIT Guwahati for a period not exceeding two semesters (one year), are accepted as exchange students (with IIT Guwahati roll number) under the MoU.
- Project Work Exchange Programme: Foreign nationals registered for a UG/PG/PhD degree in a recognized Institute/University, who are officially sponsored by that Institute/University to carry out Project work or to avail of a laboratory or other facilities at IITG for a period not exceeding two semesters, are accepted as visiting (with IITG roll number) students under the MoU.
The Institute has been ranked at 384 by the QS World University Rankings 2023. It has gained rank 37 globally in the ‘Research Citations per Faculty.’
The Institute is currently offering six foreign exchange programmes which include:
- Joint Academic Program (M Tech) in Food Science and Technology with GIFU University of Japan as the partner
- Joint PhD Program with GIFU University of Japan in Mechanical Engineering
- Joint PhD Program in Bioinformatics with Heidelberg University of Germany, BSBE
- Collaborative PhD Program with Curtin University of Australia in Civil Engineering
- Collaborative PhD Program with National Institute of Material Science (NIMS) Japan.
- Joint PhD supervision Program with Shantou University, China
