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About the Dual Doctoral Degree Program
The Dual Doctoral Degree Program (DDDP) aims to develop academic and student exchange
between two institutions whereby students who successfully complete the DDDP will be
awarded a two separate doctoral degrees for the one thesis with the certificates from each
Institution clearly indicating the joint nature of the degrees.
Students will stay in AIT for 4 semesters (2 years) and continue the doctoral program at partner
institution (either @ IIT-Roorkee or IIT-Kanpur) for 3 semesters.
Thesis committee will comprise of Doctoral Degree Advisory Committee with Chairman from
AIT, Co-Chairman from IIT and two more members from either of the institutions. Student will
do the 12 credits of course work in the first semester and defend the thesis proposal by the end
of second semester. Research work on the thesis will start subsequently.
Benefits
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There is very high demand of PhDs as it has become mandatory to have PhD for teaching profession in
Universities
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Students will pay a reduced fee as they will spend minimum 3 semesters in partner institution, during
this time their 3 semesters fee will be waived off by host as well as partner institutions
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The credits of courses and the thesis will be recognized by each partner on reciprocal basis
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Students upon fulfilling the requirements of each institutions will be awarded the Doctoral Degree
from the host institution and an additional degree from the partner institution mentioning that the
doctoral degree was done jointly in both the institutions
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Students will receive stipend/ accommodation / health coverage from participating institutions based
on MoA
The Procedure
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Fill up Pre-Admission Online Form
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Students interested in getting admitted into the DDDP shall first be selected into the PhD
program at either Institution as per the selection procedures of the respective Institution.
This Institution shall be called the Home Institution.
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The collaborating departments from both the Institutions shall then select potential DDDP
Scholars from among the students thus selected into the individual PhD program at either
Institution.
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The admission to the DDDP shall be subjected to the normal application and selection
criteria and other entrance requirements for entry into the PhD program at the Partner
Institution.
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The procedure shall normally be carried out within six to twelve months of the student
initially enrolling in the PhD program, through video conference and/or by any means
including exchange of data pertaining to the students, reference letters, and so on. •Students
finally selected into the DDDP shall be enrolled on a full- time basis at both Institutions.
Eligibility / Criteria for AIT
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have strong academic records (both undergraduate and graduate)
and normally hold a four-year bachelor's degree, and a Master's
degree, preferably with a combination of course and thesis work,
from an institution of good standing, acceptable to AIT. The
minimum cGPA requirement for admission to the doctoral
program is 3.25 or equivalent, at the Master's
degree level.
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English Proficiency Requirement: AIT-EET:6 or
IELTS-Academic:6 (writing 6) or TOEFL Paper:
550 (writing 59-61) or TOEFL CBT: 213 (writing
25-26): TOEFL IBT: 80 (writing 21-23);
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submit a brief outline of dissertation research
proposal (5-10 pages) including the required
research facilities, if necessary.
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Two recommendation letters
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE
is among the foremost of institutes of
national importance in higher technological
education and in engineering, basic and
applied research.
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY KANPUR
was established in 1959, is one of the
premier institutions established by the
Government of India
semesters
semesters
4
3
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Tuition Fees - subsidized by partial
AIT Scholarship to selected students
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Other fees will be as per standard
AIT rate
@AIT
@IIT
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No Tuition Fees
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IIT to provide living expenes
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Other fees and expense shall be borne
by student
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