Ph.D. (Spatial Informatics) From IIIT Hyderabad, Hyderabad

Aspirants seeking admission to 3 years Full-time Ph.D Program should meet the following criteria as specified by the institute.

Academic Requirement:

• The candidate should have completed or completing a Master’s program (Master of Science/M.E/M.Tech/MSc/MCA/MA).
• While a student with a Masters Degree in Geospatial/Spatial sciences or Geoinformatics is eligible to the PhD program, students with Master’s in other related areas like Geogrpahy, Forestry, Urban Planning, Computer science, etc are also eligible if they have done or have sufficient experience in working or handling Geospatial data and a good understanding of its concepts. Applicants will have to write and clear the common General Aptitude paper.  The Spatial science subjective paper may be tested/evaluated during or just before the interviews.

* Note Students with background in Computer Sceince can also apply for the regular PhD program in CSE offered here at IIIT-H and do research in Spatial Informatics area. It be noted that such students will be governed by the PhD in CSE program guidelines.

Entrance Exam:

Candidates must qualify one of the following entrance test - IIITH PGEE