Ph.D. Admissions
Eligibility for Admission
Admitted Students
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Eligibility for Admission
Candidates with a B.E./B.Tech./M.E./M.Tech. in any branch of Engineering or M.Sc. (Physics or Mathematics), and satisfying the institute eligilibity criteria (see link) are eligible for applying to the doctoral program in Systems and Control Engineering. Eligible candidates will be called for a preliminary interview and then some of them will be shortlisted for a detailed interview based on their performance in the preliminary interview. Candidates should be prepared to be examined on several of the following topics:
- Classical control including stability, root locus, Bode plots, Nyquist plots and compensator design
- State-space methods including controllability, observability and feedback control design
- Basics of dynamical systems
- Calculus and ordinary differential equations
- Elementary linear algebra
- Basic optimization techniques
- Basics of probability and statistics
All students admitted to the doctoral program in Systems and Control have to register and clear a minimum of 6 courses (including 4 compulsory courses.) This course requirement is normally completed within two or three semesters of joining the program.
To be considered for admission, the candidates must have filled the application form available at IIT Bombay academic office website link.
For any further queries contact office [dot] syscon [at] iitb [dot] ac [dot] in
