The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Hyderabad) is offering joint doctoral programme in collaboration with Deakin University. The programme, as per the institute, will be offered in a wide array of subjects include materials and smart manufacturing, affordable healthcare, food, environment and agriculture, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, cyber-physical systems, and energy.

The candidates need to possess a BTech or MTech degree to be eligible for the doctoral programme, also they have to qualify in the interview round. The qualified candidates can spend between 3 to 12 months at Deakin University as per the research requirements.

The students will get PhD fellowship including the travel expenses to Deakin university. The varsity will also provide a full tuition fee waiver for up to four years. On completing the programme, the candidates will be awarded certificates from both institutes.

IIT-Hyderabad first entered into research collaborations with Deakin University in 2015.