IIT Rajasthan is committed to develop state of the art, research-led and multidisciplinary centres of excellence where scholars from different disciplines will carry forward productive research on emerging and important technological, scientific and social issues that characterize the challenges faced by the contemporary world. Teaching and research activities of the institute especially for Postgraduate and PhD Programmes are structured around various Centres of Excellence (CoEs) of the Institute. Each of the CoE will include participation in selected domains from renowned academic and research institutions or industry from within India and abroad, so as to carry out their research work in frontier areas.

Ph.D. Programme is offered in the following three centres of excellence in IIT Rajasthan :

• Centre of Excellence in Energy
• Centre of Excellence in Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
• Centre of Excellence in Systems Science (SS)

These CoE with their multidisciplinary ethos, diversity and multicultural work environment aim at transforming students into truly professional global citizens, competent to address the challenges being faced by the Nation and the society at large.

Uniqueness of Ph.D. programme at IIT Rajasthan

• Ph.D. students will carry out research only in the theme areas/ research proposals of the admitted Centre of Excellence for their doctoral dissertations irrespective of their basic disciplines/specialization in the qualifying degree.
• An interdisciplinary doctoral committee shall be formed for each Ph.D. student to advise and guide the student to carry out his/her research work.The convener of the committee shall perform the role of primary advisor of the programme.
• Each Ph.D. student needs to successfully complete a set of prescribed courses (as recommended by the doctoral committee) followed by a comprehensive examination and state-of-the art seminar within first two or three semesters from his/her date of registration of the programme.

Indian Institute of Technology Rajasthan offers two-year M.Tech programme in the following disciplines:

• Centre of Excellence in Energy
• Centre of Excellence in Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
• Centre of Excellence in Systems Science (SS)