Student Exchange Program

Student Exchange Program covers funded short-term visit by students between the two institutions on a reciprocal basis. The visiting student must be a full-time student enrolled in a degree program in their Home Institution. Exchange program is open to full-time undergraduate and graduate students of each Home Institution. The students must ensure that they are academically prepared to meet the requirements of the planned coursework/research at the Host Institution. Selection of students under such program depends on the discretion of the institution.

IIT Kharagpur has Student Exchanges with the following institutions:

• Joint Doctoral Programs

  IIT Kgp offers Joint Doctoral Programs (JDP) with its partner institutions. JDP provides students with an exclusive opportunity to live and study in both countries during their candidature and earn their doctoral degree jointy awarded by the partner institutes. The thesis is evaluated by each Institute according to its own rules and the joint nature of the work is acknowledged in the degree certificate(s).

  The Institute provides various levels of financial support to JDP students such as one round-trip international travel to the partner institute. Further details regarding support may be found from Dean (Post Graduate Studies and Research) and the Academic Section.

  Click below to know more about the programs with the respective universities.

  University of Melbourne Curtin University University of Wollongong University of Alberta University of Auckland University of Manchester

  Joint Doctoral Program (JDP) - University of Melbourne

  The program is open to first-year doctoral students of the Home Institution.

  IITKGP Students: In order to be eligible, you must complete your coursework and comprehensive exam within 12 months of enrollment and have a minimum CGPA of 8.5. You need to spend 12 to 24 months in Melbourne doing research under joint-supervision. The thesis is evaluated by each Institute according to its own rules and the joint nature of the work is acknowledged in the degree certificates. Funding on both sides is available. Additional information may be sought from Prof. Goutam Das, GSSST, Coordinator of the IITKGP-UoM DDP, the OIR and the MIPA portal.

  Dual Doctoral Degree Program (DDDP) - Curtin University

  The program is open to first-year doctoral students of the Home Institution. The student needs to spend at least 1 year in the partner Institution doing research under joint-supervision. The thesis is evaluated by each Institute according to its own rules and the joint nature of the work is acknowledged in the two-degree certificates. Funding on both sides is available. Additional information may be sought from Prof. Bhargab Maitra, bhargab@civil.iitkgp.ac.in faculty coordinator of Curtin DDP.

  Application form - (View / Download)

  Dual Doctoral Program (DDP) - University of Wollongong

  IIT Kharagpur is offering joint programs with University of Wollongong, Australia. The institutions are promoting joint research projects and joint courses of study with two-way mobility of students who will get a Dual Doctoral Degree at the end of their dissertation work. Under the DDP, doctoral students of both the Institutes can pursue a doctoral degree under joint supervision by faculty members from both the Institutes. If admitted to DDP, the student will be required to stay for at least one year at the Host Institute/University while doing research under joint-supervision. The student will receive support for international travel and local expenses.
  Preliminary application form - View / Download
  IITKGP Students can contact OIR for further details.
  

  Joint Doctoral Degree Program (JDP)- University of Alberta

  The Office of International Relations is happy to share that our first joint doctoral program in North America is now signed by IITKGP. As part of this partnership, collaborating faculty members from U of Alberta and IITKGP will identify research projects for the joint degree students as part of their doctoral studies. The thesis will be evaluated by each Institute according to its own rules. As per the agreement, the student will be required to spend a period of 6 – 12 months in the host institution during the course of his/her doctoral studies. The student will get a degree certificate from the home institution ONLY; however, the parchment will acknowledge the joint nature of the work. The program will be open for enrolment starting early 2021.

  For more information, Click here.

  Jointly guided funded student projects - University of Auckland

  IIT Kharagpur and the University of Auckland, NZ, have signed the Joint Doctoral Program Agreement in December 2019. Both the Institutes are looking to build up a strategic long-term academic collaboration through fully funded joint supervision of students.

  The 3rd year UG student will be jointly guided by the IITKGP and UoA faculty team not only during the summer, but throughout the fourth year (as part of BTP or other project work). This joint guidance will help build up long term collaboration between the two faculty members. The year-long research collaboration may culminate in joint guidance of a student to be enrolled in IITKGP-UoA joint PhD degree program.

  Interested students may contact Office of IR by end January, 2020

  Joint Doctoral Degree Program (JDP)- University of Manchester

  The Office of International Relations is happy to share that joint doctoral program with University of Manchester is now signed by IITKGP.

  For more information, Click here.

  For frequently asked questions about the Joint Doctoral Degree Programs, click here.

  Shri Gopal Rajgarhia International Program

  Funded by alumnus Shrigopal Rajgarhia (BTech/ChE/1968), the SGR International Program works to enhance IIT Kharagpur's international engagement through five different schemes:
  

• SGR International Faculty/Expert Outreach Program
• SGR International Research Scholar Support Program
• SGR International Student Scholarship for Non-Degree Program
• SGR International Student Scholarship for Degree Program
• SGR Student International Travel Support



While the first four schemes focus on attracting international faculty and students to IIT Kharagpur, the last one aims to support the participation of IIT Kharagpur student community in various international fora.

The timeline for the applications is given below:

Semester	Application deadline	Decision	Visit to be completed by
Spring	End-March	End-April	December
Autumn	Mid-August	Mid-Sept	March




Please note the following:

• The application must contain all the details as per proposal guideline attached (View / Download)
• The application is to be made using the relevant application forms.
• The application must be routed through the head of the academic unit.
• Please submit the application in hard copy to Office of International Relations and email the soft copy of the same to Ms. Koushiki Mukherjee (koushiki@adm.iitkgp.ac.in) and Dr. Soumya De (somde@iitkgp.ac.in).



Application Forms:

• SGR International Faculty Outreach Program (View / Download)
• SGR International Research Scholar Support Program (View / Download )
• SGR International Student Scholarship for Non-Degree Program (View / Download)
• SGR International Student Scholarship for Degree Program (View / Download )
• SGR Student International Travel Support (View / Download)



Claim Forms:

• SGR International Faculty Outreach Program (View / Download)
• SGR International Research Scholar Support Program (View / Download)
• SGR International Student Scholarship for Non-Degree Program (View / Download)
• SGR International Student Scholarship for Degree Program (View / Download)
• SGR Student International Travel Support (View / Download)



Form 10F:

• SGRIP Form No.10F (View / Download)



One page Report Format:

• One page Report Format (View / Download)



Bank Details for Transfer of Payment:

• Bank Details (View / Download)



Undertaking for Visitors claiming Honorarium and other reimbursements:

• Duration of visit (View / Download)
• Inability to submit TRC (View / Download)



Checklist for SGRIP Claims:

• Checklist (View / Download)



Please contact Office of International Relations for further details.

DUO-India Fellowship Programme

DUO-India Fellowship Programme is established in 2019 with the aim of promoting exchange of people between India and European countries on a balanced and permanent basis. For this program, only such institutes which are part of the Joint Research Projects under Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC) are eligible to participate.

DUO-India aims to fund every year, 100 student-pairs for exchanges for one semester, starting from 2020 onwards aiming to provide mobility between Indian and European institutes. In this respect, DUO-India requires that a PAIR (two persons) of students be exchanged, and they should be from any of the collaborating institutes (both Indian and European) under SPARC projects.

For more information click here.