🎓 IIT Guwahati Scholarships 2025 – Complete Guide
IIT Guwahati offers a wide range of scholarships for students across UG, PG, and Ph.D. levels. These include merit-based, need-based, category-specific, and research-based fellowships to support academic excellence and financial stability.
🏅 Undergraduate & Integrated Program Scholarships
🎖️ Institute Merit Scholarship (IMS)
📚 Eligibility: B.Tech, B.Des, M.Sc, and M.A students (starting 2nd year) based on academic performance.
💰 Benefits: Full tuition fee waiver + monthly stipend (for 8 months).
💼 Merit-cum-Means (McM) Scholarship
📌 Eligibility: Students with annual family income ₹4.5 Lakhs (non-SC/ST).
💳 Benefits: Tuition fee waiver + monthly stipend (for 8 months).
🧾 SC/ST Scholarship
📌 Eligibility: For SC/ST category students with income < ₹4.5 Lakhs.
🍽️ Benefits:
Free basic mess
Hostel seat rent waiver
Full tuition fee waiver
₹ monthly stipend (8 months/year)
✈️ Student Travel Assistance Fund (STAF)
🌐 Purpose: To support academic travel for national/international conferences, symposiums & workshops.
🚆 Benefits: Reimbursement of travel + registration expenses.
🧑🔬 Postgraduate & Ph.D. Scholarships
🧮 M.Tech Assistantship
📌 Eligibility: Full-time M.Tech students with valid GATE score.M.Tech
💰 Benefits: ₹12,400 per month as stipend.
📘 Ph.D. Fellowship
📌 Eligibility: Full-time Ph.D. candidates with GATE/CEED/NET or equivalent.
💵 Benefits: ₹31,000 to ₹35,000/month depending on research stage.
🧬 Priyakrishna & Monisha Bhattacharya Fellowship
📌 Eligibility: M.Tech students from Agro and Rural Tech or Biosciences & Bioengineering (2nd sem onward).
💸 Benefits:
₹25,000/month
Contingency grant of ₹50,000 – ₹1,00,000
🌍 External & Government Scholarships
Students may also apply for scholarships offered by:
🏛️ Central Govt. Schemes (e.g. NSP, AICTE Pragati, Saksham)
🏢 State Government Programs
💖 Private donors, NGOs & educational trusts
📌 These are based on merit, income, category, or special needs and may be availed along with institutional schemes (subject to rules).