Double Doctoral Degree Program (IIT Bombay & Foreign Universities)
IIT Bombay (IITB) and Tohoku University (TU), Japan, share a longstanding collaboration that has evolved into a strategic partnership in recent years. The initial institutional partnership agreement was established in 2000, encompassing education, scientific cooperation, and student exchange programs. This agreement has been renewed periodically to further strengthen and sustain the partnership. A major milestone was the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in December 2024 to expand research collaboration and mobility initiatives. This was followed by the Cotutelle PhD MoU in April 2025, formally establishing the Double Doctoral Degree Program (DDDP).
For more details, please check the link: https://www.ir.iitb.ac.in/iitb-tu
A dedicated unit — the IITB–Tohoku University Japan Collaboration Cell — has been constituted to centrally facilitate this DDDP admission process.
All rules governing regular PhD admissions at IIT Bombay will be applicable to this program as well.
Interested candidates may apply as per the prescribed guidelines available on the Institute website. Here