Information for PG/Ph.D. New Entrants 2026- 27

Information for PG / Ph.D. New Entrants – Autumn Semester 2026-27

Event

Date

Venue

Hostel availability

21st July, 2026 (Tuesday) from 10 am

Respective hostels

Orientation Reporting

22nd July, 2026 (Wednesday) at 8.30 am

Convocation Hall

Registration

23rd to 24th July, 2026 (Thursday and Friday) 

Respective departments

Document Verification , Medical File Preparation and Photography for I-Card

25th to 26th July, 2026 (Saturday and Sunday) From 9:30 am to 6:00 pm


 

Lecture Hall Complex (LA 001, LA 002, LA 201, LA 202, LH 101, LH 102)

Instructions Begins

27th July, 2026 (Monday)

According to timetable 

Registration for the Autumn Semester 2026-27

https://acad.iitb.ac.in/sites/default/files/Autumn_Sem_2026_27_Registration_Circular.pdf  

Onboarding information

  1. A welcome email will be sent around 15th July 2026 to all PG / Ph.D. new entrants on their registered email ID communicating login credentials for the IIT Bombay IT services. 

  2. Please read the information given below carefully and complete the requirements for a smooth transition to the campus life.

  3. Your IITB roll number will be your primary identification number in the Institute.

  4. Visit https://www.cc.iitb.ac.in/page/newentrants to accept IT Access Policy and activate your IT services login ID. Your login ID is your roll number (in lowercase), and your initial password has been shared on your registered email ID.

  5. After accepting the IT policy, logon to https://portal.iitb.ac.in/asc:

a. Fill out personal information and accept the declarations.

b. Pre-filled forms are available on ASC Portal. Take a print out, affix photographs, sign, and bring these pre-filled documents on your arrival

i. Hostel Registration Form (only for those who have paid fees with hostel, to be submitted to Hostel Office before collecting keys)

ii. Medical File Record (to be submitted to the Hospital at the time of initial health-checkup)

c. Upload documents (as displayed on the interface).

  1. Students are welcome to occupy hostels from 10 am on 21st July 2026. For any Hostel related queries, the candidate shall directly contact Incharge, Hostel Co-ordinating Unit(HCU), Ground Floor, Main Building, IIT Bombay on 022-25768900/8901 or email at arhcu@iitb.ac.in / hcu.office@iitb.ac.in, for all hostel related queries.

  2. On arrival, show the Visitor Entry Pass barcode (shared on your registered email ID) at the Main Gate.

  3. Report at your allotted hostel along with the Hostel Registration Form for collecting keys of your room.

  4. The Student Mentor Program website has been made to introduce incoming freshers to the life at IIT Bombay. This will help you get to know more about the culture at IIT Bombay from a student’s perspective.

  5. All students have to meet an IITB Hospital doctor (according to a schedule that will be shared later) with a copy of the Medical File Record. On verification of this record the doctor will authenticate the records and create a personal medical file to be retained by the student. This file is compulsory for all hospital visits to IITB Hospital for the purposes of: 

  • Medical consultation 

  • Maintaining Medical/surgical history 

  • For issuing medical certificate for treatment undertaken at IITB hospital 

  • To know any previous drug allergy/ Any other allergy 

  • Reimbursement of medicine/ treatment taken at referred empaneled hospital outside 

  • To know patient's previous medical / Surgical history in case of emergency visit to IIT hospital 

Checklist of Essential Documents to Bring

  • Visitor pass (on phone or printed) 

  • Declaration form signed by student

  • Hostel Registration Form (after SMA payment) signed by student and parent/guardian 

  • Medical File Record Form 

  • Childhood immunisation certificates/record

The following are available on the Institute website

  1. Rules and Regulations Rules and Regulations at IIT Bombay

  2. Academic Calendar 2026-27 

    https://acad.iitb.ac.in/sites/default/files/Academic_Calendar_2026-27_FINAL.pdf 

  3. Course Structure and Course Curriculum of respective Department http://asc.iitb.ac.in>Academics>course info>Browse Bulletin

  4. Excerpts from the Rule books-PhD - be shared with all the new entrants on the registration day.

Downloadable forms: https://acad.iitb.ac.in/academics/forms

  1. Undertaking by students qualifying through GATE 2024/2025/2026.
  2. Undertaking by students qualifying through CEED 2026.
  3. Project Declaration form for candidates joining under Project Staff (PS) category.
  4. Declaration - Excerpts from the PhD rule book, to be signed and uploaded by all the new PhD entrants in the online document verification portal. https://acad.iitb.ac.in/sites/default/files/2026-1-PhD%20student%20declaration.pdf