Ph.D. in Civil Engineering Admission Announcement: Spring - 2026

The Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering at Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence (SNIoE) invites applications for admissions in the Ph.D. program (Duration: 5 Years). Students admitted for the full-time, residential Ph.D. program will receive a fellowship-stipend of ₹45,000/- per month for the first two years and ₹50,000/- for the last three years, subject to candidate fulfilling the departmental and university academic requirements. A Research Grant of INR 1,50,000 (One Lakh fifty thousand) is available for the students to be used for conference (only Scopus indexed) travel (domestic and/or international) during the 5-year period of the Ph.D. program.  

RESEARCH AREAS

Sustainable Infrastructure Systems: Computational Geomechanics, Constitutive Modeling of Engineering Materials, Disaster Management and Risk Reduction, Fracture and fatigue in materials, Geotechnical Engineering, Physics-Based Data Driven Modeling, Sustainable Materials, Seismic Soil Structure Interaction, Structural Engineering, Structural Health Monitoring, Energy Efficient Built Environment

Water, Environment, and Climate: AI and Emerging Techniques in Agriculture and Water Management, Hydraulic Structures, River Engineering, Hydrology and Water Resources Systems, Air Quality Science and Engineering, Municipal and Solid Waste Management, Water and Wastewater Engineering, Environmental Impact Assessment, Climate Science and Engineering, Remote Sensing and GIS

Urban Network Systems: Energy Systems Analysis and Sustainability, Multi-model Transportation Engineering, Sustainable Water Distribution System, Traffic Engineering, Transportation Systems, Urban Drainage System, Urban Water Conservation

DEPARTMENTAL FACULTY (click here for details)

  • Atri Nath (Assistant Professor), PhD IIT Kharagpur.

Specialization: Structural Engineering, Computational mechanics, Fatigue and fracture, Material modeling

  • Ghanshyam Pal (Associate Professor), PhD University of Mississippi, USA.

Specialization: Structural Engineering, Built environment and sustainability, Novel cementitious composites, Multiscale numerical modelling.

  • Gopal Das Singhal (Associate Professor), PhD IIT Roorkee.

Specialization: Water Resources Engineering, Hydraulic structures, River hydraulics, Smart agricultural water management.

  • Gyan Vikash (Associate Professor), PhD IIT Kanpur.

Specialization: Geotechnical Engineering, Computational geomechanics, Constitutive modeling of geomaterials, Physics based - data driven modeling in geomechanics.

  • Hitesh Upreti (Assistant Professor), PhD IIT Roorkee.

Specialization: Water Resources Engineering, Drone and satellite remote sensing in agriculture and water resources, Irrigation water management, AI in agriculture.

  • Jagabandhu Dixit (Associate Professor), PhD IIT Bombay.

Specialization: Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Natural hazards and disaster risk reduction, Disaster mitigation and emergency management.

  • Manoj Kumar Singh (Assistant Professor), PhD IIT Delhi.

Specialization: Building energy simulation, Adaptive thermal comfort, Occupant’s behavior and built energy interaction, High-performance building envelopes.

  • Nitin Burud (Assistant Professor), PhD IISc Bangalore

Specialization: Structural Engineering, Fracture and Fatigue in Materials, Non-destructive Testing and Structural Health Monitoring, Statistical Data Analysis and Machine Learning, Building Information Modelling.

  • Sailesh Narayan Behera (Associate Professor), PhD IIT Kanpur.

Specialization: Environmental Engineering, Air quality monitoring and aerosol modeling, Policy evaluation of pollution control strategies, Pollution scenarios with water-air-soil interactions.

  • Shalini Rankavat (Associate Professor), PhD IIT Delhi.

 Specialization: Transportation Engineering, Transport planning and policy, Traffic safety, Public transport and NMV planning.

  • Sumedha Moharana (Associate Professor), PhD IIT Delhi.

Specialization: Structural Engineering, Piezoelectric impedance based structural health monitoring, Smart materials, Building science, Corrosion control in structures.

  • Susant Kumar Padhi (Associate Professor), PhD IIT Guwahati.

Specialization: Environmental Engineering, Biological & physico-chemical processes in environmental engineering, Membrane technology for wastewater treatment, Solid waste management.

MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

  • M.Tech./M.E. in Civil Engineering/ Structural Engineering/ Environmental Engineering/ Geotechnical Engineering/ Transportation Engineering/ Water Resources Engineering/ Geomatics Engineering/ Construction Technology/ Built Environment/ other relevant disciplines with a minimum of 60% or 6 out of 10 CGPA from a recognized technical institute or university.
    OR
  • M.Sc. in Environmental Science/ Geoinformatics/ Agricultural Sciences/ other relevant disciplines with a minimum of 65% or 6.5 out of 10 CGPA from a recognized institute or university.
    OR
  • B.Tech. in Civil Engineering or equivalent degree in engineering with a minimum of 75% or 7.5 out of 10 CGPA.

Candidates who are awaiting the results of the qualifying examination are also welcome to apply.

SELECTION PROCESS

Eligible candidates will be called for a written test (online mode) conducted by the department. Applicants with a valid GATE score in Civil Engineering or allied areas are exempted from the written test. Candidates successful in the written test will be invited for technical interview. Candidates will be required to demonstrate their knowledge and preparation in Civil Engineering through the written test and interview to be held as per the timeline mentioned in table below.

IMPORTANT DATES*

Process

Tentative date

Last date to submit the online application form

30 November, 2025

Written Tests

9 December, 2025

Technical Interview

15 December, 2025

Declaration of Results

20 December, 2025

Spring 2026 semester, First Day

12 January, 2026

* Tentative dates. Any change in dates of written test and interview will be notified to the applicants via email.

Final selection of the candidates will be done by Departmental Selection Committee after completing the process (written test and interview). Eligibility criteria mentioned above are the only minimum requirements and the department may apply additional shortlisting criteria for the PhD admission process.

Applicants waiting for the qualifying examination results are also eligible to apply. However, they must produce all the required proofs of eligibility at the time of admission. Failing to produce the necessary documents at the time of admission will lead to the automatic cancellation of admission.

SYLLABUS FOR WRITTEN TEST

The syllabus for the written test is the Civil Engineering syllabus of GATE 2025 (https://gate2025.iitr.ac.in/doc/2025/GATE%20_CE_2025_Syllabus.pdf). The syllabus for the applicants with a particular area of specialization in M. Tech. in Civil Engineering may be customized based on the applicant’s specialization; however, it is at the discretion of the department to provide a common/specialized syllabus for written test. The syllabus and tentative content for research methodology examination, can be found at web link given below.

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc22_ge08/preview

TUITION FEE AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

All full-time Ph.D. students admitted into the program shall receive a monthly stipend of ₹45,000 per month for the first two years, and ₹50,000 per month for the next three years, subject to benchmarked performance that is evaluated continuously. The continuation of the award is subject to satisfactory performance in the program, evaluated continuously, and compliance with all university regulations. Support will be available for the Ph.D. students to disseminate their work through conferences and publications. For this, a Research Grant of INR 1,50,000 (One Lakh fifty thousand) is available for students to be used for conference (only Scopus indexed) travel (domestic and/or international) during the 5-year period of Ph.D. program. The hostel fees and other financial regulations are mentioned in admission website.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Please note that the University reserves the right to accept or reject any application based on departmental screening criteria, hence all applications may not be shortlisted for written examination and/or interview.

All interested applicants must apply using our online system by clicking on “Apply Now” button. Please follow the instructions carefully.

  • Fill all the mandatory
  • Online upload of following documents is
    • Passport-size color photograph
    • Current CV
    • All mark sheets/degree certificates (10th Standard onwards)
    • Valid GATE score card
    • Statement of Purpose

Please arrange for at least one letter of recommendation to support your application. The referee should send the letter of recommendation through direct email. (Email subject: “Letter of Recommendation: <Student’s Name>”) to the address [email protected].

CONTACT

Mr. Sachdev Singh,
Department of Civil Engineering
Shiv Nadar University NH-91, Tehsil Dadri
Gautam Buddha Nagar,  Uttar Pradesh, 201314 India.

For any queries, please write to Dr. Hitesh Upreti, PG Advisor and Faculty-in-charge, Post Graduate Programs ([email protected]).