IIT Guwahati Assistant Professor Recruitment 2026 – Apply Online

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati has invited online applications from PhD holders for regular faculty positions at the level of Assistant Professor (Grade I/II) across 15 departments and schools, under Advertisement No. IITG/2026/FA-ADVT/01.

IIT Guwahati Assistant Professor 2026 at a Glance

Eligibility by Grade

• Assistant Professor Grade II (Pay Level 10 & 11): Candidates with less than 3 years of post-PhD teaching, research or industrial experience
• Assistant Professor Grade I (Pay Level 12): Candidates with at least 3 years of post-PhD teaching, research or industrial experience

The common minimum qualification across all departments is a PhD with first class or equivalent in the preceding degree, in an appropriate branch, with a very good academic record throughout.

Department/School-wise Specialisation Areas and Qualification

1. Biosciences and Bioengineering

Areas: Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Biosensor, Bioinstrumentation, Computational Biology.
Bachelor’s/Master’s background: 4-year Bachelor’s or 5-year integrated Master’s in Biotechnology / Biochemical Engineering / Chemical Engineering / Bioinformatics / Biosciences and Bioengineering, OR 4-year Bachelor’s in Engineering/Technology, Agricultural Sciences or Pharmaceutical Sciences, OR MBBS/BVSc, OR 5-year integrated M.Tech, OR 5-year integrated MS in Biological/Physical/Chemical/Data Sciences, Mathematics or Statistics, OR 3-year BSc/BS followed by a 2-year Master’s in the same fields.

2. Chemical Engineering

Areas: Process Control in Chemical Engineering; AI & Machine Learning in Chemical Engineering.
Background: Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering.

3. Civil Engineering

Areas: Construction Engineering & Management (cementitious materials, contract management, construction informatics); Environmental Engineering (system design, wastewater/water treatment, air pollution, solid/hazardous waste, environmental planning); Geotechnical Engineering (computational geomechanics, offshore geotechnics); Structural Engineering (computational mechanics, AI/data-driven structural engineering); Transportation Systems Engineering (network analysis, ITS, pavement modelling); Water Resources Engineering (hydraulics, hydro-climatology, river basin management, hydrology); Earth System Science & Engineering (seismology, computational geosciences).
Background: 4-year Bachelor’s or 5-year integrated Master’s in Civil Engineering.

4. Computer Science and Engineering

Areas: All areas of Computer Science and Engineering.
Background: 4-year Bachelor’s, or Bachelor’s plus Master’s, or 5-year integrated Master’s in Computer Science/CSE or a relevant discipline.

5. Design

Areas: Design & Technology (HCI/UX, AR/VR, information design, AI in design, IoT-driven design, smart manufacturing, mobility design); Design for Society (sustainability, social innovation, healthcare innovation, craft); Design & Business (product-service systems, design management/strategy/entrepreneurship); Communication Design & New Media (visual/graphic design, film, AVGC); Design Research & Methods (cognitive ergonomics, design theory).
Background: 4-year Bachelor’s, 2-year Master’s, or 5-year integrated Master’s in Design, Technology, Engineering, Architecture, Management, Fine Arts, Visual Arts, or Physiology (Ergonomics).

6. Electronics and Electrical Engineering

Areas: Communication networks, wireless/radar systems, AI/ML, quantum communications; biomedical signal processing, core AI, reinforcement learning, remote sensing, NLP, image processing; robotics, data-driven control, control theory; analog/digital/mixed-signal/RF circuit design, IC packaging, nano/power/compound semiconductor devices, quantum technologies; electrical machines and drives, power electronics, power systems, high voltage; silicon photonics, optical communication, nanophotonics, metamaterials, RF/microwave, terahertz photonics.
Background: 4-year Bachelor’s or 5-year integrated Master’s in Electrical/Electronics/Instrumentation/Communication/Telecommunication Engineering.

7. Mechanical Engineering

Areas: Fluid and Thermal (multiphase flows, turbulent flows, climate modelling); Manufacturing (industrial engineering, operations research, automation and control); Machine Design (experimental mechanics, multifunctional materials).
Background: 4-year Bachelor’s or 5-year integrated Master’s in Mechanical Engineering.

8. Chemistry

Areas: All areas of Experimental Inorganic and Organic Chemistry.
Background: Bachelor’s plus Master’s, or 5-year integrated Master’s, in Chemistry / Chemical Science and Technology.

9. Humanities and Social Science

Areas: Archaeology, Development Studies, Economics, English, History, Linguistics, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology (all areas). Candidates specialising in Indigenous Knowledge and Communities, including History of Indian Science/Mathematics/Astronomy, Indian Philosophy, Indian Musical Traditions, Indian Archaeology, Indian Aesthetics, Tarka and Vada, and Vyakarana and Indian Linguistics, are especially encouraged to apply.
Background: PhD in the relevant advertised area.

10. Mathematics

Areas: Machine Learning/Deep Learning/AI/Data Science; Statistics and Mathematical Finance; ML/Deep Learning in Optimization/Operations Research; Algebraic Geometry, Partial Differential Equations.
Background: Varies by area – PhD/Master’s/Bachelor’s in Data Science, AI, Computer Science & Engineering, Mathematics, Mathematics & Computing, Statistics, Optimization, Operations Research or Industrial Mathematics, as relevant to the specific specialisation.

11. Physics

Areas: Gravity, Astrophysics and Cosmology; High Energy Physics (experimental collider physics, phenomenology); Condensed Matter Physics Theory; Quantum Optics and Quantum Technology; Laser and Photonics (optical communication, silicon photonics, terahertz photonics, fibre optics, biomedical optics).
Background: Bachelor’s plus Master’s, or 5-year integrated Master’s, in Physics / Applied Physics / Engineering Physics.

12. School of Business

Areas: Marketing Management, Management Information System.
Background: PhD in Management.

13. Mehta Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence

Areas: NLP, Generative AI, AI in IoT, information systems & security, data mining, machine learning, human-AI interaction, computer systems & networking, AI in robotics, agentic AI, big data analytics, cloud computing, neuromorphic computing, AI in FinTech/high-frequency trading, AI in wireless networks, speech & language technologies, computer vision, trustworthy AI, and other emerging areas.
Background: 4-year Bachelor’s or 5-year integrated Master’s in Data Science/AI, Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science & Engineering, or Electronics/Communication/Electrical Engineering.

14. School of Energy Science and Engineering

Areas: Control and automation for renewable energy systems and grid/storage integration; solar PV, wind and other RES; intelligent energy management; flexible electronics for energy; electrocatalysis/photoelectrocatalysis; carbon capture and storage; hybrid energy storage systems; sustainable buildings.
Background: Bachelor’s or 5-year integrated Master’s in Energy/Mechanical/Electrical/Electronics/Chemical Engineering.

15. Jyoti and Bhupat Mehta School of Health Sciences and Technology

Areas: Computational biology, computational neuroscience, stem cell biology, regenerative medicine, cell and molecular biology, immunology, microbiology, host-pathogen interactions, embedded systems, ASIC for medical devices, biomedical control systems, brain-computer interfaces, human-computer interface, transport phenomena in biological systems, drug delivery, and any healthcare research domain (only for candidates with MBBS and PhD).
Background: 4-year Bachelor’s in Engineering/Biotechnology, 4-year BS, or 5-year integrated Master’s in Engineering, OR BS(4yr)/MS(5yr) in Physics/Maths/Biological Sciences, OR B.Pharm, OR MBBS.

Other Important Conditions

• Pay and allowances follow Government of India rules; reservation follows the Central Educational Institutes (Reservation in Teachers’ Cadre) Act, 2019
• Age relaxation: SC/ST 5 years (10 years combined), OBC-NCL 3 years (8 years combined), PwBD 5 years; valid category certificates must be uploaded with the application
• Degrees must be from a recognised University/Institute
• Candidates in Government/Semi-Government organisations or educational institutions need a No Objection Certificate at the time of applying or interview
• Candidates may apply to more than one Department/School, but must submit a separate application for each
• Incomplete applications, or those without the relevant certificates/documents, may not be considered for shortlisting
• Mere eligibility does not guarantee an interview call; the Institute’s decision on shortlisting is final

How to Apply

Submit your application online only through online.iitg.ac.in/faonline. Hard copy/offline applications are not accepted. Upload all required certificates and documents along with the application before the deadline. Apply separately for each Department/School if applying to more than one.

Important Dates

Official Notification and Contact

Download the Official IIT Guwahati Assistant Professor Notification PDF

For queries, email rec@iitg.ac.in or contact the Head of the Section, Faculty Affairs Section, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati – 781039, Assam, Telephone: +91-361-258 2979 / 2059.