IIT Bombay awards 3,763 degrees, including record 620 PhDs

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay awarded 3,763 degrees to 3,442 students during the 2025-26 academic year, including a record 620 PhD degrees. The degrees were conferred as part of IIT Bombay’s 64th Convocation, including its two-day Autumn Convocation and Departmental Degree Award Functions. The graduating students are now set to pursue higher studies, research and professional careers.

According to institute data, the degrees awarded during the academic year comprised 1,713 undergraduate, 1,430 postgraduate and 620 doctoral degrees. Of the 3,442 graduating students, 791 were women, and 2,651 were men.

During the two-day Autumn Convocation and departmental degree award functions, IIT Bombay conferred 3,333 degrees on 3,042 graduating students. This included 1,663 undergraduate, 1,319 postgraduate and 351 PhD degrees.

The 620 PhD degrees awarded during the academic year are the highest number of doctoral degrees awarded by any IIT in a single academic year, according to the institute. The figure is also higher than the annual number of PhD graduates at IIT Bombay over the previous five years, when the number generally ranged from around 300 to nearly 500.

The rise in doctoral degrees was partly linked to a review of long-pending research work. During the process, the institute identified nearly 100 to 125 students whose research had remained incomplete for more than eight years.

Among the 351 PhD degrees awarded during the Autumn session, the Department of Chemistry recorded the highest number at 47, followed by Electrical Engineering with 30 and Mechanical Engineering with 27. Biosciences and Bioengineering awarded 24 PhDs, while Humanities and Social Sciences and Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science awarded 23 each.