भारतीय खगोलभौतिकी संस्थान
Indian Institute of Astrophysics
Exploring the Universe since 1786

An Autonomous Institute under the
Department of Science & Technology
Government of India

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PhD Programme

IIA offers a vigorous programme of graduate studies that forms a vital component of research & training. The programme is overseen by the board of graduate studies. The Institute is also a major partner in the Joint Astronomy Programme (JAP), organized by the Indian Institute of Science.

Admissions

PhD applications may be submitted through the IIA PhD online applications portal in May. After the initial screening, shortlisted candidates will be interviewed in June. The final list of selected candidates will be announced in July, followed by the commencement of the programme in August. .

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Research Fields

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Solar Studies

Studies of the Sun and solar system have been the longest pursued discipline at IIA. Members of the group conduct theoretical, numerical modeling, and observational studies in solar physics.

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Stars & Galaxies

Research interests of the group members range from exoplanets, star formation, stellar evolution, end states of stars, Interstellar medium, the milky way Galaxy, nearby galaxies, active galaxies and time domain astronomy.

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Theory

Members of the theoretical Astrophysics group work on a broad range of topics such as black hole astrophysics, pulsars, exoplanets, astrophysical turbulence & magnetic fields, MHD, cosmology and early universe.

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