Research Positions · Internships

Research Positions and Internships

Department of Electrical Engineering · IIT Hyderabad

Looking for a research position?
Information about some of the available research positions can be found under the Openings menu — see Students & Postdocs.

Year-Round

Direct Applications

Research labs in the Department of Electrical Engineering may have openings for post-docs, research assistants and interns at various points during the year (this is independent of the SURE internship program described below). There is no central application form for these positions — the most reliable way to find out whether an opportunity is available is to write directly to the faculty member whose research interests you. Send your request by email, attaching your CV and a copy of your latest academic documents.

Contact details for all faculty members are listed on the Faculty page, and the pages under the Research menu describe what each lab works on.

Project-funded openings are often advertised at the IIT Hyderabad Careers page.

Institute Programme

SURE Internships

SURE (Summer Undergraduate Research Exposure) is an annual summer research internship run by the Sponsored Research and Consultancy office at IIT Hyderabad. It gives students from outside IIT Hyderabad a period of hands-on research in an IIT Hyderabad lab, working under the supervision of a faculty mentor. Electrical Engineering hosts SURE interns across all four of its research streams.

Applications must be submitted to the institute through the central SURE portal.

Application Call

Feb-March

Duration

1–2 months, over May–July

Fellowship

₹7,500 per month

Accommodation

IITH student hostels; mess charges borne by the intern

Eligibility, as set by the institute for the 2026 cycle, is given below. The eligibility criteria might change in the next edition.

  • Programme and year of study

    Second or third year BTech/BDes (all branches), third or fourth year of an integrated BTech–MTech programme, first year MSc in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry or Biology, or first year MA.

  • Academic standing

    Applicants must be in the top 20% of their class by CGPA or percentage across all previous years of study.

  • Commitment

    Full-time regular students only, able to work full-time for a minimum of one month.

The application and selection process runs as follows:

1

Apply through the portal

Applications are accepted only through the institute's web portal. The portal also carries the detailed guidelines, the FAQ, and the letter format your institution must certify.

2

Preliminary screening

The institute screens all applications against the eligibility and academic-standing criteria.

3

Interview

Shortlisted candidates might be interviewed, and selected interns are asked to confirm their joining by the date announced for that cycle.