IITB-TU JAPAN CIOLLOBORATION CELL
DIGITAL HEALTH
SPECIFIC RESEARCH AREAS WITHIN THIS THEME:
BIOSCIENCES (BS)
Biophysics and Computational Biology, Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Immunology, Genetics
and Molecular Biology, Proteomics, System Biology, and Biomarkers of infectious diseases.
Biologics, antibodies production and engineering, virology, infectious diseases, enzyme
engineering etc.
BIO-ENGINEERING (BE)
Sensors and Devices, Application of AI/ML in health care applications and devices,
Biomaterials, Drug delivery, and tissue engineering, Nanobiotechnology, Biomedical Optics,
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Biomedical Informatics and Physiology.
DIGITAL HEALTH:
Healthcare Applications of EHR, EMR and clinical applications, Medical imaging etc.,
Healthcare Data Management: Data interoperability and standards, Data Privacy and Security,
Healthcare Analytics and AI/ML, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Large Language
Models in Healthcare.
ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION
i) [Link]./M. E. or equivalent degree in Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical
Engineering, Computer Science / Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics /
Telecommunications Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,
Engineering Physics, Optics / Optoelectronics / Photonics, Robotics, Robotics Engineering,
Automation and Robotics, Mechatronics, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Data
Science and Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering Sciences.
ii) [Link]. OR MBBS with MD/MS, MVSc, MDS, MPTh, MOTh, MS/MD Health sciences
AYUSH.
iii)[Link]./B.E. or equivalent degree in Biotechnology, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical
Engineering, Computer Science / Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Electronics /
Telecommunications Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,
Engineering Physics, Optics / Optoelectronics / Photonics, Robotics, Robotics Engineering,
Automation and Robotics, Mechatronics, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Data
Science and Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering Sciences.
iv) [Link]. or 5-year Integrated B.S.-M.S. program or equivalent degree in Life Sciences,
Biochemistry, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Ceramics, Chemistry, Electronics, Ergonomics,
Material Science, Mathematics, Molecular Biology, Physics, Bioinformatics, Data Science,
Physiology, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Photonics / Optics / Optoelectronics
v) Health Sciences (such as MBBS (Medicine) / BDS (Dental), [Link]/[Link]., [Link].,
[Link]., B. ASLP, Pharma D (duration 4 years or more). Candidates with these
backgrounds and degrees, should have qualified one of the following: All India level
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IITB-TU JAPAN CIOLLOBORATION CELL
postgraduate entrance examinations for corresponding disciplines such as
INI_CET/NEETPG/NEET MDS/JIPMER/PGI Chandigarh/AFMC-Pune/DNB Part
I/AIIPMR for MBBS/ BDS, GPAT/ All India level selection examination for [Link]. All
India level postgraduate entrance examination such as AIIPMR for [Link]., [Link].,
[Link]. and M. ASLP, GATE examination for all such health science background where
applicable. Eligibility/rank certificates for all such All-India level entrance examinations are
required. The candidate should have qualified in the entrance exam (as per the qualification
criterion of the respective exam for that exam year and category), and the score obtained
should be valid (as per the duration of validity for the respective exam) at the time of
admission to the Ph.D. program.
Candidates with qualifying degrees in [iii and iv] must fulfil one of the following: a valid GATE
score for TA/TAP/RA/RAP), a valid CSIR/UGC/DBT JRF, or a valid ICMR JRF not linked to
ICMR project or any other fellowship that will provide scholarship for five years. For
candidates with qualifying degrees as in (i) to (v), and applying under SW category, experience
[as specified in A.5 and A.6 in PhD brochure] is mandatory.
TOTAL COURSE CREDIT REQUIREMENTS
Eligibility Criteria Minimum Credits
Requirement
[Link]/BE/BPharm/MBBS/BDS/BOTh/BVSc 44-56 credits
[Link]/[Link]/ MBBS+MS/ MBBS+MD/ MDS/ 34-46 credits
MVSc/MPTh/MPTh
[Link]/ME (BT Group) 22 credits
[Link]/ME in Biomedical Engineering (for BME Group) 22-34 credits
Other [Link] or Equivalent (for BME group) 34 credits
A 4 credit Seminar Course (BBS801) (within the total
credit requirement) is mandatory for all.
BB899 Communication Skill course is mandatory for
all and for BSBE students this course will run only in
Autumn Semester (July to December semester).
A Seminar and a Communication Skill course is mandatory for all (within the total credit
requirement).
PhD QUALIFIER [COMPREHENSIVE EXAM]
Students are required to qualify the PhD qualifier [comprehensive exam] after first year with
80% marks.