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The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee has associated with Japan’s Niigata University to offer a double PhD program where doctoral students will be able to pursue and earn degrees from both varsities.
Prof KK Pant, Director of IIT Roorkee, and Prof. Matsuo Masayuki, Dean of the Graduate School of Science and Technology, Niigata University, signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalise this partnership.
Further, the initiative facilitates the exchange of students and researchers, providing access to diverse educational resources, world-class mentorship, and a global perspective while fostering holistic development among scholars.
As per IIT-Roorkee, collaborative research areas span cutting-edge fields, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, energy systems and renewable technologies, sustainability and climate change, advanced materials and nanotechnology, earthquake engineering, water resources and hydrology, information and communication engineering, biosciences and biotechnology, robotics and automation, disaster resilience and mitigation, and earth and environmental sciences, addressing critical global challenges through joint efforts.
The Double Degree Program opens new pathways for students to engage in high-impact research and contribute to both nations’ academic and scientific communities of India and Japan.