• A master’s degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline from a recognised university with atleast 55% marks in aggregate or equivalent grade
  OR
• A 4-year bachelor’s degree programme or equivalent in relevant discipline from a recognised university with atleast 75% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade
  OR
• An MPhil degree from a recognised university with atleast 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade.

Candidates appearing in the final year Degree examination can also apply, provided they furnish proof of meeting the minimum eligibility criteria at the time of joining the programme.

Eligible candidates, who intend to take admission for PhD are required to apply in a prescribed online application form along with a non-refundable processing fee of Rs.1250/-. The payment should be made online by credit card/debit card/net banking.

Candidates, who intend to take admission for PhD have to apply in a prescribed proforma. On the receipt of applications, an Entrance Test will be conducted for the eligible candidates irrespective of number of applications received, which will be followed by an interview by the Departmental Research Committee.

The selection criterion for the admission in PhD programmes are as under:

1. The Entrance Test shall be conducted for eligible candidates wherein the qualifying marks will be 50%. The syllabus of the Entrance Test shall consist of 50% of research methodology and 50% shall be subject specific. (The detailed syllabus is available on the website)
2. The list of candidates clearing the entrance test (50%) shall be declared on the notice board/ website of the University.
3. An interview/viva-voce to be organised by the University where the candidates are required to discuss their research interest/area through a presentation before Department Research Committee specified under R.Ph.D. 2.3.
4. The candidates who qualify the UGC-NET (Including JRF) UGC-CSIR NET (Including JRF) / GATE / GPAT with a valid score in terms of cut-off marks and duration, shall be exempted from appearing in the entrance test and deemed to be qualified for personal interview. The candidate, who is awarded category 1 in NET examination will be granted full marks of written test. The marks obtained in the NET examination by the candidates in categories 2 & 3 will be valid for a period of one year for admission to Ph.D. The marks obtained in NET examination will be considered while finalizing the merit. The final merit will be computed applying weightage of 70% to written test and 30% weightage to interview.

Candidates are selected based on the following criteria:

The interview/viva-voce shall also consider the following aspects, viz. whether:

1. the candidate possesses the competence for the proposed research;
2. the research work can be suitably undertaken at the Institution;
3. the proposed area of research can contribute to new/additional knowledge.
4. An interview/viva-voce to be organised by the University when the candidates are required to discuss their research interest/area through a presentation before Department Research Committee specified under R.Ph.D 3.3.
5. The final selection will be based on following criteria:Weightage of 70% to the entrance test and weightage of 30% to the performance in the interview/ viva-voce.

On the recommendation of the Departmental Research Committee and on the approval of the Dean, Faculty of Doctoral Studies & Research, a list of the selected candidates will be displayed on the notice board / website of the University. However, the final admission will be given after getting eligibility as per the provisions of the relevant regulations of the University.

The allocation of a Research Supervisor for a selected research scholar shall be decided by the Department Research Committee depending on the number of scholars per Research Supervisor, the available specialisation among the Supervisors and research interests of the scholars as indicated by them at the time of interview/viva voce.

The regulations for PhD programme under which the admitted students will be governed are available on the website link – https://fdsr.nirmauni.ac.in

The research scholar has to publish at least one research paper in refereed journal and make two paper presentations in reputed national/international conferences/seminars or the research scholar has to publish at least two research paper in refereed journal and make one paper presentations in reputed national/international conferences/seminars before the submission of the thesis for evaluation and produce evidence for the same in the form of presentation certificates and/or reprints.

At least one research paper should be in the journal indexed in Web of Science / ‘Q2 or higher category’ of Scopus / ‘B or higher category’ of ABDC.

Provided further that, the remaining journal publication as mentioned above should be in the refereed journal indexed in the Web of Science / Scopus / ABDC / EBSCO (For Architecture & Design) / UGC-CARE List (For Law, Management, Architecture and Commerce).

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