Exclusive by Rudra Narayan Sahoo, New Delhi: The next academic year is about to start in the next couple of months. A large number of universities or institutes or higher educational institutes have already started their admission process by notifying admission advertisement for their various programmes 2017-18: UG, PG, PhD, etc. The student community is closing following the admission alerts of the various universities.
Candidates who are planning to pursue career in research degrees, especially PhD degree, are eagerly watching the admission prospectus and notification. JNU has already notified official admission advertisement and the application window will close on 05 April 2017. Out of seven Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs), four have already notified for PhD Admission 2017-18. IISER Pune only is yet to notify (IISER Tirupati and Berhampur don’t offer PhD course). Meanwhile out of 23 IITs, 15 IITs have already notified for admission to PhD programmes for first semester 2017-18. Five new IITs don’t offer doctoral programmes.
BHU, Jamia Millia Islamia, Pondichhery, Central University of Hyderabad have not yet released any official notification for MPhil/PhD programmes. Meanwhile, PhD admissions are open at NISER Bhubaneswar, NIIT University, South Asian University, Teri University, VIT University, Saha Institute of NuclearPhysics, Kolkata, NITIE Mumbai, etc. Here, SkillOutlook presents the list of major universities or institutes where PhD admissions are open. Hence, students can track and remain updated on the PhD admission.
List of Universities or Institutes where PhD Admissions are open:
Name of Universities/ Institutes |
Closing Date | Remarks | PhD Admission Web Page of Institutes |
JNU | 05-Apr-17 | Admission open for UG,PG, MPhil/PhD programmes for AY 2017-18 |
Click here |
NISER Bhubaneswar | 1 April 2017 (Saturday) |
2017 Summer Session admission open. JRF is available | Click here |
Saha Institute of NuclearPhysics, Kolkata |
15 April 2017 (Physics); 7 May 2017 Biophysical Sciences. | Subjects: Physics and Biophysical Sciences) |
Click here |
VIT University | 19-May-17 | PhD Admissions available at campuses of VIT: Chennai, Vellore, Amaravati (AP). |
Click here |
NIIT University | 22-May-17 | Scholar scheme available | Click here |
National Institute of Design (NID) |
31 March 2017 | Subject: Design | Click here |
TERI University | 05-May-17 | Subject: sustainable development and environmental studies |
Click here |
South Asian University, New Delhi | 31-Mar-17 | An International University | Click here |
Manipal University | 31 March 2017 | Dr TMA Pai PhD scholarship program | Click here |
Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology | 16-Apr-17 | Subjects: Physical, Chemical, Life and Engineering Sciences. | Click here |
IISER Mohali | 31-Mar-17 | Integrated MS-PhD Program also available | Click here |
NITIE Mumbai | 03-Apr-17 | Fellow available in Full Time Regular and Sponsored categories. | Click here |
Department of Biotechnology – Research Associateship |
15-Mar-17 | The fellowship programme is implemented by IISc Bangalore. | Click here |
IIIT Hyderabad | 31 March 2017 | In addition to PhD programmes, MTech and Master Programmes available | Click |
ICAR – Indian Agriculture Research Institute | 13-Mar-17 | Subjects: Agricultural Sciences. | Click here |
IISER Kolkata | 20-May-17 | PhD in Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Earth Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics and Physical Sciences. | Click here |
IISER Thiruvananthapuram | 30-Apr-17 | PhD in Biological Sciences, Chemical Sciences, and Physical Sciences streams. | Click here |
IISER Bhopal | 03/04/2017 (For Phy, Math, CS, others except Biology) 08/04/2017 (Biology) |
Different dates for various subjects. After online applications, hard copies should be sent. | Click here |
Bennett University | 09-Jun-17 | Streams: engineering, science and management | Click here |
Tezpur University | 30-Apr-17 | In addition to PhD programmes, MTech and Master Programmes available. | Click here |
Gautam Buddha University Noida | 18-May-17 | In addition to PhD programmes, PG and UG programmes also available. | Click here |
Indraprasthta Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Delhi | 09-Apr-17 | Admissions open for UG, PG & PhD programmes. | Click here |
Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow | 31 March 2017 (by in hand/person) & 05 April 2017 (by post/courier). | Admission to UG, PG, PhD programmes open | Click here |
Centre of Biomedical Research (CBMR), Lucknow | 31-Mar-17 | PhD program in Chemical sciences, Biological sciences, Physical sciences and in interdisciplinary research areas. | Click here |
Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) | 31-Mar-17 | MS, MPhil & PhD Admission | Click here |
IISc Bangalore | 29 March 2017, after extended | AY 2017-18, UG, Courses-Integrated PhD, MTech, MTech (Res), PhD | Click here |
IIT Gandhinagar | 10 April 2017, (Admission Window II) | There is NO application fee. | Click here |
IIT Kharagpur | 10-Apr-17 | PhD programmes avaialble: Regular, Sponsored and Individual Fellowship. |
Click here |
IIT Bhubaneswar | 10-Apr-17 | Admisison open for MTech also. PhD programmes in Institute Scholar (2)Sponsored Scholar (3)Project Scholar | Click here |
IIT Delhi | 31 March 2017 (04:00 PM) |
Admission to MTech, MS(R), and MDes Programmes also open |
Click here |
IIT (ISM), Dhanbad | 20-Apr-17 | Admission to PhD has opened from 20 March 2017. | Click here |
IIT Madras | 02-Apr-17 | Admision open for MS (Res) also | Click here |
IIT Ropar | 10-April-2017 | Admission open for MTech & MS (Res) also | Click here |
IIT Jodhpur | 31-Mar-17 | Admission open for MTech & MS (Res) also | Click here |
IIT Indore | 17 March 2017, 31 March 2017, 07 April 2017 | Different dates for different subjects | Click here |
IIT Mandi | 18-Apr-17 | MTech/MS/PhD admission in School of Computing and Electrical Engineering. | Click here |
IIT Guwahati | 17-Apr-17 | Regular, Sponsored, Part Time, External PhD available | Click here |
IIT Palakkad | 15-Apr-17 | Engineering and Science subjects | Click here |
IIT Patna | 06-Apr-17 | Regular, Sponsored, Project Staff PhD available. | Click here |
IIT Bombay | 18-Apr-17 | In addition to PhD admission, MTech admission is also open. | Click here |
IIT Kanpur | 21-Apr-17 | Admission window will open on 28 March 2017. In addition to PhD, MTech admission will also open. | Click here |
The story is updated on 26 March 2017 and the above list is prepared with the information available on the public domain, which will help students to remain updated on the PhD Admission. Interested candidates should refer the exact admission notification released by the universities for more details on PhD admission.