New Delhi: A number of universities or institutes or higher educational institutes have already started their admission process by notifying admission advertisement for their various programmes 2017: UG, PG, PhD, etc. The student community is closing tracking the admission alerts of the various universities. Most of the programmes will commence academic session July-August 2017. However, admission process has begun in many universities.
Candidates who are planning to pursue course in research areas, especially PhD degree, are eagerly watching the admission prospectus and notification. JNU, BHU, Jamia, Pondichhery, Central University of Hyderabad, and other are yet to release PhD admission prospectus. Meanwhile, NISER Bbubaneswar, NIIT University, South Asian University, Teri University, IISER Mohali, IIT Gandhinagar, and others have already released PhD notification. Here, SkillOutlook presents the list of major universities or institutes where PhD admissions are open.
List of universities or institutes where PhD Admissions currently open
| Name of Universities/Institutes | Closing Date | Remarks |
| NISER Bhubaneswar | 1 April 2017 (Saturday) |
2017 Summer Session admission open JRF is available |
| Saha Institute of NuclearPhysics, Kolkata |
15 April 2017 (Physics); 7 May 2017 Biophysical Sciences. | Subjects: Physics and Biophysical Sciences) |
| Tata Institute of Fundamental research (TIFR) – Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Admission to PhD Programme in Science Education – 2017 |
15-Mar-17 | Subjects: Science Education |
| NIIT University | 22-May-17 | Scholar scheme available |
| National Institute of Design (NID) | 31 March 2017 | Subject: Design |
| TERI University | 05-May-17 | Subject: sustainable development and environmental studies |
| South Asian University, New Delhi | 25-Mar-17 | An International University |
| Manipal University | 31 March 2017 | Dr TMA Pai PhD scholarship program |
| IIT Madras | 02-Apr-17 | Rolling Admission |
| Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology |
16-Apr-17 | Subjects: Physical, Chemical, Life and Engineering Sciences. |
| IISER Mohali | 31-Mar-17 | Integrated MS-PhD Program also available |
| NITIE Mumbai | 03-Apr-17 | Fellow available in Full Time Regular and Sponsored categories. |
| Department of Biotechnology – Research Associateship |
15-Mar-17 | The fellowship programme is implemented by IISc Bangalore. |
| IIIT Hyderabad | 31 March 2017 | MTech and Master Programmes available |
| ICAR – Indian Agriculture Research Institute | 13-Mar-17 | Subjects: Agricultural Sciences. |
| IIT Gandhinagar requires (5 March 2017) | 05-Mar-17 | 115 PhD scholars for various engineering, science and social sciences subjects |
| Bennett University | 09-Jun-17 | Streams: engineering, science and management |
| Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata | 10-Mar-17 | JRF is available |
| IIM Lucknow | 15-Mar-17 | Executive EFPM 2017-18 |
| CSIR-UGC NET June 2017 | 15-Mar-17 | Eligibility Test for JRF and Lectureship in pure Science Subjects |
| IISc Bangalore | 24-Mar-17 | MTech, Intigrated PhD, etc availabale |
The story is updated on 4 March 2017 and the above list is prepared for references only, 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.
