Varanasi, 09 December 2020: Banaras Hindu University, (BHU) Varanasi, India’s premier Central University, has released PhD Admission notification for March semester for academic year 2019-20. Due to COVID19, BHU has not admitted students for doctoral programs in 2020. Hence, the Admission process is delayed.
BHU has notified now Admission of Research Entrance Test (RET) Exempted candidates in PhD Programme of March2020 semester of the Academic Session 2019-2020.
The Total PhD Seats Offered for current semester: The total number of PhD seats available under RET Exempted March 2020 Semester are 485. Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Visual Arts, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Social Science, Faculty of Commerce, Faculty of Performing Arts, Faculty of Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vijnana, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Ayurveda, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Enverment & sustainable Development (ESD), and Faculty of Dental Science.
The notification released by BHU stated that only those candidates shall be eligible to apply in this application process who have obtained their qualifying degree of the Academic session 2018-2019 or before and who is recipient of national Doctoral Fellowship or other fellowship from government / semi- government organizations ( through All India selection procedure conducted by the agency organization for award of research fellowship) such as UGC, CSIR , AICTE, DRDO, DST, DAE, ICAR, ICMR, AYUSH, and similar National Level Organizations.
Key Dates & Application Fees:
The online application portal has opened from 08 December 2020.
The online application portal will close on 18 December 2020.
Date of Test/Counseling/Admissions – 21 December 2020
Last Date of Deposit Fees- 28 December 2020.
The application fee is Rs 250 for SC/ST/PWD. For others, the application fee is Rs 500.
Eligibility Criteria : Only those candidates shall be eligible to apply in this application process who have obtained their qualifying degree of the Academic session 2018-2019 or before and who is recipient of national Doctoral Fellowship or other fellowship from government / semi- government organization ( through All India selection procedure conducted by the agency organization for award of research fellowship) such as Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), University Grants commission (UGC) , All India council for technical Education (AICTE) , Department of Science and Technology (DST) , Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) , Department OF Atomic Energy (DAE) , Department of Biotechnology (DBT) ,Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) , Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR) , Ayurveda Yoga Unani Siddha Homeopathy(AYUSH) and similar National Level Organization 1st March 2020.
The notification mentioned that those RET Exempt category candidates who had applied under RET 2019 (September 2019 term) notification need not to apply again.
List of Faculties, Centres & Schools where PhD Admission is available:
Admission is available various Faculties of BHU except Agriculture:
| Department | No of PhD Seats |
| Faculty of Arts | |
| Bengali | 1 |
| English | 10 |
| French | 4 |
| History of Arts | 1 |
| Tourism Management | 2 |
| Urdu | 5 |
| Physical Education | 20 |
| Museology | 1 |
| German | 8 |
| Sanskrit | 9 |
| Pali & Buddist Studies | 6 |
| AIHC & Arch | 7 |
| Journalisn & Mass Communication | 2 |
| IPR | 1 |
| Philosophy | 2 |
| Faculty of Visual Arts | |
| Applied Arts | 2 |
| Faculty of Education | |
| Education | 10 |
| Faculty of Law | |
| Law | 7 |
| Human Right & Duties Education | 3 |
| Faculty of Management Studies | |
| Faculty of Social Science | |
| Economics | 8 |
| History | 9 |
| Political Science | 11 |
| Subaltern | 3 |
| Psychology | 15 |
| Faculty of Commerce | |
| Commerce | 15 |
| Faculty of Performing Arts | |
| Faculty of Sanskrit Vidya Dharma Vijnana | |
| Shukla Yajurveda | 2 |
| Samveda | 1 |
| Rigveda | 1 |
| Sahitya | 5 |
| jain Darshan | 4 |
| Baudha Darshan | 3 |
| Vedanta | 2 |
| Puranetihas | 1 |
| Faculty of Science | |
| Physics | 50 |
| Chemistry | 60 |
| Geology | 15 |
| Zoology | 14 |
| Botany | 12 |
| Computer Science | 7 |
| Mathematical Science | 1 |
| Biochemistry | 2 |
| Geophysics | 7 |
| Bio Informatics | 1 |
| home science | 6 |
| Mathematics | 12 |
| Statistics | 1 |
| Bio Technology | 7 |
| Molecular and Human Genetics | 3 |
| Environment Science | 2 |
| Applied Microbiology | 2 |
| Human and Clinical Genetics | 2 |
| Faculty of Ayurveda | |
| Medical Chemistry | 4 |
| Shalya Tantra | 10 |
| shalakya Tantra | 3 |
| Swasthavrutta & yoga | 1 |
| Kaumarbhritya/Balroga | 3 |
| kayachikitsa | 12 |
| Kriya Sharir | 5 |
| Rachana Sharir | 4 |
| Sangyaharan | 4 |
| Faculty of Medicine | |
| Anatomy | 6 |
| Dermatology & Venereology | 3 |
| Microbiology | 4 |
| Neurology | 2 |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | 3 |
| Pediatrics Surgery | 1 |
| Physiology | 4 |
| community Medicine | 5 |
| Radiotherapy & Radiation Medicine | 5 |
| Medicine | 5 |
| Surgical Oncology | 2 |
| Geriatric Medicine | 4 |
| Faculty of Enverment & sustainable Development (ESD) | |
| Environment Science & Technology | 2 |
| Faculty of Dental Science | |
| Dental Science | 8 |
| 485 |
For exact qualification, how to apply and other details, interested candidates should refer RET Notification, which is uploaded on the official website of admission website of BHU:
