Mumbai: Doctoral Degree or PhD is the highest degree practiced in the higher education system in India. Generally the December or January PhD admission session is known as even or spring semester in Indian higher education system. Prominent institutes such as IITs, NITs, premier research institutes and universities have already notified their doctoral programme admission process. There are many institutes have opened their admission window also.
As on date many institutes have already closed the admission process for the upcoming session. Meanwhile there are more than 25 institutes where PhD admission process is open for January 2018 or 2018-19 academic year.
Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Vadodara has released PhD admission notification for January 2018. PhD admission is going on for Manav Rachna University for 36 seats. Fellow Programme in Management admission process is open for IIM IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore and IIM Calcutta.
Tata Institute of Social Science (TISS) has released official admission notification for MPhil & PhD programmes -2018-19. Admission is open in Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM) Kancheepuram for January 2018 session. PhD admission is also open in KL University, Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar , BHU, IIT BHU Varanasi, NIT Warangal, and others.
List of Universities where PhD admission is open for coming session
| Name of Intitutes/Universities | Last Date | Remark | Notification Link |
| Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Vadodara | 27-Nov-17 | PhD Admissions Winter 2017-18 | Click here |
| Manav Rachna University | 25-Nov-17 | 36 PhD seats for this session | Click here |
| Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar | 26-Nov-17 | Release admission notification for PhD programmes December 2017. The University will conduct PhD Entrance Test on 04 December 2017 in 12 subjects. | Click here |
| Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore | IIM Bangalore launches Doctoral Programme in Entrepreneurship | Click here | |
| Lovely Professional University (LPU), Jalandhar | 21st December 2017 | Invites applications for admission to PhD Full Time and Part Time (Spring Term) Programs for the session 2018 through an entrance test | |
| Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai | 13th January 2018 (by 06.00 pm) | Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai notifies MPhil & PhD Admissions 2018 | Click here |
| Central University of Punjab | 21.11.2107 | Central University of Punjab are offering admission to Ph.D. Programmes during the course commencing from January 2018 |
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| Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM) Kancheepuram | 21/11/2017 | IIITDM Kancheepuram offers undergraduate, postgraduate, dual-degree programmes in the areas of Computer, Electronics and Communication, Mechanical Engineering and inter-disciplinary Ph.D programmes in core and applied areas of science and engineering. | Click here |
| University of Calcutta | 30-Nov-17 | Biophysics, Molecular Biology & Bioinformatics | Click here |
| The Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission | 27 November 2017 till 11:59 PM | State Eligibility Test (SET) in the month of February/March 2018 (Sunday) for determining the Eligibility for recruitment to the post(s) of Assistant Professor(s) in universities and colleges located within the State of Himachal Pradesh. | Click here |
| JEST 2018(Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research ) | 16th December 2017 | Joint Entrance Screening Test for Admission to Ph.D/Integrated Ph.D Programme in Physics/Theoritical Computer Science/Neuroscience. | Click here |
| KL University | 9th December 2017 | Applications in the prescribed form are invited from the eligible candidates for admission into Ph.D/M.Phil (Full and Part-time) programs |
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| Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar | 30th November, 2017 | Invites applications from Indian nationals for Ph.D. program in the following research areas: 1. Infectious Disease Biology 2. Cancer Biology & Bioinformatics 3. Genetic & Autoimmune Diseases 4. Plant & Microbial Biotechnology |
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| Thapar University Instititute of Engineering & Technology | 13/12/2017 | Admission to Ph.D programme(Second Semester Of Session 2017-18) | Click here |
| National Brain Research Centre (NBRC), Gurgaon | 31 December 2017 | PhD (Neuroscience) | Click here |
| Chandigarh University | 06-Dec-17 | PhD Entrance Test on 17 December 2017 | Click here |
| International Institute of Information Technology(IIIT), Hyderabad | 25-Nov-17 | Spring Admissions for Postgraduate Programmes [Ph.D. only] | Click here |
| Manipal University Jaipur (MUJ) | 30-Nov-17 | Invited applications from eligible candidates for admission to PhD programmes. The PhD written test will be held in December 2017 | Click here |
| Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur | 27-Nov-17 | Invites Ph.D Admission January 2018 | Click here |
| The National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune | 17-Nov-17 | Invites application from eligible candidates for admissions to PhD programme of March 2018 session. The PhD programme is offered in research areas of Modern Biology. | Click here |
| Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad | 22-Jan-18 | Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) 2018. The Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) is the doctoral programme of IIM Ahmedabad. | Click here |
| Indian Institute of Management(IIM) Kolkata | 21-Jan-18 | Doctoral Fellow Programme offered in various specialization in management & related discipline. | Click here |
| Xaviers University Bhubaneswar India | 28-Feb-18 | Doctoral Fellow Programme in management (PHD) | Click here |
| The Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) | Fellow Programme in Rural Managemen | Click here | |
| Jadavpur University,Kolkata | 30-Nov-17 | Applications are invited from Indian national for admission to the Ph.D. (Engineering and Pharmacy) programme as per New Ph.D. Regulation 2017 under the Faculty Council of Engineering & Technology, Jadav pur University |
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Note: Candidates should refer the exact recruitment notification before applying any positions of any universities or institutes. On the basis of information available in the public domain, SkillOutlook has published this story.
