Lucknow: Lucknow University, a government owned research university in Uttar Pradesh, has released PhD Admission Notification for 2019-20. The total number of PhD vacant seats are 336 . These Doctoral seats are available both at Lucknow University and its affiliated colleges.
Key Dates: Launch of Online Form Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Last date of online form submission without Late Fee Thursday, February 6, 2020
Last date of online form submission with Late Fee Monday, February 10, 2020
Entrance Test March 16 – 20, 2020
Application Fee per subject:
o General and OBC Rs. 2000.00 (With late fee Rs. 3000.00)
o SC and ST Rs. 1000.00 (With late fee Rs. 2000.00)
Eligibility Conditions: Candidates for admission to the PhD programme shall have a Master’s degree or a professional degree declared equivalent to the Master’s degree by the corresponding statutory regulatory body, with at least 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade ‘B’ in the UGC 7-point scale (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) or an equivalent degree from a foreign educational Institution.
A relaxation of 5% of marks, from 55% to 50%, or an equivalent relaxation of grade, may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer)/Differently-Abled and other categories of candidates as per the decision of the Commission from time to time, or for those who had obtained their Master’s degree prior to 19th September, 1991. The eligibility marks of 55% (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and the relaxation of 5% to the categories mentioned above are permissible based only on the qualifying marks without including the grace mark procedures.
A person whose M.Phil. dissertation has been evaluated and the viva voce is pending may be admitted to the Ph.D. programme in the University of Lucknow.
List of Departments with vacant PhD Seats
| UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW | |||
| Faculty of Arts | |||
| Department/Subject | Lucknow University Seats | Seats in Colleges | Total Seats |
| Ancient Indian History and Archaeology | 4 | 4 | |
| Anthropology | 3 | 3 | |
| Arabic | 21 | 21 | |
| Economics | 8 | 8 | 16 |
| English | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| English / French | 2 | 2 | |
| Hindi and Modern Indian Languages | 19 | 21 | 40 |
| Home Science | 8 | 8 | |
| Medieval and Modern Indian History | 3 | 3 | |
| Journalism (Mass Communication) | 2 | 2 | |
| Library & Information Science | 2 | 2 | |
| Linguistics | 2 | 2 | |
| Oriental Sanskrit | 4 | 4 | |
| Persian | 10 | 10 | |
| Philosophy | 16 | 16 | |
| Physical Education | 9 | 9 | |
| Political Science | 7 | 7 | |
| Psychology | 7 | 7 | |
| Public Administration | 2 | 2 | |
| Sanskrit and Prakrit Language | 10 | 10 | |
| Social Work | 8 | 8 | |
| Sociology | 3 | 37 | 40 |
| Urdu | 7 | 7 | |
| Western History | 1 | 1 | |
| 160 | 85 | 245 | |
| Total=245 | |||
| Faculty of Commerce | |||
| Applied Economics | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| Business Administration | 6 | 6 | |
| Commerce | 3 | 18 | 21 |
| 21 | 20 | 41 | |
| Total=41 | |||
| Faculty of Education | |||
| Education | 5 | 5 | |
| Total=05 | |||
| Faculty of Law | |||
| Law | 38 | 38 | |
| Total=38 | |||
| Faculty of Fine Arts | |||
| Fine Arts | 7 | 7 | |
| Total=07 | |||
| Grand Total=336 | |||
Selection Procedure: As per the LU Ph.D. Ordinance 2018 the admission would be done on the basis of entrance test and interview.
All candidates who are desirous of taking admission to the Ph.D. programs of the University of Lucknow have to appear and qualify the Centralized Entrance Test (CET) conducted for this purpose.
All candidates who qualify the CET with the minimum prescribed cutoff have to attend the interview.
Candidates who qualify the CET and appear in the interview will be considered for the final merit.
For exact eligibility criteria, how to apply and other details, candidates should refer the PhD Admission Notification, uploaded on the official website of Lucknow University.
