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Admission to the courses
Admission to PhD courses offered at the Institute is done twice a year. The sessions commence from first January and first July each year.
The admission to the Ph.D courses imparted at the Institute is made on all India Merit basis by holding an entrance examination by the Institute, after issuing a countrywide admission notice. The admission notice is published in leading English & Hindi newspapers of India usually during September/October and March/April for January and July Sessions respectively
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Minimum period three academic years:- Under only exceptional circumstances and on the recommendation of the Doctoral Committee that the candidates’ work has been completed, the period of course can be reduced to two years. The maximum period up to which a candidate can submit his/her thesis is five years. Ordinarily extension for the submission of the thesis beyond five years will not be granted unless one year prior to the expiry of the 5 years the Doctoral Committee makes special recommendations for extension giving specific reasons.
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Admission requirements for Ph.D courses
Candidates applying for Ph.D programme must have fulfill the following qualification(s) as on the last day of submission of online application form:
1. General Eligibility: A Candidate seeking admission to the course of study leading to the award of a Degree of Doctor of Philosophy must possess at least one of the following qualifications:
A. For Medical Sciences: MBBS/MDS/Master of Physio-therapy with minimum 55% aggregate marks or MD/MS in the subject concerned or Diplomate of National Board of Examination. A “Failure” in the examination, “Compartment” or “Re-appear” in the examination will constitute an attempt. Candidates who have obtained MBBS/MD/MS /MDS/Master of Physio-therapy degree from Medical Colleges not recognized by the Medical Council of India/NMC are not eligible for admission.
B. For Non Medical/Life Sciences/Social Behavioral Sciences:
The candidates with the following qualifications will be eligible:
a) The candidates who have passed M.Sc/MA/Masters in Engineering or its equivalent/ examination with at least 60 % marks in the subjects mentioned below: from the colleges/institutes/Universities recognized by the UGC are eligible.
I) For Non Medical/Life Sciences: A Postgraduate degree of Master of Science (M.Sc) or Master in Veterinary Science (M.V.Sc.) or M.Sc. (Laboratory Technology) in subjects allied to Medical Sciences such as Respiratory Care, Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Human Biology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Biotechnology, Immunology, Life Sciences including Botany, Zoology, Genetics, Cell Biology, Pharmacology, Pharmacy, Organic Chemistry, Anthropology & M.Sc (Human Genomics), and ME/M.Tech.
II) For Social & Behavioral Sciences: The candidates having Postgraduate degree in the following subjects are eligible for Social & Behavioural Sciences, Anthropology, Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, Nursing, Nutrition, Child Development.
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Post graduation in Law i.e. LLM and its equivalent qualification.
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b) The candidates As regard to eligibility of the candidates having their own fellowship with stipends from various funding agencies, they shall be exempted from appearing in the entrance exam. Attested copy of the result/fellowship award letter must be attached.
*Candidates with the fellowship from a project (Either independent or in Extramural Project are NOT exempted from entrance examination (CBT).
Categories of candidates eligible for registration:-
The following categories are eligible for registration to PhD programme of the Institute:
a) The candidates having their own fellowship with stipends from various funding agencies, shall be exempted from appearing in the entrance exam. However, all the candidates are required to fill the online application form.
b) PGI FELLOWSHIP: Limited PGI fellowships are available which will be awarded strictly on merit basis.
c) RESEARCH SCHEME EMPLOYEES (WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT UNDER ANY PROJECT/SCHEME OF PGIMER) : Candidates supported by the faculty of the Institute through respective faculty’s extramural project fund. Faculty has to ensure the support to the candidate through the entire period of Ph.D. program (3-5 years). The candidate can do Ph.D. only under the same faculty member who would support his/her candidature. The list of faculty members who have an extramural funding available and are keen to take Ph.D. student, as per their entitlement under the relevant rules, is available on PGI website.
d) The candidate who once qualified the PhD entrance examination (i.e. in January or July Session) and fails to get himself/herself registered under any guide (in the research scheme/project employee’s category) in that very session, the validity of having qualified that entrance examination should remain valid till the last date of submission of online application form for the succeeding session. This will enable the candidate concerned to get sufficient opportunity for getting himself/herself enrolled with any guide with his/her area of interest and with guarantee/undertaking of the financial support from the respective guide under the research project category in the intervening period. The validity of the candidate having qualified the PGIMER, Ph.D entrance exam will remain for the admission process of next session, for joining the Ph.D programme under Research Scheme Employee category only. But the candidate will have to participate in the application process afresh. Further, the candidate still have the right to improve his/her performance by appearing in the entrance exam to qualify for PGI fellowship.
e) PGI FEELOWSHIP and RESEARCH SCHEME EMPLOYEE(Both)
Those candidates desired to registered themselves for PhD course with Research Scheme Employee category are also eligible for applying for PGI Fellowship category. They are required to choose separate category option i.e PGI Fellowship and Research Scheme Employee (both) in the online application form. They are also directed to submit Annexure-5 and Annexure-6 with their application form. Otherwise their candidature will not be considered.
f) In service candidates.
g) Deputed/sponsored candidates
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