IISER Pune PhD Humanities and Social Sciences Admission Aug 2024: Dates, Application Form

IISER Pune PhD Humanities and Social Sciences Admission Aug 2024 – IISER Pune invites application for PhD Humanities and Social Sciences Program for the academic session starting from Aug 2024.

Check full details on IISER Pune PhD Humanities and Social Sciences Admission Aug 2024 below here.

IISER Pune PhD Humanities and Social Sciences Research Areas

History of Ideas, Political Theory, Political Philosophy, Modern Indian Political Thought, Gandhian Studies, Gender and Indian Politics, Social Movements and Indian Politics, Development Economics, Water Resources Management, Climate Action and Policy, Environmental Sociology, Anglophone Literary Studies, English Literature, Political Ecology, Social Transformation, Urbanization, Sociology of Climate Change, Disaster and Development, Environmental Justice, Gender Studies, Sanskrit, Experiential Learning, History of Architecture, History of Art, Archaeology, History of Astronomy, Material Culture, Epigraphy, Media studies.

IISER Pune PhD Humanities and Social Sciences Admission Aug 2024 Minimum Eligibility Criteria

1A. The applicant should have a minimum of 60% aggregate marks or CGPA of 6 on of a 10-point scale (55% or equivalent CGPA in aggregate for SC/ST and PD candidates) in their Master’s (MA/MSc/MPhil/BS-MS) Degree, in one or more of the subject which includes Sciences, Anthropology, Archaeology, Cultural Heritage Studies, Economics, English, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Public Administration, Psychology, Sanskrit, Sociology, the Fine arts, and allied disciplines. Applicants from Architecture, Engineering/ Technology, and Medicine are eligible after a Bachelor’s degree (minimum four years).

If a candidate has successfully completed a 4-year bachelor’s degree (e.g., BS, B.Tech), it is appropriate to indicate “Not Applicable” in the Masters field, denoting that the candidate has not pursued a master’s degree.

Additionally, the candidate MUST have qualified in any ONE of the following exams with any science or humanities/social sciences subject:

1. National Eligibility Test (NET) with valid* CSIR-JRF / UGC-JRF
2. CSIR-UGC NET-LS (from examination conducted during the year 2022 and 2023)
3. NBHM/GATE with a valid* score.

*The score/rank MUST be valid at least till August 01, 2024.

OR

1B. BS-MS/Masters students from any of the Institutes of National Importance with a CGPA 8 or above on a 10-point scale are exempted from national-level test eligibility related criteria.

Candidates in the final year of qualifying degree are also eligible to apply. However, their final selection is subject to their successful completion of the qualifying degree with the above mentioned requirements at the time of admission i.e. on August 01, 2024.

IISER Pune PhD Humanities and Social Sciences Admission Aug 2024 Important Dates

Application Form for IISER Pune PhD Humanities and Social Sciences Admission Aug 2024

• Only online application will be accepted.
• Meeting the above-mentioned criteria merely makes the candidate eligible for application.
• IISER Pune reserves the right to use other / more stringent criteria for the purpose of shortlisting for interviews.
• The mere application/shortlisting does not guarantee admission into the PhD programme.

Selection Procedure

Based on application form and the above listed criteria, applicants will be shortlisted for an interview. Shortlisted candidates will receive a separate email with the details of the interview that will take place on the IISER Pune campus. Final selection of students will be based on these interviews. 

Only online applications are accepted. Incomplete applications will be rejected. Applying does not automatically guarantee that a candidate will be shortlisted for interview. The department may use additional criteria in order to shortlist candidates for interviews depending on the number of applications received.

Please note that no travel or stay reimbursement will be offered for candidates appearing for the interview. 

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