University of Kota PhD Admission 2023: Dates, Application, Entrance, Results

University of Kota PhD Admission 2023 – University of Kota invites application for PhD Admission 2023 in various disciplines through entrance test.

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University of Kota PhD Programs

Faculty of Arts

Faculty of Social Science

Faculty of Science

Faculty of Commerce and Management

Faculty of Education

Faculty of Law

Eligibility Criteria for University of Kota PhD Admission 2023

• A 1-year/2-semester master’s degree programme after a 4-year/8-semester bachelor’s degree programme or a 2-year/4-semester master’s degree programme after a 3-year bachelor’s degree programme or qualifications declared equivalent to the master’s degree by the corresponding statutory regulatory body, with at least 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed or equivalent qualification from a foreign educational institution accredited by an assessment and accreditation agency which is approved, recognized or authorized by an authority, established or incorporated under a law in its home country or any other statutory authority in that country to assess, accredit or assure quality and standards of the educational institution.
• A relaxation of 5% marks or its equivalent grade may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer)/Differently-Abled, Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and other categories of candidates as per the decision of the UGC from time to time.
• Provided that a candidate seeking admission after a 4-year/8-semester bachelor’s degree programme (with research) should have a minimum of 75% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade on a point scale wherever the grading system is followed. A relaxation of 5% marks or its equivalent grade may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer)/Differently Abled, Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and other categories of candidates as per the decision of the UGC from time to time.
• Candidates who have completed the M.Phil. programme with at least 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed or equivalent qualification from a foreign educational institution accredited by an assessment and accreditation agency which is approved, recognized or authorized by an authority, established or incorporated under a law in its home country or any other statutory authority in that country to assess, accredit or assure quality and standards of educational institutions, shall be eligible for admission to the Ph.D. programme. A relaxation of 5% marks or its equivalent grade may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer)/Differently-Abled, Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and other categories of candidates as per the decision of the UGC from time to time.
• The student who has qualified an examination conducted by professional bodies leading to CA, CS, ICWA, PGDM approved by AICTE, New Delhi is also eligible for the entrance test.

University of Kota PhD Admission 2023 Important Dates

University of Kota PhD Admission 2023 Application Process

Interested candidates may fill “Online Application Form” for the Ph.D. programme via the link https://forms.gle/u2aoc8pcEo3WZABF8 (through Gmail account) available on the university website https://www.uok.ac.in/erp/research/ OR www.uok.ac.in.

Candidate will have to upload the transaction receipt during the form filling process

Read instructions carefully given there before filling application form.

Application Fee

University of Kota PhD Admission 2023 Selection Process

• The admission shall be based on the entrance test conducted by the university. The entrance test will be conducted in the subjects where the vacant seats are available.
• A candidate shall be permitted for admission/registration in a faculty in which he/she has obtained the Master’s degree or four (4) years/ Eight (8) semester bachelor’s degree programme (with research).
• Candidates who have passed UGC-NET/JRF, CSIR-NET/JRF, GATE/SET/CEED and similar national level tests shall also be required to appear in the Entrance Test conducted by the university.
• International Student will be exempted from the Ph.D. Entrance Test. However, they will have to appear in an interview. Interview Board will take final decision for the admission of such students.
• Qualified candidates & exempted candidates shall be called for interview/viva-voce before Interview Board to discuss their research interest/area and candidate has to give a presentation on the same.
• Students who have secured 50%marks in the entrance test are eligible to be called for the interview. A relaxation of 5 % marks will be allowed in the entrance examination for the candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC(non-creamy layer)/differently-abled category, Economically Weaker Section (EWS), and other categories of candidates as per the decision of the government from time to time.
• University will decide the number of eligible students to be called for an interview based on the number of Ph.D. seats available.
• Provided that for the selection of candidates based on the entrance test conducted by the University, a weightage of 70 % for the entrance test and 30 % for the performance in the interview/viva- voce shall be given.
• The test will be only for judging the eligibility of the candidate for Ph.D. programme. Qualifying the eligibility test will not ensure that the candidate will necessarily be registered as a Ph.D. student.
• Validity of the test – The candidate qualifying the test would be eligible to be invited for the interview. The validity of the written test qualified by the candidate will be continued for two consecutive interviews.

University of Kota PhD Entrance Test 2023

• The paper shall consist of 100 objective types multiple choice questions.
• The Entrance Test syllabus shall consist of 50% of research methodology and 50% shall be subject-specific.
• The paper shall consist of 100 objective types multiple choice questions (50 questions from Part-I and 50 questions from Part-II) of total 100 marks and each question have 01 mark.
• The candidates who will secure total 50% marks in the Ph.D. entrance examination will be declared as qualified candidates.
• Syllabus for Ph.D. Entrance Examination (All Subject)

Interview

• The candidates declared qualified in the entrance test and the candidates exempted from entrance test both would be invited for an interview to be conducted by Director (Research). At the time of interview by the expert panel the candidates are expected to discuss their research interests. The candidate would have to produce the original documents at the time of interview. After the entrance test the merit would be prepared on the basis of the prescribed calculation.
• The number of students, who shall be admitted to the Ph.D. programme, shall be decided by the university.
• The University shall follow the rules of the reservation policy in granting such admissions.
• The interview/viva-voce shall also consider the following aspects.
  • Throughout Academic performance.
  • The candidate possesses the competence for proposed research work.
  • The research work can be suitably undertaken at the Institution/College/Research Center.
  • The proposed area of research can contribute to new/additional knowledge.

University of Kota PhD Admission 2023 Results

Interview conducted for the admission of Ph.D. Programme 2023 from September 18, 2023 to October 17th , 2023 the list of Provisionally Selected Candidates and the Allotment of Supervisor are as follows :-

Ph.D. Programme -2023 (Interview Result)

University of Kota PhD Entrance Test 2023 Results

University of Kota PhD Entrance Test 2023 Results Declared.

Subject wise List of Eligible Candidates for Ph.D. Interview-2023

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