BNMU Bihar PhD Admission 2022 (PAT 2021): Application Form, Dates, Exam pattern

BNMU Bihar PhD Admission

BNMU Bihar PhD Admission 2022 (PAT 2021) – Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University (BNMU) invites application for the PhD admission through PAT Test and Exempted Category.

Check full details on BNMU Bihar PhD Admission 2022 (PAT 2021) below here.

BNMU Bihar PhD Programs

BNMU PAT 2021 Notification

BNMU PAT 2021 Notification

Faculties for PAT 2021 Test

Serial No.FacultiesSubjects
01COMMERCECommerce
02HUMANITIESHindi, English, Maithili, Urdu, Philosophy
03SCIENCEPhysics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany,
04SOCIAL SCIENCESHistory, Economics, Sociology, Political Science, Home Science, Psychology
05EducationM.Ed.

Subject Wise Vacancies

SubjectsAvailable Seats
Hindi35
Maithili51
Philosophy10
Sanskrit00
Urdu12
English10
Economics10
Geography00
History24
Home Science06
Political Science35
Psychology14
Sociology04
Botany12
Chemistry08
Physics35
Mathematics15
Zoology16
Commerce32
Education13

Eligibility Criteria

  • Master’s degree with minimum 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.
  • A relaxation of 5% mark or an equivalent grade for those belonging to ST/ SC/ EBC/ OBC/ Differently-abled categories.
  • A candidate shall ordinarily be permitted to pursue research for the Ph.D. degree in the subject in which he/she holds Master’s degree.

Exemptions from the written test of PhD Admission Test (PAT) – 2021

  • Candidates having secured grants for research such as fellowship/scholarship/Associateship/ etc. by qualifying CSIR-NET/ UGC-NET/ GATE/ MHRD Scholarships/ Teacher Fellowship/ DST-INSPIRE/ DBT/ ICMR/ ICAR/ CSSIR, ICHR etc.
  • Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor who have been appointed in the teaching departments or the University or a constituent college of the University who have completed their probation successfully with an experience of at least two years of uninterrupted service would be considered under this category. Teachers appointed in self-finance courses will not be exempted from the test.
  • Non-teaching employees of the University, who are holding substantive appointment for more than five years having Master’s degree in the subject concerned with minimum 55% marks in, and with at least two research papers published in any reputed refereed journal or journals identified by the UGC would be considered under this category
  • Candidates, who are exempted from PAT 2021, are also required to apply with requisite Fee.

BNMU Bihar PhD Admission Test 2021 Important Dates

EventsDates
Last Date for Application (without fine)22 November 2022
Last Date for Application (with late fine)28 November 2022
Admit Cardto be declared
Date of the Entrance Testto be declared
Date of Resultsto be declared

Application Procedure

  • Duly filled in application may be submitted online to the University Management Information System (UMIS) of B.N.M.U. 
  • Read instructions before filling application form.
  • No application will be accepted after the due date. Incomplete application will be rejected.

Test Fee & Application Fee

CategoryAmount
General/B.C./EBC/EWSRs. 1500/-
SC/ST/Disabled/WomenRs. 1200/-
Application fee to allRs. 300/-
Late FineRs. 200/-

Selection Procedure

There would be two streams of applicant

  • PAT Appearing
  • PAT Exempted

Final selection of both categories of candidates in the PhD programme would be based on the performance of candidates in the interview as well as on the basis of marks obtained in PAT and NET examination respectively.

BNMU Bihar PhD Admission Test (PAT) 2021 Details

PAT 2021 Written Test Pattern

There will be two papers of 100 marks each

Paper –I (1 hour)100 marks will consist of 50 multiple-choice questions on qualitative teaching and research aptitude.
Paper –II (2 hour)100 marks will be the Essay Type/Subjective based on syllabus (excluding elective papers) of the PG courses of the respective subject of the B. N. Mandal University, Madhepura, Bihar.

Minimum Qualifying Marks for written test

For General candidates50% aggregate marks
For Reserved category candidates45% aggregate marks

Merit List Preparation

  • The subject wise merit list will be prepared on a scale of 100 including marks in Master Degree; weightage on PAT/NET/BET/JRF and Interview as mentioned in the following Table i.e. maximum weightage on marks obtained in Master’s Degree Programme as 70, plus maximum weighting on PAT/NET/JRF as 10, plus Interview of 20 marks.
  • Candidates will be selected following the prescribed reservation rules of Bihar Government.
BNMU PhD Merit List Preparation Criteria Table

** 10 Marks will be given to the Teachers and Non-Teaching employees (having more than three years’ experience) as given to JRF

The selection of the candidate will be on the basis of marks obtained
in Written Test and Merit List including Interview combined together
as mentioned above the Table.

Important Links

BNMU PAT 2021 GuidelinesClick Here
Application FormClick Here
BNMU Bihar WebsiteClick Here
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Previous Admissions

BNMU Bihar PhD Admission Test 2020

Subject Wise Vacancies

Physics20
Chemistry21
Mathematics14
Botany12
Zoology26
Geography9
Commerce5
Maithili26
Sanskrit3
English62
Home ScienceNIL
Psychology10
Hindi17
Philosophy25
Urdu10
Economics29
History60
Political Science8
Sociology35

BNMU Bihar PAT 2020 Important Dates

EventsDates
Last Date for Application (without fine)01 March 2021
Last Date for Application (with late fine)06 March 2021
Admit Card10 April 2021
Date of the Entrance Test15 April 2021
Date of ResultsFirst week of May