Presidency University PhD Admission 2022-23 (February Cycle): Dates, Application Form

Presidency University PhD Admission 2022-23 (February Cycle) – Presidency University Kolkata invites application for PhD Admission for 2022-23 (February Cycle).
The university invites Online Applications from UGC or UGC – CSIR NET / NET – LS or DBT-BET (only for Institute of Health Sciences) or ICMR-NET (only for Institute of Health Sciences) qualified candidates for admission to the Ph.D. Programme of Presidency University in various departments/school/institute for the session 2022-2023 commencing from February 2023.
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Presidency University PhD Programs 2022-23 (February Cycle)
Available PhD Programs and Seats
Department/ School | Available Seats |
Bengali | 03 |
Hindi | – |
History | 08 |
Philosophy | – |
Political Science | – |
Sociology | 08 |
Chemistry | 24 |
Economics | 17 |
Geography | 06 |
Geology | 25 |
Life Sciences | 28 |
Mathematics | 24 |
Physics | 19 |
Statistics | 07 |
Institute of Health Science (Newtown Campus) | 18 |
Astrophysics | 07 |
Presidency University PhD Admission 2022-23 (February Cycle) Eligibility Criteria
- Candidates for admission to the Ph.D. program shall have a Master’s degree with at least 55% of marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade.
- A relaxation of 5% of marks or an equivalent relaxation of grade may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/ Person with Disability (PwD) as per UGC guidelines.
- UGC or UGC-CSIR NET/NET-LS qualified. ICMR-NET, DBT-BET qualified candidates are also eligible to apply for Institute of Health Sciences (IHS) only.
Selection Procedure
- All applicants are required to upload a research proposal within 500 words.. Applicants may be shortlisted based on the research proposals/area of availability of guide in the proposed research areas.
- All eligible candidates will have to appear at an interview / test (online/offline mode), conducted by the Departmental Ph.D. Selection Committees of the University. In interview, the candidates will be expected to discuss their research interests.
- Following the admission procedure, a list of qualified candidates (preferably mentioning their areas of research interest(s) will be published and displayed by the University through the official website.
- Candidates selected for the Ph.D. Programme will be attached to the respective Department at the time of their provisional admission and will be required to enroll on payment of a non-refundable fee, determined by the University.
Important Dates for Presidency University PhD Admission 2022-23 (February Cycle)
Event | Dates |
Start date for applying online | 23 December, 2022 |
Last date for applying online | 09 January, 2023 (till 4pm) |
Last date for online payment | 09 January, 2023 (till 5pm) |
Last Date for receiving Hardcopy of the application | 16 January, 2023 |
Interview/test schedule | Will be communicated through email/ notice |
Presidency University PhD Admission 2022-23 (February Cycle) Application Process
- Candidates can apply online at https://www.presiuniv.ac.in
- Application number will be generated after completion of online application.
- Use the system generated application number to pay the non-refundable application fee of Rs-500/- (and applicable bank charges) in SBI Collect Portal.
- Only completed online applications will be considered.
- Applicants are required to pay application fee after submission of online form within stipulated date.
- No application will be considered without payment of Application Fee.
- Send/ drop the Application form along with mark-sheets/grade-cards, certificates and synopsis and copy of the Payment Receipt to the following address:
- The Secretary, Faculty Councils, Presidency University, 86/1, College Street, Kolkata-700073
Important Links
Notification | Click Here |
Application Form | Click Here |
Presidency University Website | Click Here |
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Previous Admissions
Presidency University PhD Admission 2022-23 (July Cycle)
Available PhD Programs and Seats
Department/ School | UR | SC | ST | OBC-A | OBC-B |
Bengali | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Hindi | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
History | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Philosophy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Political Science | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sociology | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Chemistry | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Economics | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Geography | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Geology | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
Life Sciences | 7 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
Mathematics | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Physics | 20 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Statistics | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Institute of Health Science (Newtown Campus) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Available Research Areas/ Specializations
Bengali
- Medieval Bengal literature & theory of literature
- Drama, Fiction
- Modern Bengali Poetry
- Any other
Hindi
- Contemporary poetry
- Poetics
- Comparative Literature
- Language
- Folk lore
- Criticisms
- Poetry
- Fiction or any other
History
- Open/Any
Philosophy
- Philosophy of Film and Literature , Philosophy of Gender Studies, Social-Political Philosophy, Western and Indian Logic
Political Science
- Urban Politics
Sociology
- Open/Any
Chemistry
- Physical Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Inorganic Chemistry
Economics
- Financial Economics
- Empirical Development Economics (Including Health Economics, Socio-Economic Mobility, Migration and Aspiration, Electoral incentives etc.)
- Environmental & Resource Economics
- Social Network Analysis
Geography
- Hydrology/Fluvial Geomorphology
- River Ecology/Fluvial Geomorphology/Physical Landscape Analysis/River Science (only for SC candidate)
- Political Geography
- Human Geography (only for OBCB candidate)
Geology
- Open/Any
Life Sciences
- Impact of climate change on aquatic environment, marine ecology
- Heart development and disease
- Biotechnological improvement of crop plants
- Antimicrobial activity of natural compounds and effect of mobile phone emitted electromagnetic radiations
- Cell migration
- Cancer molecular biology, Molecular toxicology, Using bioinformatic tools to understand cancer pathophysiology
- Microbiology
- Cancer Proteogenomics
- Environmental Toxicity Management
- Cancer cell signaling, experience in bioinformatics and RNA seq data analysis. Preference will be given to those with proven experience in in vivo experiments.
- Biochemistry of plant and animal systems
- Molecular Microbiology (DNA replication, DNA topology modulators)
- Structural biochemistry of photoreceptors – characterization and applications in protein design and engineering for optogenetics
- Epigenetics in plants under stress conditions, Host-pathogen interactions
- Protein Characterization, Screening and Efficacy assessment of Molecule(s) for ameliorating Chemotherapeutic Overdose
- Insect-plant-pathogen interactions, Invasive plant ecology and biocontrol, Wildlife-human interactions under changing environment
Mathematics
- General Relativity, Cosmology, Cryptology, Graph Theory, Differential Equations, Geometry and Topology, Lie Groups and Representation Theory, Dynamical Systems, Operations Research, General Topology, Fractal Geometry.
Physics
- Solid State Energy storage device, Sodium Ion Batteries, Novel 2D materials
- Quantum Optics (Theory)
- Quantum information, Ultracold atoms in optical lattices
- Planetary/Atmospheric Remote Sensing
- Cosmology, Large Scale Structure, Galaxy Evolution, Active Galaxies, Astrophysics, Nuclear
Statistics
- Nonparametric Inference
- Statistical inference on manifold data
- Test of hypothesis under curved exponential family
- Robust Bayesian Inference
- Sequential Design
- Survival Analysis
Institute of Health Sciences (vacancies are given specialisation-wise)
- RNA biology (1)
- Microbiology (4)
- Plant biotechnology (1)
- Reproductive Biology/Cell Biology (1)
- Cancer biology (1)
- Preference will be given to those with prior laboratory/research experience in the specified areas.
Important Dates for Presidency University PhD Admission 2022-23 (July Cycle)
Event | Dates |
Start date for applying online | 21 April, 2022 |
Last date for applying online | 02 May, 2022(till 5pm) |
Last date for paying application fee online | 03 May, 2022(till 11pm) |
Interview/test schedule | Will be communicated through email/ notice |
Presidency University PhD Admission 2022-23 (July Cycle) Results
Provisional Selection List
- First PROVISIONAL SELECTION LIST and WAITING LIST for Ph.D. Programme – 2022-23(July 2022 Cycle)
- 2nd Provisional Selection List
- 3rd Provisional Selection list
- 4th Provisional Selection list
Presidency University PhD Admission 2021-22
Important Dates
Event | Dates |
Start date for applying online | 09 August 2021 |
Last date for applying online | 20 August 2021 (till 5pm) |
Publication of interview/test schedule (tentative) | Will be communicated through email/ notice |
Available PhD Programs and Seats
Department/School | Seats |
History | 10 seats |
Philosophy | 06 seats |
Sociology | 06 seats |
Hindi | 04 seats |
Political Science | 02 seats |
Chemistry | 30 seats |
Geology | 24 seats |
Physics | 36 seats |
Life Sciences | 36 seats |
Geography | 2 seats |
Economics | 19 seats |
Mathematics | 09 seats |
Statistics | 07 seats |
Biotechnology (Newtown Campus) | 07 seats |
Total | 198 |