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UBKV PhD Admission

UBKV PhD Admission 2022-23 – Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya (UBKV) West Bengal invites applications for PhD admission under Research Scholar/In-service Research Scholar Category in the Faculties of Agriculture and Horticulture for the session 2022-23.

Check full details on UBKV PhD Admission 2022-23 below here.

Related – Admissions in West Bengal

UBKV PhD Programs

  • PhD (Agriculture)
  • PhD (Horticulture)

PhD (Agriculture)-Faculty of Agriculture

Department / DisciplineSeats
Agricultural Economics06
Agricultural Entomology06
Agricultural Extension Education06
Agricultural Statistics06
Agronomy06
Biochemistry06
Genetics and Plant Breeding06
Plant Pathology06
Seed Science & Technology03
Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry06

PhD (Horticulture) – Faculty of Horticulture

Floriculture and Landscape Architecture04
Forestry06
Fruit Science05
Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops06
Postharvest Technology02
Vegetable Science06

UBKV PhD Admission 2022-23 Important Dates

EventsDates
Starting date of submission of application form through online26 September 2022
Last date of submission of application form16 October 2022
Date of Entrance Test (tentative)03 November 2022
Date of publication of merit listto be notified
Date of counseling and admissionto be notified
Classes will commence on and fromto be notified

Eligibility Criteria for UBKV PhD Admission 2022-23

  • Consistently good academic records with Master’s Degree in Agriculture /Horticulture / Forestry Science having at least 65% marks or an OGPA of 6.5 out of 10.00 or 3.75 out of 5.00 or 3.0 out of 4.00 or 2.25 out of 3.00 for general and OBC category (for SC/ST/PH candidate 60 % marks or OGPA 6.0 out of 10.00 or 3.44 out of 5.00 or 2.75 out of 4.00 or 2.06 out of 3.00) in Master’s degree programme from any recognized Indian/Foreign University followed by Bachelors’ Degree in Agricultural / Horticultural / Forestry Science under 10+2+4 or 10+1+4 or 11+4.
  • Experience of Dissertation in University / Institute for at least one year.
  • Minimum age for admission is 23 years as on 31/12/2022.
  • Students passed with three years Bachelor degree course are not eligible.
  • Students who obtain their Master Degree from any Private University where the particular Faculty/College is not accredited by ICAR are not eligible for admission to Ph.D. Programme.

For Subject wise requirements refer to Notification.

Scholarship

  • State Merit Scholarship will be offered to the admitted state domiciled candidates as per merit panel in descending order and availability of scholarship under the respective Department.

UBKV PhD Admission 2022-23 Application Procedure

Application for admission to Ph. D. Degree Programme is to be made ONLINE only.

Read instructions carefully before filling application form.

Application Fee

CategoryFee
For General & OBC CategoriesRs.1200/-
For SC/ST CategoriesRs. 600/-

Selection Procedure

The final admission will be conducted strictly on the basis of merit and according to the position in the merit list.

The Score shall be calculated as per following table

Academic RecordWeightage
Percentage of Graduation Marks15%
Percentage of Master Degree Marks (up to 3rd semester for appearing
students if final semester result is not available, however, at the time of
entrance test submission of final semester result is compulsory)
25%
Percentage of Entrance Test Marks60%
NET qualified candidatesAn additional 5 marks for NET qualified candidates in relevant subject as weightage

UBKV PhD Entrance Test 2022 Deatils

  • The Entrance Test for admission to Ph. D. degree course in a discipline of Agriculture/ Horticulture / Forestry for Research Scholar, In-service Research Scholar and Project Fellow of session 2022-23 will be held on 03/11/2022 (tentatively) from 11:00 am onward as per ICAR syllabus of concerned M.Sc. Courses.
  • Duration of the Test – 1 hour;
  • Total marks – 60
  • Questions pattern: MCQ type Questions with four alternatives, each of 1 marks (60×1=60).
  • Qualifying marks of the Entrance Test – 35 % for General, OBC-A & OBC-B categories and 30% for SC, ST categories of the Test.
  • There will be negative marks for MCQ is 0.25 for each wrong answer.
  • The syllabus for entrance test in Ph.D. (Agriculture), Ph.D. (Horticulture) and Ph.D. (Forestry) is available in the University Website.

Important Links

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Application FormClick Here
UBKV WebsiteClick Here
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UBKV PhD Admission 2021-22

UBKV PhD Programs

  • PhD (Agriculture)
  • PhD (Horticulture)

PhD (Agriculture)-Faculty of Agriculture

Department / DisciplineSeats
Agricultural Economics06
Agricultural Entomology06
Agricultural Extension01
Agricultural Statistics06
Agronomy06
Biochemistry06
Genetics and Plant Breeding06
Plant Pathology06
Seed Science & Technology03
Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry06

PhD (Horticulture) – Faculty of Horticulture

Floriculture and Landscape Architecture02
Forestry03
Fruit Science04
Plantation, Spices, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops03
Postharvest Technology02
Vegetable Science05

UBKV PhD Admission 2021-22 Important Dates

EventsDates
Starting date of submission of application form through online29 Oct 2021
Last date of submission of application form18 Nov 2021

Selection Procedure

The final admission will be conducted strictly on the basis of merit and according to the position in the merit list.

The Score shall be calculated as per following table

Academic recordWeightage
Percentage of total marks in Bachelor Degree30%
Percentage of total marks in Master Degree70%
Additional marks to NET (in relevant subject) qualified candidates05 marks
Marks to UBKV pass outs10% of Master Degree percentage

UBKV PhD Admission 2021-22 Results

Merit Lists

UBKV PhD Admission 2020-21

Important Dates

EventsDates
Starting date of submission of application form through online21 September 2020
Last date of submission of application form12 October 2020