Bharathiar University Ph.D. Admission 2024 - Dates, Application Process and Scholarship

From: Bharathiar University, Tiruchirappalli

Applications are invited by Bharathiar University for admission into a PhD program from the motivated students starting September 2020 session.

Ph.D. Programmes that are Offered

School of Management

Bharathiar School of Management and Entrepreneur Development(BSMED)

School of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering

Department of Microbial Biotechnology
Department of Biotechnology
Department of Bio-Chemistry

School of Chemical Sciences

Department of Chemistry

School of Commerce

Department of Commerce

School of Computer Science & Engineering

School of Education Studies

Department of Communication & Media Studies
Department of Educational Technology
Department of Education
Department of Physical Education
Department of Extension Career Guidance and Students Welfare
Department of Education(School of Distance Education)

School of English and other Foreign Languages

Department of Linguistics
Department of English & Foreign Languages
School of Economics
Department of Economics
Department of Econometrics

School of Physical Sciences

Department of Physics
Department of Medical Physics
Department of Nanoscience and Technology
Department of Electronics & Instrumentation

School of Social Sciences

Department of Social Work
Department of Sociology and Population Studies
Department of Psychology
Department of Women's Studies
Department of Library Sciences

School of Life Sciences

Department of Botany
Department of Bioinformatics
Department of Environmental Sciences
Department of Zoology
Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Biology
Department of Textiles and Apparel Design

School of Education Studies

Department of Communication & Media Studies
Department of Educational Technology
Department of Education
Department of Physical Education
Department of Extension Career Guidance and Students Welfare
Department of Education(School of Distance Education)

School of Mathematics and Statistics

Department of Mathematics
Department of Applied Mathematics
Department of Statistics

Eligibility

Candidate should have a Master's degree with at least 55% marks or a professional degree declared equivalent to the Master's degree with equivalent grade.
From 55% to 50% relaxation of 5% of marks may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBC.
A candidate who have completed M.Phil. course work with at least 55 % marks. From 55% to 50% relaxation of 5% of marks may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBC.

Duration of Research

For PG Degree Holders: Full Time (Minimum 3 years and maximum 5 years) and Part TIme (Minimum 4 years and maximum 6 years)
For M.Phil Degree Holders: Full Time (Minimum 2 years and maximum 4 years) and Part TIme (Minimum 3 years and maximum 5 years)

Course of Study

Course I: Research Methodology (Research Methods of the concerned discipline)
Course II: Research Trends in the concerned discipline / Advances in the concerned discipline
Course III: Special Paper (Pertaining to the area of specialization chosen by the candidate under a guide)

Procedure for Admission

The candidate will get admission by a two-stage process through an entrance test, called Common Eligibility Test (CET), and an interview. The test will be conducted at the following centers: Erode, Tirupur, Coimbatore, Ooty, and Pollachi/Udumalpet.
A candidate who has a Master’s Degree shall be eligible to appear for CET. However, the candidates who qualify in UGC-CSIR NET (including JRF) / SLET /UGC-NET (including JRF) / SET / GATE are exempted from appearing for CET. Candidates who have M.Phil. Degree or scientists working in DRDO/Faculty of Air Force Administrative College are also exempted from appearing for CET.

Common Eligibility Test

Common Eligibility Test shall be of objective type with 50 multiple-choice questions.
No negative marks for wrong answers.
Each question carries 0.7 marks.
Each question has four options.
The maximum marks shall be 35 (50 x 0.7 = 35 marks).
Passing marks will be 10 out of 35.

Criteria for Selection

PG qualifying examination marks shall be converted to 50.
Candidate has to secure 25 marks out of 50 marks in the qualifying degree.
In both CET and interview candidates have to secure 25 marks out of 50 marks.
Eligibility Requirement for Admission: 50 out of 100 marks

Reservation Criteria

31 % for open competition.
30 % for Backward Classes
20 % for Most Backward Class
18 % for Scheduled Castes
01 % for Scheduled Tribes

About University

The Bharathiar University was built up by the Government of Tamil Nadu in the Year 1982, under the Bharathiar University Act I of 1981 (Tamil Nadu University Act I of 1982). The University was perceived by the U.G.C with the end goal of the honor of awards, in 1985. The University is an individual from the Association of Indian Universities and the Association of Commonwealth Universities. It is of an affiliating type, with locale over the income region of Coimbatore, Nilgiris, Tirupur, and Erode. It has at present 127 Affiliated Colleges including 93 Arts and Science Colleges, 1 Air Force Administrative College, 12 Institutions of Information Science and Management, and 30 Research Institutions.

The University is arranged at the foot of the Maruthamalai Hills around 12 km from the city of Coimbatore, in a rambling grounds of around 1000 sections of land. The environment is very tranquil and is perfect for scholarly interests. The grounds have various compositionally structured structures, which house the different Teaching and Research Departments, the Library, the Internet Center, the Administrative Offices, the Hostels, and the Canteen. The University has 13 schools and 37 Research Departments on Campus, devoted to instructing and research, which incorporate the Bharathiar School of Management and Entrepreneur Development and the School of Distance Education. All the Departments/Schools have kept an eye on by profoundly qualified and experienced employees. The University follows Choice Based Credit System and semester example of guidance for all the Postgraduate courses. Every semester is having at least ninety working days. The University Examinations are directed toward the finish of every semester.

Vision

Our vision is to give Internationally practically identical quality advanced education to the young. The point isn't just centered around conferring subject information and abilities, yet in addition to forming the understudies with better lead and character focused on the cultural needs and national turn of events. Revered with the proverb "Teach to Elevate". The University endeavors to understand the vision of India and exceed expectations in advancing and securing the rich legacy of our past and common standards of the country.

Mission

The University's Mission

To be inventive, comprehensive, and worldwide University; focused on greatness in instructing, examination and information move and to serve the social, social and monetary needs of the country".
To enhance and offer instructive projects in different orders with synergistic association with the business and society.
To grant information and aptitudes to understudies preparing them to be prepared to confront the developing difficulties to the information zone.
To give an equivalent chance to ladies understudies and set them up to be equivalent accomplices in meeting the logical and mechanical requests of the country.
To add to the headway to information through applied exploration prompting more up to date items and procedures.
To set up the understudies to work for cultural change with the duty to equity and balance.
To teach among understudies a worldwide vision with the abilities of global fitness.