Kanpur University Ph.D Entrance Exam 2020

Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (formerly Kanpur University) Kanpur will offer admission to Ph.D. programme 2020 in various disciplines. Ph.D. programme shall be for a minimum duration of three years, including course work and a maximum of six years. The University shall admit Ph.D. students through an entrance test named as “Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Entrance Test (CSJMU-ET)” for Ph.D. admission. Result of Kanpur University Ph.D Entrance Exam 2020 will be released on the official website. With the help of this page, candidates can get complete details on Kanpur University Ph.D Entrance Exam 2020 from below.

Candidates who will fill the online application form can only be eligible to appear in the entrance examination conducted by the Kanpur University. Get a complete schedule for Kanpur University Ph.D Entrance Exam 2020 from below:

Events	Dates
Online application starts from	01st week of Jan 2020
Online application ends on	03rd week of Apr 2020
Last date for receipt of hard copy of the completed application	03rd week of Apr 2020
Admit Card Release	01st week of May 2020
Date of Entrance Test	03rd week of May 2020
Declaration of Entrance Result (Tentative)	04th week of May 2020
Counselling	04th week of Jun 2020
second counselling	01st week of Jul 2020

Eligibility Criteria

As per last year details!!!

Candidates are advised to check their eligibility to appear for the CSJMU ET2020. The organizing institution will not verify your eligibility. Your eligibility will be verified at the time of counselling with original testimonials/documents. For any eventuality at the time of admission candidates will solely be responsible.

Candidate for admission to the Ph.D. programme shall have a Master’s degree or a professional degree declared equivalent to the Master’s degree by the corresponding statutory regulatory body, with at least 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) or an equivalent degree from a foreign educational Institute 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 for the purpose of assessing, accrediting or assuring quality and standards of educational institutions.

A relaxation of 5% of marks, from 55% to 50%, or an equivalent relaxation of grade, may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer)/Differently-abled and other category of candidate as per the decision of the Commission from time to time, or for those who had obtained their Master’s degree prior to 19th September, 1991. The eligibility marks of 55% (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and the relaxation of 5% to the category mentioned above are permissible based only on the qualifying marks without including the grace mark procedures.

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. Provided that an M.Com. or M.Sc. (Ag) in Agriculture Economics may be permitted to work for Ph.D. degree in Economics in the Faculty of Art and an M.A. in Economics may be permitted to work for the Ph.D. Degree in Agriculture Economics in the Faculty of Agriculture.Provided further that an M.A. or M.Sc. in Mathematics may be permitted to work for Ph.D. degree in Statistics in the Faculty of Science.Provided a candidate holding M.D. Degree in Psychological Medicine (in the Faculty of Medicine) is eligible to supplicate for Ph.D. degree in Psychology.
In Faculty of Ayurveda, however, a candidate having M.D. (Ayurveda) degree in the subject concerned or equivalent degree of another University recognized by this University with at least 60% (55% for SC/ST/ Differently-abled candidates) marks shall be eligible for admission to the Ph.D. programme in Ayurveda.
In faculty of Medicine, a candidate having M.D./M.S. degree in the subject concerned or equivalent degree of another University recognized by this University/having a post graduate degree with at least 60% (55% for SC/ST/ Differently-abled candidates) marks shall be eligible for admission to the Ph.D. programme in Medicine.
Research on living authors is not permissible.

Note: Candidates appearing in final year PG examination are allowed to apply for PhD program subject to availability of result at the time of counselling.

Application Form

As per last year details!!!

Application Form for Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (formerly Kanpur University) will be released online at the official website. Before filling the application form candidates must ensure his her eligibility. Those how had filled the application form on time with requisite application fee is now able to do editing in their application if any candidate had filled the wrong information. Direct link to editing in the application form is given below.

Obtained printout of the application form with all the enclosures should reach:

In-charge Academics, EDP Center,
Center for Academics,
CSJM University,
Kanpur-208 024 (U.P.)

The envelope containing the application form should be superscribed as “Application for Ph.D. Entrance” and name of the subject should be clearly mentioned on the envelope.

Application Fee:

Application fee (for each subject) is Rs. 1,500/- (Rs. One Thousand Five Hundred) for General and OBC category and Rs. 1000/- (Rs. One Thousand) for SC/ST category and PwD subcategory. Please note that this fee is non-refundable under any circumstances. Payment of application fee has to be made through online payment mode only.

Admit Card

Admit Card for Kanpur University will release online at the official website. The conducting body will release it after the successful completion of the application form. Candidates who will fill the online application form on time with the requisite application fee will only able to download their admit card. Admit Card is an important documents as exam point of view as it consists necessary information like. candidate’s name, roll number, exam center, exam timing, important instructions etc. Candidate must bring their Kanpur University Admit Card 2020 at examination hall to get entry in the examination.

Result

Result for Kanpur University will release online at the official website. The conducting body will release it after the successful conduction of the exam. Candidates can check their result through the official website or through the direct link that will be provided below.

Counselling

Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (formerly Kanpur University) Kanpur will release the selected candidates list called for counseling. Candidates need to report at the venue on June, 2020. Exempted candidates list called for counseling for admission Ph.D. will be also released.

General Guidelines for filling up the application form

The Online Application form will be filled by candidates required to appear for the Entrance Test as well as candidates exempted from the Entrance Test for admission to Ph.D. programme. Before applying online, candidates are required to keep ready the following documents in JPEG format for uploading as per the prescribed size:

Soft copy of color photograph
Soft copy of signature
Category Certificate (if applicable)
10th & 12th level Mark sheet
UG Mark sheet and Degree Certificate
PG Mark sheet and Degree Certificate
Mark sheet of previous semester(s) for candidates appearing in the qualifying degree exam
UGC(NET-JRF)/ CSIR(NET-JRF)/ GATE-MHRD Scholarship/ Teacher Fellowship / DBT / ICMR / ICAR / DST-INSPIRE/SLET score card/ award letter.
Certificate regarding physical limitation for PwD and letter of undertreating for using own-scribe (if applicable) available on the website.

Admission Process

The following procedure is based on previous year details!!

The University shall admit Ph.D. students through an entrance test named as “Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University Entrance Test (CSJMU-ET)” for Ph.D. admission. University shall admit candidates by a two-stage process through:

Qualifying in an Entrance Test which will contain 100 multiplechoice objective-type questions of 4 marks each (maximum 400 marks) and shall consist of 50% of research methodology and 50% shall be subject specific of two hours’ duration for assessing subject expertise, subject proficiency and subject knowledge.
There shall be negative marking. On each wrong answer, 1 mark will be deducted.
The minimum qualifying marks for the Entrance Test shall be 50 percent marks. Provided that a relaxation of 5% of marks (from 50% to 45%) shall be allowed for the candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC (NonCreamy layers)/ Differently-abled category in the entrance examination conducted by the University. Provided further that the percentage of marks shall not be rounded-off to the next higher integer.
The Entrance Test shall be conducted ordinarily in the University campus but in special circumstances, it will be conducted in Government Degree Colleges/Government aided degree colleges. The Entrance test center(s) shall be notified in advance (changes of centers, if any, will also be notified well in advance) to the applicants.
Based on the marks obtained in Entrance test, Subject wise/Category wise merit lists will be prepared. The qualified applicants, in order of merit in each subject would be called for Course Work as per the available number of vacant Ph.D. seats. This eligibility pertains to the level of being called for the Course Work only and may not guarantee admission to Ph.D. programme.
The Research Degree Committee (RDC) shall arrange for an interview/viva-voce which shall include Presentations on the research interest/area.

Exemptions from the Entrance Test:

The following categories of candidates shall be exempted from the Entrance Test for admission to Ph.D. programme:

Permanent Assistant Professors, Associate Professors and Professors having appointment on substantive posts in the teaching departments of the University or a government college / government aided college affiliated / associated to the University who have completed their probation successfully with an experience of at least Two years of uninterrupted service.
International students (including NRIs) which shall be subject to the general rules framed by the Government of India from time to time and as applicable to the University with regards to the admission, fees etc.
Candidates who have secured grants for research such as fellowship/scholarship/associateship etc. from UGC(NET-JRF)/ CSIR(NET-JRF)/ GATE-MHRD Scholarship/ Teacher Fellowship/ DBT/ ICMR/ICAR/DST-INSPIRE/SLET.
) Candidates who have GATE Score of not less than 95 Percentile.
Serving Army, Navy and Air-force Officers of at least Colonel or equivalent rank with not less than 15 years of service applying for Ph.D. degree in Defence and Strategic Studies.

Note: In case, number of candidates passing JRF are more than the number of vacancies in a particular subject, their marks in Post-Graduation will also be taken into account to decide the merit for their admission in Ph.D. programme. The categories for the candidates exempted from Entrance Test will be given preference over the candidates qualifying through Entrance Test.

List of subjects for Ph.D. Entrance exam 2019 and syllabus.(as per last year)

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For more details on Kanpur University Ph.D Entrance Exam 2020, check the previous year details, download information brochure.

Insofar, official details of Kanpur University Ph.D, Admission 2020 have not been announced. Information on this page is as per last year brochure and for reference purpose only. As soon as information brochure releases, details will be updated here.

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