RGUMPET 2020 also known as Rajiv Gandhi University M.Phil & Ph.D. Entrance Test is organized by the Rajiv Gandhi University for those candidates who are willing to take admission into various M.Phil & Ph.D. program. The online admission process will be available on the scheduled dates. Candidates are advised to fill the application form carefully once it releases on the official website. Those who will fulfill all the eligibility criteria be able to fill the application form. Get here the complete detail of Rajiv Gandhi University Admission 2020 such as application process, eligibility criteria, etc.
RGUMPET 2020
Candidates seeking admission to M.Phil/ Ph.D. programs are required to appear in the entrance test going to be held by Rajiv Gandhi University on scheduled date. Candidate can download their Admit Card for entrance test from here as per schedule. Those candidates who are interested in giving the RGUMPET 2020 Test need to fill the Application Form before the last date of submission. Candidates can check the Important Schedule from the table provided below.
| Event | Dates |
| Issue of Application Form | 02nd week of May 2020 |
| Last date of submission of forms | 04th week of May 2020 |
| Scrutiny of Application Forms by the concerned Department | 04th week of May 2020 |
| Notification of eligible test | 04th week of May 2020 |
| Date of Entrance Test (for both M. Phil. & Ph. D. in Tribal Studies (AITS) only) | 02nd week of Jun 2020 |
| Date of Common Entrance Test (for both M. Phil. & Ph. D.) | 02nd week of Jun 2020 |
RGUMPET 2020 Eligibility Criteria
The Scholars having 55% marks in Master’s Degree in the concerned subject are eligible to appear for the screening/entrance test. Those who will fulfill the eligibility criteria be only able to fill the application form. Those who are not eligible for it, their application form get cancelled by the officials. So it is important for the students to read the prospectus carefully and fill the details correct.
RGUMPET 2020 Application Form
Rajiv Gandhi University will release the RGUMPET 2020 application form on its official website. Aspirants who wish to apply for various M.Phil or Ph.D. programs can fill their application form. The Application form releases in online mode only. The application fee is expected to be 400/- as per last year information. The candidates may apply online and transmit Rs. 400/- only as an entrance fee with relevant documents by visiting the university’s website.
How to Apply?
The steps to apply online is as given here, you can follow it in order to apply for the RGUMPET 2020 Application Form-
Step-1 Visit the official website : rgu.ac.in
Step-2 When you visit the official website, there you will find the link to apply online. Click there and fill all the required details.
Step-3 At first you need to register yourself by entering the details like course, mobile number, name etc.
Step-4 Once you will register , you will get the login ID and password by which you can fill up the further procedure.
Step-5 Make payment and do the final submission.
RGUMPET 2020 Exam Pattern
There shall be only one common test for screening of candidates for M.Phil and Ph.D. programmes. Thereby a common merit list shall be generated on the basis of the number of seats available Ph.D. and M.Phil programmes in a particular Department / Institute. Meritorious candidates can opt for either Ph.D. or M.Phil programs as per their options based on the availability of seats. The given details are based on previous year information. You can take reference from here until the information from the official releases.
Candidates shall appear in CET for M.Phil and Ph.D. in the concerned subjects comprising of two paper of 100 marks each as detailed below:
Paper I – This paper shall be of objective type questions from research methodology and/or paper from P.G level. This Test shall be of 1 and 1/2 hours duration having 50 questions carrying 2 marks each.
Paper II – This paper shall be description type covering major areas of study at PG level including research methodology. The questions set shall be of the following type in the concerned subject:
- 5 Very short answer type of 2 marks each
- 5 Short answer type carrying 6 marks each
- 4 Questions carrying 10 marks each
- 1 Long answer type carrying 20 marks
This Paper shall be of 3 hours duration.
For Ph.D. in Hindi or in any other language, the scholars have to appear in the concerned language test instead of English Paper.
Qualifying exam – For qualifying the test, a scholar has to secure a minimum of 50% marks separately in both the papers.
Exemption – All the UGC-CSIR JRF holders, M.Phil degree holders and regular in-service faulty members teaching for at least 5 years in Govt. colleges affiliated under RGU and at least 3 years in the concerned department of RGU are exempted from written RGUMPE Test but should apply through proper channel in the prescribed format for being screened and called for the Viva-voce tests.
RGUMPET 2020 Answer Key
Once the examination ends, the answer key will be released by RGUMPET on its official website. The answer key helps the students to calculate their score. With the help of this, they can estimate their ranks or score or they can know that will they qualify the exam or not. So for the candidates, it is important to know that what they have done in the exam. Usually, it releases in the pdf format which you can download and save for future references. Candidates are advised to check the official website as well as this page for getting the updates.
RGUMPET 2020 Selected Candidates
Rajiv Gandhi University will publish the list of selected candidates based upon entrance test & viva voce on the official website. The selected candidates are directed to take admission in their respective departments as per the schedule. Candidates can check the list of selected candidates directly from the links which will be provided here. The next process will be announced on the official website. Candidates can refer this article for getting updates.
RGUMPET 2020 Reservation Criteria
50% of the seats of the Ph.D. programme shall be reserved for Open category, 25% for CSIR-UGC JRF holder and 25% for M.Phil degree holders. Reservation for M.Phil candidates in Ph.D. shall be considered from the concerned subjects only. In case of no reservation of seat due to less than 4 seats than merit for M.Phil/JRF/Teachers shall be based on over all percentage of marks obtained in respective degree exam (M.Phil/JRF/Postgraduate) converted to index percentage respectively with the open category candidates.
RGUMPET 2020 Seat Matrix
The following seat matrix is based on the last year information, you can check it for the reference purpose for seat distribution-
| Department / Institute | Ph.D | M.Phil |
| AITS | 03 | 15 |
| Anthropology | 02 | 07 |
| Botany | 11 | 05 |
| Chemistry | 02 | Nil |
| Commerce | 07 | 10 |
| CSE | 02 | Nil |
| Economics | 05 | 05 |
| Educations | 07 | Nil |
| English | 03 | 05 |
| Geography | 07 | 10 |
| Hindi | 04 | 10 |
| History | 07 | 08 |
| Mathematics | 14 | 05 |
| Management | 04 | Nil |
| Mass Comm | Nil | 05 |
| Political Science | 02 | 07 |
| Physics | 02 | Nil |
| Phy.Edn | 10 | Nil |
| Social work | 03 | Nil |
| Sociology | 02 | 05 |
| Zoology | 02 | 05 |
For getting the information about RGUMPET 2020 Admission, candidates can download the previous year Information Brochure.
Official website: rgu.ac.in
Rajiv Gandhi University Admission
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