Doctoral (Ph.D) Programme
Admission to the Ph.D Programme for First Semester, Academic Year
2021-22 is now open.
Applications are Invited for Admission to the Ph.D Programme (Full-time and Part-time)
in Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad Campuses of BITS Pilani.
About BITS Pilani
BITS Pilani offers UG, PG, and PhD programmes to nearly
17,000 students across its campuses in Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad and Dubai. BITS Pilani
has established itself as a symbol of Excellence and was declared as an Institution
of Eminence by the Ministry of Education, Government of India in 2020. BITS Pilani
has been ranked in the Top 351-400 by QS World University Subject Rankings 2020
in four areas, namely, Mechanical Engineering (in top 10 in India), Computer Science
(in top 12 in India), EEE (in top 12 in India) and Chemical Engineering (in top
14 in India). Nature Index India 2020 has ranked BITS at #9 in Physical Sciences
category amongst the academic institutes. NIRF 2020 has ranked BITS at #15 in University
category, at #23 in Overall category and at #6 in Pharmacy. In QS Asia University
Rankings 2021, BITS is at #194, only private institute from India in the Asia Top
200, and #18 in India. The Institute has secured more than Rs 330 crore as external
research grant in the last 5 years. State of the art facilities have been developed
to support cutting edge research, led by students and about 850 faculty members,
leading to an h-index of 122, ~11700+ publications with ~1,25,000 citations as per
Scopus Database and with 85+ patents filed in the last 5 years. Recently, BITS Pilani
was chosen by DST, GoI to establish a Technology Innovation Hub on Bio-Cyber Physical
Systems with a grant of Rs 125 Cr; BITS is the only non-Govt institute amongst the
25 chosen nationally for this prestigious grant. Recent studies have identified
BITS at #3 in terms of number of Indian start-ups founded by the graduates of an
institute.
Applications are invited for full-time and part-time PhD programs for
the First Semester of the Academic Year 2021-22 in Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad campuses
of BITS Pilani in the following Departments:
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Engineering: Chemical, Civil, Computer Science, Electrical & Electronics, Mechanical
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Science: Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics
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Pharmacy
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Economics & Finance, Humanities & Social Sciences, Management
Department preference with regard to the full-time and part-time Ph.D
student admission is given in the table below.
- Yes
– A Department intends to admit students under the specified mode.
- No –
A Department does not intend to admit students under the specified mode.
Minimum Eligibility Qualifications
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ME / MTech / MPharm / MBA / MPhil (minimum of 60% aggregate)*
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MSc/BE/BPharm or an equivalent degree (minimum of 60% aggregate)*
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For admission into Humanities and Social Sciences, MA degree (minimum of 55% aggregate)*
[*In the Qualifying Degree examination]
In addition, Departments may set specific admission criteria for shortlisting. Meeting
the minimum eligibility qualifications does not guarantee admission into the PhD
programme. Shortlisted candidates will have to appear for an admission test, which
may comprise a written exam and/or interview. Information on specific Departments
and related research activities is available on the Department homepage of respective
campuses.
Full-time students
Preferably individuals who would like to pursue PhD in-house, residing on campus.
Part-time students
Preferably individuals who are working in organizations providing basic facilities
and an environment for research.
Financial Assistance
Full-time PhD students admitted into the PhD programme are eligible to be considered
for fellowship of ₹28,000 or ₹31,000 per month as per intake qualifications. Consideration
for fellowship will be as per Institute norms, details of which are available in
the PhD brochure on the admission website. It will be obligatory on the part of
every admitted full time student to undertake 8 to 10 hours (per week) of work as
assigned to her/him by the Institute.
For details on the admissions process, refer (https://www.bitsadmission.com/ph/
). Deadline to receive filled applications with the prescribed application fee is
17:00 hrs. on 26th July, 2021.
Application Procedure
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Click on “online application” at https://www.bitsadmission.com/phdmain.aspx
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Following documents will have to be uploaded:
- 1.
Photograph
- 2.
Signature
- 3.
Date of Birth Certificate
- 4.
Marksheet of Qualifying degree
- 5.
Certificate of Qualifying degree
Important Dates
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Activity
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Date
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Admission Portal Open
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26-Jun-2021
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Last Date for filling application form online
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26-Jul-2021
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Declaration of shortlisted candidates (on BITS admission website)
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31-Jul-2021
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Test/Interview
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9th to 16th August 2021
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Announcement of admission offers to PhD Programmes (on BITS admission website)
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23-Aug-2021
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Reporting of selected students to respective campuses
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30-Aug-2021
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Registration
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1-Sep-2021
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The Institute reserves the right to change the above deadlines. Candidates
will be informed well in advance should there be such a change.
Refer to PhD Admission Brochure for details on financial assistance, written test,
important dates etc.
Visit the respective campus/department for research related
information.
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