• Visva-Bharti, Siksha-Bhavana, Santiniketan

Admission to PHD

PROGRAM CODE: PHD

DURATION: 3-6 YEARS

Instructions to the candidates for admission to Ph.D. Programme at different departments / Centres:

Candidates seeking admission to different departments should fill-up separate application forms.

Eligibility criteria for admission to Ph.D. Programme:

All candidates seeking admission to Ph.D. programme should have a M.Sc. degree or a professional degree declared equivalent to the M.Sc. 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 institution 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 and qualified in the Ph.D. Entrance Test (PET) conducted at the level of individual Departments/Centres under Siksha Bhavana.

However, candidates who have qualified UGC- NET (including JRF)/UGC-CSIR NET (including JRF)/SLET/GATE/teacher fellowship holder or who have passed M. Phil programme at Visva-Bharati are exempted from the entrance test. The qualifying marks in the entrance test will be 50% and the syllabus of the entrance test shall consist of 50% of research methodology and 50% shall be subject specific.

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 categories of applicant’s 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% and the relaxation of 5% to the categories mentioned above are permissible based only on the qualifying marks without including the grace marks procedures. However, a differently-abled applicant belonging to either of the reserved categories (SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer)) shall not get double benefit of being SC/ST/ OBC (non-creamy layer) as well as differently-abled in the above relaxation.

Modalities of preparing merit list for admission to Ph.D. Programme:

As per Visva-Bharati Ph.D. ordinance- 2016 which is already mentioned under Ph.D general guideline section.

INTAKE CAPACITY FOR ADMISSION TO Ph.D. COURSES

Statistics (338)

  • Reliability Analysis
  • Industrial Statistics
  • Bayesian Inference
  • Bayesian Computation
  • Statistical methodologies
  • Circular statistics
  • Bayesian earth science
  • Geo-Astro stat
  • Paleo-bio stat.

Intake Capacity:

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