Ph.D. (Humanities and Social Science) From Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad

Admission to the Doctoral program in Management will be based on an applicant’s past academic record and other criteria as follows:

• The applicant must have completed a master’s degree in any discipline viz. Arts, Science, Commerce, Technology, Engineering, or Management with a minimum of 55 percent marks or an equivalent grade in a point scale where the grading system is followed. Potential applicants with a bachelor’s degree are also eligible to apply for the Ph.D. program but they will have to complete additional course work. The School encourages graduates with significant work experience to apply for the doctoral program. (Bachelor's and master’s degrees or equivalent qualifications must be from universities recognized by the MHRD/UGC or it must be from a university incorporated by an Act of Central or State legislature in India. For international students, the degree or educational qualification that is obtained from a foreign university should be recognized by the MHRD/UGC as equivalent to a bachelor’s or master’s degree.)
• The high score from any one of the tests viz. CAT / GATE / GMAT / GRE / JRF / UGC-NET is an important requirement for admission consideration to the Programme. The final admission to the Programme is subject to the availability of a valid score from these exams. The validity of the examination scores is considered as prescribed by the respective examination bodies.

Ahmedabad University awards full tuition fee waiver and financial support to full-time doctoral students. The financial support could be either as either University Assistantship or University Fellowship or from sponsored projects. We offer University Assistantships at INR 40,000 per month plus tuition fee waiver, and University Fellowships at INR 50,000 per month plus tuition fee waiver.

100 percent Tuition Fee waiver for all full-time PhD students. (Tuition Fee waiver will be limited to five years from the date of admission to the PhD Program)