Christ University PhD Admission 2023 (Open): Application Form, Dates, Fees, Eligibility, Entrance Exam

Christ University PhD admission 2023 is open for the December session. The last date to apply is November 24, 2023. Interested candidates can apply online on the official website – christuniversity.in. Candidates who have completed a master’s degree with at least 55% are eligible for admission. The admission will be granted on the basis of entrance exam followed by a personal interview conducted by the university. Candidates have qualified UGC NET (including JRF) / CSIR NET (including JRF) / SLET/ GATE/ teacher fellowship holder or have passed MPhil are exempted from the PhD Entrance Exam. Such candidates can directly appear for personal interview. Check Christ University Admission 2023

Christ University PhD is offered in five different streams- Science, Management, Humanities, Commerce, and Social Science for a duration of eighteen months.The University offers all the program as a full-time mode as well as part-time mode. PhD full-time scholars get a fellowship of INR 8000. Annual fees for PhD in Christ University is INR 60,000 /- for all the discipline.

Christ University PhD Admission Dates 2023

Christ University PhD Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for PhD admission at Christ University, candidates must fulfill the following requirements:

• Candidates must have 55% in the post-graduation. Submit an equivalence certificate from AIU if the candidate is an international student.
• High academic performance in post-graduation is eligible for direct admission in Ph.D. 
• Research associate/ fellowship in a major research project. 
• For ongoing research, project students must have completed one year in that project. 
• For Ph.D in commerce or management holding membership of the Institute of company secretaries/ Institute of chartered accountants of India/ ICWA should have 5 year of post professional qualification.
• For fellowship M.Phil, JRF,or UGC-NET qualified students are preferred. 

Entrance Examination: 

• University conducts a 2 hour long Ph.D entrance examination of maximum 200 marks. 
• There are two sections in the exam- section A & section B. 
• Section A- There are 100 MCQ one mark each in research methadology. 
• Section B- There are 100MCQ with one mark each in the specified or choosen subject. 

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Christ University PhD Admission Process

• Students have to appear for the entrance test excluding the students who have qualified UGC-NET, JRF, UGC CSIR NET, SLET, GATE and students holding teacher fellowship.
• After qualifying the entrance exam students can appear for the skill assessment.
• After skill assessment there will be a personal interview round.
• Merit list will be prepared on the basis of all the above rounds, performance in previous degree and also on the basis of research proposal.
• Students who have qualified UGC-NET, UGC-CSIR NET, SLET, GATE, M.Phil or if student has done teacher fellowship can apply for a course at any time of the year by sending up their proposal at phd@christuniversity.in

Admission Process for NRI and International students:

The process is different for International as well as NRI students as the category for them is different.

NRI and International students have to communicate directly with the University for admission.

They can communicate via email.

Contact email Id for international students: isc.admission@christuniversity.in

Contact email Id for NRI students: nri.admission@christuniversity.in

Foreign nationals/ NRI/ PIO/ OCI can pay the application fee through demand draft. DD should be in the favour of Christ University, Bengaluru.

Christ University PhD Fellowship:

All the students studying at Christ university are eligible for the CHRIST Junior Research fellowship for eighteen months. Students qualifying for junior fellowship can apply for next eighteen month fellowship for Senior Research Fellowship. 

Christ University Ph.D: How to apply?

• Visit the official website of Christ University i.e www.christuniversity.in
• Click on create "login ID".
• Enter the email address, mobile number and date of birth to get the login credentials.
• Now students can login and fill the application form.
• After filling up the application form click on "payment"
• Students can now pay an application fee of INR 1000/- through Net banking/ credit card and debit card.
• Students will get the admit card five days before the examination date.
• Students have to visit the official website and they have to log in with the the help of application number and date of birth to download their admit cards.

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