NOORUL CENTRE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

The qualifications for admission to the PhD programs in the Engineering, Science & Humanities and Management Studies are given below:

Sl.No	Programme	Qualification for Admission
1.	Ph.D. Degree in Engineering/Technology/ Architecture and Planning.	M.E/M.Tech./M.S or equivalent degree in the relevant branch of Engineering/Technology with minimum 60% or equivalent grade.
2.	Ph.D. Degree in Science and Humanities	M.Sc/M.C.A./M.A./M.S or equivalent degree in the relevant branch of Science and Humanities with minimum 60% or equivalent grade.
3.	Ph.D. Degree in Management Studies	MBA/M.S or equivalent degree in the Management Studies with minimum 60% or equivalent grade.

The PhD Scholars are categorised into 2 groups as given below.

a). Full-time Scholars

Full time Scholars shall do research work in the University on a full time basis for PhD and shall be available during the working hours to carry out curricular, co-curricular and related activities.

b). Part-time Scholars

Faculties sponsored by UGC, AICTE approved academic institutions and candidates sponsored by R & D organizations and Industries having R & D facilities, can be part time Scholars for PhD.

The duration of the PhD programme and the time limit for submission of thesis are counted from the date of provisional registration and the details for different categories of PhD Scholars are given below.

Sl.No	Category	Duration
Sl.No	Category	Minimum	Maximum
1.	Full Time	Three Years	Five Years
2.	Part Time	Four Years	Six Years

The candidates desirous of joining the Ph.D. degree programme should apply in the prescribed application form through proper channel wherever applicable before the due date as indicated in the notification issued from time to time. Normally, the University will issue notification for Ph.D. admission twice in a year.
There shall be a Ph.D selection committee, nominated by the Chairman BRDC, under the chairmanship of Director-Research, to process all the applications from the beginning till the final selection.
The candidates shall appear for an entrance examination for Ph.D program followed by an interview. However, the candidates who have been assessed by the recognised national agencies (like CSIR/UGC/GATE, etc) are exempted from the entrance from the common entrance test. All these exempted candidates will be interviewed and entrance mark will be based on assessment mark obtained in CSIR/UGC/GATE/M.Phil, etc.
Candidates shall be short listed based on the overall merit index of the candidate which will be arrived at by taking into account the candidateâ€™s performance in the previous university examinations at Bachelorâ€™s and Masterâ€™s level and the performance in the entrance test and the interview. In addition, the state and national reservation policy shall be applied.
For such short listed candidates, the selection committees shall nominate the Ph.D supervisors, taking into consideration the area of research of the respective candidates and the field of specialization of the supervisors eligible to guide and forward the same to the BRDC for approval.
Candidates whose selection is approved by the BRDC will be admitted to the Ph.D. programme after payment of prescribed fees. The candidate should also pay fees every year as prescribed by the university, failing which registration will be cancelled.