PHD Eligibility

BOARD OF RESEARCH STUDIES
(MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES)
ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS FOR ADMISSION TO
PH.D. COURSE, w.e.f. November 2008
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The following categories of candidates can be registered for the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy by the Departmental Research Committee, provided that they fulfill the
eligibility conditions:
Students having fellowships/scholarships instituted by the University/National and
international agencies under schemes approved /recognized by the University, through
procedure laid down by the University, may be registered provisionally by the
Departmental Research Committee and Board of Research Studies, and confirmed after
completion of course work, by the respective Board of Research Studies.
Students who are otherwise eligible for admission to the Ph.D. Programme and do not
have any financial assistance, will be admitted through an entrance examination to be
conducted by the respective departments or / and through an interview by the
Departmental Research Committee. Students provisionally admitted to the Ph.D.
Programme through an entrance examination or interview will be awarded University
Grants Commission fellowships for programmes of doctoral research or any other
fellowship that is launched by the national agencies. The number of fellowships under
this category will be determined annually by the Department.
Foreign students with their national or other fellowships recognized by the University
or sponsored by their employers, may be given provisional admission, followed by
confirmation through due process after a stipulated period of time.
The University / College teachers holding a permanent, temporary or ad hoc positions
and having completed two years of service as teacher in a Department / Constituent
Colleges of the University of Delhi.
Candidates sponsored by their employers shall be considered only if they get study
leave for a period of two years to fulfill residency requirements of the University of
Delhi.
Permanent teachers / employees who are in service in any other recognized University
/ College / Research Institute in India and have a minimum of three years teaching /
research experience, will be considered if they get study leave for a period of two years
to fulfill residency requirements of the University of Delhi.
To be eligible for admission to the Ph.D. Programme, a candidate must have obtained a
Masters / M.Phil. degree of the University of Delhi, or any other recognized University,
or any degree recognized as equivalent in the subject in which the candidate wishes to
pursue a course of research, or in an allied subject. She / he must have obtained either a
minimum of 50% marks or equivalent grading in the M.Phil. degree or a minimum of
55% marks or equivalent grading in the Masters degree .
Students who were initially registered for the M.Phil. programme of the University and
who obtain a score of 60% or more marks in Part I examination of the M.Phil.
programme would be eligible for admission to the doctoral programme without
completing their M.Phil. degree on the specific recommendation of the Departmental
Research Committee. Such students shall be granted fellowships as provided in 4B.
Candidates with four years or more than four year Bachelor degrees, viz. B.Tech. and
M.B.B.S with 70% and 60% marks or equivalent grades respectively, who have obtained
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any of the national level fellowships, may be admitted provisionally in the Ph.D.
programme. Such students will be required to go through two semester course work
which will be prescribed by the Departmental Research Committee and reported to the
Board of Research Studies, and other stipulated requirements like the Departmental
seminar on the proposed research. They will qualify for confirmed registration after
successful completion of the course work, and other stipulated requirements.
Candidates with M.Tech. / M.Phil. / LL.M. / M.C.A. / M.D. / M.S. degree of the
University of Delhi or candidates holding an equivalent degree from any other institute
/ university recognized by the University of Delhi, if they have obtained any of the
national level fellowships can be provisionally admitted for the Ph.D. programme. Such
students will be exempted from the stipulated requirement of course work and may be
confirmed within six months on the basis of criteria laid down by the Departmental
Research Committee and the Board of Research Studies. In the Faculty of Law, a student
holding LL.B who obtains a score of 60% or more marks may be admitted to the Ph.D.
programme subject to the provision that the student shall pass in the course work of
LL.M. first year. The process of selection shall be as in 4.
The provisional registration of the students done by the Department shall require
ratification by the Board of Research Studies of the Faculty to which the Department
belongs. All the records of registration and progress of research work done by the
students shall be maintained both by the Department and the Board of Research Studies.

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