Sikkim University, a Central University, invites applications for admission to PhD programmes for the academic year 2022-23.
Total Number of Vacant Seats: The total number of vacant seats are 115 for PhD in 27 subjects.
Key Dates & Application Fees: The closing date for submission of application is 11 July 2022.
Date of written test (online / offline) – 30 and 31 August 2022.
The cost of online application and entrance test is Rs. 1000/- for General, OBC and EWSs candidates and Rs. 500/- for SC/ST/PWD candidates
List of Departments with vacant Seats:
| Name of Departments | No of PhD Seats |
| Anthropology | 5 |
| Botany | 5 |
| Chemistry | 7 |
| Chinese | 1 |
| Commerce | 7 |
| Computer Applications | 5 |
| Economics | 4 |
| Education | 6 |
| English | 4 |
| Geography | 5 |
| Geology | 3 |
| Hindi | 2 |
| History | 2 |
| Horticulture | 5 |
| International Relations | 3 |
| Law | 7 |
| Management | 6 |
| Mathematics | 3 |
| Microbiology | 5 |
| Music | 5 |
| Nepali | 6 |
| Peace and Conflict Studies and Management | 1 |
| Physics | 5 |
| Political Science | 2 |
| Psychology | 4 |
| Sociology | 3 |
| Zoology | 4 |
| Total PhD Seats | 115 |
Eligibility Conditions in Brief:
Candidates with at least 55% marks / equivalent grade for General and 50% marks / equivalent grade for SC, ST and OBC (Central List)/DA candidates in Master Degree in relevant/allied disciplines are eligible to apply for Ph.D programme.
Section Procedure: Written examination and interview either offline/online, as the case may be, are compulsory for admission to Ph.D programme. A weightage of 10 % on the marks obtained in written examination shall be awarded to candidates with UGC- NET (including JRF) / UGC-CSIR-NET (including JRF), / ICAR-NET/ ICMR-NET/ DBT-NET/ SLET / GATE / Teacher Fellowship and M.Phil. degree holders on regular mode with one semester course work.
For further details about eligibility conditions, how to apply and other details, the candidates should refer the Admission Notification, uploaded on the official website of Sikkim University.
https://cus.ac.in/index.php/en/
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