Ph.D.
The research at SR University brings together academic and industrial talents from across a range of cutting-edge technologies. Our culture of innovation, strong industrial partnership, and international research collaborations with reputed universities will help you achieve your research ambitions. Our research focuses on the application-based areas that solve local, national, and global importance problems. The research is carried out under various centers with state-of-the-art laboratories equipped with advanced industrial graded computing facilities backed by the latest simulation software and guided by qualified and experienced academia from top national and international institutes.
SRU is a right place to pursue your doctoral degree. Our excellent faculty, research infrastructure, collaborative research culture and the structured program will enable you to successfully complete the program in a timely manner and achieve future success based on the high quality of work.
The structured PhD programs at SRU educate and train talented doctoral students to conduct original and innovative research in engineering and management, educate future generations, and take a lead role in developing cutting-edge technologies while working in industry and academia. PhD programs are offered both full-time and part-time. The program is structured in three phases to enable the timely completion.
Induction Phase
The first year of the Ph.D. program is structured to:
Introduce Research methodology
Enhance technical communication skills (which are needed to successful completing thesis and publishing technical papers)
Identify a faculty committee with the right align of interests with your research goals
Perform literature review
Define a research topic
Completion of the coursework
Acceleration Phase
In this phase, the candidate:
Defines the research problem or hypothesis
Plans the research study with strict timeline
Collects and analyzes data
Draws conclusions
Publishes technical papers with preliminary data
To reduce the time requirements, SRU helps to accelerate by:
Requiring weekly meetings between mentors and the candidate
Providing quick feedback to the candidate
Keeping mentor to student ratio high so that mentors find time to address student problems
Encouraging peer-to-peer learning
Creating collaborative partnerships with external community
Achievement Phase
To make a meaningful contribution and further success in the career, SRU:
Prepares you to compete in the academic publication world by helping you with your peer reviewed paper publication
Provides additional teaching or grant writing exposure based on the interest of the candidate
Prepares the participant in successful thesis completion and defence
Helps in career placement
A well-balanced Ph.D degree from SRU is a pathway to great future in academics as faculty, scientists at research centers and divisional leaders in industry.
SRU offers cutting-edge research opportunities in the fields of
Computer Science and Engineering
Artificial intelligence
Statistics
Material Science
Sustainable Development
Disaster Management and Mitigation
Entrepreneurship
Education Technology
Economics
Psychology
Liberal Arts
Indian Knowledge System
Linguistic science and Technology
Cultural Studies
Literary Studies
Biotechnolgy
Electronics and Communication Engineering
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Management
Mathematics
Physics
Chemistry
English
Cognitive Science
Agriculture Sciences
Agronomy
General Genetics & Plant Breeding
Entomology
Plant Pathology
Soil Science
Horticulture
Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Extension
1-year / 2-semester master's degree programme after a 4-year / 8-semester bachelor’s degree programme or a 2-year / 4-semester master’s degree programme after a 3-year bachelor’s degree programme or qualifications declared equivalent to the master’s degree by the corresponding statutory regulatory body, with at least 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed or equivalent qualification from a foreign educational institution accredited by an assessment and accreditation agency which is approved, recognized or authorized by an authority, established or incorporated under a law in its home country or any other statutory authority in that country to assess, accredit or assure quality and standards of the educational institution.
Provided that a candidate seeking admission after a 4-year / 8-semester bachelor’s degree programme should have a minimum of 75% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade on a point scale wherever the grading system is followed.
A relaxation of 5% marks or its equivalent grade may be allowed for those belonging to SC / ST / OBC (non-creamy layer) / Differently-Abled, Economically Weaker Section (EWS) and other categories of candidates as per the decision of the Commission from time to time.
Exemption from Eligibility Test: Only those candidates who have valid JRF / CSIR / NET / GATE / SET score shall be exempted from the written test of the Ph.D. selection process, and they will be required to appear for the Interview only.
Direct Ph.D. Admission after 4-Yr B.Tech
Admission as per UGC norms (Min. CGPA - 7.5).
Duration: The entrance test typically be two hours duration and consists of 100 multiple choice questions (No negative marking)
PhD Entrance Test Structure (Total Marks:100; each Question 2 Marks)
Section A: Aptitude and Reasoning Common to all candidates (50 Marks)
Section B: Subject-Specific/Domain Wise– Based on the candidate's chosen field (50 Marks)
Only Shortlisted candidates will be called for Interview based on the performance in Eligibility Test conducted by SRU. The performance of the candidate in Eligibility Test and Interview including the weightage of research publications and PPT presentation of the proposed research work will be considered for the final selection.
Note: In case of candidates who are exempted from Eligibility Test, mode of selection is based on Interview performance including the weightage of research publications and PPT presentation of the proposed research work.
| PROGRAM
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APPLICATION FEE
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ENROLLMENT FEE
(ONE TIME) |
TUITION FEE
(PER SEMESTER) |
THESIS FEE
(AT THE TIME OF SUBMISSION) |
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PROGRAM
Ph.D (Full-time) |
APPLICATION FEE
1,000 |
ENROLLMENT FEE
(ONE TIME) 5,000 |
TUITION FEE
(PER SEMESTER) 60,000 |
THESIS FEE
(AT THE TIME OF SUBMISSION) 30,000 |
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PROGRAM
Ph.D (Part-time) |
APPLICATION FEE
1,000 |
ENROLLMENT FEE
(ONE TIME) 5,000 |
TUITION FEE
(PER SEMESTER) 35,000 |
THESIS FEE
(AT THE TIME OF SUBMISSION) 30,000 |
Ph.D. programme shall be for a minimum duration of three (3) years, including course work, and a maximum duration of six (6) years from the date of admission to the programme.
Financial Support will be provided to full time Ph.D. scholars in the form of Ph.D. Assistantship, subject to terms and conditions as per University rules.
INR 80,000/- for full-time Ph.D. scholars under the Chancellor Fellowship Program (applicable only for CSE & AI)
INR 40,000/- for full time Ph.D. scholars in Engineering, Agriculture, Sciences and Humanities and Management.
| Ph.D. Application | Action |
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| Ph.D. Application Form (Chancellor Fellowship Program) - Only for CSE | Apply Here |
| Ph.D. Application Form | Apply Here |
Note: The Chancellor’s Fellowship (₹80,000/month) is only for full-time PhD scholars in CSE & AI with strong coding skills and good knowledge of AI/ML applications. All other applicants to the full-time PhD program, including in CSE & AI, can apply for the Regular Fellowship (₹40,000/month).
Note:
Admission through interviews for recent JRF/CSIR/NET/GATE/SET candidates.
JRF qualified candidates will receive additional subsistence (7000/-) per month.
Conditions for continuation and total duration of applicability of the Ph.D. Assistantship shall be as per the Ph.D. regulations of the University.
Admission through interviews for recent JRF/CSIR/NET/GATE/SET candidates.
Conditions for continuation and total duration of applicability of the Ph.D. Assistantship shall be as per the Ph.D. regulations of the University.
Note:
PhD result will be sent to your email.