KARNATAK UNIVERSITY,
DHARWAD
Ph.D Notification 2019-20
Applications for admission to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in the
prescribed form are invited from the eligible candidates for the academic year 2019-20.
Modes of the Ph.D. Programme
A candidate may register either for full-time or part-time Ph.D. programme.
Full-time Ph.D. programme shall be undertaken by an eligible candidate who will work on
regular basis in the department till the submission of the thesis.
Part time Ph.D. programme shall be undertaken by In-Service/Professional Candidates
A teacher fellow (On QIP/FIP Programme) shall work on a regular basis in the
Department/Research Centre during the period of Fellowship. A candidate shall submit duly filledin application form along with necessary documents to the Chairman of the concerned PG
Department on or before 19.10.2019.
Regulations
1.0 Eligibility for Admission
1.1 Any candidate who has obtained a Post-Graduate Degree from a recognized University
including Foreign candidates (sponsored by their Embassies) and sponsored candidates
securing minimum 55% marks (50% for SC/ST/Cat-I/Physically challenged candidates)
at the Post-Graduate Degree shall be eligible to apply for the Ph.D. Programme.
1.2 In case of candidates appointed on regular basis prior to March 31, 1992 as teachers,
librarians and physical education personnel in Colleges and University Departments, the
minimum marks shall be 50% (45% for SC/ST/Cat-I/) provided they (employees) are
continuing in service at the time of submission of application for registration.
If the results of Master's Degree are declared in the form of Grades/Credits/ Cumulative Points in
their marks cards/ transcripts, such Grades/Points shall be converted into percentages to assess the
minimum eligibility criteria as specified in Regulations 1.1 and 1.2
2.0 Entrance Test
2.1 All the applicants possessing the minimum percentage of marks at their P.G. Degree
as specified in Regulations 1.1 and 1.2 shall appear for the Entrance Test.
2.2 However, (a) Government sponsored foreign candidates, (b) candidates who have cleared
the UGC/UGC-CSIR JRF Test/ NET/SLET(Karnataka)/GATE/ GRE/ M.Phil (Admitted
through an Entrance Test) shall be exempted from the Entrance Test.
Candidates who have cleared UGC/UGC-CSIR JRF Test/ NET /SLET (Karnataka)/
GATE/ GRE/ M.Phil (Admitted through an Entrance Test) Exam willing to appear for the
Entrance test should apply separately.
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2.3 Maximum Marks for Entrance Test: 100 marks
2.4 Nature of Questions: Multiple Choice Questions.
2.5 Syllabus for Entrance Test: Research Methodology and Cognate/Core subjects of the
P.G. Department conducting the Entrance Test.
2.6 Number of Questions: 100 questions, each carrying 1 mark, 50% of the questions shall
be from Research Methodology and the remaining 50% from the cognate/core subjects.
The Department Council shall prepare the question papers for the Entrance Test.
2.7 The 50 Questions on Research Methodology shall consist of data interpretation, language
comprehension and test of reasoning. The other 50 Questions shall be based on current
PG syllabus of cognate/core subjects.
2.8 Duration of Entrance Test: 120 minutes.
2.9 Venue of Entrance Test: Exam Section and Dr. R.C.Hiremath Institute of Kannada
Studies, K.U.Dharwad.
3.0 Preparation of Merit List:
3.1 The Government sponsored foreign candidates, candidates who have cleared the
UGC-JRF/UGC-CSIR-JRF/GATE/GRE/NET/SLET(Karnataka)/ M.Phil (Admitted
through an Entrance Test) shall be placed first in the Consolidated Merit List based on
(Merit) their percentage of marks secured by them at their qualifying (MA/M.Sc./M.Com
etc.) examination.
3.2 After the Entrance Test, merit list of the candidates shall be prepared as per Merit on the
basis of the marks obtained in the entrance test and marks obtained in the qualifying
examination in the ratio of 50:50. However, the candidate has to secure a minimum of
50% marks (45% for SC/ST/Cat-I/Differently abled Candidates) in the Entrance Test.
3.3 Candidates listed in the Merit Lists shall be considered for the present vacancies only.
3.4 The Candidates listed in the merit list shall attend Interview in respective PG
Departments. Attending the Interview is mandatory. Eligibility to appear for the
interview shall not be considered as confirmation of registration for Ph.D.
4.0 Course Work
4.1 Registered Full-time and Part-time Ph.D., candidates shall undertake course work of one
semester (16 weeks), in the Parent Department within one year from the date of
provisional registration, failing which his/her registration shall be cancelled. However, if
it is found necessary, course work may be carried out by doctoral candidates in Sister
Departments/Institutes/Research Centers recognized by the University for which due
credit shall be given to such candidates.
4.2 The course work for Ph.D. programme shall comprise three papers of 100 marks each,
viz., Course - I: Research Methodology, Course - II: Cognate/ core Subject/s and Course
- III: Area of Research. This shall be followed by comprehensive Viva-Voce for 50
marks. However, it shall be noted here that Courses–I and II are common for all the
candidates in the particular Department/Subject/Discipline.
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5.0 Vacancy list:
The vacancy list of various departments is as shown below:
Department No. of Vacancies
1. Applied Genetics 06
2. Botany 12
3. Bio-Chemistry 08
4. Bio-Technology & Microbiology 05
10. Marine Biology,
PG Centre, Karwar
03
13. Zoology 09
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