NIT Kurukshetra PhD Admission 2025-26 (Odd Semester)

National Institute of Technology (NIT) Kurukshetra, Haryana invites online application for PhD admission for the academic session 2025-26 (Odd Semester).

Eligibility Criteria

Educational Qualifications

Candidates possessing the prescribed qualifications shall be eligible for admission to the Ph.D. programme of the Institute. Degrees obtained through distance education programmes shall not be considered.

The academic programme as well as the University of the qualifying degree must be recognized by AICTE / UGC. The academic programme of the autonomous Institutes established by the Parliament will not be required to have recognition from the UGC/AICTE. The degrees and academic programme of the Institute/University will be verified by the Academic Section before registration of the candidate in the Ph.D. Programme.

Minimum Qualification for Eligibility

A Master’s Degree in Engineering/Technology/Sciences/Humanities and Social Sciences/ Management or equivalent recognized by the Institute with a minimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 6.5 on a 10-point scale or equivalent as determined by the Institute wherever letter grades are awarded in the qualifying degree, or 60% marks in aggregate where marks are awarded.

Candidates having a Master’s Degree must possess a full-time Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in accordance with Clause R-3.1 of the latest PhD Regulations, also with a minimum CGPA of 6.5 on a 10-point scale or equivalent as determined by the Institute wherever letter grades are awarded in the qualifying degree, or 60% marks in aggregate where marks are awarded.

OR Full-time Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering / Technology or equivalent with a minimum of 80% marks in aggregate or 8.5 CGPA on a 10-point scale or equivalent.

Note:

• Only the primary mode of evaluation (CGPA or percentage) as mentioned in the qualifying degree certificate/mark sheet will be considered for verification of eligibility. Conversion from CGPA to percentage or vice versa given by an individual Institute/University will not be considered.
• For SC/ST/PwD candidates, the eligibility requirement of marks/CGPA will be relaxed by 5% or by a CGPA of 0.5 (on a 10-point scale) at both the Bachelor’s and Master’s levels.

Additional Eligibility Conditions for Part-time Ph.D. Programme

• Regular Employees working in R&D Organizations/Industries, National Laboratories, Government Organizations, Industries, PSUs, State Undertakings having an MOU with NITKKR.
• Regular Employees of NITKKR working in any Department/School, Centre, Section, and Cell of the Institute.
• Regular Employees of Educational Institutions either fully funded by the Government or Government-Aided Colleges/Institutes or maintained in the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode.
• Regular Employees working in Government Organizations/Industries that do not have an MOU with NITKKR.
• Regular Faculty of Private Academic Institutes having sufficient facilities to carry out research at their place in the related research area.

All such candidates should have a minimum experience of two years, which will be counted from the date of joining the sponsoring organizations to the last date of application in the Ph.D. programme. Candidates are required to produce the experience certificate at the time of the interview by the respective DRC/SRC. The minimum qualification for these candidates will be the same as for the Full-time candidates.

NOC for Part-time Candidate

All Part-time candidates are required to submit a “No Objection Certificate” on the letterhead from the appropriate authority in the organization clearly stating the following:

• That the candidate is permitted to pursue the Ph.D. research work on a part-time basis.
• That the candidate’s official duties permit the candidate to devote sufficient time for research work.
• That the candidate will be sanctioned leave for a sufficient duration for the conduct of research work in case the research facilities are not available in the Institute/Industry/Organization.
• That his/her services with the Organization will be retained during the period of carrying out the coursework and research work at NITKKR.

Application Process

• Visit the Institute’s website www.nitkkr.ac.in for Ph.D. application form.
• Before submitting the online application (Google Form) for Ph.D. admission, all interested candidates are advised to read the Ph.D. Ordinance, available on the Institute website, carefully for eligibility and other requirements

Selection Process

• Applications for Ph.D. programs are to be invited from Indian and foreign nationals on the prescribed format. Applications as received will be scrutinized at the central level by the DRC/SRC of the concerned departments. After scrutiny, list of all eligible applicants will be uploaded on the institute website.
• All eligible candidates are required to appear in an objective type (MCQ) written test of PG level comprising two papers.
• Qualified candidates from written test will have to appear for interview.

Entrance Test Details

• All eligible applicants are to appear in two objective type written tests of PG level as below:
  • Paper I – Research Methodology (Analytical skills, Reasoning, Aptitude) 30 marks, 30 minutes duration
  • Paper II – Area of Research Specialization: 40 marks, 40 minutes duration
• Qualifying marks- 40 % marks in each paper,
• Tests will be conducted by the respective departments. Detailed guidelines for the conduct of tests (along with tests schedule) will be provided by the Dean (Academic).
• List of the qualifying candidates will be uploaded by the office of Dean (Academic) on the Institute website.

Exemption from Written (entrance) Test

Following category of candidates shall be exempted from the written (entrance) test. However, they are required to appear before the DRC/SRC for presentation and interview subject to fulfilment of other prescribed norms in terms of the eligibility conditions.

• Part-time:
  • Regular employees of R&D Organizations, National Laboratories, Public/Private Industries/PSUs/ State Undertakings having an MoU with NITKKR and possessing First Division or 6.5 CGPA on 10-point scale or equivalent at M.Tech./PG level with minimum 5 years of relevant experience
  • Regular employees of NITKKR.
• Full-time on Institute Fellowship: Candidates with GATE qualified (valid score any passing year)/valid NET-LS from UGC, CSIR etc.
• Full-time with Fellowship / Scholarship from some external funding agency with GATE (valid score)/valid NET-LS or JRF from UGC, CSIR etc.

Interview

• All qualified candidates will be required to appear before the respective DRC/SRC for an interview comprising a brief presentation by the candidate related to research area.
• DRC/SRC will evaluate the candidates and marks will be awarded out of 30 marks (10 marks for presentation, 10 marks for interview and 10 marks for academic achievements). Qualifying marks for this are 50% (15 marks out of 30 marks).

Final Merit List

• For the candidates exempted from the written test, DRC/SRC will award marks out of 100 on the basis of their presentation and interview with DRC / SRC for inclusion in the merit list.
• For all other candidates the score will awarded on the basis of total score out of 100.
• Based on the total number of seats available, the respective DRC / SRC will recommend the merit list of candidates along with allocation of the seat in accordance with the advertisement and the respective allotted supervisor(s).
• In case of tie, merit list will be prepared on the basis of following (in order of preference):
  • Performance of candidate in written test
  • Percentage of marks in qualifying degree
  • Percentage of marks in 10+2
  • Percentage of marks in 10th
  • Seniority as per Date of Birth.
• After receiving the merit list as above, Dean (Academic) will issue the admission letters to recommended candidates for joining the programs.

• Start of Online Application (Website Open): 5 May, 2025
• Last Date for submission Of Online application (Website Closure): 10 June, 2025 (5:00 p.m.)
• Tentative Schedule for Written Test/Interview: 23 June, 2025 to 24 June, 2025
• Issue of admission letter: 27 June, 2025

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