University of Delhi PhD Admission 2025-26 (Phase-II)

University of Delhi invites application for PhD Admission 2025-26 (Phase-II) in various disciplines.

Eligibility Criteria

• Admission to the Ph.D. Program of the University of Delhi is governed by the Ordinance VI of the University, its Amendments, and other notifications issued by UoD from time to time in this regard.
• Admission to all Ph.D. Programs is done on the basis of the eligibility criteria and procedures specified by the University on its website, Ph.D. Bulletin of Information 2025-26. Before initiating the registration process, the candidates must read the contents of Ph.D. BOI-2025-26 and consult the University of Delhi Act, 1922, its amendments and the Statutes. The Ordinances, Rules, Regulations, and Notifications of the UoD available on the University website, www.du.ac.in shall be final and binding.
• For admission to Phase II of Ph.D. Program for the academic session 2025-26, the scores of NET/CSIR/National Test Examination conducted in June 2025 and December 2025 will be considered.
• Candidates must check the eligibility criteria carefully. There are no additional eligibility criteria besides the ones stipulated by the University through its website and Ph.D. BOI 2025-26, published on the admission website of the UoD.
• Candidates must read the Bulletin of Information to ascertain their eligibility criteria, major area of research and mandatory requirements of Research proposal at the time of registration. The information related to Areas of research, Allied Subjects, Seat Matrix, requirements of Research Proposal and Process for interviews has been provided by the Departments. The Bulletin of Information is a compilation of the information received from the respective Departments. For details, candidates must visit the website of the respective department.
• Departments/Centres reserve the right not to fill up the vacant seats of the Ph.D. Programs in case of non-availability of suitable candidate. For the list of Allied Subjects, declaration of Admission Lists, the candidates must visit the website of the respective Department on regular basis.
• Interviews will be done in physical mode only. Candidates must check the website of the Department/university for schedule of Interviews.
• At the time of admission, the candidate will be required to appear in person at the respective department for verification of the original documents. The Departments/Centres will verify the certificates/ documents submitted by the candidates before granting the admission.

Eligibility

• Candidates who have completed A 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Candidates who have completed the M.Phil. programme 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 educational institutions, shall be eligible for admission to the Ph.D. programme. 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.

Application Process

• All the candidates seeking admission to the Ph.D. Program are required to register online on https://phd-ph2-2025.uod.ac.in/.
• Any first-time user needs to register on the portal. With a valid e-mail ID, the candidate can easily Register and generate login details by clicking on the ―New User Registration‖ button. Candidates who do not have a valid e-mail ID must create an e-mail ID before proceeding.
• In the ‘Login details’, every Candidate will furnish personal details (as given in Candidate’s certificates), e-mail ID, and mobile number (10 digit number without any prefix), which will be used for future correspondence, and will create a password (of a maximum of six characters).
• Please ascertain that all the details given in the form are complete and correct, because the same will be used throughout the admission procedure.
• Candidates need to keep both USERNAME (e-mail ID) and PASSWORD handy because they will be required to access the account on the portal as well as for all future correspondence throughout the admission process.
• After completing the Profile, the candidate must choose Ph.D. and the department in which s/he wishes to apply.
• Candidates must fulfill all the requirements needed to be considered for admission to a department. Check the mandatory requirement of the submission of a Ph.D. proposal.
• Application submission for a program shall be completed only after payment of the online registration fee for that particular program.
• Candidates desirous of applying to more than one Ph.D. Program must apply separately for each program. It may be noted that the same Login details shall be used for all applications to multiple programs.
• Candidates shall be required to pay separate registration fees for applying to each Program.
• The Registration Fee can be paid through any one of the available online payment options: Net Banking, Debit Card, Credit Card, and UPI.
• The application will be considered complete only after the realization of the online payment.

Already registered Candidates of Phase I

• Candidates who have registered in Phase I, and are also eligible for admissions in Phase II MUST apply in Phase II.
• The candidates will have to go to https://phd-ph2-2025.uod.ac.in/ click at “Login” tab.
• Login using the USERNAME (email id) and PASSWORD used in Phase I.

Selection Process

There will be three Categories for admission to PhD:

Block А

• Category-1: Award of JRF and appointment as Assistant Professor

Block B

• Category-2: Appointment as Assistant Professor and admission to Ph.D.
• Category-3: Admission to Ph.D. only

Seat distribution:

• As per the rules of the University as amended from time to time, the Departments must declare the availability of seats in advance on an annual basis.
• 60% seats of the total available seats will be sanctioned for Phase I.
• 40% seats of the total available seats will be sanctioned for Phase II.
• If seats remain vacant in Phase I, these will also be filled in Phase II.

Merit list:

• For the purpose of drawing the Merit List, 70% weightage must be given to the scores obtained in the Nationalized Test and 30% weightage must be given to Interviews.
• The above will be applicable for all candidates i.e. candidates from Block A (Category-1) and Block B (Category-2) and (Category-3).
• In each Phase, seats will first be filled from candidates of Block A. If seats remain vacant, candidates from Block B may be considered as per merit.

• Registration Begins: 10 March, 2026
• Registration Closes: 24 March, 2026
• Interviews to be conducted by Departments/ Centres: 27 March to 18 April, 2026
• Recommendation of DRC and BRS: 22 April, 2026
• Last Date for Payment of Fee: 26 April, 2026

• Notification
• Brochure
• Application
• University of Delhi Website