Central University of Gujarat PhD Admission 2025-26

Central University of Gujarat invites online applications for admissions to Ph.D. Programmes for the Academic Year 2025-26 from eligible candidates.

Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates who have successfully completed their Master’s Degree Programme in compliance with the stipulated eligibility criteria as per the University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedures for Award of Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2022 dated 07/11/2022, are eligible for online application for admission to Ph.D. Programme.
• Further, those candidates who have qualified for the UGC-NET, CSIR-UGCNET and have NET score can apply for the Ph.D. Programme offered by this University. (As per UGC’s communication F.4-1(UGC-NET Review Committee)/ 2024(NET)/ 140648 dated 28-March-2024 and Public Notice of even number dated 27-March-2024).

In addition to aforementioned eligibility criteria, the applicants are required to comply with the “Programme Specific Eligibility Criteria” mentioned as under:

• PhD in Diaspora Studies
  • Master’s Degree (P.G.) in any subject.
• PhD in Hindu Studies:
  • Master’s Degree (P.G.) in Hindu Studies / Indian Knowledge System / Philosophy / Sanskrit / Yoga Studies / Social Sciences and Humanities.
  • UGC-NET JRF in Hindu Studies / Indian Knowledge System / Philosophy / Sanskrit / Yoga / Social Sciences and Humanities.
• PhD in Applied Chemistry
  • Master’s Degree (P.G.) in Chemical Sciences, Industrial Chemistry, Material Sciences, Nano Sciences, Computational Science, Pharmaceutical Chemistry.
• PhD in Chemical Sciences
  • Master’s Degree (PG) in Chemistry, Chemical Sciences, Allied Subjects – Material Sciences, Industrial Chemistry, Applied Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, and any other relevant disciplines of Chemical Sciences or Chemistry.
• PhD in Education
  • Master’s Degree (P.G.) in Education.
• PhD in Environment and Sustainable Development
  • Master’s Degree (P.G.) in Environmental sciences, Life Sciences, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Microbiology, Geology.
• PhD in International Politics:
  • Master’s Degree (P.G.) in Political Science/Defence Strategic Studies/Politics including International Relations/International Studies including Defence/Strategic Studies, West Asia Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, African Studies, South Asian Studies, Soviet Studies, American Studies.
  • UGC-NET JRF in Political Science/Defence Strategic Studies/ Politics including International Relations/International Studies including Defence/Strategic Studies, West Asia Studies, Southeast Asian Studies, African Studies, South Asian Studies, Soviet Studies, American Studies.
• PhD in Chinese
  • Master’s Degree (P.G.) in Chinese.
• PhD in Comparative Literature
  • Master’s Degree (P.G.) in Comparative Literature and English.
• PhD in English
  • Master’s Degree (P.G.) in English.
• PhD in German Studies
  • Master’s Degree (P.G.) in German.
• PhD in Gujarati
  • Master’s Degree (P.G.) in Gujarati.
• PhD in Hindi
  • Master’s Degree (P.G.) in Hindi.
• PhD in Library and Information Sciences
  • Master’s Degree (P.G.) in Library and Information Science discipline.
• PhD in Life Sciences
  • Master’s Degree (P.G.) in Life Sciences / Animal Science / Plant Science / Biotechnology / Microbiology / Tissue engineering / Biomaterials / Biochemistry / Genetics / Bioinformatics or any other related disciplines of Biological Sciences.
• PhD in Nano Sciences
  • Master’s Degree (P.G.) in Nanoscience / Nanotechnology / Physics / Chemistry / Life Sciences / Biology / Biotechnology / Microbiology / Biochemistry or any related discipline.
• PhD in Maritime Security
  • Master’s Degree (P.G.) in Defence and Strategic Studies, Politics and International Relations, Geography.
• PhD in Security Studies
  • Master’s Degree (P.G.) in Defence and Strategic Studies, Politics and International Relations, International Relations.
• PhD in Strategic Technologies and National Security:
  • M.A. / M.Sc. / M.Tech. / M.E. in any of the following subjects:
    • Defence & Strategic Studies
    • International Relations/Politics and International Relations
    • Cyber Law
    • Geography/GIS & Remote Sensing
    • Physics/Astronomy/Astrophysics/Space Science
    • Aerospace Engineering
    • Computer Science and its allied branches (Computer Science and Engineering, Information Technology, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Data Science and Engineering, Big Data Analytics, Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, Internet of Things)
  • UGC-NET in Defence and Strategic Studies / International Relations / Politics and International Relations / Computer Science and Applications / Geography / Electronic Science.
• PhD in Economics
  • Master’s Degree (P.G.) in Economics or any other allied subjects.
• PhD in Gandhian Thought and Peace Studies
  • Master’s Degree (P.G.) in Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian and Peace Studies, Political Science, Philosophy, History, International and Area Studies, Economics, Sociology, Human Rights and Duties.
• PhD in Studies in Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy
  • Master’s Degree (P.G.) in any discipline.
• PhD in Social Management
  • Master’s Degree (P.G.) in Social Work; Management, Sociology; Public Administration; Criminology; Gender Studies; Political Studies; Human Rights or in Any Social Sciences/ allied subjects.
• PhD in Sociology
  • Master’s Degree (P.G.) in Sociology.

Admission Procedure

• The admission to Ph.D. Programme will be governed as per UGC’s communication F.4-1(UGC-NET Review Committee)/2024(NET)/ 140648 dated 28-March-2024 and Public Notice of even number dated 27-March-2024 and University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedures for Award of Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2022 dated 07/11/2022, as amended from time-to-time.
• All candidates are hereby informed that the Interviews of eligible candidates for Ph.D. Admission will be scheduled on 26/11/2025, 27/11/2025 and 28/11/2025 – 11:30 a.m. onward on each day. The detailed scheduled for the interview will be notified at later stage – through University website.

Application Process

• All candidates are required to register for their online application for admission to Ph.D. Programme on https://cugadm.samarth.edu.in/ within the stipulated schedule.
• After successful submission of online application and payment thereon, the candidates should take a print-out of the application form generated through SAMARTH eGov. This print-out along with all necessary supporting selfattested copies of the documents (Along with the Original documents) shall be required to be produced at the time of document verification.

• Commencement Date: 7 October, 2025
• Last Date: 12 November, 2025
• Interviews of eligible candidates for Ph.D. Admission: 26-28 November, 2025

• PhD Notification
• Application Form
• Central University of Gujarat Website