Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University – CBPBU PhD Admission 2025

Cooch Behar Panchanan Barma University invites application for PhD Admission 2025.

Eligibility

• Candidates for admission to the M.Phil./Ph.D. programme shall have a Master’s degree or a professional degree declared equivalent to the Master’s degree by the corresponding statutory regulatory body, with at least 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent in a point scale wherever grading system is followed. Candidates having an equivalent degree 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 for the purpose of assessing, accrediting or assuring quality and standards of educational institutions are also eligible.
• A relaxation of 5% of marks, from 55% to 50%, or an equivalent relaxation of grade, may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer) / differently abled (DA), and other categories of candidates as per the decision of the University Grants Commission/ Higher Education time to time.
• Candidates who have successfully completed M.Phil. from this University with at least 55% marks in aggregate, or an equivalent grade on the point scale of the grading system followed by the University, shall be eligible to proceed to do research work leading to Ph. D. Degree.

Selection Process

• RET shall be conducted by each department under the supervision of the respective DRC.
• All candidates who are not exempted from the test will appear in the RET. The test will be for 100 marks; 50 percent of the total marks will be in the area of Research Methodology and the remaining 50 percent shall be subject-specific.
• The qualifying marks for the RET will be 50 percent of the total marks.
• The entrance test shall be followed by an interview to be conducted by the DRC. A candidate who has been exempted from appearing at the entrance test shall also be required to appear at the interview. At the time of interview the Departmental Research Committee will objectively assess the research interest of the candidate in the relevant field/area. At the time of interview, the DRC will also assess whether the candidate possesses the competence for the proposed research and whether the proposed area of research can contribute to new/additional knowledge. Total marks for interview will be 100 (30% marks will be based on the candidate’s postgraduate marks and 70% on candidate’s knowledge).

Entrance Test Exemption

A candidate shall be exempted from appearing in the RET provided that he/she –

• has qualified in NET/SLET/SET, or any other National or State Level test for pursuing teaching or research, or is in possession of a valid GATE certificate.
• has admitted through entrance test in M.Phil. and has obtained M.Phil. degree from this university or from any other university/institute recognized by the UGC.

• Online application forms will be available for the applicants: 16 August, 2025 to 31 August, 2025
• Online application fees collection: 16 August, 2025 to 1 September, 2025
• Date of RET written Examination & Viva-Voce: to be announced later

• Notification
• PhD Regulations
• Application Form
• CBPBU Website