Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda PhD Admission 2025-26

Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat invites online application for PhD admission for the academic session 2025-26 through MSU Baroda PhD Entrance Test (PET).

Admission Procedure

• Candidates who desire to get admission to Ph.D. courses in The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda have to qualify Ph.D Entrance Test.
• The written test shall be followed by personal interview in the form of interaction with the Department Research Committee(DRC) constituted by the concerned Department/ Faculty/ Institute, as the case may be; provided that the candidate is qualified in the written test.
• At the time of personal interview, the candidates are expected to discuss their research area.

Exemption

• The candidates who have qualified in national/ state level competitive examination such as UGC-CSIR / NET / SET / GATE / GPAT / DBT / ICMR / JRF holders are exempted from appearing in PET.
• Such candidates are requested to contact respective department directly, for the enrolment and registration for Ph.D.
• Candidates should have valid GATE Score / Scorecard for exemption from appearing in the PET.

Eligibility Criteria

• Only those candidates are eligible to appear in the PET who have completed / are studying in the final year or semester of a UGC specified Master’s degree.
• General / General-EWS Candidates who have secured at least 55% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s Degree OR equivalent examination from universities/institutions recognised by UGC are eligible for PET. The Socially and Educationally Backward Class (SEBC) belonging to Non-Creamy Layer/ Transgender / Scheduled Caste (SC) / Scheduled Tribe (ST) / Persons with Disabilities (VH/HH/LM/MD-OH) category candidates who have secured at least 50% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s degree or equivalent examination are eligible for PET.
• Candidates who have appeared OR will be appearing in the final year / semester at the qualifying Master’s degree examination and whose result is still awaited OR candidates whose qualifying examinations have been delayed may also apply for PET. However, such candidates will be admitted provisionally and shall be considered eligible for PET only after they have passed their Master’s degree examination or equivalent with at least 55% marks in case of General / General-EWS (50% marks in case of Socially and Educationally Backward Class (SEBC) belonging to non-creamy layer / Transgender/SC/ST/Persons with Disabilities (VH/HH/LM/MD-OH) category candidates). Such candidates must complete their Master’s degree examination within two years from the date of declaration of result of PET with required percentage of marks, failing which they will be treated as disqualified.

MSU Baroda PhD Entrance Test (PET)

Structure of the Test

Written Test (Multiple choice questions )- OMR Based Offline

• Paper I will cover the UGC syllabus of research methodology with 50 multiple choice questions and all are compulsory. Each question carries 1 mark thus the total marks in Paper I will be 50.
• Paper II will be subject specific and will contain 50 multiple choice questions and all are compulsory, each question carrying 1 mark. Thus the total marks in Paper II is 50.
• Calculators, Log tables, any other calculating devices, mobiles, smart watch, smart devices, slide rule, text manuals etc are NOT allowed in the examination hall.
• There is no negative marking in the examination.
• Printed / Hard Copy of Certificate will not be issued / sent to any Successful Candidate. PET Examination Centre, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda will issue an E-certificate to qualifying candidates based on the information provided by the candidate and his / her original records / certificates will not be verified. The registering authority should verify the original records / certificates of the candidate while considering him / her for registering for Ph. D. Programme.
• On qualifying the PET examination, the candidate should contact respective department to enroll himself/herself for Ph. D after the date of declaration of the result. The enrolment and registration for Ph. D will be done as per Ph. D. Ordinances and reservation policy of The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda.

Standard for qualifying PET

• The qualifying marks for Paper I & Paper II will be 50% of those obtained in Paper I and Paper II separately.
• There will be no negative marks for wrong answers.
• The validity of PET Certificate shall be forever.

Examination Schedule

• Ph. D. Entrance Test will be conducted on Sunday, 17th August 2025.
• Paper – I – 09.30 am to 10.30 am
• Paper – II – 10.30 am to 11.30 am

Application Process

• Candidates have to apply online on the link available at university website.
• The candidates must read the ‘ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA’ carefully and must satisfy themselves regarding their eligibility for the Test before payment of Examination fee and filling the Online application.

• Ph. D Entrance Test (PET): 17 August, 2025
• Online fee and online application form submission: 5 July, 2025 to 25 July, 2025

• Notification
• Application
• MSU Baroda Website