MANIT Bhopal PhD Admission 2025 (July)

Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) Bhopal or NIT Bhopal will invites invites applications for PhD admission for 2025 (July) for the academic year 2025-26.

Admission Categories

Students with a Graduation/Master’s Degree in the relevant discipline will be eligible for admission to the following Ph.D. programs as per the concerned eligibility criteria.

Full Time (FT)

1. FT-Institute – (With Institute Fellowship)
2. FT – JRF – (With fellowship from NET/UGC etc.)
3. FT-Self-Financed – (Without Institute Fellowship)
4. FT- Sponsored – (Without Institute Fellowship)
5. FT-Foreign – (Without Institute Fellowship)

Part Time (PT)

1. PT-Institute – (Without Institute Fellowship)
2. PT-Internal – (Without Institute Fellowship)
3. PT-Sponsored – (Without Institute Fellowship)
4. PT-Project – (With Fellowship from the Project)

Eligibility Criteria

FT-Institute (With Institute Fellowship)

• Master’s degree in respective discipline with a minimum of 60% or CGPA 6.5 (on a 10-point Scale) with NET/GATE qualified. OR
• B.E./B.Tech/B.Arch/B.Plan or Equivalent Degree with a minimum of 70% marks or 7.5 CGPA (on the scale of 10) plus Valid Gate Score.

FT – JRF (With Fellowship from the NET/UGC etc.)

• Master’s degree in respective discipline with a minimum of 60% or CGPA 6.5 (on a 10-point Scale) with NET/GATE qualified. OR
• B.E./B.Tech/B.Arch/B.Plan or Equivalent Degree with a minimum of 70% marks or 7.5 CGPA (on the scale of 10) plus Valid Gate Score.

FT-Self-Financed (Without Institute Fellowship)

• Master’s degree in respective discipline with a minimum of 60% or CGPA 6.5 (on a 10-point Scale). OR
• B.E./B.Tech/B.Arch/B.Plan or Equivalent Degree with a minimum of 70% marks or 7.5 CGPA (on the scale of 10).

FT- Sponsored (Without Institute Fellowship)

• Master’s degree in respective discipline with a minimum of 60% or CGPA 6.5 (on a 10-point Scale). OR
• B.E./B.Tech/B.Arch/B.Plan or Equivalent Degree with a minimum of 70% marks or 7.5 CGPA (on the scale of 10).
• Experience and other Requirements: The Candidate must be an employee of Central/State Government Institutions/organizations. It is mandatory to furnish NOC (Annexure B) from the parent organization at the time of application/admission.

FT-Foreign (Without Institute Fellowship)

• Master’s degree in relevant discipline with a minimum of 60% or CGPA 6.5 (on a 10-point Scale). AND B.Tech/ B.E./ B Plan of 04 years duration in relevant discipline or 05 years Degree course in Architecture with minimum 60% aggregate marks or 6.5 CGPA (on a 10-point Scale).
• Experience and other Requirements:
  • (i) This category of admission is applicable to foreign students through ICCR scholarship.
  • (ii) The applicant should not be older than 30 years as on 1st October of the calendar year.
  • (iii) Must have a minimum valid GRE score of 280.

PT-Institute (Without Institute Fellowship)

• Master’s degree in relevant discipline with a minimum of 60% or CGPA 6.5 (on a 10-point Scale).
• Experience and other Requirements: Students with a Master’s Degree in the relevant discipline will be eligible for admission to corresponding Part-time / Executive Ph.D. Programs, subject to their fulfilling the requirements.

PT-Internal (Without Institute Fellowship)

• Master’s degree in respective discipline with a minimum of 60% or CGPA 6.5 (on a 10-point Scale). OR
• B.E./B.Tech/B.Arch/B.Plan or Equivalent Degree with a minimum of 70% marks or 7.5 CGPA (on the scale of 10).
• Experience and other Requirements:
  • (i) This category of admission is applicable for regular faculty/staff members of MANIT Bhopal with a minimum of 01 year of experience. The format of the NOC is given in Annexure A.
  • (ii) No change or relaxation in admission process/norms.
  • (iii) Shall undergo a normal selection process as applicable to any other external candidate.
  • (iv) Course work is mandatory similar to any other external candidate.
  • (v) No relaxation in Institute’s academic/administrative duties.
  • (vi) No financial relaxation in pursuing the Ph.D. program.

PT-Sponsored (Without Institute Fellowship)

• Master’s degree in respective discipline with a minimum of 60% or CGPA 6.5 (on a 10-point Scale). OR
• B.E./B.Tech/B.Arch/B.Plan or Equivalent Degree with a minimum of 70% marks or 7.5 CGPA (on the scale of 10).
• Experience and other Requirements: The Candidate must be an employee/officers of central/State Government Institutions/organizations or Industry. It is mandatory to furnish NOC from the parent organization at the time of application/admission. The format of the NOC is given in Annexure B.

PT-Project (With Fellowship from the Project)

• Master’s degree in respective discipline with a minimum of 60% or CGPA 6.5 (on a 10-point Scale) with NET/GATE qualified. OR
• B.E./B.Tech/B.Arch/B.Plan or Equivalent Degree with a minimum of 70% marks or 7.5 CGPA (on the scale of 10) from an Institute of National Importance/CFTI plus NET/GATE qualified.
• Experience and other Requirements:
  • (i) This category of admission is applicable for Project Staff/Junior Research Fellow (JRF) working under External funded Projects with an approved duration of a minimum of 3 years and with a budget provision for recruiting project staff/JRF from project funds. The format of the NOC is given in Annexure C.
  • (ii) The candidate will have an obligation to serve the designated project for at least 2½ years after registration as a PhD scholar.
  • (iii) Should have qualified GATE/ NET/ or any National Level qualifying test.
  • (iv) Admission will be through the Institute process which might include a written test and/or interview.

Reservation / Relaxation

Presently, a relaxation of 5% in marks or 0.5 in CGPA is applicable to all category of Fulltime and Part-Time admissions (Table-I) for SC/ST/PWD candidates, Any modification in all or anyone admission category of Table-I, shall be notified on Institute website after due approval from the competent authority. Category-reservation of PwD/SC/ST/OBC/EWS is as per prevailing GOI norms.

Admission Procedure

• The admission to PhD program shall be through entrance examination, which include written test followed by interview.
• The applicable procedure for admission to both FT and PT category may include written test and/or interview, which shall be notified in advertisement/institute website with due approval from Senate or Chairman Senate.
• Eligible applicants from the organizations having MoU with the MANIT Bhopal will get the admission under sponsored category after having ascertained the eligibility (as per Table-I) by the DRPC committee. The basis of the admission under such category shall be Interview/interaction and there shall not be any written test.
• Final recommendation on the selection of the candidates Page shall be made by the Interview committee in cognizance with evaluation of presentation committee. Dean (Academic) shall get the final approval from the Director before forwarding the list of selected candidates

The selection will be based on the candidate’s academic research profile and following criteria:

• Weightage of written test 70%
• Weightage of Interview (if found eligible for research) 30%

Qualifying in GATE / NET is not mandatory, but the institute, on its sole discretion, may relax the requirement of written test and/or interview in such cases. The same criterion will be applicable to candidates with a valid GATE / NET score.

No TA/DA will be paid for attending the written test &/or Interview.

Application Process

• The application form can be filled from http://erp.manit.ac.in/ext/adm/login
• Hard copy of completed application form (downloaded filled on ERP) along with self attested copies of essential documents and non-refundable processing fee of Rs. 1500/- (for UR, OBC & EWS) and Rs. 1000/- (for SC/ST/PwD candidates) should be submitted to Assistant Registrar (Academic), MANIT Bhopal – 462003.
• The payment of processing fee is to be done only through Gateway available in the online application form.
• The envelope must contain the following header “Application form for Ph.D. Admission in …………………………..Department”. Applicant must submit separate processing fees, if he/she wishes to apply in different departments. Applications received after due date will not be entertained

List of Essential Documents

• If applicants have applied for multiple departments, the priority list of the choice of department duly signed must be submitted on the specified institute format to be made available at the time of interview.
• 10th Class Marksheet
• 12th Class Marksheet
• Graduation Marksheets (All semesters)
• Graduation Degree Certificate
• Post Graduation Marksheets (All semesters)
• Post Graduation Degree Certificate / Completion Certificate
• Experience Certificate and NOC
• Publication details, if applicable
• Experience, if applicable
• Fee receipt copy.
• Any other relevant documents

• Last Date of form submission: 16 May, 2025
• Date of written test (Full Time): 27 May, 2025
• Date of Interview (Full Time): 27 May, 2025
• Date of Interview (Part Time): 29 May, 2025
• Result Declaration on institute website: 6 June, 2025
• Admission Date (Full Time): 23 June, 2025
• Admission Date (Part Time): 24 June, 2025
• Start of Course work: 14 July, 2025 or As per the Institute Academic Calendar

• Brochure
• Application
• MANIT Bhopal Website