MMMUT Gorakhpur PhD Admission 2026 (Jan)

Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur invites application for Admission to PhD Program in various departments of the University for 2025-26, January Session.

Mode of Admission

Full time Research Scholar with University Fellowship

• A research scholar in this category works full-time for his/her Ph.D. He/she will be eligible to receive an assistantship/ scholarship from the University.
• Such regular Ph.D. candidates will share limited teaching load in his/her respective department subject to the terms and conditions prescribed by the University under this scheme.
• All such candidates will have to appear in the entrance test and followed by interview organized by the Department.

Self-financed

• Self-financed research scholars will support themselves. University will not provide scholarships to such candidates. Under this scheme the University may admit students who qualify from fellowship/scholarship in sponsoring agencies based on an interview. The University may also admit its PG pursuing students well in advance to the Ph.D. program if they have qualified for the above national level test for the purpose of awarding scholarship.
• Working Self-employed / non-working candidates can pursue PhD programme under self-financed category without getting any financial assistantship from the university. The final admission to the candidates under this category is based on the performance in the written test and/or interview conducted by the department concerned.
• The staff members working as a full-time JRF/SRF/RA etc. in sponsored research projects funded by the various central/state/other funding agencies to the faculty of the University as Principal investigator (PI)/Coordinator shall be eligible for the admission to Ph.D. programme in this category. They can be admitted by the due permission of the PI and Co- PI (if any) as well as Dean Research & Development and Professional Practices after joining the sponsored research project provided his/her Ph.D. topic is broadly related to the domain of sponsored research project. They are eligible to be admitted on the Ph.D. program only if they possess either valid score card of national level examination such as GATE, NET etc. or have been found eligible in the Entrance Test conducted by the department for the admission in Ph.D. program. If the project gets completed before the student completes her/his Ph.D., the candidature of research scholar remains unaffected. Such candidates can request conversion of his/her category to “Full time Research Scholar with University Fellowship” if he/she has published received final acceptance for at least one SCI/SCIE indexed journal paper (minimum impact factor 2) from his/her research work. However, final approval for such a change will be given by the Research Council only.

Sponsored

• A research scholar in this category is sponsored by a recognized R&D organization, Academic Institution, Government Organization, or Industry for doing Ph.D. in the University on a fulltime basis. The University shall not provide any assistantship/ scholarship to such research scholars and the applicable University fees and expenditure on pursuing research work shall be remitted by the sponsoring organization to the University. Research scholars under this scheme shall be treated as fulltime research scholars. All such candidates will have to appear in the entrance test followed by an interview organized by the Department.

Broad Areas

• Civil Engineering: Geotechnical engineering, environmental engineering, transportation engineering, hydraulics engineering and fluvial hydraulics, remote sensing and related departmental faculty research area.
• Computer Science and Engineering: Theoretical computer science, computer networks and distributed systems, network security, database and information systems, artificial intelligence, image understanding, computer hardware and architecture, big data and machine learning, sensor networks, virtualization, and cloud computing and related to concern departmental faculty research area.
• Information Technology and Computer Application: Network security, Computer Networks, database and information systems, natural language processing, software engineering, computer vision and image understanding, big data and machine learning, sensor networks, Mobile and cloud computing and related to concern departmental faculty research area.
• Electrical Engineering: Electrical measurement & instrumentation, control systems, electrical power systems, power electronics, electrical machines and drives, renewable energy system and related to concern departmental faculty research area.
• Electronics and Comm. Engineering: Microelectronics/ VLSI/ Micro-strip antenna and filter design, organic electronics, solid state devices, non-conventional material-based devices & circuits, optoelectronics & photonics, wireless communication, nanoelectronics, optical communication and beyond the CMOS devices and related departmental faculty research area.
• Mechanical Engineering: Design, manufacturing, Thermal, composites, computational mechanics, Production and related to concern departmental faculty research area.
• Chemical Engineering: Process intensification, advanced oxidation processes, nano-particle synthesis and applications, new and renewable energy, microbial fuel cell, cavitation engineering, energy and environment, biochemical engineering, water disinfection, fuels from sustainable feedstock and related to concern departmental faculty research area.
• Physics & Material Science: Condensed matter physics (theory and experimental), particle physics, molecular dynamics, amorphous semiconductors, thin films growth and characterization, optoelectronics, synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials & nanofluids, solar cells, Energy storage materials & devices, computational nanoionics and sensors, and related to concern departmental faculty research area.
• Chemistry & Environmental Science: Design and synthesis of carbon allotrope-based photocatalyst- for converting CO2 into useful forms based on natural photosynthesis. Rational design and Synthesis of 3D and 2D photocatalyst for C-H activation and sulfoxidation in presence and absence of carbon dioxide and related to concern departmental faculty research area.
• Mathematics & Scientific Computing: Operations Research, Inventory Control, Optimization, Mathematical Modelling, Cryptography and related departmental faculty research area.
• Management Studies: General Management, Marketing, Organizational Behaviour, Finance, Human Resource, Operations, Supply chain and Logistics, International Business and related to concern departmental faculty research area.
• Humanities & Social Science – English: Literature; Literary Theories: Traditional, Modern & Post Modern; Linguistics, Translation Studies; Literary Research Methods; ELT &SLT: Bilingual Method & Second Language; ICT in ELT, World Literature & Comparative Studies, Soft Skills & Communication Studies; Kinesics; Film Studies & Text Screen Inter-phase and related to concerned departmental faculty research area.
• Humanities & Social Science – Psychology: Social Psychology, Cultural Psychology, Health Psychology, Positive Psychology, Organizational Behaviour, Organizational Culture and related departmental faculty research areas.
• Pharmaceutical Science & Technology: Pharmaceutics, Pharmacology, Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmacognosy and related to departmental faculty research area.

Eligibility Criteria

Engineering/Technology

• An applicant possessing master’s degrees in engineering /technology in the relevant discipline with a first class 60% or equivalent Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) shall be eligible to apply for admission to the Ph.D. programme of the University in Engineering /Technology.

Sciences/ Humanities/ Social Sciences/ Management/ Pharmaceutical Science & Technology

• Candidates who possess a master’s degree with 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed in respective discipline of Sciences/Humanities/ Social Sciences/ Management/ Pharmaceutical Science & Technology shall be eligible to apply for admission to Ph.D. programme of the University in Sciences/Humanities/ Social Sciences/ Management streams/ Pharmaceutical Science & Technology.

Direct Ph.D. Program (Full Time)

• The candidates who have completed their final year (eighth semester) of their bachelor’s degree program and have a minimum of 75% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade on a point scale wherever the grading system is followed, shall be eligible to apply for direct Ph.D. admission. Such candidates shall be required to follow the regular Ph.D. admission procedure of the University
• Candidates with MCA degrees shall be considered equivalent to four years bachelor’s degree program for admission to Ph.D. and the eligibility shall be as per the details given in above point. Such candidates shall be required to follow the regular Ph.D. admission procedure of the University.

Note:

• Candidate must submit a copy of original final marksheet duly signed on or before at the PhD Written examination, failing which the candidate shall not be permitted to appear in the PhD written examination.
• A relaxation of 5% marks or its equivalent grade may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBC (noncreamy layer)/ Differently Abled, Economically Weaker Section (EWS) as per UGC Gazette notification CG-DL-E-07112022-240086 dated November 7, 2022.

Financial Assistance / University Fellowship

• The University offers University Research Fellowships (URF) for a duration of 3 years. Currently, the monthly University Research Fellowships (URF) are Rs 18,000/-.
• The admission to the programme and award of fellowship are not linked. Admission to any programme does not guarantee the award of fellowship. Those who are not awarded fellowships can continue with the programme as self-financing Scholars.
• In addition to the research work, all the University Research Fellows of the University shall have to undertake Teaching assignments /Practical classes/Tutorials to an extent of 6-8 hours per week and shall also be assigned other duties like checking assignments, invigilation duties, etc. as prescribed from time to time.

Selection Process

• Admission to Ph.D. program will be made through a written test and interview.
• The written test shall consist of 100 marks. 50% questions will be based on Research Methodology comprising quantitative methods/computer applications, experimental techniques etc. and 50% questions will be subject specific.
• The test shall be of three hours. Syllabus for Research Methodology will be common to all departments and domain specific syllabus will be prepared by each department. The admission brochure will contain the detailed syllabus for written test.
• The weightage of marks in the entrance test and interview will be in the ratio of 70% and 30%, respectively, for preparing the merit in a particular specialization.

MMMUT Gorakhpur PhD Entrance Details

• PhD written test will be of objective type. The candidates are required to select suitable section in written paper for appearing in the written test as per their eligibility.
• Every objective type question would carry one marks for correct answer.
• Each objective type of question will have one correct answer. The answer would be considered correct only if the appropriate choice is indicated in the answer.
• There will be no negative marking for wrong answer. Zero marks will be awarded for unanswered questions.
• Candidates securing 50% or above of the average marks of the top 5 candidates shall be eligible to be called for the interview.

Exemption from written test

• Vice Chancellor may accord exemption from written test to the Academic/NonTeaching staff of the MMMUT/Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, Public Sector Undertaking, or an industry of high repute etc. considering the merit of each case. Such candidates shall have an experience of 15 years.
• Foreign nationals/ OCI fulfilling the eligibility criteria may be registered for Ph.D. programme. Foreign nationals/OCI shall be exempted from the written test but must appear in the interview in online/physical mode. They may be admitted based on their performance at the interview. The medium of instructions shall be English only. The admission of foreign nationals/OCI shall be subject to the verification of equivalence of their qualifying degrees from the Association of Indian Universities.

Syllabus of Examination

The test shall consist of 50% of research methodology, and 50% shall be subject specific. The subject specific test shall include objective type questions from the core subjects of the respective disciplines.

Application Process

• The candidate must submit his/her application for Ph.D. Admission 2026-26 (Even Semester – Jan Session) through “On-line application mode- Samarth Portal” only as per the details prescribed in the Admission Brochure.
• The candidates have to deposit the application fee online as per the provisions made in online form. The application fee is non-refundable.
• Separate application forms should be filled for Ph.D. programme for each Department.

• Commencement of online application: 3 November, 2025 at 8:00 AM
• Last date for applying through online portal: 15 December, 2025 at 12:00 PM
• Preliminary Screening (Done by the respective departments w.r.t. eligibility criteria and Qualifying degree) for Ph.D. written test: 22 December, 2025
• Ph.D. written test. The written test will be conducted by the respective department in offline mode for all the eligible candidates: 2 January, 2026
• Display of list of eligible Ph.D. candidates who are eligible for Interview: 3 January, 2026
• Verification of original documents (w.r.t. eligibility criteria and Qualifying degree) before Interview (Concerned Departmental committee): 3 January, 2026 (On the date of the interview)
• Eligible Ph.D. candidates’ interviews (Concerned Departmental committee): 3 January, 2026

• Brochure
• Important Instructions
• Application
• MMMUT Gorakhpur Website