Osmania University PhD Admission 2025
Full details for Osmania University PhD Admission 2025.
Osmania University invites application for PhD Admission through Osmania University PhD Entrance Test 2025.
Application invited for Ph.D. Entrance Test (PET) under Category-II for admission to Ph.D. programs at Osmania University in the faculties including Arts, Oriental Languages, Social Sciences, Commerce, Education, Law, Management, Science, Engineering, Pharmacy, Technology, and Informatics.
Eligibility Criteria
Post-Graduate Degree: Candidates must have a Post-Graduate degree (or its equivalent through distance mode, approved by the relevant authority) from a recognized university in the concerned subject or an allied subject approved by Osmania University.
Minimum Marks: A minimum of 55% marks (50% for SC/ST/BC/PWD/EWS candidates) in the Post-Graduate degree.
Conversion of Grades: If results are in grades/credits/CGPA, they will be converted to a percentage to determine eligibility.
Subject of the Test: Candidates must appear for the PET in the specific subject they wish to pursue their Ph.D. in.
JRF Awardees and UGC NET Qualified: Candidates who have been awarded Junior Research Fellowships (JRF) in national-level tests (UGC/CSIR/ICMR/ICAR/DBT/INSPIRE/NFSC & ST) but haven’t secured admission under Category-I, as well as those who qualified “UGC NET/UGC NET for Ph.D. admission only” are eligible to write the PET if they wish to seek admission under Category-II.
Results Awaiting Candidates: Candidates whose Post Graduate degree results are pending are NOT eligible.
Entrance Test Pattern and Medium
Computer-Based Test (CBT): The entrance exam is conducted online.
Format: The test consists of 100 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), but the weightage is considered for 70 marks only.
Question Types: The questions may include analogies, classification, matching, comprehension of research studies/experiments/theoretical viewpoints, etc., in addition to standard MCQs.
Syllabus: The MCQs will be based on the prescribed syllabus for the entrance test.
Medium of Test: The test will be in English only, except for language subjects.
Vacancy
- English: 28
- Hindi: 6
- Kannada: 4
- Linguistics: 4
- Persian: 2
- Sanskrit: 4
- Telugu (Oriental): 1
- Arabic (Oriental): 6
- Telugu (Oriental): 6
- Economics: 6
- History: 10
- Library Science: 8
- Political Science: 6
- Psychology: 4
- Sociology: 4
- Commerce: 39
- Management: 13
- Education: 4
- Law: 12
- Physical Education: 6
- Applied Geochemistry: 2
- Astronomy: 9
- Biochemistry: 9
- Bio-Technology: 19
- Botany: 21
- Chemistry: 65
- Environmental Science: 5
- Genetics: 13
- Geography: 12
- Geology: 6
- Geophysics: 6
- Mathematics: 46
- Microbiology: 10
- Nutrition: 2
- Physics: 37
- Statistics: 13
- Zoology: 28
- Bio-Medical Engineering: 7
- Civil Engineering: 41
- Electrical Engineering: 36
- Electronics & Communication Engineering: 34
- Mechanical Engineering: 49
- Pharmacy: 3
- Chemical Engineering: 2
- Bio-Technology: 1
- Food Technology: 2
- Textile Technology: 2
- Informatics: 4
Important Dates
- Issue of Notification: 11 January, 2025
- Date of commencement of online registration and submission of applications: 30 January, 2025
- Last Date for submission of online application Without late fee: 1 March, 2025
- Last Date for submission of online application With a late fee of Rs.2000/-: 11 March, 2025
- Commencement of entrance tests: Last week of March, 2025
Application Fee
Rs.2000/- (Rs.1500/- in case of SC/ST/BC/PWD/EWS candidates).