Sidho Kanho Birsha University – SKBU PhD Admission 2025

Sidho Kanho Birsha University (SKBU) -Purulia, West Bengal invites application for PhD Admission 2025.

Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates who have completed a 01 year/ 02 semesters Master’s Degree after a 04 years/ 08 Semester Bachelor’s Degree; or a 02 year/04 semester Master’s Degree after a 03-year/06 Semester Bachelor’s Degree; or qualification declared to be equivalent to Master’s Degree by the corresponding statutory regulatory body shall be eligible for admission. Candidates must obtain 55% marks in the Master’s or equivalent level.
• Candidates who have completed the Post Graduate programme with at least 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed or equivalent qualification 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 to assess, accredit or assure quality and standards of educational institutions, shall be eligible for admission to the Ph.D. programme.
• However, 5% or such other per cent as may be decided by the Government from time to time may be relaxed for SC/ST/OBC/Differently able candidates and for those who had obtained their Master’s degree prior to 19th September, 1991.
• Provided that a candidate seeking admission after a 04 years / 08 semesters Bachelor’s (Honours with Research) should have a minimum of 75 per cent marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade on a point scale.
• After the completion of 3 years Bachelor’s degree, any Master’s Degree including M.Ed. for less than two years duration will not be considered for admission to the Ph.D. programme.

Selection Process

Online Applications in prescribed format are invited from the candidates ,who have cleared the NET-JRF/NET LS/ SET and qualified for fellowship/scholarship in UGC-NET/UGCCSIRNET/ GATE/CEED/INSPIRE/ WISE/similar National Level Tests for the admission to Ph.D. Programme – 2025 (1st Part i.e., Course Work).

Students who have qualified for fellowship/scholarship in UGC-NET/UGC- CSIRNET/CEED/INSPIRE/WISE and similar National Level Tests will get 70 marks, UGC NET (Category-2) and SET will get 65 marks, UGC NET (Category-3) /GATE will get 60 marks out of 70. However, 30 marks will be kept for the performance in the interview/viva- voce examination. The qualifying marks in the interview/viva- voce examination is 50 percent.

In case of a candidate holding a qualifying degree from other University, admission for the Ph.D. programme will proceed after determination of equivalence of the qualifying degree by the relevant University body and fulfillment of the admission criteria.

Foreign students will be required to produce clearance from the Government of India and/or other appropriate authorities, if any, for admission to the Ph.D. Programme. Enrolment in the Ph. D. programme may be allowed to only such foreign nationals who have obtained a research visa and fulfilled other admission criteria. Foreign students will be admitted through the policy framed by SKBU for foreign scholars.

Application Process

Candidates have to apply online on the SKBU website through URL:
https://skbu.ac.in/students/phd_admission/.

Read notification carefully before filling application form.

• Staring date for submission of application: 27 June, 2025
• Last date for submission of application: 20 July, 2025

• Notification
• Application Form
• SKBU Website