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Course Details

MODE

Full time

DURATION

72 Months

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Pharmaceutical Sciences program shall be for a minimum duration of three years, including course work and a maximum of six years. Extension beyond the above limits will be governed by the relevant clauses as stipulated in the Statute/Ordinance of the individual Institution concerned Offered by IK Gujral Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar.

Eligibility Criteria

Candidates for admission to the Ph.D programme shall have a Master's degree in the relevant/allied subject or a professional degree declared equivalent to the Master’s degree by the corresponding statutory regulatory body, with at least 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade 'B' in the UGC 7-point scale (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) or an equivalent degree 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 for the purpose of assessing, accrediting or assuring quality and standards of educational institutions.
A relaxation of 5% of marks, from 55% to 50%, or an equivalent relaxation of grade, shall be allowed for those belonging to SC / ST / OBC (non-creamy layer) / Differently- abled and other categories of candidates as per the decision of the Commission from time to time, or for those who had obtained their Master's degree prior to 19th September 1991. The eligibility marks of 55% (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and the relaxation of 5% to the categories mentioned above are permissible based only on the qualifying marks without including the grace mark procedures.
Candidates, who have already cleared UGC / CSIR / SLET / GATE/ GPAT/ Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship awardees / teacher-fellowship holders / INSPIRE / or candidates who are awarded Fellowships directly or by other funding agencies (ICAR/ICHR/ICMR/DBT/DST), M.Phil candidates (who have admitted through entrance test and completed M.Phil degree in regular mode) for the purpose of pursuing Ph.D. will be exempted from entrance test.
No Candidate shall be eligible to register for the Ph.D. program if he/she is already registered for any full-time program of study in any University / Institution.

Admission Details

The admission in Ph. D program will be done through an entrance test and interview. The admission for the session June/July will be done on the basis of entrance test and interview. Test exempted candidates i.e UGC/CSIR Exam/SLET/GATE/GPAT Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship awardees/ teacher fellowship holders/INSPIRE/ or candidates who are awarded Fellowships directly or by other funding agencies (ICAR/ICHR/ICMR/DBT/DST) may also apply for admission in June/July session. Only valid scorecards of all exempted categories will be considered for admission.
The admission in the session Dec/Jan will be done on the basis of interview only. In this session, the only test exempted candidates i.e UGC/CSIR Exam/SLET/GATE/ GPAT/ Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship awardees/ teacher fellowship holders/INSPIRE/ or candidates who are awarded Fellowships directly or by other funding agencies (ICAR/ICHR/ICMR/DBT/DST), may also apply for admission. Only valid scorecards of all exempted categories will be considered for admission. The exact date of the examination will be notified through IKG PTU‘s website and advertisement in at least two (2) national newspapers, out of which at least one (1) shall be in the regional language.
The number of seats for admission, subject / discipline-wise distribution will be displayed on the University website/advertisement.
An Entrance Test shall be qualified with qualifying marks as 50%. The question paper will be objective type and of 120 minutes duration. The syllabus of the Entrance Test shall consist of 50% of research methodology and 50% shall be subject-specific. The merit list of the candidate belonging to Scheduled caste (SC) / Scheduled Tribe (ST) / Physically handicapped (PH) / Visually Handicapped (VH) shall be prepared separately. The qualifying marks for reserved categories shall be 45% in the entrance.
For the entrance test, the GATE / GPAT syllabus will be followed.