PhD Candidates At The Top Five State Universities In India

In 2020-21, 3,831 candidates and about 3,672 candidates in 2019-20 were pursuing the PhD programme at the top five state universities across the country. About just 492 scholars were successful in completing the programme in 2020-21.

The five state universities considered in the article are among the top ranked engineering colleges in the country. These are ranked by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2022. Among the five state universities, Jadavpur University and Anna University had the highest number of candidates pursuing as well as the highest number of candidates who successfully completed the PhD programme (including Integrated PhD) over the last three years.

Let’s look at what the research by Careers360 brings to the fore.

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Pursuing PhD Programme: Top IITs

Overall the number of candidates pursuing the PhD programmes decreased in the top five state universities over the last three years since 2018-19. However, Delhi Technological University and Anna University showed an overall increase in the same time period.

Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai had the highest changes in last three years, more than 72.6 per cent students were admitted in the PhD programme.

Student Pursuing Full-time PhD In Top 5 State University over 3 Years

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PhD Candidates Course Completion

Most universities had a very fluctuating number of graduates over the last three years. Among all the top five state universities, only Jadavpur University, Kolkata had an overall decrease in the number of candidates who successfully completed the programme over the last three years. Rest of the universities had increased the number of PhD graduates.

Graduated Full-time PhD Student In Top 5 State University over 3 Years (including Integrated Ph.D)

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Average Pursuing V/s Passed Candidates In Full Time PhD Programme

For a detailed inspection, the data from 2018-19 to 2020-21 for the average of pursuing candidates is considered for the analysis. While the graduating average is taken from five years data from 2016-17 to 2020-21.

Pursuing and Graduating PhD Candidates

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PhD Candidates In Part-time Programme

Jadavpur University, Kolkata and Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur have no part-time PhD programme offered to its candidates. Hence, they have been left out from the data on institutes offering a part-time PhD.

Pursuing and Graduating PhD Candidates (Part-time) 2020-21

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Average Pursuing V/s Passed Candidates In Part-Time PhD Programme

The average candidates graduating the PhD programme from these three universities, is best in Anna University in comparison to the average number of candidates pursuing the programme over the years.

Pursuing And Graduating PhD Candidates

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All the engineering aspirants who are willing to pursue the PhD programme are advised to check the previous articles of IIT and NIT. Careers360 had brought the series,which helped the students where they should pursue their PhD programme.