Course Details

MODE

Full time

DURATION

72 Months

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) is an offered Full-time three/six-year Doctoral program and it is offered by the Rajasthan Technical University, Kota. Ph.D. programme 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.

Eligibility Criteria

An applicant possessing the following qualifications in appropriate areas shall be eligible to apply for admission to Ph.D. programme of the respective disciplines of University:

Master's degree in the appropriate discipline of any recognized University/Institute or equivalent with a minimum of 60% marks in aggregate (of all the years/semesters) where marks are awarded or minimum equivalent Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) as defined by AICTE.
A relaxation of 5% in the minimum eligibility shall be applicable to the applicant belonging to the categories of SC/ST/Physically handicapped and visually impaired.

Eligibility for Part-time Research Scholar

The applicant must hold the minimum entry qualifications for the degree as given in O.1.1 O.1.2.2 The applicant proves to the satisfaction of the DRC that:
His official duties permit him to devote sufficient time to research through written endorsement from his employer in prescribed form.
Facilities for pursuing research are available at the applicant’s parent organization/place of work in the chosen field of research.
Applicant submits the certificate issued by the parent organization for the period required to fulfill the residential requirement during coursework/ contact days with supervisor after completion of the coursework as notified by University from time to time.

Admission Details

Applications for admission to the Ph.D. programme shall be invited during an academic year for the available vacancies. The admission to the Ph.D. programme shall be made through RTU Doctoral Admission Test (RTU-DAT) as per procedure laid down in the Regulations.
DRC and all supervisors of the department will interview qualified applicants in order of merit of RTU-DAT and allot the supervisor(s) on the basis of specialization of supervisors, interest area of the applicant and mutual consent of supervisor(s) and the applicant till all the vacancies are filled as per the Regulations.
Every successful applicant shall be required to register for the Ph.D. programme as research scholar. A research scholar will be required to renew the registration every semester, till the submission of the thesis as per the Regulations.
Those applicants who fail to get admission to a Ph.D. programme, after qualifying the RTU-DAT, due to any reason in an academic session, shall be required to reappear and qualify RTU-DAT again.