For admission to the PhD Programme a candidate must have

• 4-Year/5-Year Bachelor's Degree or a Master's Degree, with CPI 6.0 on 10-point scale (or 60% of marks), in the relevant discipline.

• The CPI/Marks criteria will be relaxed by 0.5 CPI (or 5% marks) for SC/ST/PwD candidates.
• The concerned academic division will determine the suitability of discipline based on the advertised research areas.
• A Degree (or equivalent) issued by a University or an Institute of National Importance, for a study of at least 4 years after Class 12 will be considered.

• The PhD students admitted with UG degree have an option to choose Dual Master’s + PhD degree in certain academic divisions. The students in the respective divisions, who are willing for the Master’s degree, have to opt for the same at the time of admission and latest by the end of first semester.
• Such students have to do the prescribed coursework (of minimum 72 credits spanning over 3 semesters) of Dual Master’s + PhD programme of the concerned academic division. The CPI requirement in the coursework is 6.5