To be eligible to appear for Ph.D. Entrance Test - 2026 conducted by Osmania University in the subjects pertaining to faculties mentioned above, a candidate must have obtained a PostGraduate degree from a recognized university or a Post-Graduate degree through distance mode from a recognized university and approved by the concerned authority, in the concerned subject or in an allied subject (see Annexure-II for the list of allied subjects) approved by Osmania University securing not less than 55% marks (50% marks in case of SC / ST / BC / PWD / EWS candidates). If the results of Post Graduate Degree are declared in the form of Grades/Credits/Cumulative Grade Points/Average in their marks card/Transcripts, such Grades/Points shall be converted into percentage of marks to assess the minimum eligibility criteria.

The candidates have to appear in the Ph.D. Entrance Test in the subject in which they wish to pursue Ph.D. (For e.g. A candidate with M.Com. qualification may pursue Ph.D. in Business Management provided he/she appears and qualifies in the Ph.D. Entrance Test in the subject of Business Management).

Those who are awarded Junior Research Fellowship in a national level test namely UGC / CSIR / ICMR / ICAR / DBT / INSPIRE/NFSC & ST and not secured admission into Ph.D. programme under category-I and the candidates who qualified under “UGC NET / UGC NET for Ph.D. admission only” are eligible to write Ph.D. Entrance Test – 2026, if they are intended to seek admission under Category-II.

Note:

• The eligibility of the candidates is not being verified at the time of application and or at the time of issuing of hall tickets. Therefore, it is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure that he/she is eligible for the Ph.D. programme in a subject in which he/she is applying.
• The candidates those who are pursuing Post Graduate degree and whose results are not declared are NOT ELIGIBLE.

• The Entrance examination is conducted through Computer Based Test (CBT) mode for 100 marks consist of 100 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ’s). However weightage shall be considered for 70 marks only.
• The Entrance Test will consist of any 3 or 4 varieties of objective type items such as analogies, classification, matching, comprehension of a research study / experiment / theoretical point of view, etc., with multiple answers besides the usual multiple choice items. The MCQs will be framed only from the syllabus of Entrance test.
• Medium of Entrance Test: The medium of Entrance Test will be in English only, except for language subjects.