Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University
Delhi, Delhi (NCT)
Admission to Ph.D. Programmes under Foreign Student (FS) Category, 2026-2027

AUD invites applications to its programmes of study from citizens of countries other than India. AUD has a FS supernumerary admission quota (over and above the sum of seats of regular admission categories for Indian applicants) for its doctoral/Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.). programmes.

• The FS quota in Ph.D. programmes is in excess of the total of regular (non-supernumerary) Indian/domestic study seats. The number of FS seats in a Ph.D. programme is determined by the programme’s supervisory capacity. In some Ph.D. programmes there are few or no FS seats in some admission years. The FS Ph.D. seats available in 2026–2027 in the various programmes are shown in Table-1 .
• FS applicants must register and apply at the Study in India (SII) portal of the Government of India.
  [https://www.studyinindia.gov.in ]
• Along with the SII registration and application, it is mandatory to also apply through the AUD FS admissions portal and pay the designated application fee there.
  [https://aud.delhi.gov.in/admission/Foreign-Student/2026 ].
• Admission of FS is for full-time study in an approved programme with intention of completing an AUD degree.
• FS admission is considered to be ‘in absentia’, whether or not the FS applicant is in India at the time of application.
• No applicant under the FS category may be considered for admission under another category or quota, and no applicant under any domestic admission category (regular or supernumerary) is eligible for FS admission.
• The FS admission process differs from domestic student admission and has a different set of steps and procedures in place governed by the Government’s and AUD policies.
• Minimum eligibility requirements (including qualifying degrees and percentage/CGPA, etc.) for FS applicants are the same as (or equivalent to) those for Indian applicants of the general/unreserved admission category. The minimum eligibility requirements for each programme are mentioned in the general Admission information available on the Ph.D. admissions pages of the website. National entrance tests (like University Grants Commission’s National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) for determining merit of domestic applicants do not apply to FS applicants. However, some additional criteria (such as an entrance interview, statement of purpose, letters of recommendation, etc.) may be mandatory for FS. These criteria are specified in this brochure under Programme-Specific Application Instructions.
• Foreign applicants will not be exempted from any of these above stated requirements on account of their remote location. These requirements will be completed virtually without the applicant needing to be present in-person in India.
• Self-financing FS applicants are those who do not receive financial assistance as part of an official government/cultural/educational exchange programme recognized by the Indian government. Selffinancing FS applicants pay the AUD application/FS processing fees and the tuition fees indicated in Table-2 in this brochure.
• Financed/sponsored FS applicants are those who apply for admission to AUD as per the norms of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (Cultural Exchange Fellowship programme), EdCIL or another governmentto-government scholarship programme. Their tuition payments to AUD are set by terms of their scholarship, as recognized by the university.
• FS applicants should carefully read the general admission information for Ph.D. admission available on the Ph.D. admissions pages of the website describing the minimum eligibility requirements, and other details about the programme they seek admission to and then follow the Programme-Specific Application Instructions given in this brochure for FS admission.
• Important web-links have been provided at the end of this brochure.

Contact:
+91-11-23863740, +91-11-23863743
info@aud.ac.in

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