Corrigendum Ph.D Admission 2026

Admission to the Ph.D. Programme shall be strictly limited to candidates who have qualified the UGC-NET/the UGC-CSIR NET/GATE (applicable only for those discipline/subject where GATE Score is awarded and the concerned university offers Ph.D programme in that discipline/subject). NET qualified candidates shall be declared eligible in the following categories in order of preference:

• Category-1: Eligible for (i) admission to Ph.D. with JRF.
• Category-2: Eligible for (i) admission to Ph.D. without JRF but qualified for Assistant Professor.
• Category-3: Eligible for admission to Ph.D. programme only.

Merit List will be prepared on the basis of the NET Score in each category. However, the final selection for admission will be based on the Total Score in NET and Interview. If the required number of candidates in category 1 is available taking into account the reservation policy of Government of Bihar prevailing at that time, no candidate from Category 2 or Category 3 shall be interviewed. Similarly, after exhaustion of Category 1 candidates, the Category 2 Candidates will be interviewed following the same procedure. This process will continue until the seats are filled in accordance with the reservation policy of State Government.

The final selection shall be determined on the basis of combined merit score calculated as follows:

• 80% weightage shall be assigned to the NET/GATE Scores, expressed as marks obtained.
• 20% weightage shall be assigned to the candidate's performance in the interview/viva-voce conducted by the Departmental Research Committee (DRC).

The test scores (NET/GATE, except for Category-1 above) obtained by candidates shall be valid for a period of one year from the date of declaration of their results for admission to the PhD Programme.

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