BITS Pilani is a Deemed to be University, offering on-campus programs to more than 18,500 students across its campuses in Pilani, Goa, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Dubai. It has been recognized as an Institute of Eminence by the Ministry of Education, Government of India in 2020.
Applications are invited for First Semester admission to the Ph.D. program (Full time and/or Part time) starting August 2025 in Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad campuses of BITS Pilani in the following Departments :
• Engineering: Chemical, Civil, Computer Science, Electrical & Electronics, Mechanical
• Science: Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics
• Pharmacy
• Economics & Finance, Humanities & Social Sciences, Management
Full-time Students : Preferably individuals who would like to pursue Ph.D. in-house, residing on campus.
Part-time Students : Preferably individuals working in organizations providing basic facilities and environment for research.
Minimum eligibility qualifications
• M.E./M.Tech./M.Pharm./MBA/M.Phil. or an equivalent degree with a minimum of 60% aggregate in the qualifying examination
• M.Sc./B.E./B.Pharm. or an equivalent degree with a minimum of 60% aggregate in the qualifying examination
• For admissions to Humanities and Social Sciences, candidates with an M.A. degree and a minimum of 55% aggregate may apply.
• For part-time applicants, a minimum of one year experience in the related field of study is required.
• Meeting the minimum eligibility criteria does not guarantee admission into the PhD program.
• In addition, Departments may set specific admission criteria for shortlisting. Candidates are advised to visit the departmental website for specific admission criteria.
• Shortlisted candidates will have to appear for an admission test, which may comprise of a written exam and/or interview.
• Candidates admitted with qualifications including M.Sc., B.E., B.Pharm. etc., will be required to do course work with minimum of 6 courses and minimum 24 units in the first and second semester after admission to the programme.
• Candidates admitted with qualifications including M.E./M.Tech./M.Pharm./MBA/M.Phil. etc., will be required to do course work with minimum of 2 courses and minimum of 6 units in the first semester after admission to the programme.
• The admission will be provisional and will be formalized after passing a qualifying exam conducted by the departmental research committee of the relevant discipline.
Financial assistance
All the full-time Ph.D. students admitted into the Ph.D. program will receive fellowship up to a maximum of five years. The fellowship could be from the Institute or Sponsored Projects. Ph.D. students may also have their own fellowship if qualified through UGC/CSIR NET. Students offered Institute fellowship will receive Rs. 37,000 per month. The fellowship may be enhanced to Rs. 40,000/- or Rs. 42,000/- after two years based on the performance. Institute Fellows will also receive a contingency amount of Rs. 20,000/- per year. Students offered admission through Sponsored Projects would receive the fellowship in accordance with the funding agency guidelines. BITS Pilani provides International Travel Support of up to Rs.1.5 lakh to full-time Ph.D. students to present their work in an international conference.
Application Process
1. The Admission portal to apply online opens on 1st March 2025.
2. Interested and eligible candidates should apply through the prescribed application form available online at bitsadmission.com/bitsphweb/Index.aspx. Hard copy of the application form is not required to be sent. Candidates are advised to take a printout of the filled form and retain it for further reference.
3. Candidates will need to register online prior to filling the application form. A registered mobile number and email ID will be required to generate a username and password essential for filling the application form.
4. While filling the application form online, candidates are required to give preference of the campus or campuses to which they wish to apply for. It is advised that the candidates provide preference after careful thought. This preference will be used to assign the campus for appearing in the written test/interview if shortlisted. The preferences cannot be changed after submission of application. Please refer to Department offering full and part-time admissions prior to filling the application form.
5. The completed application form along with the prescribed application fee should be submitted online by the prescribed deadline. Details on modes of Fee Payment will be available while applying online. Campus preference and priority cannot be changed once the application form is submitted.
6. Deadline for submission of the completed application form online is 29th April 2025.
7. A non-refundable application fee of Rs. 2600/- is payable at the time of submission of the online form.
8. A candidate can submit only one application form for PhD admission. However, if a candidate discovers any mistake in the form to be submitted by him/her, there will be an edit option which will be made available before the final submission of the application form, which he/she can make use of to incorporate necessary changes. This option will be available only till the deadline for submission of the form which is 29th April 2025.
9. The final decision on admitting the candidates to the PhD program will be taken by the Admission Committee of the Institute and will be binding on all.
Important Dates
Last date for submission of application : 29th April 2025
Declaration of shortlisted candidates for written test and interview : 6th May 2025
Written test and/or interview date (at a BITS Pilani campus) : 19th, 20th May 2025
Announcement of admission offers : 28th May 2025
Last date for fee payment : 10th June 2025
Reporting at the BITS Pilani campus : 25th July 2025
Orientation : 26th and 27th July 2025
Course registration : 1st August 2025
Beginning of classwork : 2nd August 2025
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