CU Banglore PhD Admission 2026 - Notification, Dates, Application
Christ University, Bangalore invites applications for the session 2026 for admission to Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Program in Commerce, Sciences, Management, Engineering, Law, Humanities And Social Sciences through Entrance Exam.
The admission registration fee is INR 5000/- which is nonrefundable.
CHRIST grants fellowship of Rs 8000/- per month as a Ph.D. fellowship to all full-time Ph.D. Scholars.

Research Areas
Humanities And Social Sciences
- Education, Media Studies, International, Social Work, Cultural Studies, Economics, Political Science, Sociology, Gender Studies, English, Psychology
Sciences
- Biotechnology, Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics
Engineering
- Civil, Computer Science, Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics, Electronics and Communication, Information Technology
Commerce And Management
- Commerce, Management, Tourism, Leadership Studies, Operations, Finance
Law
- Administration, Criminal, Family, Limitation and arbitration law, Press, Civil, Defamation, Income Tax, Marine, Property, Constitutional, Environmental, Law of Torts, Minor, Public international law, Corporate, Excise, Labor Law, Parliamentary, Sales of Good law
Qualification for PhD
- The base qualification of applicants aiming to seek after a doctoral program is a go with at least 55% in a postgraduate program.
- The selection procedure for Ph.D. contains Entrance Examination, Research Skill Assessment, and Personal Interview. The individuals who qualify UGC-NET (counting JRF)/UGC-CSIR NET (counting JRF)/SLET/GATE/educator fellowship holder (KSET, SET and so forth.) or have passed M.Phil Program will be excluded from the Entrance Examination and take just a Research Skill Assessment Test alongside their Personal Interview.
Note
- Competitors who have qualified UGC-NET (counting JRF)/UGC-CSIR NET (counting JRF)/SLET/GATE/educator Fellowship holder (KSET, SET and so forth.) or have passed M.Phil Program may apply for the PhD program on the web, and send the Research Proposal and CV to [email protected] whenever of the year.
- For such up-and-comers, the Research Skill Assessment and Personal Interview will be held independently. Application is to be submitted web based utilizing the present organization.
Selection Process
Entrance Test: Two hours was written test for each candidate
Skill Assessment & Personal interview
Academic Performance: Assessment of past performance in Degree and MPhil and the research proposal during the Personal Interview
- The selection procedure E-Admit card will be produced according to referenced in the significant dates.
- Competitors must report for the above selection process at any rate 30 minutes before the distributed time as stipulated in the selection procedure concede card.
- Those up-and-comers not arriving at the setting at the allocated time won't be allowed to participate in the selection procedure.
- The applicants are mentioned to begin right on time to maintain a strategic distance from traffic clogs.
- Requests for change in selection procedure dates and times won't be engaged.
- Applicants need to get to their selection procedure concede card from the connection "Application Status" from the University site and print the equivalent.
- Competitors neglecting to show up for the selection procedure at the stipulated date and time will be considered as "Not Selected".
Entrance Test Pattern
- Duration: 2 hours
- Maximum Marks: 120
- The number of Multiple Choice Questions:
- Section A: Research Methodology/Aptitude - 60
- Section B: Subject Specific - 60
Fellowship
CHRIST follows the University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil./Ph.D Degrees) Regulations, 2016 and the consequent Amendments.
CHRIST (Deemed to be University) offers Ph.D. in Sciences, Humanities, Social Sciences, Commerce, Management, Engineering and Law both in full-time and low maintenance mode.
CHRIST awards fellowship of Rs 8000/ - every month as a Ph.D. fellowship to all full-time Ph.D. Scholars.
Conditions for granting the fellowship are:
- Full-time look into the physical nearness on the grounds or the assigned research labs in any event during the working hours of the college.
- The researcher ought not to be a salaried representative.
- The researcher ought not to be an Industry or Institution supported up-and-comer.
- The researcher ought not to be drawing some other grant or research subsidizing.
- Yearly Fee of the Ph.D. look into is Rs. 60000/ - independent of the order.
- All the full-time look into researchers will be given Rs. 30000/ - as a grant for every one of the initial three years on the yearly expense.
Fee Structure
Indian Nationals
- Full-Time PhD: 30,000 INR
- Part-Time PhD: 60,000 INR
Foreign Nationals / OCI / PIO
- Full-Time PhD: 450 USD
- Part-Time PhD: 900 USD
Note:
- Every one of the competitors needs to pay the I Year fee following affirmation of the admission. For consequent years, charges must be paid every year at the latest fifteenth March.
- Despite the fact that the fee is fixed for all years, there will be an intermittent ostensible increment to meet the ascent in costs.
- The admission registration fee of INR 5000/ - (US $80 for remote nationals/PIO/OCI) is non-refundable in case of wiping out of affirmation. This fee will be separated from crossing out charges if any relevant.
- All Candidates If "Chose" in the wake of showing up for the final selection process, the fee might be paid through Net financial office/NEFT/RTGS.
- Installment/Transfer of fees doesn't ensure admission.
Guidelines for filling the application form
Please read the qualification of the program before beginning to fill the online application.
When the application is begun, the application ought to be finished and submitted inside 24 hours. The application can be spared in "Draft Mode" on various occasions during these 24 hours. In any case, any application not submitted inside this time allotment will be naturally expelled with no notification.
Application registration fee might be paid through Credit/Debit Card/Net financial office. The application form will be submitted and the application number will be created distinctly on the fruitful installment of the enrollment fee.
Print and sign the application form. Keep duplicates of the application form for additional reference and to deliver at the hour of the selection process.
Competitors should likewise send the filled in application with the accompanying records referenced beneath in an A4 size envelope as it were. Applicants must stamp the Admissions 2020 – [APPLICATION NO] on the upper left-hand corner of the A4 size envelope for quicker handling of use form.
- Copy of the application processing fee
- Copies of statement of marks of Class 10, Class 12, Degree Marks Cards and Postgraduate Marks Card.
- MPhil / UGC-CSIR NET / JRF / SRF / SLET / GATE / KSET for Lectureship / Professor relevant marks cards or certificate
- Copy of Transfer Certificate
- Copy of Migration Certificate
Candidates can submit/send their application form either in person or by registered post/courier service to the following address.
- The Office of Admissions,
- CHRIST (Deemed to be University),
- Hosur Road, Bengaluru - 560 029
Scholarships
Merit Scholarship: The Merit scholarship is started for commendable understudies dependent on their exhibition at the pre-passage level and ensuing execution in different tests and assessments.
The understudy will be scholarshiped a Merit scholarship in September every year. In the primary year, the scholarship will be settled on the value of the pre-passage marks, mid-semester test and participation in normal classes. Merit scholarships for the back to back years will be chosen dependent on his/her exhibition in one end-semester and two mid-semester assessments of every year.
The scholarship will comprise of a rate discount of expenses. Every blend will be considered for two Merit scholarships. Blends with more than one segment will be considered proportionately.
The fee discount/decrease will be considered as follows.
- Students in the fee range of
- Upto to Rs. 10,000 - 50%
- Rs. 10,000-Rs 25,000 - 25%
- Above Rs. 25,000 - 10%
About University
CHRIST (Deemed to be University) was resulting from the instructive vision of St Kuriakose Elias Chavara, an educationalist and social reformer of the nineteenth century in South India. He established the main Catholic indigenous assemblage, Carmelites of Mary Immaculate (CMI), in 1831 which oversees CHRIST (Deemed to be University).
Built up in 1969 as Christ College, it embraced way breaking activities in Indian advanced education with the presentation of imaginative and current educational programs, emphasis on scholastic control, conferring of Holistic Education and reception of worldwide advanced education rehearses with the help of innovative and committed staff. The University Grants Commission (UGC) of India gave Autonomy to Christ College in 2004 and distinguished it as an Institution with Potential for Excellence in 2006. In 2008 under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956, the Ministry of Human Resource Development of the Government of India, proclaimed the foundation a Deemed to be University, in the name and style of Christ University. One of the first establishments in Quite a while to be authorize in 1998 by the NAAC, and therefore in 2004 and 2016, CHRIST (Deemed to be University) has the top evaluation 'An' in the 4-point scale.
The multi-disciplinary University which centers around instructing exploration and administration offers Bachelors to Doctoral projects in humanities, sociologies, science, business, the board, designing, training, and law to more than 21000 understudies. The grounds is a living model for the amicable multiculturalism with understudies from all the conditions of India and around 60 unique nations. CHRIST (Deemed to be University) distributes six friend surveyed research diaries and has distributed in excess of 300 books in Kannada and English. An advertiser of sports, music and abstract exercises, it is a supporting ground for innovative greatness.
