DBRAOU PhD Admission 2026 - Important Dates, Eligibility and Admission Procedure

Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University invites applications from eligible candidates for admission into M.Phil. & Ph.D. for a session of 2026. Research is considered as the most significant level of scholastic movement of any advanced education establishment (HEI). The point of the Research is to make new and unique information in the various fields of higher investigations either through finding new realities or by deciphering the currently access information in a new and inventive manner or it could likewise be a blend of these two methods. It generally intends to contribute new information, realities and understanding in the extending area of information.\


Medium 

The mechanism of guidance and assessment for M.Phil. what's more, Ph.D., entrance test, course work and composing paper/proposition will be English as it were. If there should be an occurrence of dialects, the mechanism of guidance and different exercises will be in the language concerned. 


Faculty

Arts

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Telugu

Commerce 

  • Business Management
  • Commerce

Education

  • Education

Science

  • Chemistry
  • Environmental Science
  • Mathematics
  • Physics

Social Sciences

  • Economics
  • History
  • Library and Information Science
  • Political Science
  • Public Administration


M.Phil

  • A competitor ought to have a Master's Degree in the subject worried from a perceived college, with at least 55% (half on account of SC/ST applicants) of markss for induction into the M.Phil program. 
  • The applicant needs to pay a measure of Rs 10,000 (Rupees Ten Thousand in particular) per annum for a long time for M.Phil. towards the education cost. 


Course Fee 

  • A measure of Rs.3,000 (Rupees Three Thousand just) will be paid towards confirmation expenses for the program. Moreover, the Science understudies having functional part need to endure the expense of consumables/fieldwork/recruiting of hardware and so on. 
  • The applicant who couldn't present the Dissertation inside the base time of two years for M.Phil. needs to pay at the pace of Rs.3,000/ - for the rest of the period endorsed to proceed with M.Phil. programs. 
  • Candidates who couldn't present the Dissertation inside the most extreme time frame recommended will be permitted an augmentation of one more year on the installment of Rs.10,000/ - (Rupees Ten Thousand as it were). 
  • Candidates need to pay a measure of Rs.10,000/ - (Rupees Ten Thousand just) as arbitration charge at the hour of accommodation of Dissertation - -  English 


Ph.D 

  • A competitor ought to have a Master's Degree with at least 55% markss (half on account of held classifications) in the subject concerned or in any partnered subject from a perceived college. 
  • Or
  • A competitor ought to have gone in UGC/JRF/NET/SLET/M.Phil., and so on., In all the Faculties the qualification model for enrollment/entrance into Ph.D. program in a subject is: The applicants probably acquired a Post Graduate Degree from a perceived University in the concerned subject concerned or in a unified subject endorsed by the concerned University, making sure about not less that 55% markss or identical CGPA at the Post Graduate Degree (at the very least half stamps or equal CGPA on account of held classes). 
  • Or
  • The competitors probably been granted an exploration partnership, in the concerned subject, either through a national level test directed by national level association (cooperations, for example, RGNF, whenever granted according to rules of UGC) or Teacher Fellowship candidates subject to freedom by the concerned specialists. 
  • OR
  • More likely than not qualified in the UGC-NET/SET-TS/AP/Examination, in the concerned subject. 
  • OR
  • More likely than not acquired M.Phil. Degree in the subject concerned. 
  • An applicant, fulfilling at least one of the qualification measures according to the standards isn't ensured entrance into Ph.D. program. 
  • The Ph.D. confirmation is dependent upon the accessibility of opening with the Research Supervisor(s) in the concerned division, applicant's scholastic record and the exhibition of the applicant in the Ph.D. confirmation meet. 

Course Fee 

  • The applicant needs to pay a measure of Rs.15,000 (Rupees Fifteen Thousand just) per annum for a long time for Ph.D. towards the education cost. A measure of Rs.3,000 (Rupees Three Thousand just) will be paid towards confirmation charge for the program. Likewise, the Science understudies having pragmatic part need to endure the expense of consumables/field work/recruiting of hardware and so on. 
  • The competitor who couldn't present the Thesis inside the base time of three years needs to pay a measure of Rs. 5,000/ - for the rest of the time of the projects. 
  • Candidates who couldn't present the Thesis inside the most extreme time frame recommended will be permitted an augmentation of one more year on the installment of Rs.10,000/ - (Rupees Ten Thousand as it were). 
  • Candidates need to pay Rs. 15,000 (Rupees Fifteen Thousand in particular) as mediation charge at the hour of accommodation of Thesis. 


Selection Procedure 

  • Admission into the Ph.D. program will be made through a composed test. The composed test will comprise of two papers of one-hour long in the subject in which the applicant looks for entrance into the Ph.D. program and will convey 80 marks. The passing marks in the composed test are 40% (35% on account of SC/ST/PH applicants). 
  • JRF/NET/SLET/GATE/M.Phil. qualified candidates will be absolved from the composed test gave they register the University for the Program by paying the endorsed charge. Anyway, they need to show up to meet. 
  • Those who qualify at the composed test as well as the candidates qualified in JRF/NET/SLET/GATE/M.Phil. will be required a meeting, which conveys 20 markss, where the applicants will be tried in explanatory capacities, research inclination, comprehension of the subject and relational abilities. The applicants should make sure about at least 40% in meet (35 % on account of SC/ST/PH contender) to fit the bill for affirmation. 
  • At the hour of meeting, the competitor needs to present a subject alongside the exploration proposition/research plan. 
  • The competitors who qualify in both composed test and meeting will be considered for entrance into the Ph.D. program of the subject concerned dependent on the accessibility of seats and the standard of reservation of the state government. 
  • Admissions into the Ph.D. program will be made once per year. 


How to Apply 

The applicants can download the Application-cum-Prospectus for M.Phil. also, Ph.D. programs from the college site www.braou.ac.in and present the filled-in application structure alongside copies of declarations of the passing assessment with marks updates and a Demand Draft for Rs. 500 (Rupees Five Hundred in particular) drawn on any nationalized bank for "The Registrar, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad". Separate applications must be submitted for M.Phil. also, Ph.D. programs if the applicant needs to apply for both 

  • Web portal for online services: www.braouonline.in
  • Online Admission: Student registers for Admissions through an online portal and visits the study center with original certificates. The study Centre staff verifies student certificates and confirms eligibility through SMS. After receiving confirmation SMS from BRAOU Portal, student pay fee through AP/TS Online or Debit Credit cards and download payment receipt and ID card after successful payment.
  • Online Registration for exams and Entrance tests: Students register for exams and pay the exam fee through AP/TS Online or Debit/Credit Cards.
  • Downloading Marks Statements, Exams Memos, and Identity cards: Students can download their semester wise/year wise memos on-demand and download Identitycard whenever they required.


About University 

The University, at first known as Andhra Pradesh Open University, was set up on 26th August 1982 through an Act of the A.P. State Legislature (APOU Act 1982). Along these lines, the University was renamed as Dr. B.R.Ambedkar Open University on 26 October 1991 by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The foundation of this University, the first of its sort in Quite a while, proclaimed a period of governmental policy regarding minorities in society with respect to the Government of Andhra Pradesh to give chances of advanced education to all areas of society to meet the changing individual and social needs. All the projects offered by the University are perceived by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi. The maxim of the University is "Instruction FOR ALL". 

The new investigation in separation training prompted the opening of the entries of advanced education to an assortment of potential understudies like housewives, ranchers, gifted and incompetent work, Jawans, Policemen, and so on., who might somehow or another not have the option to gain new aptitudes and higher capabilities. The University is offering types of assistance to the understudy network through a wide system of 213 investigation communities spread across both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh States, including 23 local co-appointment focuses and 14 number of focuses barring for ladies understudies. Indeed, even jail detainees under life sentence additionally enlist themselves as understudies and seek after training through elite investigation places at Central Prison - Cherlapally, Warangal, Rajahmundry, Visakhapatnam, Kadapa and Nellore. 

Campus 

Situated on an all-encompassing, raised site of 53.63 sections of land in Jubilee Hills, the University has great structures, green yards, and tree-lined streets that improve the picturesque magnificence of the stones all around. The Campus has the Administrative and Support Services Block, Guesthouse, CSTD, and GRADE building, Academic Branch, Science and Technology Multi-practical Labs (STML), AVPRC and Library building, Study Material House, a broad Open Plaza, a Conference Hall, Center for Learner Services, Vice-Chancellor's Lodge and an Auditorium named after Late Sri Bhavanam Venkatram, Former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh who was instrumental in establishing this University. The KU band Earth Station is situated on the University Campus. 

Facilities at the Campus: 

  • Library 
  • Gathering (Information and Enquiry) 
  • Assessment Enquiries Counter 
  • Understudy Services Counter 
  • U.G. Science Center at STML Building 
  • SBI Dr. BRAOU Branch 
  • SBI (ATM) Center 
  • Mail station 
  • A.P. Online Center

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