Guru Nanak Dev University PhD Admission 2026 - Dates, Eligibility, Application

Guru Nanak Dev University was set up at Amritsar on November 24, 1969, to stamp the 500th birth commemoration of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji. It is both a private and an affiliating college. In imagining the future course of the University, the goals cherished in the Guru Nanak Dev University Act 1969, underscored that the new University would make arrangement for bestowing training and advancing examination in the humanities, learned callings, sciences, particularly of applied nature and innovation. The University is effectively obliging 20,000 understudies in different resources at University Campuses and Constituent Colleges. Guru Nanak Dev University is the primary University of the area which acquainted on-line affirmations with its courses, on-line directing for State Level Admissions and Credit Based Evaluation System. All the outcomes have been mechanized and OMR (Optical Magnetic Recognition) framework is being accustomed to acquiring more effectiveness and straightforwardness. It is again the first for any University in the area to have modernized its assessment and enlistment framework. The understudies currently have an unequaled admittance to their outcomes through SMS administration. 

The University has ascended to the sixteenth position in the best 50 colleges of the nation, according to a late overview directed by 'India Today' and has accomplished the eleventh Position, out of the 500 colleges, in Publications in science. The University has won the most noteworthy games Award in the nation, the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy, for a record of multiple times. The college has won National Championship in Inter-University Youth Festivals in the year 2012. The University has been National Champion multiple times. The University has likewise won the North Zone Inter-University Cultural Championship multiple times this year. Studies and examination of the life and lessons of Guru Nanak, notwithstanding progressing in the direction of the advancement of Punjabi language and spreading instruction among instructively in reverse classes and networks were different responsibilities. In consonance with these desires, the University in its significant history of 43 years has taken long walks in spreading the message of the Guru and advancing training in such fields as Science, Arts, Management, Information Technology, Industrial Technology, Environment, Planning, and Architecture. To satisfy its responsibility, the educational costs expense charged from the understudies of the branches of Guru Nanak Studies and the School of Punjabi Studies has been postponed. This year, this University is proclaimed University with Potential for Excellence by the University Grants Commission, New Delhi to build up Centers of Advanced Studies in Chemistry, Physics, Environmental Sciences, and Comparative Literature. The University is authorized with a CGPA of 3.5 out of 4 with 'A' Grade, most noteworthy for any University by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council and Academic Staff College of the University set at the twelfth position by NAAC, Bengaluru.

Contact Details

  • Guru Nanak Dev University
  • Grand Trunk Road, Off NH 1,
  • Amritsar, Punjab-143005 India


Registration/ Application Fee

  • The registration fee is Rs. 1200/- and for SC/ST is Rs. 600 
  • Registration Fee for Foreign/NRI Students is US$ 500/-
  • Registration fee can be paid either in State Bank of India through bank challan or can be deposited online.


Subjects Offered

Competitors with UGC (NET)/UGC-CSIR (JRF) examination/SLET/GATE/GPAT/ICAR/INSPIRE/Rajiv Gandhi Fellowship awardees/instructor association holders, or who have passed M.Phil. from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar/have qualified GNDU Ph.D. Qualification Test and furnished with legitimacy CERTIFICATE, should apply online in the accompanying departments:

  • Ph.D. in Architecture
  • Ph.D. in Biotechnology
  • Ph.D. in Botany
  • Ph.D. in Chemistry
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science
  • Ph.D. in Computer Engg. and Technology
  • Ph.D. in Economics
  • Ph.D. in Education
  • Ph.D. in Electronics Technology
  • Ph.D. in English
  • Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences
  • Ph.D. in Food Science & Technology
  • Ph.D. in Hindi
  • Ph.D. in History
  • Ph.D. in Human Genetics
  • Ph.D. in Laws
  • Ph.D. in Library & Information Science
  • Ph.D. in Music
  • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engg.
  • Ph.D. in Mol. Bio. & Biochemistry
  • Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Ph.D. in Physics
  • Ph.D. in Psychology
  • Ph.D. in Punjabi
  • Ph.D. in Political Science
  • Ph.D. in Social Sciences
  • Ph.D. in Sociology
  • Ph.D. in Sports Science & Medicine
  • Ph.D. in University Business School
  • Ph.D. in University School of Financial Studies


Qualification for admission to Ph.D. Program

Graduate degree with at any rate 55% marks (6.18 CGPA out of 10) or half checks (5.62 CGPA out of 10) for SC/ST/OBC (non-velvety layer)/in differently-abled applicants of Guru Nanak Dev University or a comparable level of perceived Indian University in the subject concerned or partnered field. 

Important Note 

  • Those understudies, who have passed their passing assessments (Masters) under Distance Education Mode, ODL Mode, and Lateral Entry Scheme from the Central Universities/State Universities/other Govt. Establishments/Deemed Universities/Private Universities or potentially likewise under Regular Mode from Deemed/Private Universities, should check the comparability of their certified assessments from Equivalence Book (www.gndu.ac.in - University Links/Information Desk/General Branch Information Desk) or contact to the Equivalence Section of the General Branch, Administration Block before applying for admission to the particular subject in Ph.D. 
  • If any competitor gets conceded without checking the equivalency of their past capability and is along these lines discovered ineligibly then the concerned up-and-comer and the concerned officer will be answerable for every one of the results emerging in this manner. 


How to Apply

  • Step 1. Signup: Signup is necessary and should be done once as it were. After information exchange, a competitor may apply for any number of courses. During information exchange, the applicant needs to present his/her own subtleties like Name, up-and-comer's own Mobile No. furthermore, Email ID, Father's Name and Mobile No., Mother's Name and Mobile No., Gender, Blood Group, Aadhar Card No., and needs to transfer his/her Photo and Signatures. So up-and-comer must keep checked duplicate of these pictures (in JPEG design) prepared before Signup. 
  • Step 2. Sign-In: After Signup, an email is sent to an applicant at his/her email ID enrolled in Step 1 above, utilizing which he/she can Sign-in (i.e Login). After sign-in competitor will reach in the "Up-and-comer Area" where he/she can discover different choices like "Course Registration", "Download Admit Card", "Apply for Hostel" and so on. 
  • Step 3. Course Registration: To enroll/apply for a course and to store charge, an applicant must fill the enlistment structure. The applicant must check and guarantee his/her qualification for the course. During enlistment, the applicant is approached to fill his/her classification. Each saved class up-and-comer is consequently considered when all is said in done classification too. The competitor must choose class cautiously, once submitted, classification isn't permitted to change. To profit advantage of different saved classes for a similar course, the applicant should fill numerous course-enrollment structures for a similar course. The enrollment fee for SC/ST is Rs. 600 and for every single other classification, it is Rs. 1200. The enrollment fee for Foreign/NRI Students is US$ 500. The enrollment charge is non-refundable. 
  • Step 4. Department/Course Selection: During the Course Registration Step, the Candidate needs to choose the Department for joint Courses as : 
  • Step 5. Fee Payment: Registration charge can be paid either in HDFC Bank or can be paid on the web or can be stored in real money at the college money counter. 
  • Step 6. Fill Admission Form: Once enrollment charge is affirmed with GNDU. The applicant can fill the Admission structure (before the last date to fill the affirmation structure). 
  • Step 7. Counseling: Qualified competitors are required to show up by and by for directing on the separate advising date. While seeking guiding up-and-comer must bring all his/her unique endorsements alongside. 
  • Step 8. Admitted candidates: After directing, the rundown of temporarily conceded applicants will be distributed on the college site.


Scholarships and Awards 

  • The University Scholarships to worthy; crippled/impaired/dazzle and monetarily frail understudies. 
  • The DPI, Punjab additionally offers Post Matric Scholarships(SC/OBC), National Scholarships(PMS for minorities, Merit-cum-implies grant for proficient and specialized courses, Central Sector plan of Scholarships for school and University understudies, Prime Minister's Scholarship plot for Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles and so on., State Merit Scholarships. Various different organizations likewise Scholarships to meriting understudies. 
  • Scholarships like Harnarinder Jot Sarup, Smt. Satinder Kaur Ramdev (For Library Sc. Understudies) Mahesh Dutt Bhalla and Jaswant Kaur Bhalla Scholarship, Prof. M.P.Satija Scholarship are likewise accessible to the understudies out of Endowment Fund made by the University.


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