Osmania University PhD Admission 2026 - Programs, Important Dates and Application Procedure

The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) will be granted by Osmania University in the Faculties of Management, Science, Technology, Education, Law, Social Sciences, Oriental Languages, Arts, Commerce, Pharmacy, Engineering, Informatics and in such different resources as might be told, as per the arrangements of these principles and guidelines in current or changed structure, and subject to the conditions set down in this. 

Ph.D. Admission: 

  • After the announcement of the aftereffects of the Ph.D. Qualification Test, the outcomes will be sent to the Dean of the concerned Faculty for additional preparing for Ph.D. affirmation/enlistment by the Ph.D. Entrance advisory board led by the Dean of the Faculty. 
  • In light of the University warning, the qualified applicants are required to apply in a recommended application structure alongside the endorsed charge to the Dean of the concerned Faculty. The applicants might be required the Ph.D. confirmation meet after the investigation by the Departmental Research Committee subject to the accessibility of seats. 
  • Ph.D. Entrance advisory board: The Dean concerned will establish the "Ph.D. Entrance advisory board" for each subject to choose the contender for affirmation. The Ph.D. Entrance advisory board will involve the concerned Dean as the Chairperson, the Head of the Department, Chairperson, BOS and three senior Ph.D. directors from the concerned Department. In the event that, perceived Supervisors are not accessible in the concerned division, the Dean may incorporate perceived managers from an associated subject or outer subject specialists who are perceived administrators of Osmania University. 


Subjects offered

  • Ph.D. in Arabic
  • Ph.D. in Botany
  • Ph.D. in English
  • Ph.D. in Chemistry
  • Ph.D. in French
  • Ph.D. in Mathematics
  • Ph.D. in Hindi
  • Ph.D. in Statistics
  • Ph.D. in Kannada
  • Ph.D. in Physics
  • Ph.D. in Marathi 
  • Ph.D. in Astronomy
  • Ph.D. in Sanskrit 
  • Ph.D. in Astrophysics
  • Ph.D. in Tamil 
  • Ph.D. in Geophysics
  • Ph.D. in Telugu
  • Ph.D. in Bio-Chemistry
  • Ph.D. in Urdu 
  • Ph.D. in Genetics
  • Ph.D. in Persian 
  • Ph.D. in Microbiology
  • Ph.D. in Philosophy
  • Ph.D. in Environmental SC 
  • Ph.D. in A.I.H.C &A 
  • Ph.D. in Geology 
  • Ph.D. in Linguistics
  • Ph.D. in Geography
  • Ph.D. in Islamic Studies
  • Ph.D. in Zoology
  • Ph.D. in Communication Journalism
  • Ph.D. in Education
  • Ph.D. in Economics
  • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering
  • Ph.D. in History
  • Ph.D. in Computer Science Engineering
  • Ph.D. in Political Science
  • Ph.D. in Electrical & Electronics Engineering
  • Ph.D. in Public Administration
  • Ph.D. in Electronics & Communication Engineering
  • Ph.D. in Sociology
  • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
  • Ph.D. in Psychology
  • Ph.D. in Pharmacy
  • Ph.D. in Library Information Science
  • Ph.D. in Law 
  • Ph.D. in Social Work
  • Ph.D. in Informatics
  • Ph.D. in Commerce
  • Ph.D. in Applied Geo Chemistry
  • Ph.D. in Oriental Languages
  • Ph.D. in Food & Nutrition
  • Ph.D. in Management 
  • Ph.D. in Technology


Eligibility for PhD

  • The candidate must have a PG Degree from a recognized University securing not less than 55% marks or equivalent CGPA at the Post Graduate Degree. The marks will be converted into a percentage of marks to assess the minimum eligibility criteria if the results of Post Graduate Degree are declared in the form of grades/credits / cumulative grade point average.
  • Candidate has to pass the entrance exam in the subject in which they wish to pursue Ph.D.
  • OR
  • The candidates must have been awarded a research fellowship by national-level organizations such as ICMR/ DBT / UGC / CSIR / ICAR.
  • OR 
  • Qualified in the SET-TS / AP / JEST / UGC-NET / CSIR-NET / GATE / GPAT Examination
  • OR
  • Candidate should have M.Phil. Degree through regular mode in the concerned subject.


Ph.D. Eligibility Test:

The general pattern of the eligibility test is as follows:

  • Maximum marks for eligibility test: 100
  • Nature of Test: Objective type with MCQs.
  • Syllabus for entrance test: P.G. syllabus of the concerned Department.

The minimum marks for qualifying the Ph.D. Eligibility Test

  • Open category candidates: 40% 
  • BC candidates: 35% 
  • SC/ST category candidates: 30%
  • Physically Challenged categories are allowed a relaxation of 5% marks.


Ph.D. Course Work and Examination: 

  • After temporary induction into the Ph.D. program all the enrolled up-and-comers will take up the Ph.D. course work in the particular principle grounds P.G. Division of the University for a time of one semester and this is obligatory for both Category-I and Category-II applicants and for both full-time just as low maintenance up-and-comers. Be that as it may, an applicant with an M.Phil. degree done in normal mode is excluded from the Ph.D. course work and the Ph.D. course work assessment, given that they have experienced a similar course work in M.Phil. 
  • The Ph.D. course work will contain two hypothesis papers: 
    • Paper 1: Research Methodology (100 Marks): Common to all the applicants conceded in a Department. The prospectus of this paper incorporates the exploration procedures/techniques for the concerned subject. 
    • Paper 2: Broad field of specialization (100 denotes): The syllabus of this paper incorporates the current ideas/patterns in the concerned specialization of the subject. 
  • Every hypothesis paper will have 60 contact for long periods of classes. 
  • The Faculty for these classes are organized by the Head of the concerned Department. 
  • Both full-time and low maintenance research researchers will need to go to at least 75% classes in each paper to be qualified to show up for the Ph.D. course work assessment. 
  • The applicants who couldn't go to at least 75% of the classes in every one of the courses will not be qualified to show up for the Ph.D. course work assessment and they need to go to the classes again alongside the following group of understudies. 


Ph.D. Viva-Voce Examination 

  • The Ph.D. viva voce assessment of the competitor is directed simply after all the three inspectors suggest the honor of Ph.D. Degree. The Controller of Examinations trains the Chairperson, BoS, to lead the Ph.D. viva voce assessment by establishing a Board of inspectors. 
  • The Ph.D. viva-voce assessment will be directed in the concerned University Department by a Board of Examiners, and involve the accompanying five (5) individuals: a) Chairperson, Board of Studies, (b) Head of the Department, (c) two Faculty individuals from the Department who are perceived administrators and working in the zone identified with the theory work, endorsed by the Vice-Chancellor out of the four (4) proposed by the Chairperson, BoS and (d) the Supervisor of the up-and-comer, who will be the Convener. 
  • If no qualified employee is accessible in the Department for incorporation in the Board of Examiners, an outer master might be welcomed for the reason. 
  • After the Board of Examiners is established for the direct of viva-voce assessment, the Head of the Department will acquire two duplicates of the proposition and make it accessible to the individuals from the Board to empower them to lead the viva voce assessment. 


About University

Osmania University is named after its originator, Nawab Osman Ali Khan, the seventh Nizam of Hyderabad who rather through a farman or Royal Charter, got the University into reality 1918. It is the seventh most seasoned in the Country and third most seasoned in South India. In spite of the fact that the requirement for the University for the Hyderabad State was felt, both by the intelligentsia and the individuals for quite a while, the activity originated from a government employee, Sir Akbar Hydari, who was then the Home Secretary to the State Government. Sir Hydari, in a notice to the Education Minister in Early 1917, underlined the need to set up a University of Hyderabad with 'Urdu' as the vehicle of guidance "as it is the language of the broadest cash in India, the official language of the State, and it is a language which is comprehended by a dominant part of the number of inhabitants in the State." He accepted that advanced education must have its establishments somewhere down in national cognizance. 

The hopeful second, be that as it may, came a couple of months after the fact on 26th April, 1917 when a Firman was given for the foundation of the University. The Firman additionally itemized the 'Crucial' 'Targets' of the University to be that:

  • the old and current, the oriental and occidental expressions and sciences are incorporated in such a way, that the imperfections of the current arrangement of instruction are corrected 
  • the antiquated just as present-day techniques for physical, scholarly and otherworldly training are to be completely used alongside an exertion for the engendering of information, the ethical improvement of the understudies is directed from one viewpoint, and exploration work of a high request in all parts of information is led on the other. 
  • In spite of the fact that the vehicle of guidance of the University was 'Urdu', an Aryan language, that has direct family relationship with different dialects of the nation, the guidance of English, as a language, was made necessary for every understudy. 
  • One of the essential beliefs of Osmania University is to accomplish a scholarly union of oriental and occidental learning of the best that has been thought of and stated, both in the East and in the West. Further, it focuses on a social amalgamation (as reflected in its design assortment), the advancement of a national ethos, and the production of a scholarly and social condition where 'National Integration' is definitely not an amorphous thought however an unmistakable reality.

Contact Details

Administrative Building

Osmania University Campus

Hyderabad-500007

Telangana State, India.

[email protected]

www.osmania.ac.in

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