Punjab Engineering College PhD Admission 2026, Application, Dates

The Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University) has a strategic grow top-notch science and building pros having a solid base of standards of science and the logical methods, a deep comprehension of their picked regions of specialization, the inspiration to learn continually, interact with multi-disciplinary gatherings and to deal with new difficulties offered by the front-end advancements. 

The Ph.D. Program is intended to grant information and to merge ideas and intellectual abilities through courses, workshops, activities, and proposition work. Most importantly, it causes the scholars to build up the limit with regards to free and target inquiry, fearlessness and honesty, awareness, and affectability to the necessities and desires of the general public. 

The Program furnishes the up-and-comers with an empowering research experience during their remain in the Institute, along these lines helping them to enter their expert existence with the right point of view and information identified with their individual fields of specialization. 

Date of Interview:  July 2026

Registration Fee: Rs. 2000/- (Non-Refundable)

Departments offering PhD Programs

• Aerospace Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science & Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronics & Communication
• Mechanical Engineering
• Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
• Applied Sciences
• Centre of Management and Humanities

Eligibility Criteria for Admission to Ph.D. Programme

• Engineering Technology streams: Master’s degree in Engineering/ Technology with CGPA of 6.00 on a 10 point scale or 60% marks in aggregate.
• Science Streams: Master’s degree in Sciences with CGPA of 6.00 on a 10 point scale or 60% marks in aggregate. For SC/ ST candidates 5.5 on a 10 point scale or equivalent, or to 55% marks.
• Management, Humanities & Social Sciences Streams: Master’s degree in relevant subject with CGPA of 65.5 on a 10 point scale or 55% marks in aggregate. 

Eligibility and Area of Specialization

Aerospace Engineering

• Area of Specialization: Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Flight Mechanics, Structures
• Eligibility: M.E./ M.Tech. in Aerospace Engineering / Aeronautical Engineering / Mechanical Engineering
• Total number of seats: 01

Applied Sciences

Physics

• Area of Specialization: Theoretical condensed matter Physics, Hybrid Nanomaterials and Thin Films for Solar Cells Materials, Molecularly Imprinted Polymers based Nanomaterials and Thin Films for Bio/ Chemo-Sensing Platforms, Spectroscopic Investigations of Surfaces and Interfaces, Surface Engineering for Various Applications, Multiferroics, Density Functional Theory, Thermoelectric materials, Electronics Structure, Magnetic Properties
• Eligibility: M.Sc. Physics / M.Sc. Material Science / M.Tech. Material Science / M.Tech. Materials and Metallurgical Engineering / M.Tech. Nanotechnology / M.Tech Electronics / M.Tech Electronics & Communication Engineering
• Total number of seats: 03

Mathematics Section

• Area of Specialization: Algebra, Coding Theory, Topology, Applied Mathematics, Numerical Analysis, and Parallel Computing, Continuum Mechanics
• Eligibility: M.Sc. in Mathematics
• Total number of seats: 04

Chemistry Section

• Area of Specialization: Synthetic Organic Chemistry (Natural Products and Heterocycles), Green Chemistry, Ionic Liquids, Nanocatalysis, Photocatalysis, Waste Water Treatment Metaloxide Nanomaterials, Analytical Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry, Organometallic Catalysis
• Eligibility: M.Sc. in Chemistry, / M.Sc. Applied/ Industrial Chemistry / M.Sc. Environmental Sciences / M.Tech. in Chemical Engineering / M.Sc. Material Science / M.Tech. in Environmental Engineering / M.Tech. in Material Science / M.Tech. in Material and Metallurgical Engineering / M. Pharma
• Total number of seats: 04

Civil Engineering

• Area of Specialization: Structural Engineering, Transportation Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Construction Technology & Management, Remote Sensing and GIS 
• Eligibility: M.E. / M.Tech in Civil Engineering Or any allied field
• Total number of seats: 05

Computer Science & Engineering

• Area of Specialization: Information Security, Vision And Image Processing, Social Media Analytics, Data Science, Information Retrieval, Web Crawling, Automata Theory, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, Video Analysis, Human Action Recognition
• Eligibility: M.E. / M.Tech in Computer Science & Engineering / Information Technology / Information Security / Electronics & Communication Engineering
• Total number of seats: 03

Electrical Engineering

• Area of Specialization: Power System, Power Electronics Control System
• Eligibility: M.E. / M.Tech in Electrical Engineering / Power System / Electrical & Electronics Engineering / Power Electronics & Drives / Control Engineering / Instrumentation & Control Engineering / Systems and Control Engineering
• Total number of seats: 05

Electronics & Communication Engineering

• Area of Specialization: Beyond CMOS Electronic devices and circuits, Resistive Switching Devices and System Design, Devices for Neuromorphic Engineering and Brain-Inspired Electronics System Desing, Wireless Communication Networks
• Eligibility: M.E./M.Tech. in Electronics & Communication Engineering / Electronics & Electrical Communication Engineering / Electronics / Nanotechnology / Electronics and Telecomm Engineering / Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering / Electronics (VLSI) / Microwave Electronics / Embedded Sysem / Microelectronics / Nanoelectronics / Power electronics / Microwave Engineering / Computer-Aided Design / Electronics Product Design & Technology / Biomedical Engineering or any equivalent
• Total number of seats: 02

Mechanical Engineering

• Area of Specialization: Fluid and Thermal Sciences, Design, System Dynamics and Control, Automation and Control, Finite Element Method, Active Vibration Control, Manufacturing
• Eligibility: M.E./ M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• Total number of seats: 05

Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

• Area of Specialization: High Entropy Alloys, Nanocrystalline Materials, Alloy Development, Corrosion/ Oxidation, Powder Metallurgy, Tribology of Materials, Processing of advance structural, Ceramics/ cermets
• Eligibility: M.E./ M.Tech. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering / Materials Science and Engineering / Industrial Materials & Metallurgy and related branches / Mechanical Engineering / Nanotechnology and related branches
• Total number of seats: 02

Centre of Management and Humanities

English Literature

• Eligibility: MA English 
• Total number of seats: 01

Management & Finance

• Eligibility: M.Com/ MBA or equivalent
• Total number of seats: 01

Fee Structure for Ph.D. Students

One-Time (At the Time of Admission Only) 

• Admission Fee: Rs. 3000/- 
• Student Services: Rs. 5000/- 

Recurring (Annual) 

• Tuition Fees (Full Time Regular Students) : Rs. 15000/- 
• Other Facilities and Services: Rs. 10000/- 

Security (Refundable) : Rs. 5000/-

Selection Process 

• Admission to the Ph.D. programs is made based on an interview by the Ph.D. Admission Committee of the separate Departments gave the competitor satisfies all the necessities at the Institute level and the chose up-and-comer stores the essential expenses for the Ph.D. Program. The applications got will be handled in the different offices to interview. 
• Inner personnel/staff individuals who are GATE/NET qualified will be qualified for confirmation through interviews as it were. 
• The admission to a Ph.D. program will occur once every year. Be that as it may, understudies having National/State/Industry/R&D supported assistantship, for example, UGC NET/CSIR NET/DSP move/Vishvesveraya and so on and related assistantships or are supported outside nationals can be given affirmation during the time-dependent on a meeting to be led by Departmental Research Committee (DRC) and planned bosses. 
• The Ph.D. entrance advisory board of the division will comprise of Head of the office, individuals from DRC, and expected chiefs in different regions. 

Method for online Registration 

Online Submission of use for Registration on https://pec.ac.in/confirmations/phd. It would be ideal if you read the general directions cautiously before beginning the enrollment procedure. The up-and-comers are required to pay Rs.2000/ - (non-refundable) as Demand Draft/Bankers Check for "Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University) – Admissions" payable at Chandigarh and aggregate of Rs.500/ - (nonrefundable) is to be paid as enrollment expense for each extra order applied. The subtleties of Demand Draft/Bankers Check are to be filled during the web enlistment. 

The procedure of online enlistment comprises of three Steps. 

Step 1: 

• Enter a valid email address and other individual subtleties. 
• On accommodation, a framework created username and secret word will be shown on the screen. Note down this username and secret key for future reference. 

Step 2: 

• Enter scholarly capabilities. 
• The competitor at that point needs to transfer the checked pictures of Photograph and Signature. 
• All Scanned pictures ought to be jpg/jpeg position as it were. 
• The size of the photo picture must be more prominent than 4kb and under 200kb. The photo ought to ideally have the frontal face with a light foundation. 
• The size of the mark picture must be more noteworthy than 4kb and under 100 kb. 
• Measurement of photo picture ought to be 200x150(height x width) pixels as it were. 
• Measurement of mark picture ought to be 100 x 200 (stature x width) pixels as it were. 
• The subtleties of the Demand Draft/Bankers Check are to be filled in the Registration Form. 
• The competitors need to choose their decisions of the region of specialization arranged by their inclination. 
• Notice the number of papers distributed and grants and grants, assuming any. 
• Notice some other applicable data. 
• After successful consummation of the enrollment structure and decision filling, an affirmation page will be produced. 

Step 3: 

• The applicants are instructed to take 2 printouts regarding the affirmation page and send one duplicate of print-out alongside archives and Demand Draft/Bankers Check (in unique) to the following location by hand/speed post/enlisted present so as on reach by the endorsed date. 
• The establishment won't be liable for any deferral in the receipt of a printed copy of the Registration Form. 
• The competitors are instructed to keep one duplicate concerning the affirmation page with them for future reference