XUB Ph.D Admission 2026 - X-RAT, Subjects, Eligibility, and Instructions to Apply
Xavier University Bhubaneswar invites applications for its Ph.D. program in various subjects for session 2020. Interested candidates can apply on the official website of the university.
XUB Important Dates for Ph.D
Last date for Online Application | February 29, 2020 |
Conducting X-RAT (Research Aptitude Test of Xavier University Bhubaneswar) | April 03, 2020 (Friday) |
Presentation, and Admission Interviews | April 04, 2020 (Saturday) |
Declaration of Admission Results | April 4th week, 2020 (Tentatively) |
Issuance of admission letter | May 1st week, 2020 (Tentatively) |
Student Admission & Mentorship Program | June Mid, 2020 (Tentatively) |
Duration of the Program
The Ph.D. understudies are relied upon to finish the program in 4 years after doctoral enrollment (if you don't mind allude to the table beneath). It might be reached out with due endorsements.
- Class I (Domain Candidates): The first year will be spent on doctoral coursework and the rest of the years for finishing the resulting steps prompting the doctoral proposal.
- Class II (Other Candidates): In the first year, the understudies will be required to go to the area related ace level courses that are endorsed by the School Research Committee. The doctoral coursework will begin from the second year onwards.
XUB Eligibility for Ph.D
Ph.D. in Business Management
- Masters or proportionate degree in any order with at least 60% of imprints at the Master's level.
Ph.D. in Human Resource Management
- Full-time Post Graduate or Master's Degree from any AICTE/UGC endorsed organization in Human Resource Management/Labor Welfare/Psychology/Personnel Management/Industrial or Employment Relations/Business Management having in any event 55% stamps in total
- Or
- Master or equal degree and UGC NET qualified in Subjects like-Human Resource Management/Labor Welfare/Psychology/Personnel Management/Industrial or Employment Relations/Business Management having in any event 55% stamps in total
- Or
- Graduate degree in some other control, from AICTE/UGC, endorsed organizations, with least 60% of imprints in total.
Ph.D. in Rural Management
- MBA or proportional, One Year PG Diploma in Rural/Development Management, Masters in any specialization the field of Management (e.g., Finance, Marketing, and so on.)/Development Studies/Rural Development/Development Economics/Environmental Planning or Management/Public Policy/Public Systems Management/Social Work
Ph.D. in Urban Management and Governance
- Graduate degree or comparable in Business Administration/Architecture/Sustainability/Planning/Urban Design/Urban Development/Public Policy/Public Administration/Political Science/Governance or related specializations/Engineering/Technology/Public Health
Ph.D. in Planning
- Graduate degree or identical in Planning/Urban Development/Geography/Architecture/Urban Design/Economics/Statistics/Sociology or related specializations
Ph.D. in Sustainability Studies
- Masters or equal degree in any control with at least 60% of imprints at the Master's level.
Ph.D. in Commerce
- Masters or proportional degree in any control with at least 60% of imprints at the Master's level.
Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering
- Graduate degree in Communication and Journalism/Electronic Media/New media/Visual Communication/Communication/Fine Arts/Advertising and Public Relations/Broadcast Communication/Film Studies/English language and writing, OR an expert Degree in the surge of correspondence proclaimed identical by the comparing statuary administrative body.
Ph.D. in Communications
- M. Tech. /M.E. /Master Degree in Computer Science/Computer Electronics/Telecommunication/Engineering/Data Science, or MBA/MS with B.Tech in Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Information Technology
XUB Ph.D. Selection Process
Competitors will be shortlisted based on their scholarly records and SOPs. The shortlisted up-and-comers will be required to show up for Xavier Research Aptitude Test (X-RAT), Subject Test, Presentation, and Personal Interview to be held in Bhubaneswar. Insights concerning X-RAT are accessible independently on our site. The coursework for the chose applicants will begin from June 2020.
X-RAT Guidelines
Xavier Research Aptitude Test (X-RAT) is a test of some fundamental abilities thought about basic for scientists, to be specific composing capacity, verbal capacity and appreciation, thinking, and quantitative fitness.
- Section A (30 Minutes), Total Marks: 20
- Section B (40 Minutes), Total Marks: 25
- Section C (40 Minutes), Total Marks: 30
- Section D (40 Minutes), Total Marks: 25
Subject Test
Schools will lead a subject test (for area up-and-comers just) which the shortlisted competitors may need to show up. Subtleties on the test will be conveyed to candidates independently.
How to Apply?
In the event that you have filled the application structure and paid the application charge effectively, you will get the affirmation by email with respect to the acknowledgment of your online application structure.
- Step 1: Fill off the "Login Details" (on the Next page) to make and get by email a one of a kind XUB ID/Login ID and Password for applying to XUB. On the off chance that you have just gotten your Login ID and Password, at that point login according to Step 2.
- Step 2: Log in with your Login ID and Password. Fill off the Personal Details, Academic Details, Professional Details, Research Area Details and Statement of Purpose (SoP), transfer your photograph and mark, and Submit. (You may keep prepared the checked/computerized pictures of your photograph/signature in JPEG design, ahead of time. The elements of the photograph might be of about 200x250 pixels, and the mark might be of about 250x125 pixels, Photo inside 85kb and signature inside 50kb in size).
- Step 3: Pay the application charge through the Payment Gateway. (Application charge is 1,600 INR).
One applicant can apply to just one school and can choose up to three research regions from the select school. Likewise, up-and-comers need to comprehend the Domain and Other (Non-Domain) class from the Eligibility. Before continuing to the application structure experience the Indicative Research Area segment of various schools offered Ph.D. in Xavier University, Bhubaneswar so as to determine your selection of territories of research.
About Xavier University Bhubaneswar
Xavier University Bhubaneswar (XUB) considers itself to be a quality organization conveying quality administration instruction to quality understudies from the world over. The Xavier University appeared with the Government of Odisha passing the Xavier University Act in June 2013. It acquires the heritage of XIMB (Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar), ahead of world-class B-School in the nation. In its undertaking to take up the assignments which are strong yet fundamental and which heretofore no one has taken up, the Xavier City Campus of the Xavier University was initiated on July 7, 2014. By and by it has eleven schools offering Doctoral, Masters and Under-graduate projects. History was made in October 1987 with the foundation of XIMB (Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar), Xavier University's leader the boarding establishment which, in the course of recent years has been perceived as a chief Business School in the nation. It tries to lead the nation in the board instruction by concentrating on research and development. Our scholarly capital rankings have been in the best five in the nation reliably.

The Xavier University stands tall in its strategic rousing group of people yet come of understudies hoping for fantastic quality advanced education. We offer a wide extent of projects in Business and Management. The University expects to satisfy its strategic proceeding to acquaint new projects with groom visionary, equipped, submitted, caring and worth based pioneers. It engages the understudies with the information, aptitudes, and long haul vision that prompts development, administration to society and development. The University urges the understudies to develop learning openings past the study hall, through different Student Forums. The scholarly projects are planned around a "learning-by-doing" model that empowers broad connection with all parts of the University's environment which fills in as a beginning stage for developing authority theory and strong strategic approaches. Aside from scholastic exercises, the co-curricular exercises, sports, social and network exercises, form significant pieces of the life of the understudies.
Contact Details
Xavier University
Plot No:12(A) Nijigada, Kurki, Harirajpur-752050, Odisha.
PHONE: +91-674-2377700
FAX: +91-6758-239694
