Aspirants seeking admission to 3 years Full-time Ph.D Program should have pass post-graduation or its equivalent qualification from a recognized university.

The university offers admission to 27 specializations under the M.Phil course and 32 specializations under the PhD course.

Top specializations (M.Phil)

Top specializations (PhD)

Eligibility and Selection Criteria:

• The candidate should have a Master’s degree in the relevant field.
• The candidate has to take an entrance test given by Shivaji University, followed by a personal interview.
• If the candidate has taken the UGC-CSIR-NET, SLET, SET, GATE, PGDTE, BET or GPAT, they are exempted from the entrance examination.
• The entrance examination can be taken both online or offline.
• The duration of the examination is two hours.
• The paper is worth 100 marks.
• The questions are MCQ-based.
• There will be 50 questions to answer. Each question will carry 2 marks.
• There is no negative marking.

Which documents are required at the time of admission?

The following documents will be required at the time of admission to an M.Phil or PhD course:

How to apply?

To apply for PhD or M.Phil, follow these steps:

• Application forms are available online.
• The entrance examination fee for each subject is 200 INR. It is to be submitted in the form of a demand draft drawn in favour of the Finance and Accounts Officer, Shivaji University, Kolhapur.
• The filled out application form should be submitted along with the demand draft by courier or by person.
• If there are less than 10 candidates alloted to an examination centre, then that centre is subjected to cancellation.