Guidelines and Forms

Admission & Eligibility

A candidate seeking admission to the Ph.D. program must have:

A postgraduate degree or equivalent from universities/institutions recognized by UGC.

Postgraduate degree in Medical or Dental Sciences.

MBBS or BDS or an undergraduate degree which is of at least 5 years' duration.

Pharm. D. / Pharm. D. (Post Baccalaureate).

Categories of candidates

Category 1:

Candidates with UGC - CSIR - NET-JRF/ ICMR -JRF / DBT-JRF (BET)/JEST / INSPIRE Fellowship/qualified any of the UGC recognized national or state level eligibility test with a valid fellowship at the time of admission. Such candidates are exempted from the qualifying written test conducted by Manipal Academy of Higher Education and their selection would be by a panel of experts through interview.

Category 2

Candidates who qualify the MAHE Eligibility Test for Ph.D. programme. These candidates are eligible for grant in aid instituted by MAHE under the Dr TMA Pai Ph.D. Scholarship Programme. More than 150 fellowships per year would be awarded to eligible candidates, who would be called the Dr TMA Pai PhD scholars. Call for submitting application for Dr TMA Pai Scholarship would be made in leading newspapers and the university website. There would be two calls annually, one in February and the second in August. Selection of shortlisted candidates would be finalized through written test / interview.

Part time candidates

Candidates who are the faculty/employees of MAHE in pursuit of advancing their academic qualification are eligible to induct into the Ph.D. programme, upon recommendation from the Institutional Head, Research Supervisor and Doctoral Advisory Committee. This provision is for those candidates who shall take an undertaking that their routine responsibilities would be duly attended and under no circumstances compromised. The university shall reserve the rights to reconsider the registration of candidates who do not adhere to these guidelines.

Duration of the Program

The duration of the program will be from the time of registration till the submission of thesis.

The minimum duration for the postgraduates qualified for Full Time Ph.D. shall be 3 years from the date of registration. Extension beyond the minimum period will be based on the recommendation of the Doctoral Advisory Committee(DAC). The maximum duration shall not exceed 6 years.

The minimum duration for the postgraduates qualified for Part Time Ph.D. shall be 4 years from the date of registration. Extension beyond the minimum period will be based on the recommendation of the Doctoral Advisory Committee (DAC). The maximum duration shall not exceed 7 years.

Admission to the Doctoral Programme

Admission to MAHE Ph.D. programme will be undertaken on the following basis:

Applications for the Ph. D. program will be received by the University throughout the year and will be processed quarterly.

Research Scholars sponsored by funding agencies must submit their application along with a synopsis of the project and details of funding. This refers to individual Junior Research Fellowship holders (UGC/CSIR/ICMR/ DBT/Inspire Fellowship) selected on the basis of interview. There will be no separate notification by MAHE.

Whenever University faculty members have research grants with provision for appointing research scholars, the selection of candidates will be based on the guidelines of funding agency and of MAHE.

MAHE employees who seek admission to Ph.D. program must submit their application through proper channel.