NERIST PhD Admission 2024-25: Get complete details and apply now

NERIST PhD Admission 2024-25: The North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) has released a notification inviting online applications from eligible candidates for admission to various PhD programs offered by Departments/ Centres for the academic session 2024-25 (January-May semester).

Also read: Tezpur University Ph.D admission Spring Semester 2025: Check eligibility, dates

Ph.D. offering Departments/ Centres

• Agricultural Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Computer Science & Engineering
• Electronics & Communication Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Forestry
• Chemistry
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Humanities & Social Sciences
• Centre for Management Studies

Seat Matrix

The department-wise number of seats available for NERIST PhD Admission 2024-25 are as follows:

Eligibility

Candidates applying for NERIST PhD Admission 2024-25 must have a Master’s Degree in Engineering and Technology with 60% marks in aggregate or a CGPA of 6.5 on a 10-point scale and 55% in aggregate in Sciences/ Humanities and Social Sciences/ Management for the General category.

Applicants who wish to pursue a PhD while in employment/ service need to submit a NoC (vide Annexure-I) at the time of Admission from their respective employers stating that they will be relieved for the study during the program period.

Selection Procedure

The institute shall admit Ph.D. students through an Entrance Test. The selection procedure for NERIST PhD admission 2024-25 is as follows:

• A candidate with a valid GATE score/ NET, including JRF (UGC/ CSIR/ ICAR), will be exempted from the entrance examination for admission to the Ph.D. However, they must mandatorily appear in the interview conducted by the respective Departments/ centres.
• The written examination shall be conducted for all candidates not exempted from the written test.
• There will be a single question paper for each Department/ Centre with 100 multiple-choice questions of one mark each.
• The question paper will have two sections.
• Section A will be worth 50 marks on Research Methodology, which is common for all the Engineering, Sciences, Humanities, and Social Sciences Departments and the Centre for Management Studies.
• The questions in Section B will be from the respective Departments/ Centres for 50 marks.
• The cut-off to qualify in the written test of NERIST PhD Admission 2024-25 will be 50 marks including both sections A and B. A relaxation of 5% marks will be allowed in the entrance examination for the candidates belonging to SC/ ST/ OBC (NCL)/ Differently-abled/ EWS categories.
• The selection will be based on a weightage of 70% for the written test and 30% for the performance in the interview.
• Interviews will be conducted by the respective Departments/ Centre considering the following aspects:
  • The candidate possesses the competence for the proposed research work.
  • The research area can be suitably undertaken at the institute level.
  • The proposed area of research can contribute to new/ additional knowledge.

How to Apply?

The applicants for NERIST PhD Admission 2024-25 will need to apply offline in the prescribed format (given below) along with a non-refundable and non-transferable application fee of ₹1500 (One thousand and five hundred) only in the form of a Demand Draft drawn in favour of the Director, NERIST, and payable by Thursday, November 28, 2024, till 05:00 PM at SBI NERIST (Branch Code: 18744), NERIST, Arunachal Pradesh. Candidates need to send their application and relevant documents to the following address by Registered/ Speed Post only:

Important Dates

Important Links

For more news and updates, click here.