PhD Admission (Spring Session): 2026

Application Fee

1. Application fee is Rs.1500.00 (One Thousand Five Hundred) only per subject and the bank transaction fee. This fee paid by International Applicants, at the time of applications will be returned.
2. All applicants MUST go through the Central Application Process (CAP) in the SAMARTH portal:
   URL: https://gauhatiadmission.samarth.edu.in/index.php
   Without the remittance of this fee, the application shall not be considered. The fee should be paid through online payment gateway only.

Application Categories (Spring 2026)

1. JRF & Other Fellowship Holders: Recipients of CSIR/UGC-JRF, ICMR-JRF, DBT-JRF, GATE (with valid score) and any National Level Fellowship/Scholarship (awarded for the PhD programme by a National Agency such as INSPIRE Fellowship, Ministry of Education, etc.) are eligible to apply. Scholars working in a project but without qualifying in these awards are not eligible under this category.
2. International Applicants
3. Professional/Non-Academics: Applicants with required qualifications and established scholarly interests may seek admission in their PG disciplines or interdisciplinary Departments and Centres of the University.

Note: Applicants need to go through the Gauhati University Ph.D. Regulations, 2025.

Eligibility Criteria

1. General Eligibility

Any person having a Postgraduate Degree or its equivalent, of GU or any other UGC-recognized university/institute with not less than 55 (fifty-five) percent of marks or equivalent grade in the concerned subject may apply for admission to the Ph.D. programme in the subject in which the candidate has the Master’s Degree or in a subject recognized by the respective department as its allied subject which will not be vice-a-versa for consideration by respective Departmental Research Committee (DRC) or Faculty Research Committee (FRC).

Minimum marks for SC/ST/OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) candidates or differently-abled candidates (≥ 40% disability) is 50%. A relaxation in respect of eligibility criteria in terms of marks shall be applied as per applicable rules and regulations of Govt. of Assam.

OR

A candidate with a 4-year/8-semester Bachelor’s degree must have a minimum of 75% aggregate marks or its equivalent grade on a point scale wherever the grading system is followed. A relaxation of 5% may be allowed for SC/ST/OBC (Non-Creamy Layer)/Differently-Abled and other categories as per Govt. of Assam rules.

NOTE: Candidates with valid GATE score need to apply offline in prescribed forms collected from Office of the Academic Registrar.

2. Eligibility for International Applicants

• Must have passed Masters level examination from a University/Institution recognised by the UGC. i.e. have passed a course which is equivalent to the two-year Masters Programme at GU (and other Indian universities) which is usually pursued after twelve (12) years of school and three (3) years of undergraduate course, completing a total of 15 years of education. That is, an international applicant must have had 17 years of formal education before becoming eligible for application to the PhD Programme.
• Must have secured at least 55% or equivalent grade.
• Must demonstrate proficiency in English through TOEFL, IELTS, etc., or through proven English-medium education background.
• Should visit IRW (International Relations Wing) for facilitation of the application process.