Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) offers a Ph.D. degree in 9 different specializations for a minimum duration of three years. 

• The Ph.D. program is specialized in 9 disciplines that include: Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Immunology, Medical Genetics, Microbiology, Neurology, Nuclear Medicine, Pathology, Radiotherapy, & and Transfusion Medicine
• A Master Degree in the relevant field with 55% marks is the minimum requirement for Ph.D. admission.
• The admission is based on a written test followed by an interview conducted by the University. 

SGPGIMS Ph.D. Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants must have a degree in MD/MS/MDS/DM/M.Ch in the specific subjects or Diplomat of National Board of Examination recognized by the Medical Council of India.
• Applicants may have a master’s degree in science from a recognized University/ Institution in health science/ Allied Sciences / Related Physical or Engineering Sciences
• All above must be completed with a minimum of 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade point/CGPA.
• International student applicants must have a degree in the eligible subjects recognized by the Medical Council of India/UGC for medical/non-medical students. Applicants must have an overall IELTS score of at-least 7 with not less than 6.5 in any of the 4 subtests or an equivalent score in TOEFL for proficiency in the English language

SGPGIMS Ph.D. Admission Guidelines

• Advertisement/notification about Ph.D. will be notified after releasing of CSIR/UGC/NET examination in both offline and online mode.
• Students have to visit the official website of SGPGIMS and click on “admission notice for Ph.D.” to proceed further
• Register with email-ID and proceed further filling in relevant details and upload all the documents.
• After filling in all the details the registration fees is to be paid and click on “submit”. The application can be submitted in both offline and online mode.
• Admission will be made by the faculty member by written examination and interview by Dean’s committee, reading the thesis of the applicants and interested faculty will enrol him/her under them. 
• The letter of offer will be given to selected candidates by the research cell of the University.
• The selected candidates must join within 15 days from the date of issuing of the letter.

Candidates are enrolled based on four categories-

1. Category 1: Applicants who fulfill essential qualifications and have a letter of award for fellowship and contingency by any Government funding agency for a minimum period of three years.
2. Category 2: Applicants s who fulfilled essential qualifications and have passed the national level written examination conducted by the Government agencies but do not have their own fellowship may be enrolled if they are working in an extramural project funded by Government / UN agencies as JRF / SRF / Research Assistant. 
3. Category 3: Applicants s having Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) from Government funding agencies / extramural projects funded by Government funding agencies may be enrolled in the Ph.D. program within six months of having obtained fellowship, but will not be eligible for any fellowship or contingency from the Institute at any time.
4. Category 4: Applicants can take admission through national level examination (theory & interview). 

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SGPGIMS Ph.D. Course Details

The institute offers Ph.D. under the following disciplines-

1. Endocrinology
2. Gastroenterology
3. Immunology
4. Medical Genetics
5. Microbiology
6. Neurology
7. Nuclear Medicine
8. Pathology
9. Radiotherapy (Medical Physics) and Transfusion Medicine

The minimum duration of a Ph.D. will be 3 years. The maximum duration will be 5 years. Each faculty is allowed to register a maximum of 2 students per year with the upper limit of 6 per guide at any given time.

Course Requirements: 

• The candidate has to undertake course work. The course work shall be treated as pre-PhD preparation and must include a course on research methodology which may include quantitative methods and computer application, which may also involve reviewing the published research in the relevant field. 
• The candidate has published/accepted 2 original papers in peer-reviewed indexed journals with his/her name as a first or second author.
• The thesis should be submitted by the candidate within 06 months from the date of the DC meeting permitting the student to write the thesis. The thesis should be in a format approved by the Institute. The thesis will be graded as Thesis accepted or Thesis rejected. 
• If the thesis is accepted viva-voce examination to be conducted. Minor changes/correction of typographical errors/correction of references/reanalysis of data/clarifications/retyping/correction in figures suggested by the examiners should be incorporated.
• If the Thesis is rejected If two of the three examiners recommend rejection, the thesis will be considered as rejected. If one examiner recommends rejection, the thesis will be sent to a fourth examiner from the list of approved examiners. If the fourth examiner recommends rejection, then the thesis will be taken as rejected. If he/she accepts, then the viva-voce examination can be held. 

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