Candidate applying for admission in this program should meet the following criteria 

• Master’s Degree holders having secured at least 55 % marks (50% for SC & ST candidates), or equivalent grade at Master’s Degree, in the above-mentioned subjects of North Orissa University or any other University recognized as equivalent thereto by North Orissa University, are eligible for Ph. D registration, provided they qualify an Entrance Test followed by an Interview
• The candidates who have qualified UGC-CSIR-NET/GATE/INSPIRE fellowships of DST and awardees of Teacher Fellowship are exempted from such tests and interviews
• M. Phil. Degree holders, in concerned subject, are also exempted from entrance test and interview provided they have been admitted to M. Phil. programme through an entrance test as per UGC guideline, 2009.