The eligibility criteria for admission are as follows:-

• Master's degree with at least 60% marks in aggregate in Pharmaceutical Sciences or Business Studies or Hospital Administration or MPhil or MSc or any allied subject.
• A relaxation of 5% in marks in eligibility conditions will be applicable for SC/ST candidates for admission to the Ph.D program.
• The minimum percentage marks may be relaxed at the discretion of the Vice Chancellor ratified by the Academic Council in case of candidates who have passed their postgraduate examination before 1987.
• The application will be scrutinized and successful candidates will have to appear for the Entrance examination.
• An entrance test shall be conducted with qualifying marks of 50%. The syllabus of the entrance test shall consist of 50% of research methodology and 50% shall be subject-specific. The entrance test shall be conducted at the center notified in advance (changes of centers, if any, also will be notified in advance).
• The candidates who have qualified for the entrance test, shall not have a right of enrollment for the PhD program. However, the scores will be valid for a period of 2 years from the application of the result of the entrance test.
• An interview/viva voce will be organized where the candidates are required to discuss their research/interest/area through a presentation.  

The candidates who have a valid JRF/SRF or have qualified NET/GATE/GPAT/SLET from the UGC/CSIR/DBT/DST/ASRB or ICGEB/SERB/DRDO/INMAS or any other statutory body of the Government or who have passed MPhil from a UGC recognized university are exempted from the entrance test.