Aspirant

PhD Aspirant scheme

The BITS Pilani Ph.D. Aspirant Scheme is aimed to provide avenues for doctoral research to professionals of high standing and proven competence drawn from Industries, R&D organizations, Government departments: an opportunity that professional finds to fulfill his/her aspiration of doing Ph.D. in the area of excellence.

The PhD admission under the BITS-Pilani Ph.D. Aspirant scheme is for Industry professionals.

Some of the highlights of the Ph.D. Aspirant scheme.

Who is eligible for the aspirant scheme? A working professional is eligible for this, if he/she

works in an organization that collaborates with BITS Pilani for Practice school/ research/WILP activities.
hold ME/ MS degree of BITS Pilani or its equivalent with a minimum of 60% marks.
will choose one of the BITS faculty as the supervisor
can obtain No Objection Certificate from his/her organization.

Highlighting the Admission process:

Admission is open throughout the year. A candidate can apply anytime during the year.
Application forms are processed four times during a year ( tentative dates: 15-March,
15-Jun, 15-Sep, 15-Dec of every year).
Once shortlisted the candidate will appear for the Ph.D. qualifying examination within two semesters. After clearing the qualifying exam he/she will take the formal admission in the Ph.D. program.

The flexibility of the Aspirant scheme:

The candidate is allowed to work in his/her organization during the entire Ph.D. program.
He/ she can choose a Ph.D. holder with proven research competence, from his /her parental organization as co-supervisor. One BITS faculty will act his Supervisor.

Ph.D. duration: The aspirant candidate needs to submit his Ph.D. thesis within ten semesters to be counted from the semester next to passing the qualifying examination.

A single document containing useful information about the Aspirant scheme: click here

Fees structure: click here.

If I have a specific query, what should I do? Write an email to ad.agsrd@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in or bmd@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in

Academic Research

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