Category 5: Part-Time Ph.D. for Working Professionals
- Duration
- Minimum 4.5 years from date of Joining (Registration), and up to a maximum of 6 years
- Eligibility
- Applicants with master’s degree meeting the eligibility criteria (Refer section 4 of guidelines)
- The applicant should be working in an organization which encourages and facilitates research
- The applicant should have minimum of two (02) years of work experience in the related field.
- The applicant must furnish ‘No Objection Certificate’ (NOC) / ‘Letter of Support’ from the current employer at the time of application (Annexure 5)
- The nature of support should be clearly described in the NOC / Letter of support
» Financial and Non-financial
» Number of hours, the applicant would be allowed to devote for PhD including for course work
» Permission to use data generated within the organization as a part of PhD work of the applicant, in publications / thesis, or in other scholarly output
- Co-guide having expertise in the domain of applicant’s Ph.D. work and meeting eligibility criteria of MAHE, should be available in organization OR university / institution in the vicinity of applicant’s organization
- Admission Process
- Admission Schedule: Twice in an academic year (July and January)
- Pre-Application
- Applicants are required to contact prospective guide(s) from MAHE institutions to discuss their research interests and EOI (Annexure 6).
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- Prospective guide will submit willingness to guide the applicant at Institution and submit EOI to MAHE.
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- Application process
- Applicants are required to register themselves at https://mahephd.azurewebsites.net/ and submit the application form as per the timeline (table 1).
- Application process
Table 1: Tentative Timeline of Admission Process
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Cycle 1 (July admission) |
Cycle 2 (Jan admission) |
Submission of EOI from Guides |
Feb - Mar |
Aug - Sep |
Online Application submission by the Candidates |
Apr - May |
Oct - Nov |
Manipal Entrance Test (MET) and Admission Process |
Jun - Jul |
Dec - Jan |
- During the application, the applicant will be directed to select most suitable stream and research domain from the list displayed.
- The applicant will also self-declare his / her eligibility to appear for MET
- Applicants MUST appear for All India centre-based online PhD Manipal Entrance Test (MET) conducted by MAHE Manipal
- MET is exempted for
» GATE qualified applicants
» Applicants with Assistant professorship (UGC-NET qualified) and qualified in other National Tests with valid score card
» Applicants who have completed any research methodology course from SWAYAM portal with certificate of completion within the past 2 years
¨ MET exempted applicants MUST self-declare his / her eligibility to appear for interview and provide supporting information specified in the online application
- Stream specific MET syllabus ( Health Sciences; Technology and Management; Law, Humanities & Social Sciences), schedule and results will be made available at https://mahephd.azurewebsites.net/
- PhD topics will be made available on candidate portal to MET exempted applicants and Shortlisted applicants who qualify through MET.
- Shortlisted and MET exempted applicants will be directed to institute / department for interview.
- Interview will have following components
» Presentation by the applicant
» Viva Voce on area of interest and basics, related to applicant’s expertise.
» Discussion on Motivation and Goal
- Documents to be submitted to the interview panel are as follows. The interview panel will also screen the documents submitted and confirm the eligibility of applicant and co-guide
» NOC / Letter of Support from the current employer (Annexure 5)
» Prospective co-guide (from applicant’s organization or vicinity) details
» Curriculum Vitae (CV) of the applicant
» Academic transcripts and Degree certificates
» ‘Expression of Interest’/ ‘Statement of Purpose’ (Annexure 6), as discussed with prospective guide at MAHE
¨ The Expression of Interest (EOI) should provide sufficient information for judgment to be made about the chosen topic by the applicant and applicant’s capacity to complete the PhD research within a relevant contextual background.
¨ EOI must include the following
§ Project title & description
· Need, Objectives, Brief Methodology, Outcomes etc
§ Organizational context
· Nature of the organization / profession context and applicant’s relationship and role(s) within it.
· Availability of facilities / resources in the organization,
o financial (if applicable) and non-financial
o Facilities / resources required for the PhD work, but are not available in the parent organization; along with arrangements made to complete related work.
o Number of hours / week the applicant intends to devote for PhD should be mentioned and his / her expectations in terms of guidance from Primary Guide from MAHE and Co-guide from his organization/vicinity
- Admissions office, MAHE will issue offer letter to applicants selected for PhD admission [Weightage: 35 % for the entrance test (MET) + 65 % for interview/viva- voce].
- Course Fee
- Refer https://manipal.edu/phd for PhD Course fees
- Joining Process
- If an applicant accepts the offer, he / she can confirm the same through the candidate portal and by paying the first instalment fee.
- Fee Payment Link will be displayed in the candidate portal on confirmation of offer acceptance.
- On successful completion of fee payment, provisional admission will be granted and PhD Roll No will be generated by MAHE Admissions Office which will be intimated to the applicant.
- Following this, the applicant will visit the Admissions Office with following documents in originals for verification.
- If an applicant accepts the offer, he / she can confirm the same through the candidate portal and by paying the first instalment fee.
» All semester / year marks / grade sheet of Bachelor’s Degree, from a recognized university
» All semester / year marks/grade sheet of Master’s Degree from a recognized university
» UG & PG Degree Certificates
» 2 Recent & identical passport-sized photographs
» Self-Attested Pan Card & Aadhaar card photocopy
» Fee paid details
» Experience Certificate
¨ The candidate should have minimum of two years of work experience in the related field
» No Objection Certificate (NOC)
¨ ‘No Objection Certificate’ (NOC) / ‘letter of support’ from the current employer
- Admission office, MAHE will issue admission order to the applicant after verification.
- Following this, PhD scholar will complete joining/reporting formalities at the respective institution.
- ID card and learner Email ID will be issued to the PhD scholar after joining.
- After completing the joining formalities at the Institution PhD scholar MUST submit the joining report to the Centre for Doctoral Studies (CDS), MAHE along with co-guide (from the applicant’s organization or vicinity) application
- CDS will issue registration letter to PhD scholar. The date of joining will be the date the registration of the PhD scholar.
- Co-guide (from PhD scholar’s organization or university / institution in the vicinity) recognition
o Following joining, PhD scholar will submit joining report to CDS along with co-guide application (Annexure 7) and other supporting documents including NOC from the co-guide’s employer.
§ CDS will screen the application for eligibility as per MAHE eligibility criteria and communicate the decision to the co-guide/PhD scholar/MAHE guide/Institution.
- Support
- There will be no financial support from MAHE
- PhD scholars will be provided access to MAHE facilities including library and databases etc. when they are in the MAHE Campus
- Attendance requirements at institution of MAHE
- Ph.D Scholar MUST present for the following at MAHE and in physical mode
- Protocol presentation to the institutional protocol Approval Committee (IPAC)
- Half yearly report presentations to the Doctoral Advisory Committee (DAC) in the institution / department of MAHE
- As recommended by the MAHE guide and DAC for completing course work requirements/research related discussion and training etc.
- Leaves
- PhD scholar is eligible for leaves as per prevailing leave policy of his / her parent organization
- If the PhD scholar avails leave over and above the eligibility, the duration of Ph.D. will be extended by leave period availed.
» If the PhD scholar avails additional leaves with DAC permission, the minimum duration of Ph.D. will be extended by leave period availed.
¨ This requires prior approval from CDS. The request to be sent to CDS in CDS template (Annexure 42).
» Maternity leave, if availed, to be communicated to CDS along with supporting documents in CDS template (Annexure 43).
¨ The minimum duration of PhD program will be extended by leave period
Annexures are available at https://manipal.edu/mu/academics/phd/annexures.html