Ph.D. Admission at NCAAH

National Centre for Aquatic Animal Health offers Ph.D. programmes under two streams- Marine Biotechnology and Aquatic Animal Health. Students are advised to read the write ups/visit web sites of the Centre for having an understanding of the fields of research.

They may contact guides of the Centre and check the availability of studentship. After getting the consent of a guide the candidates have to obtain the hard copy of the application form (within the prescribed time as per Common Admission Test (CAT) Notification) from the Centre by making the payment of required fee through Demand Draft taken from State Bank of India in favour of The Registrar, CUSAT, payable at Ernakulam.

Eligibility for Admission to the Ph.D Programme

Candidates seeking registration to the Ph.D programme shall hold a Master’s Degree from a recognized University with 55% marks in the qualifying examination, or a cGPA of 6.0 in the 10 point scale or an equivalent grade in similar scales.
 
A candidate belonging to SC/ST community is eligible for concession upto 10% marks for admission provided that he/she has a pass in the qualifying examination.
 
  1. Candidates seeking registration shall have passed the Departmental Admission Test and ranked as per the norms laid down in the regulation.
  2. Candidates who possess national/state research fellowship with valid scores, with committed financial assistance at the time of seeking admission, in any of the national/state level eligibility tests conducted by the agencies or by industries so recognized by the University for the purpose, are exempted from provision (ii) above.
  3. Teachers of Universities/Aided Colleges in Kerala/Teachers who are working in Quasi Government/Government Institutions recognized by CUSAT and scientists in National Level Research Laboratories, who have put in five years of continuous service, and foreign nationals who have been sponsored under a scholarship scheme by the Government of India for undergoing Ph.D. programme in India, are exempted from provision (ii) above.

Application Submission

Candidates for PhD programmes can obtain the printed application form from the office by paying the required application fee through Demand Draft issued by State Bank of India only, drawn in favour of Registrar, payable at Ernakulam.

For more details contact: Dr.Valsamma Joseph,Director and Course coordinator, NCAAH, CUSAT, Phone: 9846047433/ E-mail: valsamma@cusat.ac.in

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Ph.D. Theses Awarded On going research projects