Ph.D. From SACON, Coimbatore

Aspirants seeking admission to 3 year Full-time Ph.D. Program should meet the following criteria as specified by the institute.

Academic Requirement

Candidate must have a Master's degree (or equivalent) in any discipline from a recognized university, with at least 55% marks. In case the score is available on a letter-grade system, the Institute expects a minimum cumulative score of 5.5 on a 10-point scale.

Admission will be made on the basis of the PG marks, marks obtained in the Common Entrance Test (CET July 2015 only) and interview.

The qualifying examinations marks converted to: 50 Marks

Common Entrance Test: 35 Marks

Interview: 15 Marks

Total: 100 marks

Entrance Exam Pattern:

The entrance test will be based around subjects studied in the course study at the PG level by the candidate. Here are details of the entrance test:

• There will be 50 Questions in total ,all the question will be of objective type (MCQ)
• Maximum Marks: 35 (50x0.7=35)
• Time Duration: 1.30 hours

Exemption from the written test:

• M.Phil. degree holders need not appear for common entrance test, however they will be required to appear for the interview.
• UGC/CSIR-JRF NET/SLET/GATE/ Teacher fellowship holders / Scientist working in DRDO / faculty of Air Force Administrative College/foreign candidates need not appear for entrance test. Such candidates shall be directly admitted to the doctoral program through interview.

The qualifying examinations marks converted to: 50 Marks

UGC/CSIR-JRF NET/SLET/GATE: 35 Marks

Interview: 15 Marks

Total: 100 marks

Note: However, for the Scientist working in DRDO / faculty of Air Force Administrative College/ foreign candidates the department should conduct entrance test and interview to assess the knowledge of the concerned discipline.