PhD Admission at Punjab Agricultural University.

Applications are invited for admission to PhD programmes on an India basis at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiyana. The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) was established in 1962 on the pattern of the Land Grant System of the USA. There are four constituent colleges of PAU namely, the College of Agriculture, College of Agricultural Engineering & Technology, College of Home Science and College of Basic Sciences & Humanities. The University has 30 departments and five schools. The Punjab Agricultural University has competent faculty to fulfil its mandate of research, education and extension work.
The University has attained a special status in the history of Indian agriculture for its pivotal role in ushering in the Green Revolution in India. This is a pioneer State Agricultural University (SAU) of India, well known for its research, education and extension in agriculture with a well-established academic and research infrastructure

Disciplines

University Provides PhD in 29 disciplines, some important areas are

  1. Biotechnology
  2. Agronomy
  3. Horticulture
  4. Soil science
  5. Food and Nutrition
  6. Agril Economics
  7. Bio Chemistry
  8. Botany
  9. Chemistry
  10. Microbiology
  11. Zoology
  12. Sociology
  13. Business Administration.

Minimum Qualification

An Overall Credit Point Average(OCPV) of 7.00 or 70% marks or equivalent at the Masters's level in the respective or related discipline and OCPA of 6.00 or 60% marks or equivalent at the bachelor's Level. reservation is available for reserved categories.

Important date

  1. The last date to apply without a late fee is 14/10/2022.
  2. The last date to apply with a late fee of rs 1000/- is on 21/10/2022.
  3. The application can be done online through the university website ww.pau.edu.