Admission Procedure - Ph.D.

The Department of Plant Molecular Biology, UDSC invites applications for the Full-Time PhD  programme each academic year. The programme has a limited number of seats available in the major research areas of plant molecular biology:

• Understanding molecular basis of plant reproduction and its genetic manipulation to develop alternative sources of human nutrition
• Calcium-mediated signaling, functional genomics of stress signaling, and stress adaptation in plants
• To understand the complicated regulatory networks composed of various genomic elements (proteins, regulatory RNAs, cis-acting elements, etc.) that interact with each other in response to various developmental and environmental cues
• Understanding the molecular basis of stress responses and senescence to develop crops with climate change-resilience and higher productivity
• Exploring the naturally evolved allelic variations for the development of climate-resilient and pathogen-resistant/tolerant high-yielding crop varieties
• Understand the role of epigenetics and COP9 Signalosome in plant reproduction and adaptation during abiotic stress

Seat Matrix:

The University Grants Commission (UGC), vide its notification dated 27.03.2024 decided that from the Academic Session 2024-25, the National Eligibility Test (NET) score can be used for admission to Ph.D. programs in place of entrance tests conducted by the different Universities/HEIs. Accordingly, from the academic session 2024-25, the University of Delhi will use the National Eligibility Test (NET) scores for admission to Ph.D. Programs.

Note: Department reserves the right not to fill up the vacant seats of the PhD program in case of the non-availability of suitable candidates. The admission is also subject to fulfilling all other conditions laid down in Ordinance VI of the University of Delhi.