ADMISSIONS TO Ph.D DEGREE PROGRAMME - 2012
NOTIFICATION No.
Acad/PG/4/2012 DATED 11th July 2012
Applications are
invited in prescribed proforma for admission to Ph.D. (Doctor
of Philosophy) Degree. The last date
for submission of the application is 11th August 2012.
The short
listed candidates for Ph.D. Degree shall
have to take an entrance examination
on 27th August
2012 (Monday) at 11 a.m. in the
premises of NUJS followed by a personal
interview on 28th August 2012 (Tuesday) from
11 a.m. onwards.
The eligibility
criteria for Ph.D Degree is as follows:-
1)
Ph.D – Any candidate who satisfies
the following conditions is eligible to
seek registration for Ph.D. in the
University upon application for provisional registration.
1.1 The candidate
shall have LL.M degree or any Masters degree having the potentiality of
interdisciplinary study with law from
any university recognized by UGC or equivalent LL.M or Masters degree of
foreign university with a minimum of 55%
marks or equivalent CGPA. However, this
condition is relaxed to 50% in case
of candidates belonging to SC and ST.
1.2 Candidates who
have qualified for UGC/SLET/SET/JRF fellowships are exempted from Entrance
Test.
1.3 Candidates with
M.Phil degree from any recognized University are exempted from Entrance
Test.
2) Entrance Test
Admission to
Ph.D shall be through an Entrance test followed by an interview.
2.1 The Entrance Test shall consist of one paper of 80 marks with 3
hours duration. The syllabus of the paper shall cover:
(i) Law and Social
Transformation in India
(ii) Indian
Constitutional Law: The New Challenges
(iii) Judicial Process
and Legal Education
(iv) Research
Methodology.
The interview shall be
for 20 marks.
2.2 Foreign candidates
who have LL.M. degree from a
foreign university or Indian university with a minimum of 55% marks or equivalent Cumulative Grade Point Average
(CGPA) shall be exempted from Entrance Test. But they shall submit a
research proposal to the satisfaction of the Doctoral Committee.
3) Fees – Registration fees of Rs. 10,000 (Non‐refundable) (at the time of registration) plus
annual fees of Rs.15,000 per annum (Non‐refundable).
The applications need
to be accompanied by a Demand Draft of Rs. 1000/‐ in favour of the Registrar,
WBNUJS, Kolkata
payable at Kolkata.
Complete applications in
all respect to be addressed to The Registrar, WBNUJS, 12 LB Block, Sector –
III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata – 700 098 by
11th August 2012.
NOTE: Applications may be downloaded
from the university website www.nujs.edu or may be obtained directly from the office of the University.
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