Ph.D. Admissions

Prof. Udayan ChandaConvener, Departmental Research Committee

Admissions to the Ph.D. Programme

BITS Pilani is at the forefront of scientific research and Industrial consultancy. The Department of Management is placed in top 500 in the world in the QS subject Ranking 2021 for Business and Management. Research conducted by the faculty and research scholars has played a large part in this achievement. We always look for the candidates who can contribute to take these achievements forward. We offer Ph.D. program in both full-time and part-time mode. A well-organised and systematic approach has been developed for the selection of research scholars. We invite interested candidates from industry and academia to explore our Ph.D. program.

Research Areas

Finance & Accounting
Marketing
Organizational Behaviour & Human Resource Management
Operations Management & Decision Sciences
Information Technology & Technology Management
Strategy & Entrepreneurship

Eligibility Criteria for Ph.D. Admission:

Full time candidates

60% or 6.0 CGPA or above in MBA or two-year Management Program, Or
Candidates having M.Phil. (Social and Behavioral Sciences) Or M.E/M.Tech. in Industrial Engineering, Or M.Com./M.A. (Psychology)/MSc. (Economics)/M.A. (Economics)/MCA/MSc. (I.T.)/MSc. (Operations Research)/MSc. (Business Analytics) Or
Any Higher Degree of BITS Pilani

Part time candidates

60% or 6.0 CGPA or above in MBA or two-year Management Program, Or
Recognized One Year Residential Executive program, Or
Candidates having M.Phil. (Social and Behavioral Sciences) Or M.E/M.Tech. in Industrial Engineering, Or M.Com./M.A. (Psychology)/MSc. (Economics)/M.A. (Economics)/MCA/MSc. (I.T.)/MSc. (Operations Research)/MSc. (Business Analytics) Or
Any Higher Degree of BITS Pilani and
The candidate must be working Professional.

Selection Procedure:

All Candidates shortlisted for the PhD programmer in Department of Management, Pilani campus, need to appear in the following tests:
Test I will be for the shortlisted candidates with a qualifying degree in M.Com./M.A. (Psychology)/MSc. (Economics)/M.A. (Economics)/MCA/MSc. (I.T.)/MSc. (Operations Research)/MSc. (Business Analytics).
Test II will be common for all shortlisted candidates.

The details of the tests are as follows.

Test I: Two hours’ objective test. This test will have 75 MCQ-type questions. The test will be based on
Verbal ability,
Data Interpretation & Logical Reasoning, and
Quantitative aptitude.
Test II: One-hour subjective test. The nature of the written test will be application-based in the areas of Business & Management to test basic management knowledge and research aptitude.

Application Procedure

Admission to the Ph.D. programme is made in both the semesters against the advertisement, available at https://www.bitsadmission.com/phmain.aspx. The candidates have to apply in the prescribed application form. The candidates are advised to mention their research interest area(s) out of the above-mentioned research areas.

Candidates are initially admitted to the programme as a provisional candidate. They need to do the coursework as per the institute norms. After which they must clear the Ph.D. qualifying examination which is conducted every semester for the candidates those have completed their coursework successfully with required valid grade as per the institute norms. After passing the qualifying examination they can submit their research proposal.

Financial Assistance

Full-time Ph.D. students admitted into the Ph.D. program are eligible to be considered for fellowship of ₹34,000 or ₹37,000 per month as per intake qualifications. Consideration for fellowship will be as per Institute norms, details of which are available in the PhD brochure on the admission website. It will be obligatory on the part of every admitted full time student to undertake 8 hours (per week) of work as assigned to her/him by the Institute.