On behalf of the ANDHRA PRADESH STATE COUNCIL OF HIGHER EDUCATION (APSCHE), Andhra University, Visakhapatnam going to conduct the Andhra Pradesh Research Common Entrance Test (APRCET)-2018 from 22nd August 2018 to 24th August 2018 (Wednesday to Friday) at respective examination centers in nine Regional Centres, viz., Visakhapatnam, Rajamahendravaram, Guntur, Nellore, Anantapuram, Kurnool, Kadapa, Tirupati and Hyderabad.
APRCET 2018 conducting for admission into M. Phil. (Full-time /Part-time) ,Ph.D. programme (Full-Time / Part-Time) in the subject areas indicated below, for the year 2018 offered in all universities and recognized research centres of all Universities
APRCET 2018 Online Application Process | Fee Payment Status | Print Forms
ELIGIBILITY Criteria
Full-Time (FT)
(a). Candidates for admission to M.Phil./Ph.D. programme shall have a Master’s degree or a professional degree declared equivalent to the Master’s degree by the corresponding statutory regulatory body, with at least 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade ‘B’ in the UGC 7-point scale (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) or an equivalent degree from a foreign educational Institution accredited by an Assessment and Accreditation Agency which is approved, recognized or authorized by an authority, established or incorporated under a law in its home country or any other statutory authority in that country for the purpose of assessing, accrediting or assuring quality and standards of educational institutions.
(b). A relaxation of 5% of marks, from 55% to 50%, or an equivalent relaxation of grade, may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/BC/PWD and other categories of candidates as per the decision of the University Grants Commission from time to time, or for those who had obtained their Master’s degree prior to 19th September, 1991. The eligibility marks of 55% (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading system is followed) and the relaxation of 5% to the categories mentioned above are permissible based only on the qualifying marks without including the grace mark procedures.
Part-Time (PT)
Candidate satisfying the eligibility conditions noted for Full time (F.T) can be admitted as Part-time candidate through, entrance test, as per the following order of priority. Admission into Part-time category will be made on the basis of service seniority in the respective categories.
1. Regular Faculty working in the University or the P.G. Centers.
2. (a) Faculty working in Post graduate and Professional colleges having completed at least two years of service. This provision is not applicable to Faculty teaching Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Humanities in professional colleges.
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(b) Faculty/Librarians/Asst. Librarians working in affiliated degree colleges
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(c) Faculty working in Polytechnic/Government or private aided Junior Colleges having completed at least four years of service
3. Technical employees working in research institutes having completed at least five years of service.
Test Subject and Eligibility Criteria
ARTS, COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT AND LAW SUBJECTS
S.No | Subjects in which test is conducted | Eligibility PG degree in |
1 | Adult Education | Adult and Continuing Education |
2 | Anthropology | Anthropology |
3 | Archaeology | Archaeology |
4 | Buddhist, Jaina, Gandhian and Peace Studies | Buddhism /any other allied areas |
5 | Commerce | Commerce |
6 | Comparative Dravidian Literature | Kannada, Telugu, Tamil/any other allied area |
7 | Economics | Economics /Applied Economics/Econometrics |
8 | Education | Education/Special Education |
9 | English | English |
10 | Fine Arts (Visual Arts) | Fine Arts/any other allied areas |
11 | Folk Literature (Folklore) | Folklore/ any language / Sociology/ Anthropology/History/ any other allied area |
12 | Hindi | Hindi |
13 | History | History |
14 | International and Area Studies | Area Studies/any other allied areas |
15 | Journalism and Mass Communication | Journalism and Mass Communication |
16 | Kannada | Kannada |
17 | Labour Welfare & Human Resource Management | HRM, IRPM, Labour Welfare/any other allied areas |
18 | Law | Law |
19 | Library & Information Science | Library Sciences |
20 | Linguistics | Linguistics |
21 | Management | Management, Business administration/any other allied areas |
22 | Music | Music |
23 | Performing Arts – Dance & Drama Theatre | Dance, Drama, Theatre of Arts/any other allied areas |
24 | Philosophy | Philosophy |
25 | Physical Education | Physical Education/Sports Science |
26 | Political Science | Political Science |
27 | Population Studies | Population Studies, Geography (with specialisation Population Studies) or Mathematics/Statistics (with Demography specialisation) |
28 | Psychology | Psychology |
29 | Public Administration | Public Administration |
30 | Research in Dr. Ambedkar Chair | Sociology and Social work, Legal Studies, History, Economics, Political Sciences, English, Rural Development, Education, Human Resource Management, Journalism and Mass communication |
31 | Rural Development | Rural Development |
32 | Sanskrit | Sanskrit |
33 | Social Work | Social Work |
34 | Sociology | Sociology |
35 | Tamil | Tamil |
36 | Telugu | Telugu |
37 | Tourism Administration & Management | Tourism Administration & Management/any other allied areas |
38 | Tulu | Tulu |
39 | Women Studies | Humanities (Including literature) & Social Science |
40 | Yoga | Yoga |
SCIENCE SUBJECTS
S.No | Subjects in which test is conducted | Eligibility PG degree in |
41 | Applied Life Sciences | Biotechnology, Micro biology, Bio chemistry, Human genetics, Virology any other allied areas |
42 | Botany and Plant Sciences | Botany, Plant Sciences/Horticulture and Landscape Management/Agriculture bio technology and any other allied areas |
43 | Chemical Sciences | Chemistry with any specialisation/any other allied areas |
44 | Computer Science And Applications | Computer Applications/Computer Science |
45 | Electronics and Instrumentation | Electronics/Instrumentation |
46 | Environmental Sciences | Environmental Sciences/any other allied areas |
47 | Geography | Geography |
48 | Geology | Geology/Applied geology/Marine geology/Earth Sciences/any other allied areas |
49 | Geophysics | Geo Physics/Hydrology, Marine Geo Sciences, Applied Geo Physics, Marine Geo Physics, Mineral exploration / any other allied areas |
50 | Home Science | Home Science, Food Nutrition/any other allied areas |
51 | Material Science & Nanotechnology | Material Science & Nanotechnology /any other allied areas |
52 | Mathematics | Mathematics/Applied Mathematics/Engineering Mathematics |
53 | Meteorology/Space Technology / Atmospheric Sciences | Meteorology/Space Technology / Atmospheric Sciences /any other allied areas |
54 | Ocean Sciences | Physical Oceanography/Ocean Science/ any other allied areas |
55 | Physical Sciences | Physics /Nuclear Physics / any other allied areas |
56 | Sericulture | Sericulture |
57 | Statistics | Statistics /SQC and OR / Applied Statistics /Statistics with Computer Science /any other allied areas |
58 | Zoology and Animal Sciences | Zoology /Marine Living Resource /Fisheries /Aqua culture / any other allied areas |
ENGINEERING AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES SUBJECTS
S.No | Subjects in which test is conducted | Eligibility PG degree in |
59 | Architecture And Planning | Architecture and Planning with any specialisation /any other allied areas |
60 | Civil Engineering | Civil Engineering with any specialisation /any other allied areas |
61 | Chemical Engineering | Chemical Engineering with any specialisation /any other allied areas |
62 | Computer Science and Engineering, Information Technology | Computer Science and Engineering with any specialisation / Information Technology/any other allied areas |
63 | Electrical Engineering | Electrical Engineering with any specialisation/any other allied areas |
64 | Electronics & Communication Engineering | Electronics & Communication Engineering with any specialisation/any other allied areas |
65 | Food Technology | Food Technology with any specialisation/any other allied areas |
66 | Mechanical Engineering | Mechanical Engineering with any specialisation/ Aircraft Engineering /Automobile Engineering / Production Engineering/Industrial Engineering / any other allied areas |
67 | Metallurgical Engineering | Metallurgical Engineering with any specialisation /any other allied areas |
68 | Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering | Naval Architecture/Marine Engineering with any specialisation /any other allied areas |
69 | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Pharmaceutical Sciences with any specialisation /any other allied areas |
70 | Biotechnology | M.Tech Biotechnology / any other allied area in Engineering and Technology |
APRCET 2018 Vacancy Position
The vacancy position of Ph.D ( Full Time / Part Time) and M.Phil. (Full Time / Part Time) in various Universities of the State of Andhra Pradesh can be obtained by visiting the respective websites of the Universities. The URL of the 14 Universities websites are given below:
S. No | Name of the University | University Web Sites. |
01 | Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur | www.nagarjunauniversity.ac.in |
02 | Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Srikakulam | http://www.brau.edu.in |
03 | Vikrama Simhapuri University, Nellore | www.simhapuriuniv.ac.in |
04 | Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapuramu | skuniversity.ac.in |
05 | Andhra University, Visakhapatnam | www.andhrauniversity.edu.in. |
06 | Dravidian University, Kuppam | www.dravidianuniversity.ac.in |
07 | JNTU, Anantapuramu | www.jntua.ac.in |
08 | JNTU, Kakinada | www.jntuk.edu.in |
09 | Krishna University, Machilipatnam | www.krishnauniversity.ac.in |
10 | Rayalaseema University, Kurnool | www.ruk.ac.in |
11 | Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati | www.spmvv.ac.in |
12 | Sri Venkateswara University,Tirupati | www.svuniversity.edu.in |
13 | Yogi Vemana University, Kadapa | www.yogivemanauniversity.ac.in |
14 | Adikavi Nannaya University, Rajamahendravaram | www.nannayauniversity.info |
Important Dates
Issue of Notification: 30th June 2018 (Saturday)
Commencement of online application: 07th July 2018 (Saturday)
Last date for online submission without late fee: 25th July 2018 (Wednesday)
Last date for online submission with late fee of Rs. 2000/- : 03rd August 2018 (Friday)
Last date for online submission with late fee of Rs. 5000/- : 10th August 2018 (Friday)
Correction of online application data already submitted: 11th August 2018 to 13th August 2018 (Saturday to Monday)
Downloading of Hall tickets: 16th August 2018 (Thursday) Onwards
Examination Dates: 22nd August 2018 to 24th August 2018 (Wednesday to Friday)
Contact Details
Office Contact Number :- 0891-2730148, 2730147
E-Mail : convenoraprcet@gmail.com
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