CCMB Hyderabad PhD Admission 2021, Application Form, Dates, Eligibility

Projects Offered for PhD

Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, invites applications from candidates who are Indian citizens, to pursue research in modern biology leading to a Ph.D. Degree. The projects offered for Ph.D. would be in the broad areas of Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Genomics, Developmental Biology, Plant Molecular Biology, Conservation Biology, Ecology, Protein Structure and Function, Biology of Macromolecules, Biology of Infection, Epigenetics, Chromatin Biology and Bioinformatics.

CCMB Hyderabad PhD Admission 2021 Important Dates

Last date for submission of Application for admission

13th November 2020

Date of Written test (Tentative)

December 2020

Date of Interview (Tentative)

December 2020 / January 2021

Eligibility Criteria for CCMB Hyderabad PhD Admission 2021

• Candidates with a Master’s degree in any branch of science or a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Pharmacy/Medicine.

• Any National level fellowship (JRF/SRF of CSIR, UGC, DBT, ICMR, etc.), DST-INSPIRE or any other equivalent fellowship for pursuing Ph.D.

• Candidates with a BE/B.Tech degree in Biotechnology or in any engineering discipline must have a GATE score of at least 85.0 percentile.

• B.Pharm degree candidates must have a GPAT score of at least 85.0 percentile.

• Candidates in the final year of the qualifying degree program are also eligible to apply. However, if selected, their selection will be Conditional to completing the qualifying degree with the defined marks criteria, and they can only join the Ph.D. program with the August 2021 batch of Ph.D. students.

CCMB Hyderabad PhD Admission 2021 Application Process

• Eligible candidates can apply online through the official website https://www.ccmb.res.in/

• Candidates with a master’s degree in any branch of Science or a bachelor’s degree in Eng./Pharmacy/Medicine may submit their applications online by 13th November 2020 through http://e-portal.ccmb.res.in/phd/application/

• The application processing fees of Rs. 500/- should be paid online only and is non‐ refundable.

• Candidates must carefully fill and submit the online application form with all necessary documents on or before the specified date.

Selection Process

• Online applications will be screened and the eligible candidates may be called for a computer-based written test at one of their preferred centers among the 19 test centers across the country sometime in December.

• Candidates qualifying the written test/other parameters and having a valid Fellowship for pursuing Ph.D. will be shortlisted to appear for an online/in-person interview at the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad in December/January.