Admission to Full-Time/Part-Time PhD (under Rolling Advertisement) in Library & Information Science@DLIS, CUTN Thiruvarur

Dear All,

We are happy to inform you that Department of Library & Information Science, Central University of Tamil Nadu offers rolling advertisement for admission to PhD (Full-Time) under the Entrance Exam Exempted Category for the Academic Year 2025-2026. 

PhD Seat Vacancy: Full-Time - 09, Part-Time - 05. 

Candidate must have 5 Years of service experience for Part-Time PhD.

Eligibility: Candidates who have qualified any national level examinations such as JRF (UGC/CSIR/DBT/ICMR/ICAR), NET (UGC/CSIR), GATE or equivalent. 

Candidates who have completed:

• Two year/four semester Master's Degree after a three-year Bachelor Programme, with a minimum of 55% marks aggregate or equivalent grade OR
• One year/two semester Master's Degree after a four-year Bachelor Programme, with a minimum of 55% marks aggregate or equivalent grade OR
• Four-year bachelor's degree with a minimum of 75% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade OR M.Phil. Degree with 55% of marks or its equivalent grade.  

Application Form: Application form is to be submitted in print/scanned copy via email or post. Application form may be downloaded from the university website PhD-Application-Form-updated_29052025.docx 

Application Fee: All eligible candidates will be required to pay a non-refundable fee of Rs.2360/- (incl. GST) (GEN/OBC/EWS) and Rs.1770/- (incl. GST) (SC/ST/PWD/Third Gender)

A duly completed application form with the prescribed application fee must be submitted to the Controller of Examinations. For admission related queries, kindly mail to admissions@cutn.ac.in.

Address for Form Submission:

To, 

Controller of Examinations

Central University of Tamil Nadu

Neelakudy, Thiruvarur - 610 005

Tamil Nadu, India