The Academic Council of University of Mysore on Friday approved the PhD regulations 2022 governing the standards and procedures for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
The new regulations will come into effect from 2022-23 and complies with the UGC notification in this regard issued way back in 2016. The Academic Council meeting was chaired by the varsity Vice Chancellor Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar.
As per the new regulations, there is a change in the pattern of the qualifying examination for registration for PhD and the candidates and the question paper will have 100 objective type questions. A candidate is required to secure a minimum of 50 per cent marks in the entrance examination to become eligible for PhD provisional registration. For candidates from the OBC, non-creamy layer/persons with disability and transgenders, the cut off is 45 per cent and for SC/ST category 1 candidate the qualifying marks is 40 per cent.
