Doctoral Program Admissions
Last Updated on Monday, 17 May 2010 05:30
Deadline for Submission of Application forms extended to May 20, 2010
Entrance Exam for MSc and DPhil admissions will be held on June 12, 2010
Students who have completed a Master program in Behavioural/Cognitive Science or related disciplines including Psychology, Neuroscience, Sciences, Engineering (e.g., computer science, electrical engineering) Linguistics, Medicine, and Philosophy are eligible to apply for admission to the Doctoral Program. Students with NET/JRF/CSIR/GATE/ICMR are encouraged to apply.
A written entrance test and an interview will be conducted for selecting scholars to the D.Phil. Program.
Test centers : Allahabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata
Students should have at least 55% for General and 50% for OBC/SC/ST (or equivalent grade) at both the Batchelor and Master level for appearing in the entrance exam.
The Entrance Exam will consist of two sections.
The first Section will consist of objective questions and will cover the following areas:
A. English Comprehension
B. General Reasoning
C. Numerical Ability
The second section in the entrance test will be descriptive in nature and will cover the main issues and recent developments in all aspects of Cognitive Science. Focus will be on major topics of research at the Centre and common methodologies used t o study cognition. The written test and interview is usually held in June-July every year.
Selection for Interview will be based on student’s academic background (interfacing discipline), performance at the postgraduate level, their aptitude in Cognitive Science, their performance in research as evidenced in their Master thesis or Project as well as their publications. The application should include a tentative research proposal. Admission will be based on all these aspects and performance in the interview.The interview is both technical and personal.
Train ticket (II sleeper non AC) by the shortest route from your residence to Allahabad, which is refundable by the Centre on production of original (used)/photocopy of the unused train/Bus tickets on the date of Interview (if he/she called for the Interview).
Download the Application Form and send the filled form along with the draft to the Head, Centre of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences, Senate Hall Campus, University of Allahabad, Allahabad 211002.
The completed Application Form must be delivered in the CBCS Office on or before May 20, 2010.
Entrance Exam for MSc and DPhil admissions will be held on June 12, 2010
Application Fees :
For outstation candidates (those applying from outside of Allahabad): 550 INR
For local candidates (those applying from Allahabad):500 INR
Note : Payment is accepted only through Demand Drafts.
Draft to be drawn in favor of 'CBCS' payable at Allahabad.