A candidate shall be provisionally selected by the Selection Committee constituted by the BPGS (Board of Post Graduate Studies) on recommendation of the Head of the Department and may be required to pass the prerequisite non-credit courses as prescribed by the Committee.

On provisional admission, the Selection Committee shall submit a name of a Supervisor who shall be a full-time member of the staff of the department and a Co-supervisor from within or outside the department, if necessary. The Supervisor shall prescribe a plan of study to be undertaken by the student and supervise the progress of the candidate's work.

The minimum duration of the Ph.D course shall be four semesters from the date of provisional admission. A student must complete all requirements for the Ph.D degree within six academic years (session) from the date of his provisional admission. There shall be two categories of students, namely, full-time students and part-time students. A part-time student may be assigned a maximum of 9 credit hours of course work in any semester. Full-time students must register for a minimum of 12 credit hours and a maximum of 15 credit hours per semester. A full-time student shall not be allowed to be in the employment of any organization (even as a part-time employee). However, they may be employed as Teaching/ Research Assistant at the University.

Final grades for courses shall be recorded as follows :

MARKS		GRADE	MERIT DESCRIPTION	GRADE POINTS
90% and above	:	A+(Plus)	Excellent	4.0
80% to below 90%	:	A	Very good	3.5
70% to below 80%	:	B+(Plus)	Good	3.0
60% to below 70%	:	B	Average	2.5
50% to below 60%	:	C	Pass	2.0
Below 50%	:	F	Failure	0.0
		I	incomplete	-
		S	Satisfactory	-
		U	Unsatisfactory	-
		W	Withdrawn

A Doctoral Committee for every student. shall be set, up by the Head of the Department in consultation with the Supervisor and approved by the CASR (Committee for Advanced Studies & Research). The Doctoral Committee should meet from time to time at the request of the Supervisor to review the progress of the student.

The student shall submit a research proposal to the Doctoral Committee which shall examine the proposal and recommend it for the approval of the CASR through the Head of the department.

COURSE WORK

To qualify for the degree a student must earn a minimum grade point of 2.75 based on the weighted average in his course work.

The date and time of the comprehensive examination shall be fixed by the Doctoral Committee on the request of the Supervisor. Comprehensive Examination shall ordinarily be held after the completion of the course work by the student. The comprehensive examination shall comprise a written examination and/or an oral examination to test the knowledge of the student in his field of study. The Doctoral Committee shall conduct the comprehensive examination. If a student fails to qualify in a comprehensive examination he shall be given one more chance to appear in the examination as scheduled by the Doctoral Committee.

At the end of the student's research work the student shall submit a thesis which must be an original contribution to architecture/engineering/sciences and worthy of publication.

An Examination Board for every student for thesis and oral examination shall consist of the Doctoral Committee and one or more external examiners to be appointed by the CASR on recommendation of the thesis Supervisor in consultation with the Head of the department. At least one external examiner shall be appointed from outside the University. If the external examiner is appointed from outside the country a copy of the thesis may be sent to him for his evaluation and his written opinion. The Board shall consist of at least six members including the Head of the department and the Supervisor.