The Department of Biological Sciences at Ashoka University invites students to carry out cutting edge research through its PhD program in these six broad thematic areas: 

• Biophysics and Biochemistry
• Cell and Developmental Biology
• Chronobiology and Cognitive Neuroscience
• Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Mathematical and Computational Biology
• Molecular and structural biology

Please visit the department website for further details on the research of individual faculty members. Full fellowships are available for a limited number of positions.

Candidates with a degree in any basic science discipline (including biology, chemistry, physics, computer science, and mathematics) or in applied sciences such as MTech, BTech, MBBS or MPharm are eligible to apply. Applicants also need a national eligibility test score such as JGEEBILS, INSPIRE, CSIR-UGC, ICMR, GATE or DST*. Please note that the scores obtained must be valid at the time of application.

(*Candidates without a valid national eligibility test score, who wish to pursue a PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology are eligible to appear for a written examination at Ashoka).

Interested candidates can visit website for more detail.