The National Testing Agency (NTA) will hold a common entrance test for PhD admissions at the University of Delhi, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), and Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (BBAU). 

Previously, NTA held separate exams for PhD admissions at JNU and Delhi University (DUET). For PhD courses, BBAU held an institute-level entrance exam, while BHU held a Research Entrance Test (RET) for integrated MPhil-PhD programmes.

Registration for this exam is now open at phd-entrance.samarth.ac.in, and the deadline to apply is September 8.

Except for Language papers, the medium of the question papers in this exam will be English. The test date and time will be announced later.

There is no age limit for taking this PhD entrance exam, but candidates must meet the age requirements of the university where they wish to enrol.

The minimum educational requirement to take the PhD entrance exam is a postgraduate/equivalent degree. Candidates who are taking the qualifying exam are also eligible to apply.

The exam will be computer-based (CBT), with two sections to the question paper. Section 1 is about research methodology, and Section 2 is about the subject.

Each paper will contain 100 MCQs, and the test will last 3 hours or 180 minutes.

A candidate can choose a maximum of three courses provided timing of two papers do not overlap. The list of subjects for which the test will be held has been given on the information bulletin.