The University of Allahabad shall conduct COMBINED RESEARCH ENTRANCE TEST- 2018 (CRET-2018) at Allahabad for admission to the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil.) (hereinafter referred to as D.Phil. Programme) of the University of Allahabad for the session 2018-19 in the subjects specified in SECTION 2 of this Bulletin.

As laid down in the Ordinance LVI of the First Ordinance of Allahabad University (made under Section 29 of the University of Allahabad Act, 2005) candidates for admission to the degree of D. Phil. Programme must hold a Master’s degree (or a degree recognized by the University as equivalent thereto) in a relevant subject from the University, or any other University or an Institution recognized by it, and must fulfill other prescribed conditions of eligibility.

Regular teachers of the University of Allahabad and of any institution maintained by it or admitted to its privileges and international Students are exempted from appearing at CRET for admission to D. Phil. Programme. All other candidates for admission to the D. Phil. Programme in the concerned subjects are required to appear at CRET-2018 after applying and register their candidature through the ONLINE APPLICATION AND REGISTRATION PROCESS at the website auadmissions.com OR Admission-2018 link of www.allduniv.ac.inand remitting the admissible Test Fee in the prescribed manner. The details and instructions in respect of CRET-2018, the procedure applicable to the teachers and international Students exempted from CRET-2018 and other relevant information on the D.Phil. Programme are set out in the following sections of this Bulletin.