Ph.D. Chemistry, Admission Announcement, Monsoon 2026

Eligibility: A candidate who has passed Master’s degree in Chemistry or an allied field in Natural Sciences and/or MTech. with minimum 60% (or equivalent grade) marks. Students whose final results of Master’s program are awaited can still apply if the total cumulative mark is 55% for the previous year. However, such students must produce proof of a minimum of 60% marks or an equivalent grade in M.Sc./MTech. before securing admission to the Ph.D. program, if qualified. Candidates with a four-year Bachelor's degree are also eligible to apply.

Selection Process: All the eligible candidates will be called for a written exam followed by an interview. CSIR-UGC NET-JRF fellows and other JRF-qualified candidates are exempt from the written exam; selection is based on the interview.

Syllabus for Entrance Exam: Master’s-level Chemistry

Exam and/or Interview: Online/Offline mode

Last Date for Applying: Friday, 15 May 2026

Written Entrance Examination: Saturday, 30 May 2026

Interview: TBD

Research opportunities in SNIoE are available in the following broad areas in Organic, Inorganic, Physical and Computational Chemistry. Faculty members are working on the following research areas, and details are available on the website

  • Asymmetric Catalysis
  • Bio-Inorganic Chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Chemical Biology
  • Chemical & Biological Crystallography
  • Computational Quantum Chemistry
  • Coordination Chemistry
  • Electrochemistry
  • Green Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Sustainable Main Group Catalysis
  • Materials for Environment
  • Medicinal Chemistry
  • Metalloradical Chemistry
  • Nano-biotechnology
  • Natural Product Synthesis
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Protein Chemistry
  • Supramolecular Chemistry
  • Synthetic Organic Chemistry
  • Ultrafast Spectroscopy
  • Next Generation Battery

Program and Admission Fees: Detailed information about the fee structure is available on the website at https://snu.edu.in/admissions/graduate-programs

All full-time Ph.D. scholars admitted to the program will receive a doctoral award (teaching and research assistantship), which includes a monthly stipend of ₹45,000 for the first two years and ₹50,000 for the next three years, subject to benchmarked performance. The continuation of this award depends on satisfactory performance in the program, which is continuously evaluated, and compliance with all university regulations. Additionally, all full-time Ph.D. scholars will receive an annual tuition waiver of ₹60,000 and an annual hostel fee subsidy of ₹60,000. Deserving Ph.D. students will also be eligible for a travel research grant of ₹1,50,000 to support conference travel (only for Scopus-indexed conferences), both domestic and international, during the five-year Ph.D. program.

Application Fees:

You will be required to pay a non-refundable application fee of ₹ 1,200 (One Thousand Two Hundred Only) by UPI/Net banking/credit/debit card.

Application Instructions:

Please apply online from the link given below. Further details are available at https://snu.edu.in/admissions/graduate-programs. Please follow the instructions carefully.

  • Fill in all the mandatory fields.
  • Upload of following documents is required in the portal.
    • Passport size colour photograph
    • Current CV
    • All Mark sheets/Degree Certificates (10th standard onwards)
    • Standardized Examination certificate - CSIR, UGC, GATE etc. (If applicable)
    • A Statement of Purpose

Contact Details:

Mr. Vikas Gautam
Program Manager
Department of Chemistry
School of Natural Sciences

Email ID: [email protected]

Telephone: 0120-7170649

Dr. Biswajit Guchhait

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry
School of Natural Sciences

Email ID: [email protected]

Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence (Deemed to be University)

NH - 91, Tehsil Dadri
Gautam Buddha Nagar
Uttar Pradesh – 201314

Note: The application is not deemed complete until all the necessary details are filled out, supported with the required documents, and the application fee is received.

*Please note that fulfilling the minimum essential criteria does not ensure that a candidate will be called for the interview. Additional short-listing criteria might be set by the department based on academic records, experience, research interests of the candidates, and vacancies in the department.

About Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Deemed to be University

Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence (SNIoE), Deemed to be University is a comprehensive, multidisciplinary, research-focused and student-centric institution that is bringing a paradigm shift in higher education in India through its innovative curriculum, interdisciplinary focus, and across-disciplinary thinking across a wide range of disciplines. The University is building an eco-system of knowledge to promote recognition of the inter-connectedness of ideas, systems, and environments in the world inside the campus, and those outside it. The University has 5 Schools, 18 Departments and 6 Research Centre’s engaged in teaching, practice, and research in disciplines as diverse as Engineering, Humanities & Social Sciences, Management, Natural Sciences, Art, Design, Performing Arts, Communication, and Extended Education & Professional Development. The schools offer Bachelor, Master’s, and Doctoral degrees along with multidisciplinary curriculum to enable students to explore subjects and disciplines that may be widely different from their chosen Majors.

  • The University received Institution of Eminence Deemed to be University status by the Government of India in August 2022.
  • In the NIRF (Government's National Institutional Ranking Framework), SNIoE has been the youngest institution in the 'top 100' Overall list, and the score has been rising steadily. SNIoE ranked 57 in the University category, and 85 'Overall' in NIRF 2025.
  • The University has been accredited with ‘A’ Grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), valid for a period of 5 years from 26 November 2019.
  • SNIoE is also among a select group of green-field institutions in the country, which were awarded the prestigious Atal Incubation Centre grant by the Niti Aayog, Government of India, in the very first round in 2017.

About the Chemistry Department

The Department is committed to pursuing research on fundamental and applied problems through scientific inquiry and stimulating the development of innovative interdisciplinary research programs around key areas of excellence. The immediate mission of Chemistry Department is to:

  • Contribute to advancing and disseminating chemical knowledge through educational programs, internationally reputed publications and translating research as innovative patents.
  • Devise robust and novel solutions to address the needs of society by promoting research in chemical and interdisciplinary projects.
  • Train undergraduate, graduate students and research fellows to transform them future independent scientists to serve the needs of society, academia and industries.

Our vision is to make the world a better place through societal-impact cutting-edge research and innovation at Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Deemed to be University.

Research Infrastructure

Our chemistry labs are equipped with fume-hoods, Schlenk lines, eyewash stations and safety showers. Lab facilities include advanced analytical instruments such as EPR, AFM, Flash Chromatography, Gas Chromatography with MS, Gel Permeation Chromatography, HPLC (Prep & Analytical), FPLC, NMR, LCMS-qToF, MALDI-ToF, DSC, TGA, Single-crystal X-ray Diffractometer, Electrochemical Analyzer, Fluorimeter, TCSPC, Polarimeter, UV-visible, High-resolution FTIR, Raman Spectrometers, Microwave Reactor, Inverted Microscope, Fluorescent Microscope, Hot-stage Polarized Microscope, Ferroelectric-Piezoelectric- Pyroelectric test system, Bio-safety Cabinets, CO2 Incubators, Shaker Incubators, Glove box, Multimode Plate Reader, Electroporator, Deep freezer, Cell Counter, etc.

Computational facilities that include a high-performance IBM cluster (“Magus”) having 8064 cores, along with two nodes with GPGPU processors, delivering a theoretical peak performance of ~320TF. Additionally, several Linux workstations are used for teaching as well as research purposes. Software for bioinformatics and cheminformatics, molecular modeling, molecular dynamics, quantum chemistry, data analysis, and statistical learning is also available.

Our library, housed in a modern 5-storey building, provides online access from anywhere on campus to a large number of electronic journals and databases, including APS, AIP, ACS, RSC, AMS, SIAM, Springer, Elsevier, Wiley, and Nature journals, in addition to various books, e-books, and other learning resources.

Please visit the following links to know more about our research laboratories and facilities.

https://chemistry.snu.edu.in/research/laboratories https://snu.edu.in/research/facilities