School of Natural Sciences Department of Physics Ph.D. Admissions Spring 2027

The Department of Physics in the School of Natural Sciences at Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence (SNIoE) Delhi-NCR invites applications for admission to the Ph.D. program starting from January 2027. Our graduate program is designed to serve a wide range of research interests and offers an excellent learning and research environment to motivated and ambitious students. Many of our research projects are interdisciplinary in nature, involving collaborations across multiple departments in the School of Natural Sciences, as well as other schools and research centers of the University.

Research Areas:

The department covers the following areas of experimental and theoretical research:*

  • Experimental Condensed Matter Physics and Material Science
  • Experimental and Theoretical Soft Matter and Biophysics
  • Experimental Nuclear Physics
  • Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics
  • Cosmology and Astrophysics
  • Theoretical High Energy Physics
  • Mathematical and Statistical Physics
  • Quantum Information, Quantum Communication

*For the present admission cycle, seats may not be available in all the above areas.

Eligibility:

  • A candidate who has passed M.Sc. in Physics, or M.Tech. in Solid State Technology/Material Science/Nanoscience/Nanotechnology or an allied field in Natural Sciences with minimum 55% (or equivalent grade) marks.*
  • Merely satisfying eligibility criteria does not guarantee the shortlisting of a candidate for an interview.

* Please enquire in case you are uncertain about your eligibility for any reason.

SelectionProcess:

  • Applicants will be shortlisted based on merit by the department. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted via email and will be called for a written test.
  • The written test will be conducted offline at the Shiv Nadar IoE, Delhi NCR campus in Gautam Buddha Nagar District (near Greater Noida), U.P.
  • Shortlisted candidates (based on written test cut-off) will be called for an interview. Interviews will be conducted at the Shiv Nadar IoE, Delhi NCR campus.
  • Syllabus: General Physics courses up to the level of M.Sc. (Classical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Electrodynamics, Mathematical Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Nuclear and Particle Physics, Electronics, Thermal and Statistical Physics).
  • Candidates with a currently valid CSIR-NET JRF will be exempted from the written test.

Fees and Financial Assistance:

The duration of our Ph.D. program in Physics is five years. All full-time Ph.D. students admitted into the program shall receive a doctoral award (teaching and research assistantship) consisting of tuition-fee waiver (as per department’s policy) and 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 the award is subject to satisfactory performance in the program, evaluated continuously, and compliance with all University regulations. Moreover, all full-time Ph.D. scholars will receive an annual tuition waiver of ₹60,000 and an annual hostel fee subsidy of ₹60,000. Note that hostel accommodation will be provided, subject to its availability. 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 non-refundable application fees of Rs. 1,200(One Thousand Two Hundred Only). The application fee can be paid online during the application process.

Candidate may note that the University reserves the right to accept or reject any application based on its departmental screening criteria; hence, not all applications may be shortlisted for the written examination. Therefore, no requests for refund of the application fee shall be entertained, whether or not the candidates are called for the written examination.

Application Instructions:

All interested applicants shall apply online from the link given below or on the website. Please follow the instructions carefully.

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

Please note that the application will not be considered without all the necessary prescribed documents and the application fee.

Important Dates:

  • Last date for the receipt of completed application form & application fee: 31st October 2026 [Sat].

For any other information or query contact to:

Ms. Kishmish Gurbani

EA to the HOD Physics,

School of Natural Sciences,

Email: [email protected]    

Telephone: +911203608750 (Extn. 6535)
 

Prof. Priya Johari (PG Advisor)

Department of Physics,

School of Natural Sciences,

Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence

(Deemed to be University), Delhi-NCR,

NH-91, Tehsil Dadri, Gautam Buddha Nagar,

Uttar Pradesh-201314, India

Email: [email protected]

Physics Research Infrastructure

Physics research Laboratories are equipped with basic research facilities, which include clean room, thermal deposition, chemical vapor deposition, pulsed electron deposition, magnetron sputtering, spin coater, ball-milling, vacuum annealing, high temperature oven, high temperature split tube furnaces, hydraulic press, glove box, microwave furnace, fume hoods,  bio-safety cabinets, cryostat, XRD, AFM, Photo Luminescence, Raman Spectrometer, PPMS, Ellipsometry, FE-SEM, UV-visible-IR spectrophotometers, I-V measurement system, polarization loop-tracer, polarization microscope, fluorescence microscope, surface profiler, viscometer, thermal conductivity, contact angle, hydraulic manual coin cell Crimper, automatic battery film coating machine, electrochemical workstation and battery cycler, hydrothermal setup, and many others equipment within the school of natural science.

Computational facilities at SNS include a high-performance IBM cluster (“Magus”) consisting of 8064 cores (plus two nodes with GPU processors) delivering a theoretical peak performance of ~238 TF. Additionally, there are several stand-alone Linux workstations that are being used for teaching and research purposes. Several software programs for molecular modeling, molecular dynamics, quantum chemistry, statistical learning, bioinformatics, and cheminformatics are also available.

Our library, housed in a modern 5-storey building, provides online access from anywhere on the campus to the e-books, electronic journals, and databases from APS, AIP, ACS, RSC, AMS, SIAM, IOP, Springer, Elsevier, Wiley, Nature, and others.