Archive · 11 Sep 2026
BRAOU Opens PhD Applications for 2025-26 Academic Year
Dr BR Ambedkar Open University is inviting people to apply for PhD courses.
The courses are in English, Telugu, Chemistry, Economics, History, and Sociology.
Applicants usually need to take a computer-based test and then attend an interview.
Some candidates with certain qualifications do not have to take the written test.
These candidates still must register online and attend the interview.
Applications can only be submitted through the university website.
The application fee is Rs 1,500 for general applicants and Rs 1,000 for specified reserved categories and PWD applicants.
The test will be held at centres in Hyderabad, and applications are due by October 6, 2026.
Dr BR Ambedkar Open University announced PhD admissions for 2025-26 in six disciplines.
Admissions will involve a computer-based entrance test followed by an interview.
Candidates qualifying through UGC, CSIR-JRF, NET, GATE, or CEED are exempt from the written test.
Applications must be submitted online at www.braoouonline.in with fees of Rs 1,500 or Rs 1,000.
The entrance test will be held only at Hyderabad centres, with applications closing on October 6, 2026.
- Who
- Dr BR Ambedkar Open University and applicants seeking admission to its PhD programmes.
- What
- The university announced online applications for PhD admissions for the 2025-26 academic year.
- When
- Applications close on October 6, 2026; the entrance-test date was not specified.
- Where
- Applications are submitted through www.braoouonline.in, and the entrance test will be held at Hyderabad centres.
- Why
- To admit candidates to PhD programmes in six listed disciplines.
- University
- Dr BR Ambedkar Open University
- Academic year
- 2025-26
- PhD disciplines
- English, Telugu, Chemistry, Economics, History, and Sociology
- Selection process
- Computer-based test followed by an interview
- Application fees
- Rs 1,500 for general candidates; Rs 1,000 for SC, ST, BC, and PWD applicants
- Application deadline
- October 6, 2026
- Test location
- Hyderabad centres only