Candidates should have checked the examination syllabus before appearing for the examination. In the below table the subjects for PhD entrance examination 2025 are mentioned.
| Syllabus | Link |
|---|---|
| Adult Continuing Education & Ext. | Syllabus |
| African Studies | |
| Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archeology | |
| Anthropology | |
| Arabic | |
| Bio-Physics | |
| Biochemistry | |
| Biomedical Research | |
| Biotechnology | |
| Botany | |
| Buddhist Studies | |
| Chemistry/Chemical Science | |
| Chinese | |
| Chinese Studies | |
| Cinema Studies | |
| Commerce/Management/Financial Studies | |
| Comparative Politics & Political Theory | |
| Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Track - 1 (TROH) | |
| Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Track - 2 (TRTH) | |
| Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Track - 3 (TRDH) | |
| Computer Science and Engineering | |
| Computer Science/Informatics | |
| East Asian Studies | |
| Economics Studies & Planning | |
| Economics/Regional Development Economics/Business Economics | |
| Education | |
| Electronics and Communication Engineering/ Electronic Science | |
| Energy Studies | |
| English | |
| Environmental Studies/Environmental Sciences Research Area III & IV | |
| European Studies | |
| Fine Arts | |
| French | |
| Genetics | |
| Geography/Political Geography/Regional Development Geography | |
| Geology | |
| German | |
| Hindi | |
| Hindi Translation | |
| Hindustani Music | |
| Hispanic/Spanish | |
| History of Arts | |
| History/Historical Studies | |
| Home Science | |
| Horticulture | |
| Human Rights | |
| Informal Sector & Labour Studies | |
| Inner Asia Studies | |
| International Trade & Development | |
| Italian | |
| Japanese | |
| Japanese Studies | |
| Karnataka/Carnatic Music | |
| Korean | |
| Korean Studies | |
| Law | |
| Library & Information Science | |
| Life Science/ Life Sciences Group – I-V | |
| Linguistics | |
| Mass Communication and Journalism/ Media Studies | |
| Mathematics | |
| Mechanical Egineering | |
| Micro Systems | |
| Microbiology | |
| Modern Indian Language & Literary Studies | |
| Molecular Medicine | |
| Nano Sciences | |
| National Security Studies | |
| Operational Research | |
| Percussion Music | |
| Persian | |
| Pharmaceutical Sciences/ Pharmacy | |
| Philosophy | |
| Physical Education & Sport Science | |
| Physics/Physical Sciences | |
| Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology | |
| Political Science/Political Studies/Public Administration | |
| Portuguese | |
| Psychology | |
| Public Health | |
| Punjabi | |
| Research Methodology | |
| Russian | |
| Russian & Central Asian Studies | |
| Sanskrit | |
| Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy | |
| Social Sciences in Health | |
| Social System | |
| Social Work | |
| Sociology | |
| South Asian Studies | |
| Statistics | |
| Studies in Science Policy | |
| Theatre and Performance Studies | |
| Urdu | |
| Visual Studies | |
| West Asian Studies | |
| Women Studies | |
| Zoology |