ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR APPEARING APRCET-2022

Ph.D. can be pursued by candidates possessing the minimum qualifications as specified below
either on Full-Time (FT)/ Part-Time (PT) basis in the Faculties of Science, Arts, Humanities,
Social Science, Fine Arts, Education, Physical Education, Commerce and Management
Studies, Engineering and Technology, Architecture & Planning, Law and Pharmaceutical
Sciences ets., Admissions into Ph. D. programme will be made within the framework of
reservation rules in force prescribed by the Government of Andhra Pradesh from time to time.
The details of faculty/specialization wise eligibility criteria will be notified in details along
with the APRCET notification.
The APRCET Committee may include or combine or separate or drop any of the disciplines as
may be deemed necessary with proper reasoning.
Full-Time (FT)
(a) Candidates for admission to Ph.D. programme shall have a Master’s Degree or a
professional degree declared equivalent to the Master’s degree by the corresponding
statutory regulatory body, with at least 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent grade
‘B’ in the UGC 7-Point scale (or an equivalent grade on a point scale wherever grading
system is followed) or an equivalent degree from a foreign educational established or
incorporated under a law in its home country or any other stator in that country for the
purpose of assessing, accrediting or assuring quality and standards of educational
institutions.
(b) A relaxation of 5% of marks, from 55% to 50% or an equivalent relaxation of grade,
may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/BC (non-creamy layer)/ Differently abled
and other categories of candidates as per the decision of the University Grants
Commission from time to time, or for those who had obtained their Master’s degree
prior to 19th September, 1991. The eligibility marks of 55% (or an equivalent grade on
a point scale where grading system is followed) and the relaxation of 5% to the
categories mentioned above are permissible based only on the qualifying marks without
including the grave mark procedures.
Part-time (PT)
Candidate satisfying the eligibility conditions noted above can be admitted as Part-Time
candidate through an entrance test, as per the following order of priority. Admission into
Part-Time category will be made on the basis of service seniority in the respective
categories.
1. Regular Faculty working in the University or to the P.G. Centers.
2. (a) Faculty working in Post Graduate and Professional colleges having completed at
least two years of service. This provision is not applicable to Faculty teaching Physics,
Chemistry, Mathematics and Humanities in professional colleges.
OR
(b) Faculty/ Librarians/Assistant Librarians working in affiliated degree / PG colleges
and Faculty teaching Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Humanities in professional
colleges having completed at least two years of service.
OR
(c) Faculty working in Polytechnic/Government or private aided junior
Colleges/Schools having completed at least four years of service.
Candidates satisfying the following requirements shall be eligible to appear for APRCET:
A. Candidate should be of Indian Nationality or persons of Indian Origin (PIO)/ Overseas
Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders.
B. Candidates should belong to the State of Andhra Pradesh. The candidate should satisfy
local/ Non-local status requirements laid down in the Andhra Pradesh Educational
Institutions (Regulations of Admission) Order, 1974 as subsequently amended.
C. Ph.D can be pursued by candidates possessing the minimum qualifications as specified
below either on Full-Time (FT) or Part-Time (PT) basis in the faculties of Sciences,
Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, Fine Arts, Education, Physical Education,
Commerce and Management studies, Engineering & Technology, Architecture &
Planning, Law, Pharmaceutical Sciences etc., Admissions into Ph.D programs will be
made within the framework of reservation rules in force prescribed by the Government
of Andhra Pradesh from time to time.
D. Candidates for admission into Ph.D programmes shall have a Master’s degree or a
professional degree declared equivalent to the Master’s degree by the corresponding
statutory regulatory body with at least 55% marks in the aggregate or its equivalent
grade “B’ in the UGC-7 point scale (or an equivalent grade in a point scale where
grading system is followed) or an equivalent degree from a foreign educational
institution accredited by an Assessment and Accreditation Agency which is approved,
recognized or authorized by an authority, established or incorporated under a law in its
home country or any statutory in that country for the Purpose of assessing, accrediting or
assuring quality and standards of educational institutions.
E. A relaxation of 5% of marks, from 55% to 50% or an equivalent relaxation of grade,
may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/BC/PWD and other categories of
candidates as per the decision of the University Grants Commission from time to time,
or for those who had obtained their Master’s degree prior to 19th September, 1991.
The eligibility marks of 55% (or an equivalent grade in a point scale wherever grading
system is followed) and the relaxation of 5% to the categories mentioned above are
permissible based only on the qualifying marks without including the grace marks
procedures.
F. Ph.D. discipline and eligibility in respect of qualifying P.G. Degree shall be clearly
notified by The APRCET Convener.

APRCET-2022
Test Subjects and Eligibility Criteria
Test Code Test Subject Eligible PG Degree
R22-01 Adult Education Adult and Continuing Education
R22-02 Anthropology Anthropology
R22-03 Archaeology Archaeology
R22-04 Buddhist Studies 1. Buddhism
 2. Philosophy
R22-05 Commerce Commerce
1. Economics
R22-06 Economics 2. Applied Economics
3. Econometrics
1. Education
R22-07 Education
2. Special Education
R22-08 English English
R22-09 Fine Arts Fine Arts
R22-10 Folklore Folk Literature
R22-11 Hindi Hindi
R22-12 History History
International and Area 1. Area Studies
R22-13
Studies 2. South East Asia and Pacific Studies
Journalism and Mass 1. Communication & Journalism
R22-14
Communication 2.Journalism & Mass communication
R22-15 Law Law
Library & Information Library Science
R22-16
Science
R22-17 Linguistics Linguistics
1. Management
R22-18 Management
2. Business Administration
R22-19 Music Music
1. Dance
R22-20 Performing Arts 2. Drama
3. Theatre of Arts
R22-21 Philosophy Philosophy
1. Physical Education
R22-22 Physical Education
2. Sports Science
R22-23 Political Science Political Science
1. Population Studies
2. Sociology
3. Social Work
4. Women's Studies
5. Economics
6. Rural Development
R22-24 Population Studies 7. Human Rights
8. Home Science
9. Nursing
10. Medicine
11. Statistics
12. Geography
13. Education
 14. Psychology
15. Political Science
16. Public Administration
R22-25 Psychology Psychology
R22-26 Public Administration Public Administration
1. Sociology
2. Social Work
3. Legal Studies
4. History
5. Economics
R22-27 Dr. Ambedkar Studies 6. Political Science
7. English
8. Rural Development
9. Education
10.Human Resource Management
11. Journalism and Mass Communication
1. Sociology
2. Social Work
3. Legal Studies
4. History
5. Economics
Dr. Babu Jagivan Ram
R22-28 6. Political Science
Studies
7. Anthropology
8. Rural Development
9. Education
10.Human Resource Management
11. Journalism and Mass Communication
R22-29 Rural Development Rural Development
R22-30 Sanskrit Sanskrit
R22-31 Social Work Social Work
R22-32 Sociology Sociology
R22-33 Telugu Telugu
R22-34 Tourism Management Tourism Administration &Management
1. Humanities (Including literature)
R22-35 Women's Studies
2. Social Sciences
1. Bio Technology
2. Micro biology
3. Bio Chemistry
R22-36 Applied Life Sciences 4. Human genetics
5. Virology
6. Genetics and Genomics
7. Bio Informatics
R22-37 Bio Chemistry Bio Chemistry
1. Botany
2. Plant Sciences
R22-38 Botany
3. Horticulture and landscape management
4. Agriculture Biotechnology.
1. Chemistry with any specialization
R22-39 Chemical Sciences
2. Engineering Chemistry
Computer Science and 1. Computer Application
R22-40
Applications 2. Computer Science (Non-Engineering)
1. Electronics
Electronics and 2. Instrumentation
R22-41
Instrumentation 3. Instrumentation Technology (Engg.
Stream)
1. Environmental Sciences
2. Physics
3.Chemistry
4. Zoology
R22-42 Environmental Sciences
5. Botany
6. Geography
7. Geology
8. Civil Engineering
R22-43 Geography Geography
1. Geology
2.Applied geology
R22-44 Geology 3. Geo-Physics
4. Marine geology
5. Earth Sciences
1. Home Science
R22-45 Home Science
2. Food Nutrition
Material Science & 1. Material Science & Nanotechnology
R22-46
Nanotechnology 2. Nano-Technology
1. Mathematics
R22-47 Mathematics 2. Applied Mathematics
3. Engineering Mathematics
1. Physics
R22-48 Physics 2. Nuclear Physics
3. Engineering Physics
R22-49 Sericulture Sericulture
1. Statistics
2. SQC and OR
R22-50 Statistics
3. Applied Statistics
4. Statistics with Computer Science.
R22-51 Zoology 1. Zoology
 2. Marine living resource
3. Fisheries and Aqua culture.
4. Marine Biology
R22-52 Civil Engineering Civil Engineering with any specialization
Chemical Engineering with any
R22-53 Chemical Engineering
specialization
1. Computer Science and Engineering with
Computer Science and any specialization
R22-54
Engineering
2. Information Technology
Electrical Engineering with any
R22-55 Electrical Engineering
specialization
Electronics & Electronic & Communication Engineering
R22-56
Communication Engineering with any specialization
1. Food Science and Nutrition
2. Applied Nutrition
3. Food Service Management and Dietetics
4. Food Technology (Science/ Engg.
R22-57 Food Technology Stream)
5. Food Science and Quality control with
any specialization
6. Food and Nutritional Sciences
7. Food, Nutrition and Dietetics
1. Mechanical engineering with any
specialization
2. Aircraft Engineering
R22-58 Mechanical Engineering
3. Automobile Engineering
4. Production Engineering
5. industrial Engineering
Metallurgical Engineering with any
R22-59 Metallurgical Engineering
specialization
1. Naval Architecture & Marine
Engineering
R22-60 Marine Engineering
2. Marine Engineering with any
specialization
Pharmaceutical Sciences with any
R22-61 Pharmacy
specialization
1. Bio Technology
R22-62 Bio Technology
2. Bio Technology and Bio Informatics