1. PhD in Agricultural Economics

The admission to the postgraduate programs of the University is processed through the Registrar's Office with the help of the School Graduate Committee (SGC). Generally, an applicant should fulfil all the standards and eligibility criteria set as per HU legislation and postgraduate program admission policy and procedure. Potential candidates who apply for PhD in agricultural economics must have a master’s degree from accredited higher learning institutions in or outside the country in agricultural economics, agribusiness and value chain management, agricultural marketing, development economics, agribusiness management, natural resource economics, economics and other economics related fields.

While candidates with backgrounds from agricultural economics, agribusiness and value chain management, agricultural marketing, development economics, agribusiness management, natural resource economics can join without any compensatory course, candidates from economics and other economics-related backgrounds should take compensatory and other relevant courses that will be decided by SGC. In addition to HrU PhD admission criteria, potential candidates must qualify for the eligibility requirement and selection criteria set by the School of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness.

Eligibility Criteria: The school has set the following eligibility criteria that must be fulfilled by the applicant for further selection criteria and to be admitted to the program.

S.No Criterion to be considered Description Requierment
1 Academic achievement Post graduate CGPA 3.00

 
Master Thesis Good and above

 
2 Recommendation letter Recommendation letter At least one recommendation letter from the home institution and two from former instructors/supervisors

Selection Criteria: PhD students of the program will be recruited through official calls and a rigorous competitive recruitment process.

selection

S.No Selection criterion Description Point (%)
1 Academic achievement Post graduate CGPA 10
2 Entrance examination The PhD candidate must pass the entrance examination (pass mark >=30). 60
3 Publication Based on MoE Journal reputability criteria Two and more articles published in peer-reviewed journals 10 10
One article published in the peer-reviewed journal 5
Two papers in a proceeding 5
One paper in a proceeding 2.5
4 Concept note and Face-to-face synopsis presentation The candidate shall submit 3-5 pages of synopsis (concept note) that show his/her research interest area. The content of the concept note shall include background, research hypothesis/objectives and brief methodology. 10
The candidate shall present the synopsis (concept note) that shows his/her research interest area. Feasible technologies can be used (e.g., Zoom, Team up, …) 10
5 Affirmative action To support females and candidates with disabilities (5)
Pass mark (cumulative point) 60

Note: The relative point value for CGPA will be calculated proportionally out of 4.00.

2. PhD  in Agribusiness and Value Chain Management

The admission to the postgraduate programs of the University is processed through the Registrar office with the help of the School Graduate Committee (DGC). Generally, an applicant should fulfill all the standards and eligibility criteria set as per HU and HU Senate legislations and postgraduate program admission policies and procedures. Potential candidates who apply for PhD in agribusiness and value chain management must have master’s degree from accredited higher learning institutions in or outside the country in agribusiness and value chain management, agricultural economics, agricultural marketing, agribusiness management, and agricultural/natural resource economics and Economics.

While candidates with backgrounds from agribusiness and value chain management can join without any compensatory course, candidates from agricultural economics, agricultural marketing, agribusiness management and agricultural/natural resource economics background should take the value chain analysis and development as compensatory course. Candidates with background in Economics should take the following: Animal production, Plant production, and Value chain analysis and development as compensatory courses. Further, School Graduate Committee (DGC) decides for specific auditable courses. Candidates who audit for compensatory and other relevant courses that will be decided by DGC can join the program if they can finish the courses within the required time.

In addition to HrU and/or HU PhD admission criteria, potential candidates must also qualify for the entire eligibility requirement and selection criteria for admission set by MoSHE for Home-Grown Collaborative PhD Programs (HCPP). Accordingly, details of eligibility and selection criteria set are directly drawn from the HCPP document.

Eligibility Criteria: HCPP has set the following eligibility criteria that must be fulfilled/met by the applicant for further selection criteria and to be admitted to the program.

Table 1: Eligibility criteria for PhD program

S.No Criterion to be considered Description
 

 

1

  

 

CGPA

 UG ·    Male:     CGPA 2.75

·    Female: CGPA 2.50
Academic achievement PG ·    Male:     CGPA 3.20

·    Female: CGPA 3.00
Master, Thesis/Project ·     Male: Very good and above

·    Female: Good and above
2 Maximum age for Male: 40 years old
Female: 45 years old
3 Fitness to curriculum requirement
4 Recommendation letter At least one recommendation letter from home institution and two from former instructors/supervisors
5 Commitment letter Signed individual commitment letter following the format developed

Selection Criteria: PhD students of the project will be recruited through official call and a rigorous competitive recruitment process as stipulated by HCPP document. Additional points can be added depending on the nature of curriculum of the specific program.
Table 2. Selection criteria for PhD program

S.No Selection criterion Description Point (%)
1 Academic achievement CGPA UG ·         Male:    2.75

·         Female: 2.50

 10
PG ·         Male:    3.20

·         Female: 3.00

 10
2 Entrance examination The PhD candidate must pass the entrance examination prepared by host and co-hostuniversities (pass mark >=25). 50
3 Publication Based on MoSHE Journal reputability criteria ·         Two and more articles published in peer reviewed journals 10 10
·         One article published in peer reviewed journal 5
·         Two papers in a proceeding 5
·         One paper in a proceeding 2.5
4 Concept note and Face-to-face synopsis presentation The candidate shall submit 3-5 pages of synopsis (concept note) that show his/her research interest area. The content of concept note shall include background, research hypothesis/objectives and brief methodology. 7.5
 The candidate shall present the synopsis (concept note) that shows his/her research interest area. Feasible technologies can be used (e.g., Zoom, Team up, …) 7.5
5 Affirmative action To support female and candidates with disabilities and from emerging regions applicants 5
Pass mark (cumulative point) 60

Note: The relative point value for CGPA will be calculated proportionally out of 4.00;
If the numbers of passed students are beyond the intake capacity of the universities, the first top students based on the capacity of each university will be admitted.