Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka

The list of colleges approved for the year 2013-14 can be obtained from the Colleges section on the home page of the University website: www.rguhs.ac.in

Please refer to the University website under the "Course" section for detailed eligibility criteria.

Please refer to the University website under the "Course" section for course duration details.

Yes, admission to Government Medical Colleges is only through merit based on the Common Entrance Examination conducted by KEA (Karnataka Examination Authority) or through the All India Entrance Examination (AIEE).

Yes, even for management quota seats (except NRI quota) you must have qualified and obtained merit in the respective entrance examinations.

• To take admission in COMEDK affiliated colleges, you should have qualified in the COMEDK entrance examination conducted by COMED-K.
• To take admission in KRLM affiliated colleges, you should have qualified in the KRLM entrance examination conducted by KRLM.

Attendance: Minimum required is 80% in each academic year.

Consequences of Absence:

• If absence is more than 72 days but less than 6 months, exam term is postponed by 1 term (6 months).
• If absence is more than 6 months but less than 1 year, exam term is postponed by 2 terms (1 year).

PG Degree Duration: 3 years
PG Diploma Duration: 2 years
After obtaining a PG Diploma, if the student wants to do a PG Degree in the same specialty, they get a one-year exemption.

Yes, once the PG degree in one specialty is completed, the student is eligible to pursue another PG degree in a different specialty.

Rajiv Gandhi University offers the following courses under the Nursing Faculty:

• Bachelors in Nursing (B.Sc Nursing)
• Post Basic Bachelors in Nursing (P.B.B.Sc Nursing)
• Masters in Nursing (M.Sc Nursing)

The list of colleges approved for the year 2013-14 can be obtained from the Colleges section on the home page of the University website: www.rguhs.ac.in

The eligibility criteria vary per course. Broadly: B.Sc Nursing:

• Pass in 10+2 or equivalent with Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and English.
• Minimum 45% aggregate in science subjects (40% for SC/ST from Karnataka).

P.B.B.Sc Nursing:

• Pass in General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM).

M.Sc Nursing:

• Pass in B.Sc/P.B.B.Sc Nursing with 55% marks.
• Minimum 1-year experience post final year marks card and registration.

Foreign nationals can apply to private colleges if they meet the eligibility criteria. Fee structures vary for SAARC and non-SAARC countries.

Fees are updated yearly under the admission section on the RGUHS website. College-level fees must be confirmed from the respective institutions.

Admission to Government and Government seats in private colleges is through counselling by RGUHS. Remaining seats are filled by colleges per Karnataka Government guidelines.

Duration details can be found under the "Course" section on the RGUHS home page.

The admission calendar with submission dates is published annually under the admission section of the RGUHS website.

• Try uploading daily to avoid last-minute issues.
• Contact RGUHS system administrator at 080-...
• Email: rguhsregistrar@gmail.com and rguhsadmissions@gmail.com
• Submit hard copy of the list to the Vice Chancellor/Registrar on the next working day.

Colleges must upload student lists and submit original documents per the admission calendar. Verification is done with the principal present. Approval is issued if everything is in order.

Delays may result in disapproval of admission. The affected candidates must be discharged, and this must be reported to the Registrar.

Government/trusts must apply in the prescribed format with fees and follow notification guidelines (usually Nov/Dec). Notification is published in newspapers/website.

RGUHS conducts inspections and sends recommendations to the Government of Karnataka. On receiving EC/FC and apex body approval, affiliation is granted.

Colleges must apply in prescribed format and pay required fees as per calendar of events, usually in Nov/Dec each year.

The complete affiliation fee structure is available on the RGUHS website under the Affiliation section.

Yes. A college with 5 years of satisfactory performance and fulfillment of academic and administrative standards can apply for permanent affiliation, subject to conditions by apex bodies and RGUHS.

In person or through e-mail. The University may be contacted through e-mailing rguhsregistrar@gmail.com and rguhsadmissions@gmail.com. University interacts in person, only with the aspiring students and their parents with proper identification proof between 3.30 p.m. and 5.00 p.m.

First decide the course you want to pursue. Next find out the institutions offering the course and its location. Then procure the details about the institutions from their website. Be cautious of individuals claiming to represent the University or offering admission assistance. Personally verify all aspects directly with the institutions.

Check the college's affiliation status for the academic year on the University and institutional websites. If not found, email registraradmissions@gmail.com.

The course commencement schedule is available on the University website. Confirmation can be obtained by emailing rguhsadmissions@gmail.com.

The admission deadlines are published in the calendar of events on the University website. For confirmation, contact rguhsadmissions@gmail.com.

Check eligibility criteria, obtain the eligibility certificate from the University, and then complete admission procedures directly with the college authorities.

Download the appropriate application form. Identify your category. Fill in all required information, scan and attach necessary documents (with certified English translations if needed), pay the required fee, and submit a letter of introduction from your embassy.

No.

You must have passed the required qualifying examination with the minimum marks in relevant subjects from a recognized institution. Confirm via www.aiuweb.org or contact the concerned college principal or University through the given emails.

You have to send your request through your Principal/Dean with relevant documents addressed to Registrar(Evaluation).

You may contact University Librarian of RGUHS in this regard or visit our website www.rguhs.ac.in

University will provide a suitable scribe if an application is received through Principal/Head of the Institutions where the student is studying.

It differs from faculty to faculty. Please refer to respective RGUHS ordinance which is available on RGUHS website or from Prasaranga.

It differs from faculty to faculty, Please refer to respective RGUHS ordinance which is available on RGUHS website or from Prasaranga.

There could be various reasons for your results being withheld. Generally, the result is withheld due to the following reasons. Hence before approaching exam section student must check the following:

• Non-payment of examination fees from the college
• Non approval of your admission
• Non receiving of your application from your college
• Non activation of your application online from college
• Non availability of Invigilator diary
• Non submission of original hard copies and hard copies of freezed Internal Assessment marks (Theory and/or Practical)
• Non Entry of internal assessment marks by the college
• You have been booked for Malpractice
• Error in writing answer book code in invigilator diary
• Errors in writing register no. in answer booklet and bubbling
• Non Entry/Wrong Entry of Theory or practical marks by Evaluators
• Answering Wrong QP codes
• Entering wrong QP codes
• Etc.

You may approach university only after your college verifies all the above mentioned checks and issues a letter forwarded by your principal.

There could be various reasons for non availability of your application. Generally, the exam application is not issued for the following reasons. Hence before approaching exam section student must check the following:

• You may not be eligible for said examination
• Your previous results are still withheld
• Non approval of your admission
• You might have been booked for Malpractice previously
• Eligible candidates may download exam application form website www.rguhsexam.eadminaargees.com

You may approach the University only after your college verifies the above mentioned checks and issues a letter.

No, there is no provision for revaluation of answer scripts.

Yes. Student has an option of applying for Re-Totaling of marks within 10 days after announcement of results by paying prescribed fees through Principal of college only.

Yes. Photo copies of answer books and valuation slips are issued to respective students who have paid the prescribed fees within 10 days after announcement of results.

Yes, there is a list of recommended books approved by university, mentioned in the particular ordinance.

No. There is no provision for refund of the application fee and examination fees once it’s remitted to university account.

You have to send your request through your Principal/Dean with relevant documents addressed to Registrar(Evaluation).

The University conducts examinations twice a year in each faculty.

The following certificates/documents are issued to the students: a>Marks Card, b>Provisional Degree Certificate, c> Degree Certificate, d> Consolidated marks card, e> Transcript, f> Rank Certificate, g> Merit certificate, h> Gold medal and certificate, i> Duplicate marks card, k> Duplicate degree certificate, l> HRD verification certificate etc.

RGUHS conducts its convocation usually in the month of March (preferably last week). The information regarding conduct of convocation will be announced on University website.

Degree certificate will be issued to successful students following convocation (after March of the following year). In-absentia certificate will be posted to the permanent residential address mentioned in the application.

There is no provision for sending gold medal by post. You may receive it anytime after convocation from Registrar (Evaluation).

Rank list will be hosted on the University website after completion of retotaling process.

You are eligible for gold medal if the same is instituted in the particular subject/exam and if you fulfill all other prescribed criteria.

The student can apply for transcript/consolidated marks card in the prescribed form available at RGUHS website along with prescribed fee.

Candidate can download the requisition form for duplicate Degree certificate available at www.rguhs.ac.in and apply enclosing a copy of police complaint (FIR copy), affidavit copy and prescribed fees.

Candidate can download the requisition form for duplicate marks card/s available at www.rguhs.ac.in and apply enclosing a copy of police complaint (FIR copy), affidavit copy and prescribed fees.

You may call 080-26961930 FAX 080-26961931 or mail @ registrar_evaluation@yahoo.co.in.

Research areas include Medical, Biotechnology, Nursing, Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences.

The University advertises for research programmes twice in a year. The application enrolment dates will be notified by the University around the months of April-May and October–November every year. The admission advertisement will be on RGUHS website and also in the newspapers. A letter also will be sent to all Principals informing the same. Please visit RGUHS web site for Admission calendar of Events.

Candidates who have obtained Master’s Degree in the Health Science courses of RGUHS or a PG degree considered, as equivalent by this University are eligible for enrolment for Ph.D Course in this University.

The Application Form is placed on the Website. You may download the Application form. The application forms are to be submitted to the Department of Research and Development, RGUHS, 4th ‘T’ Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore – 560 041.

You must ensure that the Application Fee, as indicated in the Advertisement, is remitted in the form of challan No. 1 in favour of Registrar, RGUHS. Payment to be made at any branch of State Bank of Mysore. This shall be done before the last date indicated in the Advertisement and is attached with your Application Form. You must ensure that copies of all documents testifying the information submitted by you in the Application are attached with your Application Form. You are required to attach a research proposal with your Application form. You must study the Guidelines and prepare a Research Proposal accordingly. You have to attach a letter of consent from the proposed Guide / supervisor. You have to attach NOC from the Principal of the college through which you are registering for Ph.D programme. If you are faculty of RGUHS then you have to submit NOC from your HOD and the Principal of your college.

Please see the Annexure 1 for the fee details.

The maximum durations of the Ph.D Programme for those who register for Part time programme is 5 years and for those register for full time is 3 years.

Only teaching faculty working in RGUHS affiliated colleges are eligible.

Upon the receipt of your Application Form at the Research Department, RGUHS, an initial scrutiny will be made to examine if all the essential conditions of eligibility are met and relevant documents are attached with the Application Form. There is a Ph D Registration Committee in each Discipline which is vested with the power to examine the Application Form, decide and manage admissions in the Research Programmes. You will be informed to appear before the Ph D Registration Committee along with your guide/supervisor and make a presentation of your Research proposal. Later the Committee will advise you to revise and resubmit your Research Proposal for which reasonable time will be given to you. Otherwise if it is found suitable you will be provisionally registered for Ph.D programme.

Yes, Candidates are called for Interview/ Presentation of Research Proposal before the Ph D Registration Committee of the Discipline. The Ph D Registration Committee may give guidance on your Research proposal.

The proceedings of the Ph D Registration Committee will be sent to Vice Chancellor for final approval, after which Provisional Registration letter will be sent by the Research Department to the candidates. This Letter will inform the candidate about her/ his selection and advise her/him to deposit the required fee for the Ph.D Programme within a stipulated time. It is only when you deposit the fee that you are admitted to the Research Programme technically. Please note that failure to deposit the fee within the stipulated time will result in the cancellation of your admission.

Yes. Your Topic of Research and Research Proposal are finalised at the time of admission. If your topic of research and the Research Proposal are not finalised at the time of interview you may be given sufficient time to work on your research topic to finalize the title, methodology, research approach, and such aspects of your work as are advised by the Ph D Registration Committee. You will be guided by your supervisor in this matter. You should again make a presentation before committee and if committee accepts your research proposal then provisional Registration letter will be issued.

The provisional registration of a candidate will be confirmed only he/she passes the Pre-Ph.D examination conducted by the University.

The candidate will be eligible to appear for the Pre Ph.D examination only after the completion of one year from the date of provisional registration provided his/her first half yearly progress report is found satisfactory.

All Research Supervisors approved by RGUHS in accordance with the Ordinance on Research Degree Programmes can guide research students.

The Progress of the research student shall be monitored by the Guides. However, Candidates have to forward the six monthly progress reports in the prescribed format through his / her guide for placing the same before the Ph D Registration Committee. The recommendation of the Ph D Registration Committee will be intimated to the candidates. In case of unsatisfactory progress the candidate has to resubmit the report after attending the comments. Non-submission of timely report, the University reserves the right to cancel the registration under Clauses 10 of the Ordinance.

All Ph.D candidates before submitting their final synopsis shall present his/her research work before the Ph.D Registration Committee and subject experts on a suitable date fixed by the University and should get approval for writing the final synopsis and thesis.

All Ph.D candidates before submitting their Ph.D thesis to the University should have published a minimum of three research papers from his/her original research work. But in case of Pharmacy faculty candidate has to publish four research papers.

The maximum duration after registration for the Ph.D Programme shall be five years in case of part time programme and three years in case of full time programme. However, maximum period shall be seven years from the date of provisional registration for all categories. i.e., for both full time and part time Ph.D students. The maximum duration can be extended by a maximum of one year with the permission of the Vice Chancellor. The request for extension shall have to be moved by the research student through the Supervisor and the Doctoral Committee. In such cases, a prescribed fee will have to be paid by the student for the period of extension.

The candidate who has completed the minimum prescribed period of three or five years for full time and part time candidates respectively from the date of his/her provisional registration and not less than three months before the expiry of the maximum period prescribed for submission thesis, may submit an application along with five copies of approved final synopsis of the thesis through the Guide, the Head of the Department and head of the Institution, to the Ph.D Registration Committee for permission to submit the thesis. He/she shall also submit a copy of the final synopsis to the concerned Head of the Department/Institution. After the approval, four copies of the approved final synopsis shall be sent by the Ph.D Registration Committee, to the Registrar (Evaluation), who shall proceed with the constitution of the Board of examiners for the adjudication of the Ph.D thesis and keep it ready pending the submission of the thesis.

For the adjudication of Ph.D thesis, a board of three examiners shall be appointed by the Registrar (E) in consultation with Vice Chancellor. The Guide of the candidate shall normally be the Chairman of the Board of the Examiners, who shall also act as coordinator and internal examiner. The thesis will be examined by External Experts nominated by the Vice Chancellor. The report of the examiners in each case will be submitted on the prescribed format.

In case any examiner suggests certain modifications and re-submission of the thesis, the same will be communicated to you and you will be asked to re-submit the thesis incorporating all the modifications within six months. The supervisor/s will ensure that the suggestions of the examiner are adequately addressed. The modified thesis shall be referred again to the examiner concerned for re-evaluation.

If one of the examiners does not recommend the thesis for the award of a Ph.D degree, the thesis shall be referred to another examiner for independent evaluation. However, if this examiner also rejects the Thesis, the Thesis shall be rejected by the University.

Yes. The reports received from examiners of the thesis will be shown to you beforehand so as to enable you to address the issues raised therein while preparing to defend the thesis during the viva-voce examination.

An open defence of the thesis in the viva-voce shall be conducted at the department through which the candidate has registered for Ph.D programme, by a panel comprising one of the external examiners nominated by the Vice Chancellor, Co-guide and the guide of the candidate. The guide concerned usually be the Chairperson of the panel. The guide also be the convener of the panel. The date for open defence, venue, and topic of the thesis with a brief abstract shall be communicated to the Department of Research and Development by the guide. This will also be given wide publicity to facilitate larger participation in the session. There will be one University representative as observer. The teachers and research scholars of the concerned departments/institutions may be invited as observers only to attend the viva-voce examination. A joint report of the viva-voce examination of the Ph.D candidate will be submitted to the Department of Research and Development by the examiners on the prescribed format. The candidate shall be declared for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, only on the unanimous recommendations of the members of the board of examiners after the viva-voce examination. Members of the Board Examiners for the Vice-Voce examination shall report specifically on whether the candidate’s performance in the examination is satisfactory and therefore be considered for the award of Ph.D degree or not.

In case the examiners are not satisfied with the performance of the candidate in the Viva-Voce examination, the candidate shall be permitted to undergo the Viva-Voce examination for a second time after a period of three months. No candidate shall be permitted to take the viva-voce examination on more than two occasions.

No. The University does not provide any financial assistance.