MPBOU Recruitment 2026 - Apply Offline for 40 Professor, Assistant Professor and More Posts

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The notification specifies only the dates below. No separate online application start date is mentioned since applications are submitted by post. Applications received after the last date, incomplete applications, or those without required enclosures will not be considered. The university has stated it will not be responsible for any postal delay.

A total of 40 vacancies are available - 2 for Professor, 5 for Associate Professor, and 33 for Assistant Professor. "W" indicates a post reserved for women candidates. Additionally, per the terms and conditions: 1 Professor post is reserved for candidates with Visual Impairment and Low Vision; 1 Associate Professor post is reserved for candidates with Locomotor Disability; and among Assistant Professor posts, 1 post is reserved for Deaf and Hard of Hearing candidates and 1 post for candidates with Visual Impairment and Low Vision.

Eligibility for all posts is governed by the UGC Regulations on Minimum Qualifications for Appointment of Teachers, 2018, as amended. For Botany, Chemistry, Commerce, Computer Science, Economics, English, Geography, Hindi, History, Information Technology, Journalism & Mass Communication, Management, Mathematics, Physics, Political Science, Sociology and Zoology, candidates need either: A Master's degree with 55% marks (or equivalent grade) in the concerned/ relevant/ allied subject from an Indian university, or an equivalent degree from an accredited foreign university, plus a qualifying NET/ CSIR-NET/ SLET/ SET score - or a Ph.D. awarded under UGC (M.Phil./ Ph.D.) Regulations 2009 or 2016 (subject to the specified conditions, which exempts the candidate from NET/ SLET/ SET); or A Ph.D. from a foreign university/ institution ranked among the top 500 globally in the QS, THE, or ARWU (Shan

SC/ ST/ OBC/ EWS applicants belonging to states other than Madhya Pradesh will be treated as UR for fee purposes, as per University/ Government of MP rules. The fee must be paid online through net banking/ RTGS only, to the following account, and the payment receipt must be attached to the application (Annexure-I): Account Name: Registrar, Madhya Pradesh Bhoj (Open) University, Bhopal Bank: State Bank of India IFSC Code: SBIN0030513 Account Number: 63045272930 The fee, once paid, is non-refundable under any circumstances. A separate application (with separate fee) is required for each post applied for.

The selection process involves screening followed by an interview: For Assistant Professor , candidates are shortlisted using an Academic Record score (based on Graduation, Post-Graduation, M.Phil., Ph.D., NET/ JRF/ SLET/ SET, research publications, teaching/ post-doctoral experience, and awards), as detailed in Annexure-III, out of a total of 100 marks. For Associate Professor and Professor , candidates are shortlisted using an Academic and Research Score (ARS) covering research papers, publications, ICT/ e-content contributions, research guidance and projects, patents/ policy documents/ awards, and invited lectures/ conference papers, as detailed in Annexure-IV. In both cases, meeting the eligibility conditions does not guarantee an interview call - the university applies stringent shortlisting criteria and may place a reasonable limit on the number of candidates called for interview.