nashik the maharashtra university of health sciences muhs on sunday conducted the pet phd entrance test for the doctor of philosophy phd candidates after four yearsajit pathak controller of examinations muhs said the previous pet was conducted in 2016 and over 600 candidates appeared for it this time the number of candidates has significantly increasedpathak told toi that the pet results should be out by april 15 the varsity will try its best to declare the results before thata total of 1676 students appeared for the examination in 53 streams of medicine including allopathy homeopathy dentistry ayurveda physiotherapy occupational therapy among otherswe had received a total of 1819 applications from across the state of which 143 students remained absent the conduct of the examination went smoothly in all the four centres of the city pathak saidthe multiplechoice based mcq offline examination included two papers that were conducted on the same day from 11 am to 145 pm the first paper was of research methodology which was common for all while the second paper was based on the elective subjectsa candidate must possess postgraduation degree from a recognised university to be eligible for pet phd is mandatory for all candidates who wish to teach in medical colleges it may take three to five years for a candidate to complete the research work and submit his phd thesis he said