Anna University PhD Admission 2025 (July)

Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu invites online application for PhD admission for the academic session 2025 (July).

Categories of PhD Programme

Full-time Ph.D. Programme

• Candidates under Full-time shall do research work in the University Departments / Constituent Colleges / Colleges affiliated to the University which are approved research departments of the Colleges should be available during the working hours for curricular and related activities.
• Candidates who clear the selection criteria for the Ph.D. admission of the University and work in the projects undertaken from State / Central / Quasi Government and fully funded projects in the University Departments / Constituent Colleges / Colleges affiliated to the University shall register for the research programme under the supervision of the Principal Coordinator / Investigator of such projects. Such Supervisors should be regular teaching faculty as well as recognized Supervisors of this University. The scholar should be appointed in a project sanctioned by a funding agency/organization at least for two years. Part employments in different spells or in different projects are not permitted. The Department/ Centre where the project is undertaken should be the recognized research centre of the University and also the working place of the Scholar.
• Candidates in employment, who want to pursue Full-time study, should be sponsored by their employer and should avail leave for the minimum duration of the programme (Clause 10) and should get formally relieved from their duty to join the research programme.
• Candidates who are sponsored by AICTE under the Quality Improvement Programme (QIP) for teachers of Engineering Colleges and who satisfy the eligibility conditions shall apply for Full-time category only, in the Specializations as notified in the AICTE guidelines.
• Candidates who are selected at National-level Fellowship programmes or by any recognized bodies and who satisfy the eligibility conditions as per the regulations shall apply for Full-time category in the respective Specialization.
• Foreign Nationals sponsored by the Government of India or their respective Government on any exchange programme and who satisfy the eligibility conditions as per the regulations shall apply for Full-time category in the respective Specialization.
• Full-time scholars shall necessarily sign in the attendance register on all working days at the respective place of research.

Part-time Ph.D. Programme

The following categories of candidates are eligible to apply under Part-time programme:

• Part-time Internal Scholars
  • Full-time teaching faculty/staff members of University Departments / Constituent Colleges and regular teaching faculty of Government Engineering Colleges / Government aided Engineering Colleges / Government Polytechnic Colleges / Government-aided Polytechnic Colleges. The nomenclature shall continue for the above scholars till they are in service in the above Institutions.
• Part-time External Scholars
  • Teaching faculty of Self-financing Engineering colleges affiliated to the University / Self-financing Polytechnic Colleges / Arts & Science Colleges / Deemed to be Universities / Central Institutes within Tamil Nadu.
  • Candidates working in Industrial Units / R&D Departments / National Laboratories / Units of Government / Quasi Government / registered Public or Private Ltd. companies or any other research laboratories within Tamil Nadu.
  • The regular faculty members from other States of India under Part-Time category (permissible only in the University Departments / Constituent Colleges / Government and Government-aided Colleges)
  • The nomenclature shall continue for the above scholars till they are in service in the above Institutions.
• The place of research of the Scholar mentioned in above clauses shall be the working place of the Supervisor.

Eligibility Criteria

General Eligibility

• Master’s Degree of the University or any other qualification recognized as equivalent thereto in the fields of study notified from time to time by the University.
• A minimum of 55% marks or a CGPA of 5.5 on a 10-point scale in the qualifying examination. In the case of SC/ST/Person with Disability (with disability score more than 40%), 50% marks or a CGPA of 5.0 on a 10-point scale

Educational Qualification

• For Engineering/ Technology
  • M.E. / M.Tech. / M.Pharm. / M.S. (By Research) in the relevant branch of Engineering or Technology
• For Science and Humanities
  • M.Sc. / M.S. (By Research) in the relevant branch of Science and Humanities / M.C.A/ M.A. (English/ Communication/ Mass Communication/ Journalism/ Media Arts)
• For Management Sciences
  • MBA / Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management or Administration awarded by Indian Institute of Management (IIM) / M.S. (By Research) in Management Sciences / CA/ICWA
• For Architecture and Planning
  • M.Arch. / M.Plan. / M.S. (By Research) in Architecture and Planning

Selection Procedure

• The Centre for Research shall screen the applications as per the eligibility norms, and the Centre for Entrance Examinations shall conduct the written test for eligible candidates.
• Candidates appearing for the written test should obtain 50% marks to qualify for the interview process.
• The final selection of the candidate for the Ph.D. admission shall be based on the overall marks secured by the candidate in the Written test (70%) and Interview (30%).
• The successful candidates selected for Ph.D. admission shall be shortlisted based on the cut-off marks fixed by the Research Board constituted by the Vice-Chancellor. However, 5% marks can be relaxed for SC/ST/ Persons with Disability (Disability score above 40%) candidates in all the above cases.
• Candidates with valid GATE score or qualified in national level examinations such as NET shall be exempted from written examination.

Anna University PhD Entrance Details

• The syllabus for the Written test is given in the Centre for Research Website. The Written Test shall have 25% of research methodology (Part I) and 75% of core subject (Part II) selected by the candidate.
• The duration of the Written Test will be 2 hours.
• The successful candidates selected for Ph.D. admission shall be shortlisted based on the cut-off marks fixed by the Research Board.

Anna University PhD Entrance Syllabus

Syllabus for Written Test – PhD : Click Here

Application Process

• Candidates have to apply online on the link available at university website.
• Read instruction given there carefully before filling application form.

• Commencement of Online application form: 17 March, 2025
• Last date for completing the Online registration: 5 April, 2025
• Last date for the receipt of hardcopy of the Online application form: 12 April, 2025

• Brochure
• Application Form
• Anna University Website