Aspirants seeking admission to 3 year Full-time Ph.D should meet the following criteria as specified by the institute.

Academic Requirement

Candidate must have Master's degree (or equivalent) in any discipline from a recognized university, with at least 55% marks. In case the score is available on a letter-grade system, the Institute expects a minimum cumulative score of 5.5 on a 10-point scale.

The admission to the Ph.D. program is either direct or indirect. Students can pursue research in any one of the 5 specializations offered. For more information read the following section for more details.

Some of the specializations that are offered are as follows:

• Computer Science & Engineering 
• Electronics & Communication Engineering
• Electrical & Electronics Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mechatronics Engineering

Eligibility Criteria

Students will be called for an internal entrance test, on qualifying it the students will be called for a group discussion followed by personal interview. 

But if students qualify either UGC-NET/JRF/SET then they would be exempted from the above procedure.

Admission Process

Candidates are can follow the steps given below to apply for Ph.D. courses:

• Find the form on the official website of Anna University.
• Fill it and pay the fee of INR 800 (INR 400 for SC/ST) by Credit/Debit Card/Net-Banking.
• Take a printout of the form and, post it to the university along with the fee receipt and self-attested copies of attached documents:

The Director,

Center for Research,

Anna University, Chennai- 600 025