Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) offers admission to Research (Ph.D.) /Integrated Ph.D. Program for December 2020 Session for interested aspirants. Ph. D. Students have vast options from Nanoelectronics, disaster management, HR, Finance, Cancer biology, structural engineering, and numerous languages.

VIT proposes Ph.D. research in two categories; full-time and external part-time. Internal full time offers include project staff working in VIT sponsored projects. External part-time offers teachers working in other colleges along with working with VIT on Ph.D. 

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VIT Admission: List of Institutions Offering Research program 

VIT offers the Ph.D. and Integrated Ph.D. programs in the below-mentioned schools at Vellore, Chennai, and VIT-AP and VIT-Bhopal.

  • School of Advanced Sciences (SAS)/ 
  • School of Sciences and Languages(SSL)
  • School of Biosciences and Technology(SBST)
  • School of Civil Engineering(SCE)
  • School of Chemical Engineering(SCHEME)
  • School of Computer Science and Engineering(SCOPE)
  • School of Electrical Engineering(SELECT)
  • School of Electronics Engineering(SENSE)
  • School of Information Tech. & Engineering(SITE)
  • School of Mechanical Engineering(SMEC)
  • School of Social Sciences & Languages(SSL)
  •  VIT Business School(VITBS)
  • VIT Law School(VITSOL)
  • VFIT Fashion Technology(VFIT)

VIT Ph.D. and Integrated Ph.D. Admission: Eligibility Criteria

  • Candidates must be passed in 10+2+4+2 or any equivalent for Ph.D. in Engineering
  • Candidates must be passed in10+2+3+2 or any equivalent for Ph.D. in Non-Engineering
  • Candidates must have degrees of 10+2+5 year Integrated M.Tech. the program, Integrated M.S Programme in Engg. & Integrated. M.Sc.(Biotech) in Non-Engg.

Ph.D. Research subject 

Criteria for admission 

Ph.D. in Engineering 

Master’s degree in Engineering/Technology with a minimum of 60% marks/CGPA 6.5 on a 10 point scale/Equivalent qualifications like M.Sc. (Engineering)/M.S. by Research/M.Tech by Research.

For Integrated Ph.D. in Engineering/Technology

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering Technology with a skill of advanced scientific and technological research with a minimum of 80% marks/CGPA 

of 8.0 on a 10 point scale.

For Ph. D in Sciences

Master’s degree in Science with 60% marks/CGPA 6.5 on a 10 

point scale

For Ph. D in Languages

Master’s degree with 55% marks 6.0 CGPA.

For Ph. D in Management

Master in Business Administration/CA/ICWA with 60% marks/CGPA 6.5 on a 10 point scale.

For Ph.D. in Law

Master's Degree in law (LLM/ML) 55% 

marks or 6.0 CGPA.

For Ph. D in Fashion Technology

M.Tech./M.E./M.Fashion Tech/M.S.by Research/M.Tech by Research in Textile/Textile Engineering/Fiber 

Science/Textile Chemical Processing/Fashion/Apparel/Garment with 60% marks/CGPA 6.5 

on a 10 point scale.

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