VIT Vellore PhD Admission 2021: Eligibility, Application Process, Entrance, Fee, Dates

VIT Vellore PhD Admission 2021: Eligibility, Application Process, Entrance, Fee, Dates

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Updated on Jul 20, 2021 17:43 IST

VIT University, Vellore offers PhD programme at the doctoral level. The programme is offered under Internal (Full-Time), Internal (Part-Time) and External (Part-Time) modes. Usually, candidates must appear for VITREE 2021, conducted by the VIT Vellore to secure admission to the PhD programme. But, this year VIT Vellore will not conduct the VITREE 2021 exam. The University offers PhD in streams such as Science, Engineering, Humanities and Social Sciences and Management.

  • Students looking for admission to PhD course must appear for a written test, followed by a personal interview (PI) round
  • Candidates, who have already qualified in CSIR NET or UGC NET or any other national-level entrance test, will get a direct call for the PI from the respective department of the university

VIT Vellore PhD Admission Process 2021

VIT Vellore offers PhD to aspirants at Internal and External mediums. Aspirants are required to submit their profile to get shortlisted for the entrance exam VITREE 2021 after the application process of PhD. Students can also choose to pursue PhD between full-time and part-time modes of study.

Selection criteria: Final selection of the students is done on the basis of the overall merit of the candidate in the previous qualifying examination at master’s level and performance in the written test, followed by research output and performance in a personal interview.

PhD

Specialisation

Eligibility Criteria

Sciences

Qualifying exams: CSIR-NET, UGC-NET

Candidate must have a master’s degree in a relevant science discipline with minimum 60% aggregate

Language

Qualifying exams: CSIR-NET, UGC-NET

Candidate must have a master’s degree in the language with minimum 55% aggregate

Law

Qualifying exams: CSIR-NET, UGC-NET

Candidate must have a Master’s in Law or LLM with minimum 55% aggregate

Management

Qualifying exams: CSIR-NET, UGC-NET

Candidate must have a ME/ MTech or MBA with minimum 60% aggregate

VIT Vellore PhD Application Process 2021

 Here are the given steps for the VIT Vellore Application Process 2021 for admission to PhD and MTech (by Research) courses:

  1. Visit the official website of VIT and click on the link for ‘Research Admissions’.
  2. Fill in the form and pay the application fee of Rs 900.
  3. Take out the printout of duly filled form and send it to the university address along with Research Proposal, Work Experience  letter and required documents to-
Director, Research Admissions,
Director, Vellore Institute of Technology
Vellore, Tamil Nadu – 632014
VIT Vellore PhD Application Process 2021

VIT Vellore PhD Fee Structure 2021

VIT Vellore offers PhD programme in Internal and External medium to aspirants. It also offers Integrated PhD to candidates in various streams. Here are the fee details of all the PhD courses:

Programme

Total Fee

Thesis Fee

PhD Internal Full Time

Rs 43,000

Rs 10,000

PhD External part Time (Teachers)

Rs 63,000

Rs 10,000

PhD External part Time (Industry)

Rs 78,000

Rs 10,000

Integrated PhD

Rs 43,000

Rs 10,000

Note: A caution fee of Rs 3,000 is to be submitted along with the annual fee in the first year for the PhD programme.

Quick links
VIT Vellore PhD Brochure 2021
VIT Vellore Admission Process 2021

VIT Vellore PhD Admission FAQs

Q. Is PhD from VIT Vellore very expensive?

A. Pursuing PhD from VIT Vellore is not expensive at all. The total fee to pursue PhD ranges between Rs 43,000 and Rs 78,000.

Q. Is PhD at VIT Vellore offered full-time or part-time?

A. VIT Vellore offers a PhD programme in Internal and External medium to aspirants. Other than this, the deemed university offers Integrated PhD degrees to students as well. 

Q. Is PhD from VIT Vellore good?

A. It is definitely worth pursuing a PhD from VIT Vellore. VIT Vellore caters PhD in all the four major disciplines such as Science, Language, Law and Management.

Q. How can I pursue PhD from VIT Vellore?

A. Final selection to VIT Vellore PhD is done based on the overall merit of the candidates in the previous qualifying examination at master’s level and performance in the written test (UGC NET, CSIR NET or VITREE ), followed by research output and performance in the personal interview.
 
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Narmada

2 years ago

Can PhD in Maths for 2022 feb admission started? How to approach? Plz tell me the procedures..I saw some university ids too.. kindly suggest me correct dates

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Graceson

3 years ago

Can P.hd in Architecture be done from VIT. Is Architecture course available for P.hd in VIT ?

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Shalini K

3 years ago

Will u tell about when they will release the application for phd mathematics sir?

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krishnakumar

3 years ago

Sir VIT VELLORE PHD PHYSICS 2021 ADMISSION APPLICATION LAST DATE please

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Seenu Infent

3 years ago

Should we get to the university to attend the written test Or do we have any other means to attend it?

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