For purposes of admission to the Ph.D programme, a candidate should have obtained a Master's Degree with not less than a Second Class or an Equivalent grade. In the case of examinations, where classification does not exist, a minimum of 50% marks is a needed in the qualifying examination.
A candidate will be registered as a Full-time, Part-time (internal) or Part-time (external) subject to the provisions of these regulations and subject to the following:
“Research fellows / Research assistants / Technical assistants / Project assistants / Training officers in extension departments approved by the University, appointed in the research projects funded by recognized agencies / Government are also eligible to register for the Ph.D programme on a full-time basis in the same department provided they satisfy the eligibility criteria laid in”.
There shall be the following categories of candidates registered for the Ph.D programme:
(a) Full-time scholar
(b) Part-time scholar (Teacher or non-teacher)
Eligible Candidates for Ph.D., Full-time:
The following candidates are eligible to register for the full-time Ph.D., programme:
(a) A candidate who has qualified for the Master’s degree in the faculty of Commerce of this University or equivalent thereto.
(b) 50% or more marks in the aggregate in the qualifying degree examination.
Eligible Candidates for Ph.D., Part-time:
(a) A Teacher working in the Department of the University or of an affiliated College of the University, Higher Secondary School or High School or Polytechnic within the territorial jurisdiction of Periyar University and with a qualifying degree
(b) A candidate employed other than as a teacher in a permanent job, within the territorial jurisdiction of the University with a minimum of four years working experience put in continuously with the qualifying degree and satisfying the rules framed separately by the Syndicate from time to time.
(c) Research Assistants / Technical Assistants appointed by the University are eligible to register for Ph.D degree on Part-time basis in the same department.
