Admissions into Ph.D. Programmes are made during any time of the year.
Interested NRI Students are required to download the application form the website www.anu.ac.in and submit the duly filled in application form along with the necessary documentary evidences in Two sets to the Director
| Bank Name : | State Bank of India |
| Branch Name : | SBI NAGARJUNA UNIVERSITY CAMPUS |
| Branch Code : | 4793 |
| Account Number : | 32776206150 |
| Swift Code No : | SBININBB181 |
| IFSC Code : | SBIN0004793 |
| MICR Code : | 522002664 |
| CIF No. | 85749275439 |
After receiving these certificates the candidates report to the Director, ISC, ANU with all original certificates, within 60 days from the date of receipt of PAL
(During Covid 19 lockdown period the Original Certificates may be verified online) When the NRI student reports at ISC with all Original Certificates, admission process will be initiated and the office of ISC would help in admission procedure and other formalities. Joining Report of the NRI scholar shall be intimated by Director, NRI Students Cell to the concerned Head of the Department, the Principal of the College and the Supervisor. The NRI scholar shall finalize the topic of research in consultation with the research supervisor and communicate the synopsis of the project to be undertaken to the Head of the Department of the faculty.
The date of reporting of the NRI students to the Director, NRI Students Cell shall be the date of joining into the Programme for all purposes. The annual tuition fee payable is accounted from the date of joining.
The NRI students are required to obtain Bonafide Certificate and Joining Report from the Director, NRI Students Cell’s office of the concerned colleges, failing which their admission process will not be complete.
The candidates are requested to note that the duration of the course, the Pre-Ph.D. Examination, the syllabus, seminars, thesis submission procedure and evaluation are same as specified in the Ph.D. Regulations’ of Acharya Nagarjuna University. However, some of the salient features are briefly outlined below for the benefit of NRI students:
The period of research Programme for full-time NRI scholars is minimum three years from the date of their joining the Programme and maximum period allowed is five years For the benefit of the NRI students provision has been given by the authorities to submit the thesis after competition of two years with the approval of their respective Department Research committee. If a candidate could not complete his Ph.D. course even after the stipulated maximum time, his/her case for extension of time can be considered only for a valid reason. Such cases shall be recommended by the Supervisor and forwarded by the Head of Department if it is a valid reason. The Vice-Chancellor may consider his / her request based on the recommendations of the Principal concerned. With the approval of the Vice-Chancellor, the candidate may be permitted to submit his dissertation / thesis within one year by paying prescribed fee. If he/she fails to submit the thesis within the extended period of one year, he/she shall not be permitted any further extension and shall have to go for re-registration through Head of the Department and Principal concerned. The Vice-Chancellor is the only authority to permit a candidate for re-registration or not. The request for the same may be forwarded through the Director, NRI Students Cell (ISC). The registration of NRI scholars shall stand cancelled after the expiry of the extension period.
The NRI students are allowed to appear for the next immediate pre-Ph.D. Examination after the date of joining in the Department, basing on their eligibility. The medium of Examination is English only.
The syllabus for the Pre-Ph.D. Examination is same as for the local students and the details of which can be had from the respective Departments.
The candidate will have to appear for the following two papers and qualify as per the rules of University:
New procedure may be introduced soon based on the guide lines o UGC. The exiting procedure:
Paper I : Research Methodology. Paper II: Broad Field of Research.
The nature of the seminar to be presented is same as applicable to the local students
As soon as the work is completed, the entire work has to be presented in the form of a write-up only in English, called the thesis, and submitted to the Coordinator, Research Cell along with the prescribed application form. The guidelines laid down in the ‘Ph.D. Regulations’, shall be adhered to while preparing the thesis. Also, at the time of submitting the thesis, the tuition fee and any other payments have to be cleared and a ‘No Dues’ certificate from the Director, NRI Students Cell (ISC) has to be submitted to the Coordinator, Research Cell.
The procedures are same as applicable to the local students.
Passport & Visa with Immigration stamping: All the NRI students require a “VISA” for joining full time courses.
All Original Certificates of the qualifying examinations passed should be submitted.