The following is the procedure:
1: You must obtain permission from recognized supervisors at Anna University in your relevant research area to guide you.
2: You must wait for a call from Anna University regarding your Ph.D. admission.
3: After receiving a call from Anna University for Ph.D. admission, you must complete the forms online in accordance with the guidelines.
4: Anna University will send you an invitation to the examination as well as a presentation of your research plans.
5: Following that, Anna University will contact you to schedule an admissions interview based on how well you performed on the written test and in presenting your research.
6: Before admission, the certificate must be verified. They will admit you on the same day as your certificate is verified.
7: You must hold your first doctoral committee meeting after being admitted to the college where your supervisor is a professor. At this meeting, the members of the committee will suggest a four-course curriculum based on your research. A semester is limited to two courses that you can register for. The four courses can be finished in a total of two years.
8: After finishing the four courses recommended by the doctoral committee members and the research you need to do beforehand, you must conduct a second doctoral committee meeting. Within three years of the date of registration, you must develop new algorithms to analyze your research findings and conduct the third doctoral committee.
9: To submit your research, you must hold a third doctoral committee meeting (Synopsis Meeting). You must present the doctoral committee members with a copy of the Journals Published in Anna University Annexure I List on that day. Three years is the maximum amount of time that can pass between your second doctoral committee meeting (Research Confirmation Meeting) and third doctoral committee meeting (Synopsis Meeting). From the registration date, it typically takes 5 to 6 years for people to attend this meeting.
10: Anna University will review your publications and research findings one month after the third doctoral committee meeting. Following that, you will have three months from the third doctoral committee meeting to submit your thesis.
11: The thesis must be submitted within three months of the third doctoral meeting (Synopsis Meeting). Your thesis must be turned in, and the members of the doctoral committee will review it.
12: It will take you more than three months to hear back from your Indian and Foreign Examiners. after receiving favorable recommendations from the Indian and Foreign Examiners.
13: In the Supervisor College, you must hold a Viva Voce Meeting with one subject expert and an Indian Examiner who will be evaluating your thesis. They will present you with an award that day.