The credit assigned to the Ph.D. course work shall be a minimum of 12 credits and a maximum of 16 credits. The course work shall be treated as prerequisite for preparing dissertation.

A minimum of four credits shall be assigned to courses on Research Methodology which shall cover areas such as quantitative methods, computer applications, research ethics and review of published research in the relevant field, training, field work, etc. Other courses shall be of advanced level suitable for preparing the students for Ph.D. degree.

All Ph.D. scholars shall be required to complete the course work prescribed by Woxsen University during the first year of Ph.D. A minimum of 55% of marks (or its equivalent grade) in the course work is essential to be eligible to continue in the Ph.D. program.

There shall be a Research Advisory Committee, to review the research proposal and finalize the topic of research, guide a Ph.D. scholar to develop the study design and methodology of research and identify the course(s) that he/she may have to do, and periodically review and assist in the progress of the research work of the research scholar.

The Research Advisory Committee must include the following three members: (i) the supervisor of the Ph.D. scholar, (ii) a faculty member from the same discipline, (iii) a faculty member from other discipline. A Research Advisory Committee may include a maximum of five members.

A Ph.D. scholar shall appear before the Research Advisory Committee once in every six months to make a presentation of the progress of his/her work for evaluation and further guidance.

In case the progress of a Ph.D. scholar is unsatisfactory, the Research Advisory Committee shall suggest corrective measures. The research scholar should implement these corrective measures.

At the end of second year, a Ph.D. scholar is supposed to prepare a draft dissertation. A total of 12 credits are allocated to the draft dissertation, accompanied with a comprehensive viva voice.

Upon satisfactory completion of course work in the first year, and draft dissertation in the second year, a Ph.D. scholar is expected to work on his/her final dissertation starting from the third year of Ph.D.

A Ph.D. Scholar may submit his/her dissertation any time after two and half years from enrolling in the course, subject to fulfillment of requirements of the Ph.D. program.

Prior to the submission of the final dissertation, the Ph.D. scholar shall make a presentation before the Research Advisory Committee. The feedback and comments obtained from the committee may be suitably incorporated into the dissertation.

A Ph.D. scholar must publish at least one research paper in a UGC-listed journal and make two paper presentations in conferences/seminars/doctoral colloquiums before the submission of the dissertation.