PhD by Prior Publication or Existing Published
Doctor of Philosophy by Prior Publication or Existing Published or Series of Publication is a doctoral level of award and it is
being awarded to the persons who have published books or articles in journal or article in magazines or in similar mean.
Contents of the publications must be new knowledge contribution and contemporary. Scientific contents can be back dated up to 10 years and it is still acceptable for consideration.
In Medical field, 3 ISI journal publications are required while in Engineering or Science field, 5 journal publications are primarily counted for.
Any publication in conference series will completely be rejected unless it has ISI-series status.
The contents must have coherence in its order for journal publication and as for the book publication, it is not so.
The normal procedure is that the eligible candidates have to apply through our system, which is given here . The required documents are :
i) list of publication, ii) a detailed-CV and iii) photograph. Three members of the panel will evaluate the application once it reaches us,
as to finalize and recommend it to the senate of Universities. However the final decision lies in the
hand of Universities' senate. Fee is a must in this mode after the successful acceptance by universities.
Minimum 3 months and maximum 12 months may consume for the entire process or so. The
PhD Viva Voce Exam is compulsory for this mode but skype presentation is acceptable for exceptional cases.
The PhD by Prior Publications
recipients database is linked here.
(Field : Medical Sciences, Biotechnology, Applied Sciences, Mechanical and Material Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering,
Engineering Sciences, General Sciences, Social Sciences, Commerce, Agriculture, Arts, Computer Sciences, Journalism, Information Technology, Information and Communication Technology,
Internet of Things, Data Science, Business, Management, Accountancy and etc)
All students must undergo the ELSEVIER's free online courses prior to commence their doctoral thesis writing process! Once completed, the students have to
discuss with our academician to understand it better. Click here for thesis format.