PhD Programs - Kumaraguru College of Liberal Arts & Science (KCLAS)

The vision of KCLAS is to build impactful interdisciplinary research culture and intellectual community that promotes professional growth and benefits industry and society which encourages originality, significance, and rigor in research with highest standards and integrity. We place a strong emphasis on interdisciplinary research that engages with current key debates in policy, business and society.

KCLAS launched research centers in Management, Commerce and Tamil in 2021 which are approved by Bharathiar university. The approved research centres offer PhD (Full Time/ Part Time) programs, affiliated to Bharathiar University.

The thrust areas of research

KCLAS focuses on thrust areas which has global and national priorities in UN Sustainable Development goal to build an impactful interdisciplinary research culture.

The thrust areas are:

Entrepreneurship
Family Business
Business Growth Strategies
Sustainable Development
Accounting and Finance
Innovations in Education
People Development
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PhD candidates may decide on the specific research work in these thrust areas.

Resources for PhD Scholars

KCLAS supports the scholars through Research Round table at every third Saturday of the Month, to discuss about the progress and get guidance for furthering their research

The College has the rich E-resources in Library, it has access to NPTEL, Inflibnet, Delnet, NDLI, Web OPAC and the faculty and students have online access to Digital Library.

Category	Central Library	KCLAS Library	Tamil Library	Total
Books	110524	4858	80,699	1,96,081
National Journals	176	45	5000*	5221
International Journals	8929	05	1000*	9934
Online E Resources	10 – Online pakages	E Books – 31,64,309 E Journals – 6150	–	–

The Departments across the disciplines have a rich collaboration with the national and international Industry and Academic Experts as their advisory board members which facilitates the collaborative research work

We have an active, vibrant research community, and welcome students interested in pursuing PhD. The time you invest in a PhD is an investment in your future to accelerate your professional development and open career opportunities you never thought possible. You’ll build connections with like-minded thinkers and engage with industry and society.

Applications are now open for admission.
Institutional stipend is offered for Full time candidates with NET.

PhD Allotted seats