Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli: Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PH.D.)
Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli: Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PH.D.)
Subject:
Signature of the Signature of the Co- Signature of the Signature of the Head Signature of the
Candidate with date Supervisor with date Supervisor with date of the Department with Principal / Director
and seal (if applicable) and seal date and seal with date and seal
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATE
1. Every Ph.D. candidate should submit four copies of the thesis along with the virus-free soft copy
as a single file having a maximum of 20MB on a CD in PDF format only. The hard and soft copy
must be exactly same. The thesis must be signed by the Research Supervisor (Co-Supervisor, if
included in the Ph.D. registration) and forwarded by Head of the Department / Principal / Director,
as the case may be.
Thesis format
a. 80GSM, A4 size paper printed on both sides except title and certificate pages
b. Supervisor, Plagiarism-free and Candidate certificates
c. Times Roman font with 2.0 Line space should be provided
d. The thesis shall not exceed 300 pages, including appendix, tables, figures etc.
e. Four copies with soft binding
3. The Ph.D. synopsis and thesis shall be submitted in English language. Recommendation of the
Doctoral Committee is required to submit the thesis in Tamil language with proper justification
except for Language subjects.
4. One page abstract of thesis in English. One page in Tamil only for Tamil language students.