CHENNAI: Due to more weightage in recruitment and a move to make PhD mandatory for entry level assistant professor jobs in universities, the number of PhD registrations at colleges and research institutions affiliated to Madras University have gone up from 406 in 2019 to 859 in 2021.
Among the current faculty members in colleges, only 30%-50% are PhD holders and more are registering now. There are around 5,000 scholars doing research under Madras University.
