Academic Research
- Academic Research
VIT is a premier institute not only for its excellent academic background but also for its strong inclination towards research and development of innovative technologies.
- Research Programs
Amidst the numerous programs offered at VIT, some cater to the research domain as well, namely Ph.D and Integrated Ph.D Students have a wide of variety of choices ranging from nanoelectronics, disaster management, HR, finance to cancer biology, structural engineering and several languages.

Doctor of Philosophy(Ph. D) programme is offered in the following Schools:
- School of Advanced Sciences (SAS)
- School of Bio Sciences & Technology (SBST)
- School of Civil Engineering (SCE)
- School of Chemical Engineering(SCHEME)
- School of Computer Science and Engineering (SCOPE)
- School of Electrical Engineering (SELECT)
- School of Electronics Engineering ( SENSE )
- School of Computer Science Engineering and Information Systems (SCORE)
- School of Mechanical Engineering(SMEC)
- School of Social Sciences & Languages (SSL)
- VIT Business School (VITBS)
- VIT School of Design (V-SIGN)
- VIT Law School (VITSOL) - Chennai Campus
- VFIT Fashion Technology (VFIT) - Chennai Campus
- School of Architecture (V-SPARC)
- VIT School of Agricultural Innovations And Advanced Learning. (VAIAL)
- School of Hotel & Tourism Management (HOT)
e-Platforms for Researchers
1. Collating the Research Profile of VIT:Â It is a platform that auto-captures the publications of VIT from online sources such as Scopus, Web of Sciences, Google Scholar, etc. The faculty members can have their updated details pertaining to their citations, h-index, SNIP and Impact Factor (https://vit.researgence.com).
2. To improve Accessibility, Research Visibility and Citations:Â To facilitate researchers across the globe to have one-point access as well as download the publications of VIT and thereby enhancing the visibility and eventually perception about VIT (https://research.vit.ac.in).

3. Online Platform to write, collaborate and format research papers and Thesis:Â Productive writing tool and integrations enable researchers to reach their publishing goals faster and better. Administrators get records of institutional publications and analytics (https://typeset.io).
4. To showcase the research activities and create a scholarly network:Â This portal facilitates the Academic, R&D organisations and faculty members, scientists to collect, curate and showcase the scholarly communication activities and provide an opportunity to create the scholarly network (https://betativ.irins.org ).