The VTU has reserved ₹2 crore for research incentives and has also released research promotion guidelines. Currently, about 3,50,000 students are enrolled in various under-graduate, post-graduate, and research programmes. The faculty includes around 20,000 qualified individuals, with approximately 5,314 of them holding doctoral degrees, teaching at both under-graduate and post-graduate levels within the university and its affiliated colleges. Additionally, there are about 4,000 qualified research supervisors in VTU departments and affiliated colleges who oversee Ph.D scholars pursuing their degrees.