Several PhD projects in education are in progress at SIU across different institutions. As on date, there are 44 projects with seven focusing on school education, 33 on higher education, three on professional education, and two on health and medical education. They are working in the following clusters.

• International Higher Education (IHE)
• Technology and Education
• RTE, NEP and Educational Policies
• Economics and Financing of Higher Education
• Sociology of Higher Education (Access, Equity and Community)
• Higher Education and Management
• Women and Higher Education
• Vocational and Skill Education
• Indian Knowledge System and Education
• Pedagogical Research