New Delhi, 25 January 2018: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), a Mega University with highest student enrolment in the world, has notified admission notification for PhD/MPhil programmes (Regular Mode) July 2018 session. For the upcoming session, PhD programmes are available in 26 subjects and MPhil courses are available in ten subjects.
Key Dates: The closing date for submission of online application is 16 February 2018. The Entrance Test will be held on 04 March 2018 (Sunday). The results will be declared on 6 April 2018 (Friday).
Total Number of Seats: For July 2018 session, IGNOU has a total number of seats 325 under PhD programmes. For MPhil programmes, the total number seats are 16.
Eligibility for PhD: 1.(a) The candidate must have master’s degree of any recognized University. The minimum eligibility criteria is 55% marks at Post Graduation level [50% in case of reserved categories {SC, ST, OBC (Non-Creamy) and PWD}]. (b) Also for detailed discipline specific eligibility criteria, candidate should refer the Information Brochure IGNOU research degree programmes.
List of programmes for PhD
- Anthropology -14
- Food & Nutrition -04
- Gender and Development Studies -05
- Hindi – 10
- Translation Studies -04
- History -06
- Sociology -14
- Political Science -10
- Public Administration – 22
- Psychology -14
- Library & Information Science -14
- Commerce – 19
- Distance Education -44
- Commerce -19
- Management -25
- Biochemistry -03
- Chemistry – 08
- Women’s Studies – 05
- Geography – 11
- Geology -09
- Life Sciences -10
- Statistics -06
- Environment Science -25
- Nursing -03
- Social Work -19
- Physics -02
Disciplines for MPhil:
Sociology – 07
Economics – 04
Political Science – 09
Translation Studies -01
Social Work – 08
Distance Education – 16
Commerce-05
Chemistry -05
Geography – 10 seats
Chemistry -05
For exact eligibility conditions, how to apply and other details, candidates should refer the Admission Notification, uploaded on the official website of IGNOU.
