New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), a Central University, has released PhD Admission Notification for July 2020 in February 2020. The National Testing Agency, an Autonomous Agency under Ministry of HRD, will conduct the Entrance Test. Now the NTA has extended Online Application window to 15 June 2020 amid CoVID19 pandemic.
Total PhD Seats: The total number of PhD seats are 248 across 28 subjects.
Key Dates:
Last date for submission of online application is extended till 15 June 2020.
NTA will announce the new date for Entrance Test.
Eligibility Conditions: The Ph D Programme is offered in strict compliance of the UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for award of M.Phil/ Ph.D Degrees) Regulations, 2016 and amendments thereto from time to time.
Master’s Degree from a University recognized by UGC in the relevant discipline with atleast 55% marks [50%marks in the case of SC,ST and OBC(Non-creamy Layer)/Differently-Abled and other categories of candidates as per the decision of UGC from time to time, or for those who had obtained their Master’s Degree prior to19th September,1991] excluding grace marks.
The candidates should See Appendix II of the IGNOU PhD Admission for July 2020 for further details.
Application fee (Non-refundable):
For Online Application to PhD Programme (July 2020), the application fee is Rs.1000/- (for candidates belonging to General/ OBC) and Rs.800/- (for candidates belonging to SC/ST/EWS)
List of Departments with Vacant PhD Seats:
- Anthropology – 12
- Economics – 07
- Library and Information Science – 09
- Political Science -03
- Psychology – 17
- Public Administration -16
- Sociology -14
- BioChemistry -10
- Chemistry -11
- Geography -15
- Geology -04
- Statistics -12
- Food & Nutritional Science -05
- Home Science -04
- Commerce -07
- Management -05
- Education -20
- Gender and Development Studies –12
- Journalism and Mass Communication-07
- Dairy Science and Technology – 04
- Development Studies -18
- Computer Science -05
- Law -04
- Nursing -03
- Social Work- 11
- Translation Studies- 03
- Vocational Education and Training -08
- French- 02
For further details about eligibility conditions, how to apply and other details, the candidates should refer the PhD Admission Notification of IGNOU.
