New Delhi, 11 December 2021:  Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), a Central University, has released PhD Admission Notification for 2021. The National Testing Agency, an Autonomous Agency under Ministry of Education, will conduct the Entrance Test.

Total PhD Seats: The total number of PhD seats are 232 across 23 subjects.

Key Dates: 

Online Submission of Application Form through Website (https://ignou.nta.ac.in/) 05 December 2021 to 22 December 2021 (upto 05:00 P.M.)

Last date of Successful transaction of fee through Credit/Debit Card/Net Banking/UPI 23 December 2021 (upto 11:50 P.M.)

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  IGNOU-NTA PhD Admission Notification 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:

For further details about eligibility conditions, how to apply and other details, the candidates should refer the PhD Admission Notification of IGNOU, uploaded on the NTA Website.

https://ignou.nta.ac.in/