The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has opened admissions to its PhD and MPhil programmes for July 2018 session in regular mode.
IGNOU Research Unit Director Prof. Kaustuva Barik announced on Sunday that a national-level entrance exam will be conducted on March 4 at select examination centres across the country.
The last date to submit the application form is February 16. The online portal for admission to the programmes will be operational from Tuesday.
Applications are invited for MPhil in sociology, political science, economics, geography, translation studies, social work, commerce, chemistry and distance education.
PhD programmes have been offered in psychology, anthropology, sociology, library and information science, political science, public administration, history, gender and development studies, women’s studies, geography, translation studies, statistics, food & nutritional sciences, environmental studies, geology, management, life sciences, commerce, Hindi, distance education, nursing, social work, physics, chemistry and biochemistry.
Those applying for MPhil in economics are not required to go through the entrance exam but have to be eligible as per the criteria mentioned on the university’s website; www.ignou.ac.in.
PhD in biochemistry, physics and life sciences will not have entrance exam and will be based on an eligibility criteria that is mentioned on the university’s website, IGNOU informed.
