Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
M.Phil/PhD Admissions-2012
Applications have been invited by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) for admission to M.Phil/Ph.D courses of academic year-2012 under two streams
Stream-A (category-A)
Candidates having M.Phil or 5 years relevant teaching/professional experience after post graduation, who can directly undertake thesis work for Ph.D course work in such cases may be assigned as decided by the discipline
Stream-B (category-B)
Candidates having post graduate degree, who will have to undergo basic course work before or along with undertaking thesis work school/centre/discipline/level of the programme (M.Phil/Ph.D)/category
School of Social Sciences (SOSS) (all categories A-B)
History (Ph.D); Economics (M.Phil/Ph.D); Sociology (M.Phil/Ph.D); Political Science (Ph.D); Public Administration (M.Phil/Ph.D); Library and Information Science (Ph.D); Gandhian Thought and Peace Studies (M.Phil/Ph.D)
School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
Vocational Education and Training (Ph.D) (category-A)
School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
Rural Development (Ph.D) (category A-B); Child Development (Ph.D) (category-A); Nutritional Sciences (Ph.D) (category-A)
School of Gender and Development Studies (SOGDS)
Gender and Development Studies (Ph.D) (category-A); Women’s Studies (Ph.D) (category-A)
School of Sciences (SOS)
Chemistry (Ph.D) (category-A)
School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
Journalism and Mass Communication (Ph.D) (category A-B)
School of Engineering and Technology (SOET)
Engineering and Technology (Ph.D) (Civil, Mechanical) (category-A)
School of Inter-disciplinary and Trans-disciplinary (SOITS)
Inter-disciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies (Ph.D) (category A-B); Astrophysics (Ph.D)* (category B)
School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
French (Ph.D) (category A-B); Arabic (Ph.D) (category A-B)
School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
Extension and Development Studies (Ph.D) (category A-B)
School of Education (SOE)
Education (Ph.D) (category-A)
Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education (STRIDE)
Distance Education (M.Phil/Ph.D) (category A-B)
School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
Translation Studies (M.Phil/Ph.D) (category A-B)
School of Humanities
English (Ph.D) (category A)
School of Performing Visual Arts (SOPVA)
Fine Arts (Ph.D); Music (Ph.D); Theatre Arts (Ph.D)
Procedure for application: The qualifying mark is 55% in post graduation for general category and 50% for reserved category
Candidates fulfilling eligibility criteria in the respective disciplines may download the soft copy of the application form from the website link http://www.ignou.ac.in and submit the filled in form along with the following demand draft for Rs 750/- drawn in favour of IGNOU payable at New Delhi
Attested copies of certificates in support of educational and experience qualifications (wherever applicable); attested copy of certificate in support of reserved category
Synopsis of the research to be undertaken for candidates applying under stream-A
Applications along with the above documents should be sent to Director, Research Unit, IGNOU, New Delhi-110068
Schedule for admission/registration for Research degree programme for July 2012 session
Last date for receipt of application form is: 17th February, 2012
Last date for receipt of filled-in application to Research unit, IGNOU: 17th February, 2012
Dispatch of Hall tickets/intimation slip for entrance test/presentations (stream A-B): by 15th April, 2012
Entrance test: 05th May, 2012
Interviews/presentations to be information by the discipline
Issue of offer letters to selected candidates: by 20th June, 2012
Dispatch of confirmation letters: by 10th July, 2012
