Pursue Philosophy and Doctoral Programmes through IGNOU Distance Learning Mode

The Indira Gandhi National Open University or IGNOU aims at providing higher education to the students and the working professionals. The institution started their target from remote area students and then moved to married women and physically challenged students. The institution has now become the ideal choice for the school/college dropouts and the working professionals.

The University offers higher education with the M.Phil. and PhD courses. Working professionals, who want to pursue their career in teaching/research field generally, opt for these courses. The Maximum duration of such courses is 5 years. The university also offers M.Phil. and doctoral programmes through regular mode. However, here we have included only those programmes which come under distance learning mode.  

List of IGNOU’s M.Phil. Programmes through Distance Mode

The following are the few M.Phil courses that aspirants can look up to before applying for their suitable one.

1. Master of Philosophy in Commerce
2. M.Phil. in Economics
3. Master of Philosophy in Gandhian Thought and Peace Studies
4. Master of Philosophy in Theatre Arts
5. Master of Philosophy in Public Administration
6. Master of Philosophy in Political Science
7. Master of Philosophy in Social Work
8. Master of Philosophy in Sociology
9. Master of Philosophy in Translation Studies
10. M.Phil. in Distance Education

List of IGNOU’s Doctoral Degree through Distance Mode

The following are the courses for the PhD programmes from distance mode.

1. Doctor of Philosophy in Agriculture Extension
2. PhD in Dairy Science and Technology
3. Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry
4. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry
5. Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering
6. Doctor of Philosophy in Commerce
7. Doctor of Philosophy Computer Science
8. Doctor of Philosophy in Economics
9. Doctor of Philosophy in English
10. Doctor of Philosophy in Extension & Development Studies
11. Doctor of Philosophy in Food & Nutrition
12. Doctor of Philosophy in Gandhian Thought and Peace Studies (M.Phil./PhD in Gandhian Studies) Integrated
13. PhD in Gender and Development Studies
14. PhD in Women’s Studies
15. Doctor of Philosophy in Geography
16. Post Doctoral Certificate in Dialysis Medicine
17. Doctor of Philosophy in Hindi
18. Doctor of Philosophy in History
19. Doctor of Philosophy in Inter-disciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies
20. Doctor of Philosophy in Journalism & Mass Communication
21. Doctor of Philosophy in Library & Information Science
22. Doctor of Philosophy in Management
23. Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics
24. Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering
25. Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing
26. Doctor of Philosophy in Performing and Visual Arts with specialization in Theatre Arts,  Fine Arts, and Music
27. Doctor of Philosophy in Law
28. Doctor of Philosophy in Life Sciences
29. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics
30. Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science
31. Doctor of Philosophy in Education
32. Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology
33. Doctor of Philosophy in Public Administration
34. Doctor of Philosophy in Rural Development
35. PhD in French
36. PhD in Arabic
37. Doctor of Philosophy in Geology
38. Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology
39. Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work
40. Doctor of Philosophy in Statistics
41. Doctor of Philosophy in Tourism and Hospitality
42. Doctor of Philosophy in Vocational Education
43. PhD in Distance Education
44. PhD in Translation Studies

The above are the courses that are offered by IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University) for M.Phil. and PhD programmes under their different schools. The above master’s degree courses have their different set of eligibility criteria. Therefore, aspirants must look up to those eligibility norms before applying for their suitable courses under M.Phil. and PhD programmes.  However, the aspirants who will qualify their NTA UGC NET exam need not qualify or sit for the University entrance examination.

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