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:
| Name of Subjects | No of Seats |
| Anthropology | 5 |
| Political Science | 12 |
| Chemistry | 6 |
| Geology | 6 |
| Life Sciences | 4 |
| Mathematics | 4 |
| Commerce | 8 |
| Management | 9 |
| Education | 10 |
| Women’s Studies | 9 |
| Disciplinary Studies | 9 |
| Environmental Science | 16 |
| Tourism Studies | 10 |
| Computer Science | 5 |
| Law | 7 |
| Nursing | 4 |
| Translation Studies | 8 |
| Vocational Education and Training | 10 |
| English | 30 |
| Sanskrit | 32 |
| Hindi | 8 |
| Urdu | 16 |
| Child Development | 4 |
| TOTAL | 232 |
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.
