Doctoral / Ph. D / M. Phil Programme

 

In about twenty years, since its inception, IGNOU’s Research Programme has shifted gear from the initial focus on distance education and its methodologies and practices to vital contributions to both theoretical and empirical research in various academic disciplines and interdisciplinary areas. The Principal objective of IGNOU’s Research Programme has been to maintain a strong focus on the flow of theoretical ideas and to connect it with the empirical works of subject oriented researches in sciences, social sciences, humanities, management, technology and other disciplines offered by the University as areas of probe and investigation from time to time.

Programme Stream under Doctoral / Ph. D offered by IGNOU are given below:

1. Doctor of Philosophy in Agriculture Extension
2. Ph.D in Dairy Science and Technology
3. Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology
4. Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry
5. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry
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. PhD in Gender and Development Studies
13. PhD in Women’s Studies
14. Doctor of Philosophy in Geography
15. Doctor of Philosophy in Hindi
16. Doctor of Philosophy in History
17. Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Science
18. Doctor of Philosophy in Inter-disciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies
19. Doctor of Philosophy in Journalism & Mass Communication
20. Doctor of Philosophy in Library & Information Science
21. Doctor of Philosophy in Management
22. Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics
23. Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing
24. Doctor of Philosophy in Performing and Visual Arts with specialization in Fine Arts, Theatre Arts and Music
25. Doctor of Philosophy in Law
26. Doctor of Philosophy in Life Sciences
27. Doctor of Philosophy in Physics
28. Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science
29. Doctor of Philosophy in Education
30. Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology
31. Doctor of Philosophy in Public Administration
32. Doctor of Philosophy in Rural Development
33. Ph D in Arabic
34. Ph.D in French
35. Doctor of Philosophy in Geology
36. Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work
37. Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology
38. Ph.D in Distance Education
39. Doctor of Philosophy in Statistics
40. Doctor of Philosophy in Tourism and Hospitality
41. Ph.D. in Translation Studies
42. Doctor of Philosophy in Vocational Education

Programme Stream under M. Phil Programme offered by IGNOU are given below:

1. M. Phil in Chemistry
2. Master of Philosophy in Commerce
3. M. Phil in Economics
4. M. Phil. in Geography
5. Master of Philosophy in Journalism and Mass Communication
6. Master of Philosophy in Theatre Arts
7. Master of Philosophy in Political Science
8. Master of Philosophy in Sociology
9. Master of Philosophy in Social Work
10. M. Phil in Distance Education
11. Master of Philosophy in Translation Studies