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PhD is a doctoral degree with an academic focus. A PhD course is commonly of three years length and candidates need to complete the course within a maximum time span of 5 to six years. However, the course duration can also fluctuate from one institute to the other. Aspirants need to possess a master’s degree to be eligible to pursue a PhD programme. Candidates can pursue a PhD programme in any stream. In a PhD course aspirants need to pick out a topic or a subject and do in-depth research on it and answer any queries associated to the topic/ subject. Earlier, candidates may want to pursue PhD course via the distance mode, however, as per a circular issued by way of UGC in 2017 it has been informed that a PhD course pursued through the distance education mode would no longer be recognised.
Candidates who have cleared entrance checks like UGC NET, GATE, JEST and the likes are typically provided fellowships while pursuing a PhD course. Apart from this, universities such as IGNOU and Delhi University (DU) additionally provide fellowships to college students pursuing full time PhD courses with them.
In order to secure admission in PhD or research programmes offered by the educational institute, aspirants need to go through the below-mentioned steps:
Steps that candidates need to follow when pursuing a PhD course in order to be conferred a PhD degree are listed below:
