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M.A. in Philosophy

ADMISSION TO THE M.A. PROGRAMME

  • Admission to the M.A. Programme begins after the university advertises in newspapers, generally in the month of May or June. The dates of admission procedure are declared on the University website.
  • Admission forms for M.A. Programme are made available on website of the University.
  • The eligibility criteria for the M.A Programme Admission will be advertised as per University’s rules and will be displayed in the Admission Notification.
  • The department follows the reservation policy of the university (as prescribed by the Maharashtra State Government).

Course Structure and Curriculum

The semester-credit system is being followed for the M.A. programme. Every semester a candidate has to appear for two compulsory paper. Apart form the compulsory paper the candidate is required to offer optional papers each semester. (For details see syllabus)

M. Phil. in Philosophy

DURATION AND ADMISSION PROCEDURE

  • The M.Phil Programme run by the department is a full-time Programme. The duration of the programme is 18 months (Course-work for 12 months and additional six months for submission for the dissertation). If any M.Phil student is unable to complete his/her dissertation within the period, he/she is allowed to do so within an additional period of six months. Detailed M.Phil Rules are given separately on University website.
  • For the selection of M.Phil students an Entrance Test and a personal Interview is conducted by the department. (Generally in the month of August-September). The provision for reservation for M.Phil is similar to M.A.

Course and Curriculum

For M.Phil (Philosophy) programme students are required to give three papers consisting of coursework and a Dissertation to be completed in stipulated period of time under the guidance of a supervisor appointed by the Department. The papers are as follows.

Paper I - Philosophical Reasoning
Paper II - Recent Philosophical Trends
Paper III - Study of a Philosophical Text
Paper IV - Dissertation

(You can see the syllabus on Click Here)

Ph. D. in Philosophy

Ph. D. Admissions


The registrations for Ph.D. begin as per university schedule. Ph.D admission procedure has two stages:

1) Entrance Test (PET)
(Note: NET/SET/SLET qualified candidates & M.Phil awardees are exempted from test.)
2) Interview cum presentation (Applicable to all)

Admissions of International Students

Admissions of foreign nationals to the courses run by the Department of Philosophy are done through International Student’s Centre with the approval of the Head of the Department.


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