Ph.D Development Studies at IGIDR Mumbai Offline Course

Doctor of Philosophy in Development Studies is full time four/five year course degree offered by Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai.

M.Phil. students are required to take eight courses (four compulsory and four optional), which they must complete in the first year. Ph.D. students are required to take fourteen courses (four compulsory and ten optional), which they are expected to complete in two years. Additionally, all M.Phil. and Ph.D. students are required to take the course on Research Methodology and the course on Seminar Series.

The compulsory courses for M.Phil./Ph.D. students are Microeconomics-I, Macroeconomics-I, Econometrics-I, Energy and Environment-I. M.Phil. students can choose any four optional courses. Ph.D. students have to choose their optional courses such that they include (i) any two courses from Microeconomics – II, Macroeconomics – II, Econometrics – II and Energy and Environment – II, (ii) one Major Field of Specialisation consisting of four optional courses in a related field, (iii) one Minor Field of Specialisation consisting of two optional courses in a related field, and (iv) two other optional courses that may be from un-related fields. The optional courses / fields of specialisation offered by the Institute are similar to those listed under the M.Sc. programme.

Ph.D. students need to pay a tuition fee of Rs 20,000/-per semester and a hostel fee, which is 8% of their fellowship amount per month, plus water and electricity charges as per actuals. The tuition fee may be revised from time to time.