Applications Invited for PhD Programmes

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About the Organization

The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) was established in 1936 as the Sir Dorabji Tata Graduate School of Social Work. In 1944, it was renamed as the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. The year 1964 was an important landmark in the history of the Institute, when it was declared Deemed to be a University under Section 3 of the University Grants Commission Act (UGC), 1956.

About the Program

Ph.D. Programmes are offered in Regular Full-time mode. TISS follows all the guidelines and norms issued by the University Grants Commission from time to time in regulating the Ph.D. programmes such as “University Grants Commission (Minimum Standards and Procedures for Award of Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2022. The Ph.D. programme in TISS mandate successful completion of coursework, regular presentations before the Research Advisory Committees, the evaluation and assessment of coursework and thesis.

The full-time Ph.D. students are not working professional and devote their full time to the Ph.D. research. They are mostly fellowship/scholarship holders and are required to put their attendance on daily basis in the Attendance Register maintained in the Doctoral Students’ Office (DSO) of the Institute. Full-time Ph.D. students are also required to attend the course work classes, research seminars, talks arranged on regular basis by their schools and the DSO. Whenever, the full-time Ph.D. students get a job, they can request the DSO for converting their Ph.D. into part-time Ph.D.

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Last date for applying: 31 December 2025

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