M.Phil. Sociology Top Colleges, Syllabus, Scope and Salary

M.Phil. Sociology or Master of Philosophy in Sociology is a postgraduate research course in Sociology. The course is a mirror equivalent of a Ph.D. but is different from it in certain aspects. Many colleges offer this course in an integrated form with Ph.D. also. The course duration is generally 2 years but can be more if distance education is pursued. When the M.Phil-Ph.D. integrated course is pursued, the M.Phil. duration is supposed to be 1 year.

The eligibility for pursuing this course is that the student should have obtained a master's degree in sociology from a good institute.

Colleges offering this course are mentioned below.

The admission to this course is mainly through entrance tests. Different universities conduct their tests individually.

M.Phil. Sociology course focuses on teaching students about human society and the various ways in which humans interact with each other. In it, students study about The Foundational Canon, Academic Writing, Reading Primary Studies, Issues of Nation, Governance and Citizenship, Perspectives on the Environment, Discourses of Development, etc. The average course fee ranges from INR 20,000-80,000.

After completing this course, students get to work with academic and educational institutions, government organizations, and many NGOs. The main job profiles are School Teacher, Professor, Research Assistant, Social Worker, Editor, PR Manager, etc. The average starting salary is INR 7-10 Lakhs.

Top Colleges for M.Phil. (Sociology)

M.Phil. Sociology: Highlights

Course Level	Postgraduate Research
Examination Type	Semester-wise/Year-wise
Eligibility for the program	Masters in Sociology from a recognized institute.
Duration of the program	1-2 years
Average Tuition Fee	INR 20,000-80,000
Average Salary (per annum)	INR 7-10 Lakhs
Job Profiles	School Teacher, Professor, Research Assistant, Social Worker, Editor, PR Manager, etc.

M.Phil. Sociology: What is it about?

M.Phil. Sociology is a research course in human society. The course provides a platform for students to carry out research in the study of human society; its development, functioning, and structure. Sociology as a subject includes many diverse topics relating to Humans and their society and other topics like crime, religion, family, state, division of race, social class, culture, social stability, radical change, etc.

The course focuses on teaching students about human society and the various ways in which humans interact with each other. It involves various studies and teaches students that they should apply these studies to social welfare, academic development of the society and for the developments in various other industries including the corporate sector. Sociology helps a student in understanding the Social, Religious, Political, Economic, and Government institutions in society.

M.Phil. Sociology Syllabus

The following table gives an insight into the syllabus of M.Phil Sociology at DU.

Reflections on Ethnography	Contemporary Class Analysis
Philosophical Anthropology	Structuralism and Post-Structuralism
Theorizing Democracy, Equality, and Social Justice	Archaeology of Caste
Everyday Life and Its Horizons	Sociology of Health and Illness
Theorizing Masculinities	Nature, Society, Environment
Sociology of Civil War	Studying the State
Agrarian Structure	Transnational Migration, Gender, and Identities
Women in Indian Society	Art, Modernism, and the Public

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M.Phil. Sociology: Top Institutes

Institute Name	Location	Average fee (per annum)
Banasthali Vidyapith	Jaipur	INR 44,000
Jaipur National University	Jaipur	INR 51,300
Barkatullah University	Bhopal	INR 21,500
Gujarat Vidyapith	Ahmedabad	INR 8,700
Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith	Varanasi	INR 18,900
Indian Institute of Technology-[IIT]	Hyderabad	INR 30,000
Assam University	Silchar	INR 19,000
Gulbarga University	Gulbarga	INR 4,000
Saurashtra University	Rajkot	INR 55,700
Rajiv Gandhi University	Itanagar	INR 10,500
Jodhpur National University	Jodhpur	INR 1,00,000
Monad University	Jaipur	INR 24,500

M.Phil. Sociology: Eligibility

The main eligibility criterion which is considered by most of the colleges for offering M.Phil. Sociology is that the student should have a masters degree in sociology from a college recognized by UGC. But there are some universities which even give admission to those who have done their masters in social studies or history. The students should have obtained the minimum marks required as mentioned by the university. Some universities keep this criterion at 50%, but the general range is 45%-55%.

Those who are eligible according to the above criteria need to appear in the entrance examination conducted by the university.

M.Phil. Sociology: Admission Process

Admission to the course is entirely on the basis of an entrance exam. Since various colleges conduct different entrance examinations or follow the state or national level common entrance examination, it is important to keep a track of these different Entrance Exams.

Some of the important Entrance Exams for M.Phil in Sociology is as follows:

BU aptitude Test: Banasthali University conducts an aptitude test for entrance to M.Phil Sociology. Application forms for this are available in the month of April and the exam is held in June.
JNUEE: The “Centre for Study of Social Systems” of JNU conducts an Entrance Exam. Application forms for this are available in the month of April and the exam is conducted in the month of May.

Department of Sociology of Delhi University also conducts examination for entrance to M.Phil Sociology programme. Application forms are available in the month of June whereas the Entrance Exam and personal interview take place in the month of August.

Entrance Exam

The above-mentioned entrance exams would include 100 subjective questions. The time allowed for the exam is 3 hours and the paper is of 100 marks. The paper consists of no Negative marking.

The syllabus for the entrance exam is usually the syllabus followed in Master of Sociology. However few of the topics are as follows:

Sociological Theories
Sociology of Kinship
Religion and Society
Political Sociology
Economic Sociology
Sociology of India
Methods of Sociological Research
Social Stratification
Sociology of Development
Gender and Society
Population and Society

Selection Process

Students will entirely be assessed on their academic merit for the admission to the program. To determine this academic merit, many universities and colleges might either take into account the score obtained in the state/ university/ national common entrance exam or they might regard the performance of the candidate in the entrance exam and the marks obtained in the M.A. Sociology degree as the final evaluation for admission to the program.

The Entrance exam is followed by a personal interview where a candidate’s communication ability as well as grip on the subject is tested.

M.Phil. Sociology: Distance Education

Those who want to continue with their current work and also want to get a degree in sociology can opt M.Phil. Sociology Distance Education mode. There are many universities in India which offer this course in distance education mode. Indira Gandhi National Open University-[IGNOU], New Delhi is one of them. IGNOU offers this course for a maximum duration up to 4 years while in some other universities the duration can go up to even 6 years. IGNOU charges INR 10,500 currently for this course. Moreover, there is no maximum or minimum age limit to pursue this course in distance learning (correspondence) mode.