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The MPhil program was discontinued last year, as announced by the commission. It is encouraged that students do not enroll in the MPhil program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Universities have been advised to cease accepting students into the MPhil program by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The commission has requested that enrollment in MPhil programs be discontinued because the degree is not recognized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The commission discovered that certain universities are accepting new applications for admission to MPhil programs, which is why the UGC issued its notification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The MPhil program was discontinued last year, as announced by the commission. It is encouraged that students do not enroll in the MPhil program. Universities have been advised to cease accepting students into the MPhil program by the University Grants Commission (UGC). The commission has requested that enrollment in MPhil programs be discontinued because the degree is not recognized. The commission discovered that certain universities are accepting new applications for admission to MPhil programs, which is why the UGC issued its notification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education-news"],"yoast_head":"\nUGC to universities: MPhil not recognized as a degree, stop accepting applicants - Online Educational University | UGC-Approved | Muonline<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.muonline.ac.in\/blog\/ugc-to-universities-mphil-not-recognized-as-a-degree-stop-accepting-applicants\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UGC to universities: MPhil not recognized as a degree, stop accepting applicants - Online Educational University | UGC-Approved | Muonline\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The MPhil program was discontinued last year, as announced by the commission. 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