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Ph.D English Literature Colleges in India

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Ph.D English Literature institutes ranked by NIRF where published, with JoSAA closing ranks on engineering pathways and official programme data only.

Ph.D English Literature is a tracked programme in Knwdle's directory. Institutes listed below offer this course according to their official catalogues.

Institutes: 36
NIRF-ranked: 1

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PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore

PRIVATE · Coimbatore · Tamil Nadu

AMU Aligarh

PRIVATE · Aligarh · Uttar Pradesh

Bharathidasan University

PRIVATE · Tiruchirappalli · Tamil Nadu

Bharathiar University

PRIVATE · Coimbatore · Tamil Nadu

Government Arts College, Coimbatore

PRIVATE · Coimbatore · Tamil Nadu

Madurai Kamaraj University

PRIVATE · Madurai · Tamil Nadu

Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli

PRIVATE · Tirunelveli · Tamil Nadu

Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore

PRIVATE · Coimbatore · Tamil Nadu

VHNSNC Virudhunagar

PRIVATE · Virudhunagar · Tamil Nadu

Aryavart International University, Dharmanagar

PRIVATE · Dharmanagar · Tripura

Bennett University, Greater Noida

PRIVATE · Greater Noida · Uttar Pradesh

Bhabha University, Bhopal

PRIVATE · Bhopal · Madhya Pradesh

Colleges offering Ph.D English Literature

36 institutes · 1 with NIRF rank on this page

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36 institutes offer Ph.D English Literature. When two institutes share a programme, the one with the better (lower) NIRF Engineering rank appears first. Institutes without a numeric NIRF rank sort after ranked ones, alphabetically. JoSAA closing ranks are shown when available; non-JoSAA paths (VITEEE, LPUNEST, MHT-CET, etc.) are labeled separately.

#1
#1
PSGR Krishnammal College for Women, Coimbatore
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Private
Listed via official programme catalog · Ph.D English Literature — no JoSAA closing rank (non-JoSAA admission path)
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#2NIRF 34
#2NIRF 34
AMU AligarhAligarh Muslim University, Aligarh
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
NIRF #34 · 2025
Private
Listed via official programme catalog · Ph.D English Literature and English Language Teaching — no JoSAA closing rank (non-JoSAA admission path)
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#3
#3
Bharathidasan UniversityBharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli
Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu
Private
Listed via official programme catalog · Ph.D English Literature — no JoSAA closing rank (non-JoSAA admission path)
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#4
#4
Bharathiar UniversityBharathiar University, Coimbatore
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Private
Listed via official programme catalog · Ph.D English Literature — no JoSAA closing rank (non-JoSAA admission path)
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#5
#5
Government Arts College, Coimbatore
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Private
Listed via official programme catalog · Ph.D English Literature Part Time — no JoSAA closing rank (non-JoSAA admission path)
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#6
#6
Madurai Kamaraj UniversityMadurai Kamaraj University, Madurai
Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Private
Listed via official programme catalog · Ph.D English Literature Self Finance — no JoSAA closing rank (non-JoSAA admission path)
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#7
#7
Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli
Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu
Private
Listed via official programme catalog · Ph.D English Literature — no JoSAA closing rank (non-JoSAA admission path)
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#8
#8
Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Private
Listed via official programme catalog · Ph.D English Literature Part Time — no JoSAA closing rank (non-JoSAA admission path)
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#9
#9
VHNSNC VirudhunagarVirudhunagar Hindu Nadars Senthikumara Nadar College, Virudhunagar
Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu
Private
Listed via official programme catalog · Ph.D English Literature Self Finance — no JoSAA closing rank (non-JoSAA admission path)
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#10
#10
Aryavart International University, Dharmanagar
Dharmanagar, Tripura
Private
Listed via official programme catalog · Ph.D English Literature — no JoSAA closing rank (non-JoSAA admission path)
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#11
#11
Bennett University, Greater Noida
Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh
Private
Listed via official programme catalog · Ph.D English Literature — no JoSAA closing rank (non-JoSAA admission path)
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#12
#12
Bhabha University, Bhopal
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Private
Listed via official programme catalog · Ph.D English literature — no JoSAA closing rank (non-JoSAA admission path)
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#13
#13
Bhupal Nobles PG College, Udaipur
Udaipur, Rajasthan
Private
Listed via official programme catalog · Ph.D English Literature — no JoSAA closing rank (non-JoSAA admission path)
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#14
#14
CSI Bishop Appasamy College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Private
Listed via official programme catalog · Ph.D English Literature and Language Part Time — no JoSAA closing rank (non-JoSAA admission path)
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#15
#15
Dayanand Girls PG College, Kanpur
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
Private
Listed via official programme catalog · Ph.D English Literature — no JoSAA closing rank (non-JoSAA admission path)
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#16
#16
Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar Government College, Sri Ganganagar
Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan
Private
Listed via official programme catalog · Ph.D English Literature — no JoSAA closing rank (non-JoSAA admission path)
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#17
#17
Dr CV Raman University, Khandwa
Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh
Private
Listed via official programme catalog · Ph.D English Literature — no JoSAA closing rank (non-JoSAA admission path)
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#18
#18
English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad
Secunderabad, Telangana
Private
Listed via official programme catalog · Ph.D English Literature — no JoSAA closing rank (non-JoSAA admission path)
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#19
#19
English and Foreign Languages University, Lucknow Campus
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Private
Listed via official programme catalog · Ph.D English Literature — no JoSAA closing rank (non-JoSAA admission path)
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#20
#20
Government Hamidia Arts and Commerce College, Bhopal
Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Private
Listed via official programme catalog · Ph.D English Literature — no JoSAA closing rank (non-JoSAA admission path)
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#21
#21
Government Maharani Laxmi Bai Girls PG College, Indore
Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Private
Listed via official programme catalog · Ph.D English Literature — no JoSAA closing rank (non-JoSAA admission path)
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#22
#22
Guru Nanak Girls PG College, Udaipur
Udaipur, Rajasthan
Private
Listed via official programme catalog · Ph.D English Literature — no JoSAA closing rank (non-JoSAA admission path)
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#23
#23
HH The Rajah's College, Pudukkottai
Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu
Private
Listed via official programme catalog · Ph.D English Literature — no JoSAA closing rank (non-JoSAA admission path)
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#24
#24
Janata Kala Vanijya Mahavidyalaya, Malkapur
Malkapur, Maharashtra
Private
Listed via official programme catalog · Ph.D English Literature — no JoSAA closing rank (non-JoSAA admission path)
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Ph.D English Literature — live list facts

Computed from the institutes listed on this page — not marketing estimates.

Institutes

24

With NIRF rank

1

With GO score

0

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Best NIRF ranks on this page

#34AMU Aligarh

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1Institutes are ordered by NIRF Engineering rank (best first); unranked sort after.
2JoSAA closing ranks appear when that programme is in our cutoff dataset.
3Open a profile for scorecards, official admissions/fees when sourced, and related programmes.

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How many institutes appear for Ph.D English Literature?: 24 institutes currently match this page’s filter. 1 of them have a numeric NIRF Engineering rank in our database.
Is “best” based on editorial opinion?: No. Where we sort or headline by rank, the order follows published NIRF Engineering ranks (nirfindia.org). Unranked institutes are not given a fabricated Knwdle rank.
What is Graduation Outcomes (GO)?: GO is an NIRF sub-score computed independently of self-reported placement packages. None of the institutes on this page currently have a GO value stored.
Why do some institutes lack a JoSAA closing rank?: Non-JoSAA admission paths (institute entrance exams, state counselling) are labeled separately. We do not invent closing ranks for those routes.

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