| Sr. No. | Course (Doctorate) | Research Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | English Studies | • Psychoacoustics • Neuroscience of language • Indian English literature • Cultural Studies • Cognitive Linguistics and Psycholinguistics • Language Testing and Evaluation • Literary and Cultural Studies • Diaspora Studies • Phonetics and Phonology |
| 2. | Punjabi | • Punjabi language and Linguistics • Punjabi Culture • Punjabi Literature |
| 3. | Psychology | • Clinical Psychology • Organizational Psychology • Cognitive Psychology • Spiritual Psychology • Counselling Psychology • Health Psychology |
| 4. | Commerce | • Banking, Insurance & Finance • Financial Markets and Management • Corporate Reporting, XBRL, Social Media and Business • Accounting and Finance |
| 5. | Economics | • Women Entrepreneurship • Gender Equality • Agriculture |
| 6. | Botany | • Stress Physiology • Proteomics • Genomics • Mycology & Plant Pathology • Plant Taxonomy & Systematics |
| 7. | Physics | • Theoretical Nuclear Physics • Experimental Nuclear Radiation Physics • Condensed Matter Physics • Experimental High-Energy Physics |
| 8. | Chemistry | • Nanomaterial synthesis • Water quality monitoring • Mesoporous material synthesis and their applications • Organic synthesis |
| 9. | Zoology | • Cytogenetics • Cell and Molecular Biology • Fish Taxonomy and Aquatic Biology • Entomology • Immunotoxicity and Parasitology |
| 10. | Mathematics | • Fuzzy Optimization • Functional Analysis • Group theory • Summability Theory • Lee symmetry Analysis |
Unlike most of the educational entities having commercialized the higher education by operating like business ventures, the Akal University has mandated to uphold the three basic principles of higher education namely;
