Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) has declared Imtiyaz Ahmad Khoja qualified in Doctor of Philosophy in Urdu.

He has worked on the topic ‘Aazaadi ke Baad Jammu-o-Kashmir ke Deeni Madaaris ka Urdu Zaban-o-Adab ke Farogh mein Hissa: Ek Tanqeedi Tajziya’ (Contribution of Religious Madrassas of Jammu and Kashmir in promotion of Urdu language and literature after Independence: A critical analysis) under the supervision of Dr Shamshul Hoda, Associate Professor, Department of Urdu.