PG Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication

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Are you the person whose morning is incomplete without a cup of coffee and a bundle of the newspaper? Do you update yourself with the news and events on hour or day basis? Do you actively participate and share your views regarding the issues which impact you or your surroundings? Then you are on the right page. Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Mass communication (PGDJMC) provides an excellent opportunity to understand real world issues and events through the lens of professional journalism. This course will guide you with the standards of gathering and developing the news and help you learn the skills and elements of professional journalism.

This course is taught for one-year duration in all universities. The minimum eligibility criteria for admission to this course is graduation from an approved University. Theaverage tuition fee for PG Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication in government aided college ranges from 30,000 to 100,000 INR for one year. For Private institutions the fee may be as high as 3 Lakh INR.

PG Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication opens the doors for career and employment in industries that include media, advertising, public relations. journalism, publishing, films and television. There are attractive job profiles after this course which includes copywriter, journalist, editor, public relation officer etc. The entry level salary offered to professionals of PG Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication varies from 15,000 INR to 20,000 INR.

What is PG Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication all about?

The objective of PG Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication is to explain and define the opportunities for journalists and those who are communicator in view of the emerging digital and technological advancement. This course is about the exposure to new techniques of reporting, editing, production and broadcast of news. It will teach the role of journalists in engaging public into the development process and policy making. Meanwhile it will also polish your communication skills which is required to develop proper communication strategies.

Who should opt for this course?

Those who have flair for writing and are creative enough to express themselves are ideal candidate for this program. They must possess the analytical skill to research and skim factual data out of primary and secondary sources. They should be reasonably aware about the news and events that takes place in their vicinity and across nation and globe. And they should know how to think laterally about the issues which they come across on day to day basis.

Why opt for PGDJMC?

Once you finish this course, then you will be exposed with variety of interesting career prospects which further help you to get job in a reputed industry of your choice.

The industries which hire the people who have trade of PG Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication are as follows:

Print Media
Electronic Media
Advertising agencies
Public Relations
Publishing Houses
Online magazines
Internet/e-commerce

Duration

The duration of this course is one year which includes 2 semesters and each semester consists of 5 months of lectures, projects and assignments. There is an internship in the last month of the session where students have to work as an apprentice to learn the trade of Journalism which helps them to pass through the placement drive.

However, there are certain institutes like India Today Media Institute which offers a two year full-time Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication.

Which are the best Institutes for PG Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication?

There are many prominent Journalism institutes in India which offer this course. List of top Institutes offering PG Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication is given below:

Top Institutes in India	Name of the City
Indian Institute of Mass Communication	New Delhi
Xavier Institute of Communication	Mumbai
Asian College of Journalism	Chennai
Manorama School of Communication	Kottayam
Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media	Bengaluru

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VBU at a glance

Course Curriculum Overview:

I have chosen the course because it was my passion to serve for democracy being the fourth pillar of it. There were 4 faculty members in total and 40 students. The faculty members came from different universities. Our HOD Dr Mausumi Bhattacharya has completed her Post Doctoral fellowship from ICSSR. The exams were held twice a year based on the semester system. They were quite moderate.

Campus Life:

Life on campus was nice. The campus was surrounded by green trees and it was spread along 300 acres of land there were anti-ragging cells. There's a Central library from which the students can access books where there's a large stock of journals and books.

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Srija Sarkar

Visva-Bharati( Enrolled 2021 )PG Diploma, Journalism And Mass CommunicationAugust 11, 2023

4.5 /5

Visva- Bharati a unique blend of culture and education

The course curriculum is student-friendly. The students have access to the Mac Lab and Media Lab, there is also a departmental library. Though the infrastructure is not great, the faculty members still try their best to help the students in any way possible, by arranging many workshops and seminars. The focus is generally on developing academic and research aptitudes in students alongside helping them develop technical skills with limited facilities.

Loan/ Scholarship Provisions:

Fee Structure - First year - 26000, Second year- 19000. There is a provision for getting need-based financial assistance out of the student aid fund of the university subject to the consideration of the administrative body. But there are no campus jobs. And other state government and central government scholarships can be availed under certain conditions as mentioned on the government website of the scholarships.

Jemima Sultana

Visva-Bharati( Enrolled 2021 )PG Diploma, Journalism And Mass CommunicationJune 26, 2023

4.3 /5

Masters in Journalism and Mass Communication course in Visva-Bharati

There are film club, book club and photography club in the department. The clubs hold weekly gatherings where they show films, discuss books and organize workshops. There is a smart room in the department where all the online meetings and screenings take place.

The fee for the 1st year is 26000 and the 2nd year is 18000. This is for the general cast students. The fees are less for reserved students. The students can also get state and central govt scholarships and other kinds of scholarships as well.

Anonymous

Visva-Bharati( Enrolled 2021 )PG Diploma, Journalism And Mass CommunicationMarch 29, 2022

4.0 /5

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Journalism department of Visva Bharati

Studying journalism and mass communication at Visva Bharati is more costly than any other subject at this university. For GENERAL, OBC & EWS candidates the fee for the first year is 26240. For SC/ST & PWD candidates the fee is Rs 21240. For the 2nd year again the fee is 19,240 for GEN/OBC/EWS and for SC/ST/PWD the fee is Rs 14,240. So the total fee in two years is almost 41000 for GEN/OBC/EWS and almost Rs 36000 for minority candidates. However, the student can apply for Swami Vivekananda Merit cum scholarships which pay 24000 per year and Kanyahsree for girls. This help to cover the college fees. But you have to score a minimum of 53% to get the scholarships. We do not have a job campus facility. I have heard it used to happen 5-6 years ago.

I want to be a tv anchor or a news editor and that's why I have taken this course. We have 57 seats in the journalism and mass communication departments. For UR candidates 23 seats, for OBC 15 seats for SC 9 for ST 4, for EWS 6 seats are available. We have a total of 5 faculties in our department. So student-faculty ratio is around 11 students per faculty. All of our faculties are good. This is a practical field. They are taking the regular class and they are given a lot of practical tasks. So that we can enrich ourselves. We have audiovisual classes, fieldwork, group discussion, group debate and many more. PG is consist of 4 semesters and we have to pass all of them. Exams are moderate to pass. We have practical exams too.

Dibrugarh UniversityPG Diploma, Journalism And Mass CommunicationOctober 5, 2020

4.7 /5

Student's Review On Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh

College Events:

The campus was superb total greeny. The environment was great,with academic the University give importance on extra curricular activities starting from sports to cutural events. Unlike other University our University also hold our own varsity week where we got the opportunities to showcase our talents.The technical,cultural management were way too good,the authority manage everything smoothly.

Placement Experience:

The campus placement was good many news channel came over to interview our seniors and got to know from our seniors and professors. Maximum number of our seniors were posted in news channel as newsreaders,t.v anchor,VJ. Few of many seniors I heard of handling the Instagram, Facebook, Twitter of the Ministers of Assam like they handle everything right come providing the conference they attend.

Vedika

Institute of Mass Communication Film And Television Studies - [IMCFTS]( Batch 2020 )PG Diploma, Journalism And Mass CommunicationJuly 30, 2020

2.2 /5

Vedika's Review On Institute Of Mass Communication Film And Television Studies - [IMCFTS], Kolkata

Course syllabus was updated. The college is under Kalyani university and does not provide best of the facilities. All teachers try to support and help as much as possible. However due to lack of facilities every thing IsnÕt possible

No company has come yet. They give you recommendations and one has to figure it out for themselves. No body has been placed till now. They are not competent yet to call companies for placement. ItÕs difficult to choose this place.

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DHRUV

Xavier Institute of Communications - [XIC]( Batch 2018 )PG Diploma, Journalism And Mass CommunicationJune 26, 2020

3.8 /5

Good learning experience

Admission:

I Visited offical website of XIC and filled up the online registration form.The slection is on the basis of the entrance test they take that is OET-XIC.After being shortlisted there is online interview.XIC is one of the highly esteemed institute.And i am happy i was the student of XIC.

There are some events that take place in the institute.For Journalism students there are seminars and new channels visits.Library and other labs are well-equipped.Atmosphere is friendly and calm. competitions of dance, arts and more is a exciting part of co curricular activities.

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Aman

National Institute of Mass Communication and Journalism - [NIMCJ]PG Diploma, Journalism And Mass CommunicationJune 24, 2020

Aman's Review On National Institute Of Mass Communication And Journalism - [NIMCJ], Ahmedabad

Fee Structure And Facilities:

The fee structure is a little on the expensive side. The course costs 1 lakh per year and the students must make the payment at the beginning of each academic year. Students can avail loan facility in case they need help in covering for the payments.

The college has excellent lab facilities for students. There is an in-house studio with three cameras, an editing room with workstations, electronic media lab and a print media lab. The students are free to make use of these for their projects.

Jaimin

Xavier Institute of Communications - [XIC]( Batch 2021 )PG Diploma, Journalism And Mass CommunicationJune 19, 2020

My dream course in life

The duration of my course is 10 months and it is a full-time course. My course has a total 22 modules and workshops like Relationship Management, Theatre Workshop, Diversity Discourse. The course contains topics like Principles & Practice of Mass Communication, Media & the Law Citizens, Human Rights and Public Affairs Critical Appreciation of Film, Literature and Art as Cultural Texts, Features and Editorial Writing Research Writing, Public Speaking and Presentation Skills and Photography & Photojournalism.

To get admission in the course, an undergraduate degree is compulsory in any stream such as Science, Mass Media, Commerce, or any equivalent degree from a recognised board. After filling the online form, the candidate has to go through and online entrance test conducted by the college. A skype interview is conducted by the college and personal interview is taken by the college. admission is given on the base of the entrance test and interview performance.

Abhishek

University experience.

Xavier provides its students with good learning and training and teaches those course which is not available in every university do the fee structure for the course might be expensive than other universities. The total fee for the course which costs around 3.25 lakhs for 10 months course.

To seek admission in the college you have to apply in it by filling the online application form and then appear for the entrance exams followed up by the interview. After that, if you get inducted in college you have to visit the college and submit the documents.

Durga

Xavier Institute of Communications - [XIC]( Batch 2015 )PG Diploma, Journalism And Mass CommunicationJune 19, 2020

Memorable days

There is always a activity going on in the campus everyday, there is no bias in gender, cast, colour, religion etc. Every year there's a freshers party and a farewell party for new students and leaving students. There are various clubs in campus like cultural, social, debate, science, acting, etc. Students here take forward a part in every festival celebration and party.

Expensive fee structure should be paid every semester with breakdown of whole fees in any form DD, check, online, with app or the website of college for students actually. Total amount of fee payment of my course is 10 lakhs and payment should be made every half year.

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Ganesh

XIC - The best time of my life!

We had 22 Modules and 3 Workshops in our course with a total of 405 Sessions (81 Credits) and 6 sessions (no-credit). The course was 10-month in duration and had a compliation of print, broadcast and online journalism and we were taught using media in all three. The course was a bit hectic but gave you a overall training on getting into the field.

I first applied for the entrance exam and was shortlisted there. They asked me to come in for a group discussion, after that i was asked to attend a personal interview where they asked me basic generic questions like why i want to do the course. After few weeks they contacted me and told me i got admitted.

Ashritha

Xavier Institute of Communications - [XIC]( Batch 2019 )PG Diploma, Journalism And Mass CommunicationJune 19, 2020

4.8 /5

XIC Review.

The college campus is an amazing place to be. The gender ratio is very much even. There are resource centers, video shooting and editing centers etc. The college also celebrates various cultural festivals and there is infrastructure for sports as well.

The application process is completely online. Then the candidate has to give the online entrance test(XIC-OET). Then there is a personal interview/Skype interview. Then the candidates are selected and a merit list is declared.

Abhijeet

Xavier Institute of Communications - [XIC]( Alumna/Alumnus )PG Diploma, Journalism And Mass CommunicationJune 19, 2020

Abhijeet's Review On Xavier Institute Of Communications - [XIC], Mumbai

The duration of the course is 10 months. The course trains the students for diversified skills and hoe to handle the tasks in media & social management. We have 22 modules and three workshops and the core subjects include news reporting, print production, photojournalism, specialized niche writing, web designing & production, editorial & research writing etc. We would have three to two session everyday. The first session starts from 9 am and the last one ends on 8.30 pm. The day sometimes get a little bit hectic but is manageable as everyday we learn something new and creative about the media industry.

The students who have a graduate degree in mass media, arts, science, commerce or any other professional course are eligible to apply. Other than that you need to clear the online entrance exam as prepared by the university. If you clear the exam, an interview will be conducted on Skype or in person. Therefore a merit list will be prepared on the exam score and the percentage in graduation. You will be called for document verification and granted admission.

Lakshman

National Institute of Mass Communication and Journalism - [NIMCJ]PG Diploma, Journalism And Mass CommunicationMay 24, 2020

Lakshman's Review On National Institute Of Mass Communication And Journalism - [NIMCJ], Ahmedabad

Aniket

Aniket's Review On National Institute Of Mass Communication And Journalism - [NIMCJ], Ahmedabad

The course fee is expensive with a cost of 1 lakh per year. There are banks that offer loan facility for students who need help with the payment of the fee. The course fee is also inclusive of many of the facilities in the college.

There are many events happening in the college during the course of each academic year. The college celebrates an annual day and a fresher's day for welcoming the students. The students are encouraged to take part in activities.

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Somali Das

Visva-Bharati( Batch 2000 )PG Diploma, Journalism And Mass CommunicationMay 11, 2020

Somali Das's Review On Visva-Bharati, Birbhum

Visva-Bharati University is different from all the other universities in the country. Therefore, here the events are totally different and unique. Here, keeping in mind the traditional values and cultural ethnicity, cultural programmes are mainly based on a different language, society, religious history, various tribes of our country, diverse states etc. Every year, Basant Utsav is held during the month of Holi and people from across the country joins to make this event a success with songs and dance of Rabindranath Tagore. During August, which is the monsoon time, a series of Dramas are played by the students of the university for a week or so. The Department of Arts, which is Kala Bhavana, one of the prestigious Department, organises Nandan Mela promoting different forms of arts and craft by the students as a tribute to the famous artist Nandal Bose on his birth anniversary.

Our course for Mass Communication and Journalism is a vast field of learning and it is updated for every new batch. Mentioning industrial exposure, yes, every now and then workshops are conducted, resulting in choosing the best ideas by students and developing them for more efficiency. We are taught about the field activities as well as a drill for disaster management in the media field. Also, research scholars guide us in the process of working on a dissertation and also teaching us data analysis for further grooming in the upcoming industrial exposure.

Ananya Agarwal

India Today Media Institute - [ITMI]( Batch 2018 )PG Diploma, Journalism And Mass CommunicationAugust 7, 2019

Among the best colleges

There are visit the companies for the requirement with different packages and the companies name that comes for the recruitment are Times Now, News Nation, News X, Tech Mahindra, Tez News, India TV, Aaj Tak, Delhi Aaj Tak, India Samvad, Idobro Impact Solutions, Zee News, India today group, etc.

Our college offered a course in Journalism and Mass Comm. I chose a Postgraduate diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication and the course is up to the mark. It's a two-year course. The course ready to industry curriculum and practical learning.

Prachy Singh

India Today Media Institute - [ITMI]( Batch 2020 )PG Diploma, Journalism And Mass CommunicationAugust 7, 2019

About my college

Our college provides postgraduate courses, certificate courses, short term courses and I chose postgraduate Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication and the course is consist of the industry curriculum and practical knowledge.

Remarks:

Our college provides the facilities some are Newsroom, Editing room, Classrooms, Conference Hall, Chroma Studio, library with the latest references, journals, magazines, Learning Resource Center, Computer Lab.

Sayantan Paine

Visva-Bharati( Batch 2019 )PG Diploma, Journalism And Mass CommunicationNovember 8, 2017

2.9 /5

Sayantan Paine's Review On Visva-Bharati, Birbhum

No, it's a government institute they don't provide any placements. Yes though some of the private company gave the chance that is for very few students and not may companies visited actually.

Yes, events used to happen in here! Recently A documentary workshop held in here and then andInternational film festival happened in collaboration with SRFTI & FDI.

PG Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication

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