Indian Institute of Mass Communication Granted Deemed-to-be-University Status; Check Details Here

New Delhi: Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC Delhi) has been granted the deemed-to-be-university under distinct category status by the Union Education Ministry. The status has been awarded on the advice of University Grants Commission (UGC) on January 31, 2024. 

Along with the IIMC Delhi campus, the Ministry issued a declaration, which said that the five regional campuses in Jammu, Amravati (Maharashtra), Aizawl (Mizoram), Kottayam (Kerala), and Dhenkanal (Odisha) will also be an Institution deemed-to-be-University under distinct category.

With its upgraded status, the Indian Institute of Mass Communication will now be able to offer undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral degrees. The institute can award degrees that are specified under Section 22 of the UGC Act, 1956.

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Following the announcement, the IIMC expressed gratitude towards the Ministry of Education for awarding it with a University status. “A big thanks to the Ministry of Education for declaring IIMC New Delhi and its five regional centres as a Deemed to be University. IIMC is committed to giving its best to promote education, training, and research in mass communication.”

A big thanks to the Ministry of Education for declaring IIMC New Delhi and its five regional centres as a Deemed to be University.
IIMC is committed to giving its best to promote education, training, and research in mass communication.@EduMinOfIndia @ianuragthakur @dpradhanbjp

— Indian Institute of Mass Communication (@IIMC_India) January 31, 2024

Information and broadcast minister Anurag Thakur, said, “It is a special and historic day for the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) as it receives deemed University Status. This Institute has a glorious history of imparting quality education in media subjects like Journalism, Advertising, Public Relations. The granting of University status marks a new beginning, as more courses could be added to the curriculum along with research and doctoral programmes.”

It is a special and historic day for the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) as it receives deemed University Status. This Institute has a glorious history of imparting quality education in media subjects like Journalism, Advertising, Public Relations.
The granting of…

— Anurag Thakur (@ianuragthakur) January 31, 2024

Earlier, the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry had approved the plan in 2016. During a review of higher education institutes by the Niti Aayog in 2018, it was recommended that the IIMC be merged with either the Jawaharlal Nehru University's Centre for Media Studies or Jamia Millia Islamia's AJK Mass Communication Research Centre.

However, the institute, the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry and the Education Ministry (the then Human Resource Development Ministry) had rejected the idea.

The UGC in 2018 formed a four-member committee headed by BK Kuthiala, the vice-chancellor of Makhanlal Chaturvedi University. Based on the committees' recommendations and inspection teams' feedback, the UGC had then recommended that the ministry should issue an LoI to the institute.

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