IIMC Entrance Exam 2023-24

IIMC Entrance Exam 2023: Indian Institute of Mass Communication conducts a university-level entrance exam to offer admission in PG Diploma courses in Journalism. A total of 430 seats are offered across various courses in 6 campuses affiliated to the institute. The exam is conducted in offline (pen-paper) mode. The application forms of the IIMC Entrance Exam 2023 for the journalism program will be released shortly at www.iimc.nic.in. Indian nationals with a Bachelor’s degree in any discipline can apply for the examination.

IIMC Entrance Exam 2023 Updates

IIMC Application process will be started from the 3rd week of April 2023, after the release of official notification, candidates can apply online.

IIMC Entrance Exam 2023: Important Dates

Eligibility Criteria

• Candidate must be a citizen of India.
• For NRI/ NRI sponsored candidates, there will be 5 seats available in each course.
• NRIs/NRI sponsored candidates must submit separate application forms for each category.
• Bachelor’ s degree in any discipline is required to apply for IIMC Entrance Exam.
• Appearing candidates in the final year examinations can also appear for the entrance test.
• The admission of such candidates will be subject to their producing at least a provisional certificate in original before 31 August 2023.
• The provisional admission will stand canceled if the candidate fails to produce such a document.
• The date of birth should be August 1, 1995, or later for students from the general category.
• For OBC candidates, the date of birth should be August 1, 1991, or later.
• The date of birth for the SC/ST/handicapped students should be August 1, 1990, or later.

IIMC Entrance Exam Application Fee

• The application fee can either be paid online or offline.

Exam Pattern

• The exam will be a pen-based written test.
• The duration of each exam is 3 hours.
• The medium of the exam depends on the course opted by the candidate.
• PG Diploma in Journalism (Hindi) will have its question paper in Hindi and.
• Question Pattern – The selection of students will be based on written examination.
• 3 Exams have a different type of word limits for the write-ups as shown below.
• The qualified candidates for this exam will be called for group discussion and a personal interview.
• The Interview Rounds will be conducted at Delhi and Dhenkanal (Odisha) campuses.
• The performance of the candidate in both PI and GD will account for the final admission.
• The weight-age division between written exam and GD/PI is 85:15.

Exam Centers

Journalism (Hindi/English), RTV Journalism and Ad & PR

Regional Language Journalism

• Odia Journalism: Dhenkanal
• Malayalam Journalism: Kottayam
• Marathi Journalism: Amravati, Mumbai
• Urdu Journalism: Jammu, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Bhopal, Delhi, Srinagar, Patna

Syllabus

IIMC Seat Break up & Tuition Fee