Fashion, Design, Media
Pearl Academy has commenced its admission process for the academic year 2017-18 for its campuses in Delhi, Noida, Mumbai and Jaipur. Students can choose to apply to three or four years undergraduate pathway; one year or two years postgraduate pathway, and 11 month certificate programmes.
New course: Keeping in view the tremendous growth of media and communication industry, the institution has launched a new school of Media and Journalism, which offers following courses:
Eligibility: For three-year or four-year undergraduate pathway, 10+2, or equivalent with minimum 50 per cent marks is required. For two-year or one-year postgraduate pathway, graduate in any discipline from a recognised university can apply. For 11-month certificate programmes, 10+2, or equivalent is required.
General proficiency test: Applicants with minimum qualifying scores in MAT (500 and above), CAT (60 per cent and above) and GMAT (450 and above) will be entitled for the waiver of General Proficiency Test (GPT).
Applicants of PG Pathway in Design streams and UG pathway in Interior Design and Product Design are entitled for waiver of General Proficiency Test (GPT) and Design Aptitude Test (DAT) if they have appeared for CEED 2016/2017 and NATA 2016/2017 respectively. Such applicants will be called for an interview directly subject to submission of valid scores.
Selection procedure: The selection will be done on the basis of their academic performance followed by a written admission test and personal interview. The candidates who are in their final year of graduation can also apply.
Scholarship: Pearl Academy has announced to offer up to 50 per cent scholarships to 200 deserving candidates this year. Based on the entrance test results, these scholarships will be offered to new entrants at the time of admission, for first year only.
However, merit scholarship for the course toppers will be awarded annually to students who have topped their respective cohorts.
last date: For the upcoming January cycle of admissions, the last date of submission of application forms for applicants is January 16, 2017.
How to apply: Students can download the application form from http://pearlacademy.com/admissions/. They can also call on the academy’s toll free number 1800-103-3005.
Phd programmes
The Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha (IP) University has started online admission process for the PhD Programme (winter session) for the academic session 2016-17 in the disciplines of Bio-Technology, English and Education.
The last date for submission of online applications for this programme is January 27, 2017 before 4 pm. The Common Entrance Test (CET) for this programme is on February 12, 2017.
The candidates who have qualified CSIR/UGC-NET-JRF/lecturership, DBT-JRF, ICMR-JRF or having equivalent fellowships are exempted from the CET. However, they needs to fill up the online application form. For more information visit: www.ipu.ac.in.