Considering the requirement of the newly introduced integrated five-year Journalism course, Delhi University has decided to charge a tuition fee of Rs 25,000 per semester. However, the university has also formulated ways of providing merit based scholarships for the students.
The online registration for the Bachelors in Journalism and Masters in Journalism are going on till September 08 while the entrance examination would be conducted on September 17.
“The University is supporting the school from its own resources and trying to mobilise resources from other institutional and voluntary contributors. The school is also in touch with media and other organisations for support,” said OSD of Delhi School of Journalism Dr Manasvini M Yogi.
“The School is also reaching out to the Alumni of Delhi University for their support and cooperation in setting up of this new venture.”
While the toppers of the Entrance examination (one each for English and Hindi) will be given scholarships, student from the remotest area (one each for English and Hindi) will also be given scholarships.
The course would be taught in two mediums — English and Hindi — with 60 seats in each.
“Toppers in every semester (one each for English and Hindi Journalism) will be given a scholarship. The scholarships will be offered by a reputed banking partner of the university. The Delhi School of Journalism will offer Financial Aid to 25% of students on the basis of merit cum means,” Manasvini added.
In order to facilitate the students to take education loan to pursue this course, the university is in liaison with some reputed banks, the officials informed.
The course will be housed in serene and spacious surroundings in the University Sports Complex in the North Campus.
last year, DU Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Tyagi had tabled the vision document of what he called “DU's own Columbia School of Journalism” at the Academic Council in July. The program includes teaching of four foreign languages (French, Spanish, Chinese and Arabic) and two regional languages (Tamil and Bengali) in ten semesters. A student is to select one foreign language and one regional language. Students with 50 perc ent in Class XII (irrespective of the streams) will be eligible to apply for the entrance test. “The entrance test will examine the candidate's proficiency in general knowledge and current affairs, and analytical and comprehension skills. The entrance test will be designed with the comparable standard of competitive exams at the national level for Class XII students.”
The admission would be held on September 23, 24 and 25 while the classes would start on September 26.