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MODE

Full time

DURATION

36 Months

The Fellow Programme at MICA is the first Programme of its kind in the country. It is an AICTE approved programme designed to prepare exemplary scholars who can meet international norms of research. The programme, through its unique world-class pedagogy and the foreign immersion module (offered with internationally reputed Universities), aims to prepare scholars of change by encouraging both fundamental and applied research with a focus on critical thinking, argument development, knowledge gap identification, problem formulation and thesis writing.

FPM offers specialisations in the areas of:

Management
Communication
Marketing
Media and Entertainment
Digital Marketing

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must have a UGC/AIU/AICTE approved Post Graduate/Master’s Degree/equivalent qualification with at least 55% marks or equivalent grade in the field of management/communications/humanities/ or social science. Exposure and understanding of Marketing, Media, Public Relations, Advertising and/or Journalism shall be an added advantage.
The candidate should have also completed a UGC/AIU/AICTE approved three-year Bachelor's degree/equivalent qualification after completing higher secondary (10+2) or equivalent. The Bachelor’s degree can be from any discipline (Engineering/ Science/ Social Studies/ Arts/ Commerce/ Communication/ Management/ or Media).
Foreign nationals and NRIs with non-Indian degrees that are considered equivalent (by UGC/AIU/AICTE) to the qualifications listed with GRE above are also eligible to apply for the programme.

Admission Details

Stage 1: Telephone interviews of eligible candidates.

Stage 2: The Shortlisted candidates appear for MICA’s FPM Admission Test. The FPM Admission Test is a three-day process organised on the MICA campus, comprising of the Written Test (WT), an Individual Presentation (IP) and a Personal Interview (PI).

Candidates appearing for the admission test will be provided lodging and boarding at the MICA campus.

Day 1:

Written Test (WT)

The Written Test will examine the candidate's theoretical understanding of communication, the ability to investigate a communication phenomenon and the ability to interpret data and draw conclusions.

The WT will be descriptive in nature and is based on prescribed readings. Candidates shortlisted after the telephonic interviews will be sent the prescribed readings via email. They are required to read them critically. Candidates may bring copies of the readings to the WT as this is an open-book exam.

Day 2/3:

Individual Presentation (IP)

The candidate will be presenting the topic based on the submitted research proposal. S/he will be given 15 minutes to present to a panel of experts. Candidates will be required to make PowerPoint (PPT) presentations.