M.Phil. (Media & Mass Communication) From Assam University, Silchar

Aspirants seeking to get admission to a program should follow the following criteria.

• Candidates for admission to the M.Phil. the programme shall have a Master's degree or a professional degree declared equivalent to the Master's degree with at least 55% marks in aggregate, or its equivalent grade or an equivalent degree from a foreign educational institution accredited by an Assessment and Accreditation Agency which is approved, recognized or authorized, by an authority established, recognized or incorporated under a law in its home country or any other statutory authority in that country empowered for assessing, accrediting or assuring quality and standards of educational institutions.
•  A relaxation of 5% of marks, from 55% to 50%, or an equivalent relaxation of grade, may be allowed for those belonging to SC/ST/OBC (non-creamy layer)/ differently-abled and other categories of candidates as per the decision of the Government of India (GOI) from time to time, or for those who had obtained their Master's degree prior to 19th September 1991. The eligibility marks of 55% (or an equivalent grade in a point scale) and the relaxation of 5% to the categories mentioned above are permissible based only on the qualifying marks without including the grace marks. The candidates seeking admission against OBC quota must submit income certificate of the current financial year in support of his/ her belonging to OBC (NCL) category, from the appropriate authority.

• Candidates will be admitted to M.Phil./ Ph.D. programme through an Entrance Test to be conducted annually.
• A student having PG degree from Assam University, UGC-NET (including JRF)/ UGCCSIR NET (including JRF)/ SLET/ GATE/ teacher fellowship holders, and teachers teaching in the University, will get 10% of her/his PG grade/ percentage of marks as bonus over the entrance examination score. Candidates with M.Phil. degree will get 10% of their course work grade/percentage of marks as bonus. These will be included at the time of preparation of merit list.
• Candidates will be selected through a two stage process that is:

1. An Entrance Test conducted by the University consisting of research methodology (50%) and subject specific knowledge (50%). Qualifying marks for the entrance test are 50%. The test shall be conducted at the Centre(s) notified in advance (changes of Centres, if any, are also to be notified well in advance).
2. An interview, to be organized by the concerned department where the candidates are required to discuss their research interest/area through a presentation before a duly constituted Department Research Committee (DRC) 

• The DRC during interview shall also consider the following aspects, viz. whether:

1. the candidate possesses the competence for the proposed research;
2. the research work can be suitably undertaken at the department concerned;
3. the proposed area of research can contribute to new/ additional knowledge.