A Bachelor’s degree is mandatory. Graduates in any discipline are eligible to apply for admission to:
Candidates who are awaiting the results of their undergraduate examinations are also eligible to apply
Enrolled students should provide their mark sheet or degree certificate to the Registrar ideally within the first week of commencement of classes. All students awaiting their examination results should provide their degree certificate latest by the end of March 2026.
The application form is to be submitted ONLINE. The application has to be sent along with an application fee of Rs 2,360/- (inclusive of GST @ 18%). Candidates applying for both programmes need to pay only one application fee. The fee can be transferred online or sent as a Demand Draft in favour of “Media Development Foundation”, payable at Chennai. Please ensure that the full name, email id and mobile number of the applicant accompany the payment.
In the case of online payment, the applicant will be directed to the Online Payment gateway once the form is submitted. The applicant is requested to keep credit card/ debit card/ net banking/ UPI details ready for making the payment. The applicant using the payment gateway service is required to pay the convenience fee as prescribed by the service.
SC/ST applicants are exempted from payment of the application fee on production of their community certificates.
Application Forms will be processed only if they are complete in all respects and on receipt of the application fee.
After a careful assessment of applications, shortlisted candidates will be required to take an entrance test held online in real time. Candidates can take the test individually in their homes or at any place where they have access to a computer with internet facility.
The test and interview will assess the candidate’s English language skills, general knowledge and awareness of current affairs.
The online Entrance Test for (a) English language skills and (b) general knowledge and awareness of current affairs will be held on the following dates and times:
Shortlisted candidates who have applied before or on April 7, 2025 will take the online Entrance Test on April 12, 2025 at the given time.
Shortlisted candidates who have applied before or on May 19, 2025 will take the online Entrance Test on May 24, 2025 at the given time.
The candidates who have completed the online Entrance Test will appear for an online Interview, which will follow the entrance test and be held either the same day as the test, or the following day.
The date and time of the online interview will be intimated to the candidates at least 3 days before the date of the entrance test.
Candidates who would like counselling on the two postgraduate diploma programmes may please call +91-44-22542842/43/44/45 or email acjadmissions@asianmedia.org.in. They will be referred to the appropriate faculty member(s) who can assist them.Candidates selected for admission will receive an email within a week of the completion of the online interview.
Asian College of Journalism is the go-to campus for world-class media education and training in India.
The comprehensive course and the hands-on practical training prepare students for a future-ready career not just in journalism but also for jobs in broader media and communication organisations.
The Integrated Multimedia Journalism course equips students with core journalism skills which enable them to work in any media organisation,be it newspapers, digital platforms or television channels.The curriculum is continuously updated in response to fast-changing media and technology ecosystems. In the past couple of years, ACJ has included a strong AI module in its curriculum.
Knowledge modules and electives provide the students inputs and perspectives to write and report about important news developments. The skills and knowledge they acquire are showcased in multimedia lab journals they produce as part of the programme.
ACJ graduates are currently working in media organisations throughout India and abroad, many of them in leadership positions.
The college counsels students on placements and assists them by arranging campus interviews (both online and offline) at the end of the academic year. The ACJ is the most preferred destination for media organisations for recruiting journalistic talent, and has consistently registered excellent placements for more than two decades.
The integrated approach of our curriculum and the hands-on training that the students receive have created a pool of multi-platform journalists who are ready to hit the ground running, qualities most media recruiters look for while hiring freshers.
Consequently, the college has achieved 100 per cent placement almost every year.
Major media houses that have recruited from the ACJ in the last few years include The Indian Express, The Times of India, The Economic Times, Hindustan Times, Mint, The Hindu group (including Sportstar and Frontline), NDTV, NDTV Profit, Times Now, ET Now, Mirror Now, CNN-News 18, CNBC TV 18, MoneyControl, Firstpost, The New Indian Express, Business Standard, WION, Zee News, India Today group, Sun Network, ETV, The Quint, The Wire, Reuters, Deccan Herald, The Print, Scroll and National Herald.
Some of our alumni have established themselves as independent journalists not only in India, but also countries like the US and the UK. A few others are currently with international media organisations like Public Broadcasting Service (PBS of the US), Deustche Welle (Germany), Columbia Journalism Review (the US) and The Independent (the UK).
A few of our alumni from the earlier years have gone on to become media entrepreneurs and investors in India and abroad.
The ACJ-Bloomberg Business and Financial Multimedia Journalism Programme is the only media course in the country where specialist trainers from Bloomberg train students on the state-of-the-art Bloomberg terminal to mine data, spot trends, break news and add context to their stories, providing them an edge over their peers.
The programme focuses on developing basic reporting, analytical and multimedia presentation skills needed for tomorrow's media space. It helps them leverage the latest technological tools such as AI and Machine Learning and teaches them to translate information and analysis into material suited to the news media.
During the programme, the students produce a monthly multimedia lab journal, which will help them hit the ground running when they join a newsroom.
100% job placements for seven straight years. All students of the ACJ-Bloomberg batch of 2023-24 snapped up by the best in the industry within first few days of campus placement.
In a rapidly changing media landscape, there is a high demand for ACJ-Bloomberg students who are trained to work across platforms and have an in-depth understanding of local, national and international financial issues. The ACJ-Bloomberg Programme has a 100% track record in student placements since its inception in 2017.
Our students have been placed in top-ranked media organisations, including Bloomberg, Reuters, The Economic Times, Network 18, Mint, Hindustan Times, The Hindu, The Ken, Business Standard, Informist Media, India Today Group, The Hindu BusinessLine, and Mergermarket.
The college counsels students on placements and assists them by arranging on-and off-campus interviews at the end of the academic year.
