ACJ Entrance Exam Counselling 2026 Seat Allotment: Check Dates, Fees & Procedure

The ACJ exam pattern for PG Diploma in Business and Financial Jorunalism is as follows:

The ACJ question paper will include questions from: English Language Skills and Facility; Current Affairs and General Knowledge; and Basic Maths. Along with these, there will be a question asking the candidates to write a 200-word essay on a given subject. The total marks for ACJ exam is 200.

Candidates applying for ACJ entrance exam for admission to PG Diploma in Journalism and PG Diploma in Business and Financial Journalism can pay the application fee in any of the two modes:

• Online Transfer via online payment gateway (Credit Card/ Debit Card/ Net Banking)
• Offline Transfer via Demand Draft in favour of “Media Development Foundation”, payable at Chennai

Candidates sending fee via DD must ensure that their full names, email IDs, and mobile numbers are mentioned.

There is no official syllabus of ACJ entrance exam. However, based on previous years' question paper and student analysis, following are the important topics from Section 1 & 2:

Section 1: English

• Correct Misspelled Words
• Essay Writing
• Verbs
• Make Sentences Using Words
• Tenses
• Preposition
• Parenthesis

Section 2: General Knowledge

• Scientific Discoveries
• Economics
• Space Exploration
• New Media Terms
• Identifying People who have been in the news in the past year
• Events or people associated with the 1857 revolution
• Events or people associated with the Gandhi and the Freedom Struggle

The Asian College of Journalism (ACJ) offers the following PG Diploma courses through ACJ entrance exam:

• PG Diploma in Integrated Multimedia Journalism
• PG Diploma in Business and Financial Journalism (BFJ)

Apart from the applicant's performance, following are some of the factors that affect the selection or cut off for ACJ entrance exam:

• Number of Seats
• Number of Candidates Appeared
• Reservation Criteria
• Last year cut-off
• Difficulty Level

No, the Asian College of Journalism clearly states that no refund will be given to a candidate who has paid the tuition fee for the admitted programme and has now withdrawn the admission.

The full form of ACJ entrance exam is Asian College of Journalism Entrance Exam. This entrance exam is conducted annually in online mode for admission to PG Diploma in Journalism and PG Diploma in Business and Financial Journalism. Candidates seeking admission to any of these courses must fill out the ACJ application form and appear for the exam. Those who qualify the online test will be able to participate in the interview round.

The Asian College of Journalism (ACJ) will inform about the ACJ exam dates 2026 and duration for the online test and online interview on the registered email address of the ACJ entrance exam applicants for the academic session 2026-2027. Only candidates who will fill out and submit the ACJ entrance exam application form 2026 on or before the last date will be intimated about the exam date and time.

The Asian College of Jounralism conducts ACJ entrance exam in three phases. There is no official notification regarding ACJ application form dates 2026. However, it is expected that the last date to apply for first phase will be First Week of April 2026, second phase will be Third Week of May 2026, and third phase will be Second Week of June 2026.

Candidates must pay the application fee of INR 2360 while filling the application form. SC/ ST candidates will be expempted of this application fee.