Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal

Anyone who is completed his/her Bachelor's degree and an citizen of India is eligible to apply for PG Diploma courses. Students who have appeared / are appearing for Final year/semester examination of their Bachelor’s Degree are also eligible to apply. The age of the candidates must not be more than 25 years.

No, you cannot get direct admission to the PG Diploma programmes at IIMC Dhenkanal. Admission is based on either the Common University Entrance Test (CUET-PG) conducted by the National Testing Agency for most courses, or a separate entrance exam conducted by IIMC for the Odia, Marathi, Malayalam and Urdu journalism courses.

The highest package goes upto 10 to 12 lpa. The starting package also starts from 60,000 to 70,000 rupees per month i.e. 7.2 LPA to 8.4 LPA.

For Pg Diploma in English Journalism, the cutoff rank is 478 in 2023 and 246 rank in 2022.

Tuition fee for Oria Journalism is around 37K rupees and for English Journalism is around 87K rupees. The fees structure is affordable when compared to other private colleges. Also, the value that this degree adds to one's CV is totally worth the cost. But in first six months you got a chance to become trainee as various media companies where you get around 20k rupees per month as stilend.

So, in my opinion it is not that expensive you will recover your tuition fee from doing trainee job in first six months.

Yes the placement scenario is very good at IIMC Dhenkanal. All media companies including Times group, CNN news 18, ANI, Business Standard, Indian Express, and PTI visit the campus for hiring. You got job as trainee for first six months and the average salary per month is around 15k to 25k. The average salary per month after completing degree is around 60k to 70k.

Yes IIMC Dhenkanal is very good college for Orissa . It gives you opportunities in Oria Journalism as well as English Journalism. All media companies including Times group, CNN news 18, ANI, Business Standard, Indian Express, and PTI visit the campus for hiring.

Indian Institute of Mass Communication is an institution which provides the aspiring students of Journalism a one year  PG Diploma course . Lately, they have two options for PG Diploma, one can opt for English Journalism or Odia Journalism.Offering seats for English Journalism are 68 and 25 for Odia Journalism PG Diploma.As per the result of 2022, the cut off marks is 246.

IIMC Dhenkanal PG Diploma Admission 2024

Candidates need to appear for the IIMC entrance exam conducted in online mode by NTA for admission to PG diploma courses. The campus allocation will be based on be based on merit and preference given by the candidate. The total seat intake is 93 for PG Diploma courses.