Mass Communication & Media

During the counselling candidates are required to bring these documents: 
Registration Form, Admit Card, Two recent passport size photographs, Proof of Permanent Address with the name of the nearest police station and district, Proof of passing the qualifying examination along with the marksheets, Proof of Age, Character Certificate from the institution last attended, Certificate from a doctor or hospital certifying blood group, Category certificate (If applicable), Certificate/Affidavit from gazetted officer (in case of gap period), and Result of qualifying examination.

Candidates who are not satisfied with the Jamia Millia Islamia's response sheet can raise their objections within a prescribed duration. To submit their objections, they will have to pay a fee of INR 500/- per programme to challenge. Candidates raising objections to two programmes will have to pay INR 1000. The JMI Entrance Exam answer key objection fee has to be paid online, through Credit Card, Debit Card, Net Banking, UPI, or Paytm.

Jamia Millia Islamia provides candidates an option to challenge their response sheet. Candidates can submit their objections against JMI answer key within 48 hours of its release. To submit their objection, candidates will have to pay INR 500 per programme to challenge the answer key. No grievance will be entertained by Jamia Millia Islamia without payment of fee.

The JMI entrance exam answer key and response sheet is released at JMI result page, three working days after the entrance exam is conducted. Students can check the answer key at jmi.ac.in. After the release of answer key, Jamia Millia Islamia will also open the challenge window.

Yes, there is negative marking in Jamia Milia Islamia Entrance Exam 2026. For every incorrect answer, 0.25 marks will be deducted. So, candidates must answer questions only if they are confident to avoid losing marks.

Although there is an interview round in the JMI enrance exam there is no specific topics for the same. However, candidates need to ready some of the topics like - Contemporary political, social, cultural and economic issues, Contemporary media, Fictional and non-fictional Films, General knowledge and the subjects studied at the graduation level, Visualisation skills and creative aptitude, Overall personality (confidence, way of speaking and presenting an answer etc.).

Jamia Millia Islamia has not yet released the JMI 2026 entrance exam syllabus. Once released at JMI official website, candidates can check the test syllabus for their target course. 

However, the syllabus for JMI exam usually remains the same every year.

Tie-breaking is a policy which is adopted to break the tie in case two candidates get the same scores in the JMI entrance exam.

In all courses except BTech, BArch, BDS, the tie is resolved on basis of date of birth that is the candidates older in age is given the higher rank. For interview programmes, candidates securing high marks in the entrance exam will be given higher rank. If the marks in written test are same then date of birth criteria is used that is, candidates older in age is given a higher rank. For the BTech, BArch and BDS programmes, the rank of the candidate is allotted by the agency conducting the test.

To make a career in Journalism field, first you need to identify in which field you have interest. Like Entertainment, Crime, Politics, Sports, Food, Travel etc., it is known as beats in Journalism. Then, take admission in BJMC or BAJMC at reputed colleges like NIMCJ, MICA, Amity, Seamedu etc. 

After graduation, join any media house for internship at your choosen field of interest.