Jadavpur University MA Admissions 2023 are going to begin soon. Jadavpur University, Kolkata offers the MA program in 13 specializations. The program is of 2 years duration.

  • It is offered in Bengali, Comparative Literature, Economics, English, History, Philosophy, Political Science and International Relations, Sanskrit, Education, Film Studies, Sociology, and Environment and Development
  • The students must have a graduate degree or equivalent in relevant subjects.
  • The admission is done based on the university entrance test.

Jadavpur University MA Admission Dates 2023

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Jadavpur University MA Eligibility Criteria

Students must first check the eligibility criteria of the courses they wish to apply to. The eligibility criteria vary from course to course and thus, the exact details and percentage criteria for day courses are explained below:

Course General
Bengali B.A. Honours/ Major in Bengali or Comparative literature with 55% marks
Comparative literature B.A. Honours/ Major or Bachelors’ (commerce/ arts/ Science) in comparative literature or relevant subjects with 55%.
Economics B.A. Honours/ Major in Economics with 60%.
Education B.A. Honours/ Major in relevant subjects with 50%.
English Bachelors’ in any domain with 50%.
Film studies Bachelors’ in any domain and no percentage criteria.
History B.A Honours/ Major in History with 50%.
Linguistics Bachelors’ in any domain with 45%.
Political Science B.A. Honours/ Major in Political Science with 55% marks.
Sanskrit B.A. Honours/ Major in Sanskrit with 55% marks.
Sociology B.A. Honours/ Major in Sociology with 55% marks.
Philosophy B.A. Honours/ Major in Philosophy with 55% marks.

At Jadavpur University, there are only 3 evening courses namely, Bengali, Sanskrit and History. Percentage criteria are the same as that of the day shift.

The University conducts admission tests for their M.A. courses. For some subjects, University takes direct admission and for others, it selects the students based on the marks obtained in bachelors’ degree + the admission test. The details are given in the table below:

Course Selection Criteria
Comparative Literature For category (i) Only 1 admission test. For category (ii) Two levels of test.
Linguistics, Economics, Political Science with International Relations, History, and English Admission test on the subject.
Philosophy, Bengali, and Sanskrit Admission test and marks of the previous qualifying examination.
Film studies Direct admission to those who have a bachelors’ degree in film studies only. Other than those students, the admission test will be there.
Sociology Merit-based/ Direct Admission
Education Category -I B.A. (Hons): Higher Secondary or equivalent:- % of marks x 0.5 and in Education :- % of marks x 0.5

Jadavpur University MA Admissions Guidelines

  • Register on the official website.
  • Login with the login credentials obtained after registering.
  • Fill the form with all the details.
  • Pay INR 100 as an application fee.
  • Submit the form.

Documents required:

  • HSC Mark-sheet.
  • Final year Mark-sheet.
  • Caste Certificate (if applicable).

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Jadavpur University MA Course Details

Comparative Literature:

Compulsory Courses for Comparative Literature:

  • Approaches of Comparative literature.
  • Narrative Mode-I.
  • Narrative Mode-II.
  • Narrative Mode-III.
  • Dramatic Mode-I.
  • Dramatic Mode-II.
  • Lyric Mode-I.
  • Lyric Mode-II.
  • Literary Transactions-I.
  • Literary Transactions-II.
  • Literary Transactions-III.
  • Contemporary Approaches to Literature.
  • Comparative Cultural Studies
  • Cross-Cultural Literary Studies.

Optional Courses:
Area Studies:

  • The literature of Africa, Course-I.
  • The literature of Bangladesh, Course-I.
  • The literature of Canada, Course-I.
  • The literature of Latin America, Course-I.
  • The literature of Africa, Course-II.
  • The literature of Bangladesh Course-II.
  • The literature of Canada, Course-II.
  • The literature of Latin America, Course-II.

Education:

Semester-I Philosophical Foundations of Education-I Psychological Foundations of Education –I Sociological Foundations of Education-I The methodology of Educational Research & Educational Statistics –I Information and Communication Technology in Education. Semester-II Philosophical Foundations of Education –II. Psychological Foundations of Education –II. Sociological Foundations of Education-II. The methodology of Educational Research & Educational Statistics –II. Educational Data Analysis through Statistical packages.
Semester-III Comparative Education – I. Curriculum Studies-I. Special Papers. Dissertation**/ Special Paper. Semester-IV Comparative Education – II. Curriculum Studies-II. Special Papers. Dissertation**/ Special Paper.

English Course work:

Semester-I
Medieval and Renaissance English Literature.
English Literature 1830-1900.		 Semester-II
English Literature 1630-1760.
English Literature 1760-1830.
Semester-III
English Literature 1900-2000.
Literary Theory and Cultural Studies.		 Semester-IV
Renaissance Drama Postcolonial
English Literature.

Film Studies:

  • Course-work:
  • Film Language.
  • Early Film Forms.
  • Non-fiction Film.
  • Hollywood Cinema and its Peripherals.
  • Film Theory-I.
  • Cinematic Realism in Global Context
  • Indian Cinema: Industry and popular Forms.
  • New waves across the World.
  • Film theory-II.
  • Indian Cinema: Alternative Practices
  • Television and Popular Culture in India
  • Practical Filmmaking
  • Globalization, Culture and New Media.
  • Film Practice in the Digital Era
  • Film Theory 3
  • Contemporary Asian Cinema
  • Dissertation.

Coursework for History:

Semester-I
  • Indian Historiography: Highlights.
  • Modern India, 1885-1947.
  • Life and Thought in Bengal
  • The Twentieth-Century World: Global Capitalism and Its Contestations.

Semester-II

  • History and Historiography.
  • Postcolonial India, 1947-1977.
  • Life and Thought in Bengal
  • The Twentieth-Century World: An Age of Extremes?
  • Economic Development and the Growth of World Capitalism.

Semester-III

  • The Social and Political Impact of the Industrial Revolutions.
  • Environmental History of South Asia.
  • East Asia: History of Modern Japan.
  • Modern Indian Political Thought: Liberalism and Idealism.
  • Medieval Indian History, 1300-1800: Political Culture.
  • Themes on Early Indian Society and Religion: (up to the Thirteenth Century).
  • OR
  • Politics in Bengal, 1911-1947.
  • OR
  • History of the United States, 1775-1850.
  • OR
  • European History: Russia, Socialism and the Russian Revolution.
  • Early Indian Political Ideas and Institutions.
  • OR
  • Regional History – The Functioning of the State in Eastern India in the Late Medieval/ Early Modern Period.
  • OR
  • Social History of Modern India: Colonialism, Nationalism and Beyond.
  • OR
  • Twentieth-Century US.
  • OR
  • Capitalism, Modernisation and the Instability of Liberal Hegemony in Western Europe.
  • OR
  • Economic Changes in Colonial India: A case study of Bengal.
  • OR
  • Social History of Science and Technology: Magic, Science, Religion and Belief from the Ancient World to the Scientific Revolution.
  • OR
  • The Rise of the British Empire in a Global Perspective: Warfare, Technology and Societies in Transition 1700-1850.

Semester-IV

  • History of Modern China: 1840-1980.
  • OR
  • History of Southeast Asia: Indonesia, Indo China and Thailand in the 19th and 20th centuries.
  • Modern Indian Political Thought – Communalism, Humanism and Socialism and Dalitology.
  • OR
  • Modern Western Political Thought: The State, Society and Democracy.
  • OR
  • Medieval Indian History, 1300-1800: Economy and Culture.
  • History of Indian Culture till 12th century.
  • OR
  • Regional History: Colonialism, Nationalism and Regionalism: The Assam Experience 1823-1947.
  • OR
  • Social History of Modern India: Colonial and Post-colonial History of the Margins.
  • OR
  • History of the U S A: The Civil War and Emergence of Modern America.
  • OR
  • European History: Socialism: The Soviet Experience.
  • OR
  • Economic Changes in Colonial India: North-eastern India/ North-western India/ Southern India/ Western India.
  • OR
  • Social History of Science and Technology in India: the Colonial phase.
  • OR
  • War, Society, Culture and Colonialism in South Asia, 1770-1947.
  • I) Material Culture, Progress and the Intellectual Milieu in Early India.
  • ii) Regional History: History of Punjab with special reference to the History of the Sikhs: from the late seventeenth century to the mid-nineteenth century (c. 1699- 1849).
  • iii) Social History of Modern India: Colonial perceptions, Social changes, Political will and popular participation.
  • The Far Side of the Dollar: Twentieth Century USA from the Great Depression to the Imperialism of Our Times.
  • European History: Socio-cultural and Political Movements and Ideologies in Europe.
  • State, Industry and Planning: Colonial and Post-colonial India.
  • From Scientific Revolution to Modern Science.
  • Science in Traditional and Modern World: Mesopotamia, Sinic World and the World of the Indigenous Tribes of the Americas.
  • The Age of Total War 1790-1945.

Coursework for Philosophy:

  • Logic (Indian)
  • Logic (western)
  • Epistemology (Indian)
  • Epistemology (western)
  • Ethics (Indian)
  • Ethics (western)
  • Philosophy of Language (Indian)
  • Philosophy of Language (western)
  • Metaphysics (Indian)
  • Metaphysics (western)
  • Phenomenology and Existentialism.
  • Advaita Vedanta-I
  • Advaita Vedanta-I
  • Buddhism-I
  • Buddhism-II
  • Feminist Philosophy-I
  • Feminist Philosophy-II.
  • Logic-I
  • Logic-II
  • Philosophy of Mind-I
  • Philosophy of Mind-II
  • Philosophy of Science-I
  • Philosophy of Science-II
  • Social and Political Philosophy-I: Western social and political thought.
  • Social and Political Philosophy-I: Western social and political thought.
  • Modern Indian thought.
  • Philosophical Approaches to Consciousness: Indian and Western.
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Jadavpur University MA FAQs

Ques. What is the intake of Jadavpur University MA course?

Ans. The intake for the MA course at Jadavpur University is as follows:
  • Bengali (Day)-65
  • Bengali(Evening)-50
  • Economics-65
  • Education-60
  • English-65
  • Film studies-35
  • History (day)-65
  • Political Science with International Science-70
  • Philosophy (day)-65
  • Philosophy (evening)-50
  • Sociology-40

Ques. How to contact Jadavpur University for MA admission?

Ans. Two addresses are there: the address of the main campus is 188, Raja Mallick Road, Kolkata, 7000032. The salt Lake campus is located in Plot no. 8, Salt Lake Bypass, LB Block, Sector-III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata – 700106. You can contact them at 2457 2227.

Ques. Is NIT Durgapur better than Jadavpur University for MA program?

Ans. Jadavpur University ranking is higher than NIT Durgapur in the national ranking list. Jadavpur University is located in Kolkata, NIT Durgapur is outskirts and thus, few resources are available.

Ques. Can I take admission in Jadavpur University MA English program if I got 55% in BA?

Ans. Yes, you can take admission but also you need to crack the admission test of the University to take admission.

Ques. How is the Jadavpur University MA program in comparison to NITs and IITs MA?

Ans. The faculty of JU is excellent. JU students always rank good in the entrance exams of higher education because their coursework coordinates with the syllabus of the entrance exam. Many faculties of IITs and NITs are JU Alumni.