MA in Journalism and Mass Communication (JMC) at MBM College
Background
The Master's Degree in Journalism and Mass Communication (MA JMC) at Madan Bhandari Memorial College is a TU-affiliate four semester program with 60 credit hours. Each semester covers five courses of 3 credit hours and 48 teaching hours including dissertation writing in the fourth semester. Each subject has 100 full marks with 60 percent external and 40 percent internal evaluation. The students of JMC have a wider job market as there are numerous media outlets always having scarcity of skilled and well learnt manpower in journalism and other sort of communication jobs. There are more than 1200 licensed FM radio stations across the country, and nearly 250 televisions have got the broadcasting license. Likewise, nearly 5126 (as per mid-2025 portals have been registered and more than 8000 newspapers and periodicals are registered though some of them do not publish regularly. This is an encouraging scenario of the Nepali media industry where there is a high demand for highly skillful journalism graduates. Besides this, the field of Public Relations and Advertisement, Political Communication, Development Agencies, Communication Officers, Spokes Persons, Research Institutions, Script Writing, Production Houses, Media Literacy Trainings, Content Creation etc. are also lucrative areas for journalism and Mass Communication graduates.
Admission Criteria
Students who wish to get enrolled in the program will be required to fill up the TU online registration for MA JMC entrance selecting Madan Bhandari Memorial College and sit for a 100 full marks entrance examination as prescribed by the University. The applicant should have at least Bachelor's Degree with major in Journalism and Mass communication or any other subject. Those who pass the entrance examination held by TU can get the admission in the college.
Provision of Attendance
Each student is required to attend 80 per cent of total classes held for each course of study in order to become eligible for appearing in the final exams.
Our Efforts
MBM College, a community college, is a well-known educational institution dedicated to quality education and social service. The young dynamic, result-oriented faculties, with proper instructions and guidance of senior and experienced scholars have been involving in the college.
BA and MA in Journalism and Mass Communication is one of the successful programs of this college. Its products have now been shouldering journalistic responsibilities in reputed media houses including national and international media. Similarly, they have been performing well in the fields of media research and media education as well as other fields like Communication, Mass Communication, Media Law, Advertisement and Public Relations. These achievements have been inspiring us always to do better in the Bachelor’s and Master's Degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. The College possesses a Radio Station named Radio Shweta Shardul 93.6 MHz, a college-based community radio, which can be heard on 93.5 MHZ in and around Kathmandu. This radio has become a platform for students who want to sharpen their knowledge and skills in the field of radio broadcasting. A good number of students are now producing radio programs which have been going on air. We also have launched Radio Shweta Shardul Online, a multimedia platform that serves news and other contents to its mass audience which also trains our students with hand on skillbased media practice, experience and exposure.
In the same sequence, the serial publications such as the Journal of Productive Discourse PRoD which is a renowned journal published with more than 10 research articles, Shweta Shardul Magazine and IdeaX Bulletin provide great opportunities for students. We are also planning to make our regular periodical publications like MBMC News Letter, MBM Anthology and Wall Papers which will come come under regular activities of MBMC, Journalism and Mass Communication Department.
MBM College is providing Journalism and Mass Communication students with plenty of platforms. Communication Study Center (CSC), an academic wing of MBM College, is very much dedicated to such activities that explore the potentials of the students. For the last five years, CSC has been facilitating Journalism and Mass Communication students to equip them with knowledge and skills. It organizes different events such as interaction programs with media experts, film screening, news-writing competition etc. The main aim of CSC is to provide opportunities to the students, which helps them to be saleable in the market.
Expected Outcomes
- Develop critical and creative thinking power of students
- Contribute in information and communication ecosystem
- Enhance Media and Information Literacy-MIL
- Synthesize knowledge combining it in the arts, humanities, natural sciences and social sciences across academic discipline
- Enhance written and spoken skills effectively for academic and professional purpose.
- Develop team work and problem-solving method
- Explore intercultural knowledge and competence
- Support social justice
- Enable students to study and apply theories and present practical works in humanities and social sciences