Post Graduate Diploma in Mass Communication Studies

Post Graduate Diploma in Mass Communication is of recent origin. The education under it is not imparted at undergraduate level nor it’s a two years master course. It’s a diploma which one pursue after finishing one’s bachelors education. He has to devote just one year after his graduation to gain access to different mediums (Print, radio, television and internet).Graduate of any stream can pursue this course but at the end of the course, he would be conferred with a diploma and not a degree. The contents of this course are similar to the contents of Bachelors and Masters programmes but are completed in a span of nine months. This course is also offered by various government universities and institutes.

Young Women Christian Association (YWCA), Young Men Christian Association (YMCA), Pioneer Media School and IIMC are some of the institutes of in Delhi that provide education at this level. PG Diploma is fast overtaking ‘Masters in Mass Communication’. Even Distance education universities like Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is also offering one year diploma course in Mass Communication after graduation.