The Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (CUPB) was established in 2009 along with other new Central Universities by an Act of Parliament (No 25, of 2009). The University is now accredited with ‘A’ grade from NAAC. It is credited with highest per capita research funding. The university has a mission of providing wide range of instructional and research facilities across integrated and cross-disciplines, promote innovation in teaching, learning and research, and cross-pollinate new ideas, new technologies and new world-views.
CUPB offers only Masters and Ph.D. programmes. It started with the first batch of 10 students in 4 programmes in August 2009 and now has more than 1300 students in different academic programmes
The University has been amongst the forerunners in term of research projects, which can be well seen with the Best Faculty to Research Projects Ratio of the University.
Department of Mass Communication and Media Studies
The centre is established in 2017 in the University with an aim of preparing students to work in different fields of Mass Communication. To fulfil this aim, the Centre has designed the curriculum in such in a way that whatever students learn in theory, they put it to practice in the Centre. The curriculum of the Centre is trying to introduce to students every field of Mass Communication including Advertising, Public Relations, Media Management, Media Law and Ethics, Inter-cultural Communication, International Communication and New Media.
To promote inter-disciplinary approach, the Centre under Choice Based Credit System encourages its students to study other subjects which interest them along with Communication.
M.A. (Journalism and Mass Communication)
Course Duration- Two Year
Department of Culture and Media Studies
CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF PUNJAB
City Campus, Mansa Road, Bathinda
Punjab, India- 151001
Tel: +91-164-2864122
TeleFax: +91-164-2864106
Email: registrar@cup.ac.in
