MIT International School of Broadcasting and Journalism, Pune

MIT International School of Broadcasting and Journalism is one of the prominent institutes available in Pune, Maharashtra, which came into effect in the year 1983. Located in the Rajbaug Educational Complex, Loni-Kalbhor, it is a co-educational constituent college for the study of media persons.

MITISBJ has a focused, diversified, six-full-time course portfolio into the streams of journalism and mass communication at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. This institute offers special education in other facets of media studies, besides corporate communication and business journalism, through a faculty strength of 9 experienced professionals.

MITISBJ has modern facilities at the back end of the practical as well as theoretical inputs of media education that come from the campus. The students here will benefit from a well-stocked library, which has turned into a knowledge hub for aspiring journalists and communicators.

All these things truly make the labs in the institute richly endowed with technological inputs and, in turn, help the students gain hands-on experience in broadcasting and journalism techniques. MITISBJ also has a provision for a girls' hostel on its campus, which is supposed to be a home away from home.

The campus is Wi-Fi enabled to provide connectivity to the internet at any time and enable the students to get all websites at their first click. Sports facilities are also available for the students to provide them with a great work-life balance and ensure that academic growth is indulged in with physical well-being.

The academic profile of MITISBJ consists of six programmes , aimed at a comprehensive education approach for the students in media studies. The institute caters to three years of BA in Journalism and Mass Communication at the undergraduate aspirant level and three two-year MA programmes for postgraduate scholars: Journalism and Mass Communication, Business Journalism, and Corporate Communication.

The courses are full-time courses and hence are literally intensive and very thorough in their approach to learning. The curriculum for the institute balances theoretical knowledge with practical skills, inducting students to be apt and agile in the media industries.

Course Name Total Fees BA Journalism and Mass Communication Rs 361,500 MA Journalism and Mass Communication Rs 261,500 MA Business Journalism Rs 261,500 MA Corporate Communication Rs 261,500 The admission process at MITISBJ is structured perfectly to pick passionate and talented aspirants for media programmes. The academic merit combined with an innate flair towards the study of media as the admission criteria.

A curious feature of the MITISBJ course curriculum is that it makes it compulsory for all students to undergo two internships with any media organisation. This kind of practical exposure is invaluable since the students get to learn the subtleties of actual practices in the industry and also to network with the professionals of the field.

The internships are facilitated by the Training and Placement Cell of MITISBJ through proper planning, guidance, and counselling, thus proving to be an important exercise for the careers of the future.