Sri Siddartha Center for Media Studies, Tumkur, specialises in media and mass communication education. SSCMS offers postgraduate programmes that enable students to learn theoretical knowledge as well as acquire practical skills for success in a fast-changing media environment. The SSCMS admission process is devised to discover and recruit the best candidates from the media and communication fields.

Sri Siddartha Center for Media Studies, Tumkur , in general, admits only those students who have done their bachelor's degree from some well-known university. The courses offered here are technical ones, and the applicants who have experience either in journalism or mass communication, or subjects related to them, are preferred; however, this is not specified as an eligibility criterion.