Universities have different procedures for accepting applicants for BA JMC (Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Mass Communication). Some of them require entrance examinations to test the communication, general knowledge and language proficiencies of the students. Some popular exams are the IPU CET for Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, CUET for the central universities, and specific Symbiosis Centre for Media and Communication examinations. These tests cover areas like current events, media knowledge, and reasoning.
Many universities, however, accept students based off their class 12 board examination; Private universities and certain state funded universities would likely incorporate a merit system where an applicant must achieve a minimum percentage, usually between 50 to sixty percent in high school. Moreover, students may be required to sit for an interview in which their creative and analytical writing skills would be evaluated in a written task. Aspirants need to confirm whether the universities they wish to apply to have such requirements so that they can plan for the entrance examination or the merit selection.