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22 Master's degrees offered by the university
Philosophy
M.A. Philosophy programme at Jawaharlal Nehru University is designed to develop philosophical aptitude and analytical skills among the students through a rigorous training in the discipline. It will focus on the study of the distinctive character of philosophical inquiry, debates in metaphysics, epistemology, logic and ethics.
Theatre and Performance Studies
The School at Jawaharlal Nehru University offers M.Phil.programmes in three disciplines – Visual Studies, Theatre and Performance Studies and Cinema Studies.
Japanese Language
The M.Phil. Japanese Language Programme from Jawaharlal Nehru University is of four semesters.
History
The MPhil History programme at Jawaharlal Nehru University is made up of coursework and a dissertation. The coursework has to be completed in the first two semesters before the dissertation can be written and submitted (third and fourth semesters).
Development and Labour Studies
The Masters Programme in Development and Labour Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University is a full time two-year interdisciplinary course which will add value to the University’s existing MA Programmes.
English Studies
Our English Studies M.Phil. and Ph.D. research programmes at Jawaharlal Nehru University are widely recognized for their inter-disciplinary approach. This Centre was one of the first in Asia to question the centrality of the British canon and introduce courses on “New Literatures” like American, African, Canadian, Australian, Indian English, and others.
History
The MA programme carries a total of 64 credits. Students in the History programme from Jawaharlal Nehru University are advised to distribute these over four semesters in 16 credits per semester. In order to fulfill the requirements of the Master's programme, students are required to compulsorily credit the following set of Courses in the two years of their Masters programme.
Francophone Studies
Francophone Studies st Jawaharlal Nehru University has the first University in the country to create a Centre of French and Francophone Studies.
Linguistics
The Centre for Linguistics at Jawaharlal Nehru University is one of the leading centres for linguistics and language studies in India.
English Studies
The Centre for English Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, formerly part of the Centre for Linguistics and English, which was formally bi-furcated in 2006, has the well-earned reputation of being one of the foremost sites for postgraduate work and research in English Studies in India.
Chinese
At M.Phil. level, the Chinese Centre at Jawaharlal Nehru University aims at introducing research methodology and other multi-disciplinary courses.
Korean Studies
The Centre for Korean Studies (CKS) is a unit of School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies (SLL&CS) at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Social Sciences in Health
We offer a master degree in Social Sciences in Health at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Korean Studies
The Centre for Korean Studies (CKS) is a unit of School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies (SLL&CS) at Jawaharlal Nehru University .
North East India Studies
The North East India Studies programme from Jawaharlal Nehru University is conceived with a purpose to build corpus of academic works on northeastern region of India.
Sanskrit
As per the Jawaharlal Nehru University norms, to qualify for Sanskrit M.Phil. degree, a student will have to earn 24 credits in all i.e. 16 credits of course work of two semesters (4 courses of 4 credits each) and 8 credits of dissertation.
Sanskrit
The entire Sanskrit course is designed as per Jawaharlal Nehru University norms in credit system framework of 4-semester duration and for evaluation too, JNU norms will be applied.
Linguistics
The M. Phil / Ph.D. Linguistics programme at Jawaharlal Nehru University is a rich and rewarding research programme open to post-graduate students from any discipline. Apart from the post-graduate courses, the Centre also offers 2-3 optional and tool courses in linguistics to undergraduate students of the School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies every semester.
Philosophy
The M.Phil. Philosophy programme at Jawaharlal Nehru University is a research programme aimed at training students in independent original research.
Indo-Pacific Studies
The Indo-Pacific Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University offers courses in all the three programmes of study offered by the School of International Studies at the MA, M.Phil and Ph.D levels