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67 Master's degrees offered by the 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.
Economics
A student registered in the Economics programme at Jawaharlal Nehru University has to complete 4 courses – each carrying 4 credits – in the first two semesters.
Media Studies
The Centre for Media Studies (CMS) at Jawaharlal Nehru University aims to emerge as a prime academic location for the development of critical understanding about media and its engagement with society, polity and economy in India.
Visual Studies
The School at Jawaharlal Nehru University offers M.Phil.programmes in three disciplines – Visual Studies, Theatre and Performance Studies and Cinema Studies.
Women's Studies
Women's Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University seeks to study questions of gender in an interdisciplinary and comparative framework, thereby providing the space for creating a vibrant community of feminist academics, students, activists and artists concerned with issues of gender, sexuality and wider issues of power in society.
Nanoscience
Special Centre for Nanoscience (SCNS) at Jawaharlal Nehru University is a newly created inter-disciplinary research and teaching centre at JNU.
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.
International Politics
International Politics at Jawaharlal Nehru University is one of the oldest as well as largest Centres of the School of International Studies (SIS). It is unique in so far as it studies how international relations work by focusing on politics, theory, organizations, diplomacy, security, and geopolitics.
Chemistry
Chemistry at Jawaharlal Nehru University is one of the leading departments of India in research and teaching in the fields of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.
African Studies
This is an integrated programme in African Studies offered by the Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Disaster Studies
In consideration of this objective the Special Centre for Disaster Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University aims to build upon an appropriate relationship between social sciences, ICT and geospatial sciences on one hand and between the government and academic research on the other hand.
Sociology
The Master's degree program in Sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University is oriented towards the study of social systems, sociological theories, research methodology and other areas of study like sociology of knowledge, cultural studies, Indian social thought, ethnic minorities and marginal social groups, social ecology, social demography and sociology of science/medicine etc.
Computational Biology and Integrative Sciences
Teaching and research Programmes in Computational Biology and Integrative Sciences from Jawaharlal Nehru University involve the research, development, or application of computational tools and approaches for expanding the use of biological, medical, behavioral or health data, including those to acquire, store, organize, archive, analyze, or visualize such data.
East Asian Studies
East Asian Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil East Asian Studies programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively.
Political Studies
The Centre for Political Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University admits around 80 students (excluding direct foreign admissions) to the M.A. programme each year.
Russian and Central Asian Studies
The Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies is Jawaharlal Nehru University's one of the premiere centres for interdisciplinary research and studies on Russia, Central Asia and other republics of the former Soviet Union.
International Studies
The Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Theory at School of International Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University offers a master of arts degree in International Studies.
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 .
Diplomacy and Disarmament
The Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament (CIPOD) is one of the oldest as well as largest Centres of the School of International Studies (SIS). We offer a master degree in Diplomacy and Disarmament at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Sociology
Our teaching and research Sociology programs from Jawaharlal Nehru University have been conceptualized with an aim to develop systematic and comparative approaches to the analysis of social phenomena. Drawing upon the extant social anthropological and sociological perspectives and combining them with interdisciplinary orientations facilitate such approaches.