ACJ Entrance Exam
• Students must successfully fill out and submit the application form in order to take the entrance exam.
• Students can get the form either online or offline. Before taking the entrance exam, students must download their admit card from the college's official website by entering their registered email address and password, which will be available after the registration process is successful.
• ACJ Selection test is separated into two sections. The first section evaluates students based on their English language proficiency, and the second section tests the candidate's general knowledge.
• The counseling round, which consists of a personal interview and a group discussion, will be called for all shortlisted candidates.
• The ACJ entrance exam is given in two sessions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
ACJ Entrance Exam Highlights
| Conducting Body | Asian College of Journalism Chennai |
| Mode of Exam | Online Mode |
| Official Website | asianmedia.in |
| Duration of ACJ Entrance Exam | 3 hours 30 minutes (2 hour for English Subject and 1 hour 30 minutes for General Knowledge subject) |
| Eligibility | Must possess Bachelor’s degree in any discipline |
| Courses Offered | Reporting, Writing and Editing, Tools of the Modern Journalist, Key Issues in Journalism, Media Perspectives, The Media, Law and Society. |
Eligibility for the ACJ Entrance Exam
Students must verify their eligibility prior to taking the entrance exam. The candidature will be disqualified if the eligibility requirements did not meet. The following are the eligibility requirements:
• Candidates must be citizens of India, be at least 30 years old,
• and hold a bachelor's degree in any field.
• Those who are still waiting for their degree exam results are also eligible for ACJ admission, but they must provide their degree certificate by the end of February.
• Within the first week of classes starting, students should give the Registrar their degree certificate.
ACJ Entrance Exam Application Form
Candidates who successfully complete and submit the ACJ Entrance Exam Application Form will be eligible to apply for admission to the college.
The application form can be filled out by students either online or offline.The college's official website will offer an online application form.On the other hand, you can download the offline application form from the college's official website.The following is an explanation of each mode:
Online Mode
• Go to the official Asian Media website. On the home page, look for the link for the application form. Click on the ACJ Application form link. Once the application form is filled out, students must pay the application fee of INR 1500 through the payment gateway.
• The application fee for Business and Financial Journalism is INR 2500, and those who complete the form must pay it.
• Students can use a credit card, debit card, or net banking to pay the fees for the online application.
• The completed application form and two passport-sized photographs (25mm x 35mm) must be sent by students to the following address.
Offline Mode
• To download an offline application form, students must visit Asian Media's official website. After filling out the form, students must send it along with their application fees to the address below.
• Demand Draft must be used to pay for the offline application fees. The direct deposit should be made payable in Chennai to "Media Development Foundation."
• On the reverse side of the DD, the candidate's full name and address should be written.
• The following address must be used to send the completed online and paper applications, as well as two passport-sized photographs (25mm x 35mm) and the application fees:
Asian College of Journalism Admissions Second Main Road, Taramani, Chennai, 600 113, India 91-44-22542840 / 22542842 – 47, 91-44-65752840 Fax 91-44-22542839 Email asian_media@asianmedia.org.in
ACJ Entrance Exam Application Fee
| Course | ACJ Entrance Exam Application Fee |
| Business and Financial Journalism | INR 2360 |
| All another course | INR 1000 |
ACJ Entrance Exam Admit Card
ACJ Entrance Exam Admit Card is a very important document. Without admit card students cannot appear for the entrance examination. All the students who are taking part in the entrance examination can download the admit card before the commencement of the entrance examination.
Admit card contains the student’s personal information as well as examination details. Following is the list of details published on the ACJ Entrance Exam Admit Card:
• Name of the Candidate
• Candidate’s Signature
• Candidate’s Photograph
• Test-related information
• Test Address
• Test Time
• Test Date
• Counselling-related information
Students must follow the below steps in order to download the admit card:
• Visit the official website of Asian Media
• Students have to click on the link to Download Admit Card
Candidates have to follow below steps after clicking on the Download Admit card Link:
• Enter the application number sent to the candidate through SMS/ Text message to candidate’s mobile number
• Enter the Date of birth given on the application form.
Students are advised to download and take the printout of filled-in the application form for future reference.
ACJ Entrance Exam Exam Pattern
The following is the ACJ Entrance Exam Pattern for the PG Diploma in Journalism and PG Diploma in BFJ courses:
• Pattern of the PG Diploma in Journalism Entrance Exam There are two sessions to the entrance exam: morning and afternoon.
• The pattern for the entrance exam is broken up into two parts, part one and part two.
• In the first part, the student's performance is evaluated based on their English Language Proficiency. In the second part, the student's awareness of current events and general knowledge of the candidate are evaluated.
• The first part of the exam takes 2 hours to complete, while the second part takes 1 hour and 20 minutes.
• In this BFJ course, questions will be asked about English language proficiency, current events, general knowledge, and fundamental math.
• Candidates will be required to write a 200-word essay on a given topic in response to a question.
Exam Pattern for PG Diploma in Business and Financial Journalism
| Exam Session | Subject | Duration | Total Marks |
| Morning | English | 2 hours | 100 |
| Afternoon | General Knowledge | 1:30 hours | 100 |
| Total | 3:30 hours | 200 |
ACJ Entrance Exam Syllabus
ACJ Entrance Exam Syllabus will not be specified by the college. Asian College of Journalism's official website informs that 60%-65% of questions asked in the Part B entrance exam paper comprise questions related to current affairs of the past year. After knowing the syllabus, students can clear the entrance examination with better marks. Applicants are advised not to leave any of the topics from the syllabus. The following table shows the subject name along with all the important topics:
| Subject | Topics |
| English | Correct misspelt words |
| Make sentences using words | |
| Parenthesis | |
| Verbs | |
| Tenses | |
| Preposition | |
| Essay writing | |
| General Knowledge | Scientific discoveries |
| Space exploration – e.g. Cassini-Huygens | |
| Economics (understanding of terms like GDP) | |
| New Media Terms (What is an I-pad?) | |
| Identifying people who have been in the news in the past year | |
| Events or people associated with the 1857 revolution, | |
| Events or people associated with Gandhi and the Freedom Struggle |
The ACJ Entrance Exam Result
The results of the ACJ Entrance Exam will be released on May 23, The names of those who were shortlisted for admission will be displayed on the college's official website in response to the result. The first installment of tuition must be paid by students who have been selected for admission on the date and time specified by the ACJ admission council. The ACJ entrance exam results are also sent to the registered email address of the candidates.
Students can view the results of the ACJ entrance exam by following the steps below:
• Search for ACJ PGD Result on the college's official website.
• Enter the required information, such as the Registration Number and Password, and click the Submit button.
• The result will appear on the screen after you click the button.
• The result is available for students to download and print for future reference.
Counseling for the ACJ Entrance Exam
All students who pass the ACJ Entrance Exam will be called for counseling. Otherwise, the seat will be given to other candidates. Students must be physically present at counseling. The Personal Interview phase of counseling is followed by the Group Discussion phase.
The Asian College of Journalism will contact students for an interview as scheduled. At the time of counseling, students are required to bring the following list of documents for verification:
1. Class 10 mark sheet and certificate
2. Class 12 mark sheet and certificate
3. Graduate mark sheet and certificate
4. Migration Certificate
5. Admit Card of ACJ Entrance Exam
6. Category Certificate (if applicable)
7. Income certificate for SC/ ST/ OBC
8. Self-attested photocopies of all the documents
9. In case the result is awaited, evidence of appearing in qualifying exams
10. Date of Birth Certificate