Overview

Candidates seeking admission to any of the Theatre and Performance Studies courses at Jawaharlal Nehru University, are expected to have a broad knowledge of the history, practice and theories of their respective disciplines.

Key Features

Selected candidates in each stream will spend the first two semesters in coursework including two compulsory courses (i) Research Methodology and (ii) Dissertation Seminar as well as two optional courses.

Each course carries four credits; a total of 16 credits are earned through the coursework. After successful completion of the coursework, students will devote two semesters to writing a dissertation, which carries a further 12 credits.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Movements and Concepts in Performance

Rites, Rituals and Festivals: Cultural Enactments and their Transformations

Elements of Ethnomusicology

Dance as Non-Verbal Communication

Gender, Sexual Politics and Feminist Perspective

Documenting Traditional and Marginalized Performance

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-07-09 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-16 00:00:00

Language

English

Credits

28 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

New Delhi, India

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Admission to the MPhil. programme is through a separate entrance examination for each stream (i) Visual Studies, (ii) Cinema Studies, and (iii) Theatre and Performance Studies followed by a viva voce.

Only those candidates will be eligible to apply who have a Masters degree in any discipline with at least 50% marks.

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