Saturday, September 29, 2012

TISS M.A. Admissions 2013-2015 through TISS NATIONAL ENTRANCE TEST (TISSNET) (M.A., M. Sc., M.H.A., M.P.H.)


Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
V.N. Purav Marg, Deonar, Mumbai - 400 088
Phone: 022 - 2552 5252  : Email:  pgadmission@tiss.edu
Website : www.tiss.edu


M.A. Admissions, 2013-2015

Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has invited applications for admission to Full-Time (Regular) Post-Graduate Degree Programmes (M.A., M. Sc., M.H.A., M.P.H.) Offered from Mumbai, Tuljapur, Guwahati and Hyderabad campuses for the 2013-15 batch. Admission will be made through TISS NATIONAL ENTRANCE TEST (TISSNET).


TISS NATIONAL ENTRANCE TEST (TISSNET)

Established in 1936, Tata Institute of Social Sciences is a Government of India funded Deemed University that contributes to the creation of ecologically sustainable, equitable and just society. TISS through its 9 schools and 3 independent centers at the Mumbai Campus, along with vibrant campuses in Tuljapur (Maharashtra), Guwahati and Hyderabad offers 39 highly competitive, socially relevant M.A. / M.Sc. / M.P.H./ M.H.A. Programmes in inter and trans-disciplinary areas of social work, health, management, development, habitat and climate sciences. The Institute has over 160 full-time highly accomplished faculty members involved in teaching, research, policy influencing and institution building activities. Currently, the Mumbai campus has over 1600 Masters and 380 Doctoral students. In 2009 TISS was reaccredited by NAAC and was awarded Grade “A” with a score of 3.88 out of 4.

Tuljapur, Guwahati and Hyderabad campuses have independent high quality faculty engaged in teaching, research, policy and outreach activities; and are networked with Mumbai campus to access library, online books and journals and classes. All campuses have unified campus placement programme.

TISS ANNOUNCES Admission to the 2013-15 batch for the following Full-Time (Regular) Post-Graduate Degree Programmes (M.A., M. Sc., M.H.A., M.P.H.) Offered from Mumbai, Tuljapur, Guwahati and Hyderabad campuses

Reservation:

As per Government of India norms, Mumbai, Tuljapur and Guwahati Campuses provide 15%, 7.5% and 27% reservation to Scheduled Caste, Schedule Tribe and Other Backward Classes (non-creamy layer) for each of the programmes. In addition, Persons With Disabilities (PWD) are eligible to 3% of the supernumerary seats.

As per agreement with Ministry of Development of North-East Region, Government of India, Guwahati Campus allots 66% of the seats to candidates from eight North Eastern States. And the 34% of the seats are for candidates from other parts of the country. Persons With Disabilities (PWD) are eligible to 3% of the supernumerary seats.

Campus Preference:

TISS offers 39 Master's Degree programmes from its Mumbai, Tuljapur, Guwahati and Hyderabad campuses for the 2013-2015 batch. Candidates can apply for a minimum of one and a maximum of five programmes across the four tiss campuses. However, they can opt for only a maximum of three programmes at tiss mumbai.

In case the candidate is selected for more than one programme after National Common Entrance Test, Pre-Interview Test and Personal Interview, admission will be offered to the programme higher in the order of preference.

Application Submission:

ONLINE application is available along with this announcement. Complete ONLINE application form, pay the application fee (depending on number of programmes applied) and submit it.

Candidates having trouble completing ONLINE application form or lack access to internet services can write to Mumbai campus for printed application form. Complete the application form and submit before last date of submission.

Last date for filling the form online: 10th November 2012.

Written Test:

Written test in ONLINE format will be held on 13th January 2013 in more than 25 centres in all parts of the country. The ONLINE test is of Multiple choice objective type and thus even those with rudimentary knowledge of working with computers or cell phones can do the test. In case any candidate desires to do the test on paper, this must be indicated in the application form.

Candidates with visual impairment will be given an option to have a Reader/Writer and a paper-pen test be conducted at designated centres, which will be announced closer to the test dates.

Orientation to admission process:Candidates belonging to SC, ST, OBC, PWD and minority communities are invited to attend three day orientation proramme 14-16th December 2012 in different regions of the country. Candidates from these categories must indicatethe place they would like to attend the orientation programme, and an invitation letter from the Office of Dean, Social Protection will reach them 2 weeks prior to the date of orientation programme.



MUMBAI CAMPUS:



Sr. No.            School of Social Work (M. A. Social Work in)       Intake
1          Children & Family      26
2          Criminology & Justice            26
3          Community Organisation & Development Practice   30
4          Disability Studies & Action    26
5          Dalit & Tribal Studies & Action         25
6          Mental Health *          20
7          Public Health  20
8          Livelihoods & Entrepreneurship         20
9          Women-Centred Practice        15
One year full time Master’s Degree programme for candidates with Master’s degree and work experience:
10        Management of Voluntary – Non-Profit Organisations         30
11        Mental Health **        15
School of Management and Labour Studies (M.A. in)
12        Human Resource Management & Labour Relations  61
13        Social Entrepreneurship          30
14        Globalisation and Labour ***            20
School of Health Systems Studies
15        Master of Health Administration (MHA)       35
16        Master of Hospital Administration (MHA)    46
17        Master of Public Health (MPH) in Social Epidemiology       25
18        Master of Public Health (MPH) in Health Policy, Economics and Finance****       20
School of Development Studies (M.A. in)
19        Development Studies  46
20        Women's Studies        26
School of Education (M.A. in)
21        Education (Elementary)          41
School of Habitat Studies (M.A. / M. Sc. in)
22        Climate Change and Sustainability Studies    15
23        Disaster Management 40
24        Urban Policy and Practice      20
25        Regulatory Governance          20
26        Water Policy and Governance            15
Centre for Human Ecology
27        MA Applied Psychology - Specialization in Counseling Psychology            25
28        MA Applied Psychology - Specialization in Clinical Psychology      20
Centre for Media and Cultural Studies (M.A. in)
29        Media and Cultural Studies    25
Centre for Digital Library and Information Sciences
30        Master of Library and Information Science   15


Tuljapur Campus

31        M. A. Social Work in Rural Development      40


Hyderabad Campus

32        M. A. in Rural Development and Governance           40
33        M. A. in Education     30


Guwahati Campus

M. A. Social Work in
34        Community Organisation & Development Practices  20
35        Livelihoods and Entrepreneurship      20
36        Counseling      15
37        Public Health  15
38        Labour Studies and Social Security    15
39        Environment, Ecology, and Sustainable Development          20


* In order to meet acute shortage of Mental Health care professionals in the country, TISS offers the M. A. Social Work in Mental Health in multiple locations

TISS Mumbai Campus;;
Central University of Tamil Nadu (CUTN), Tiruvarur;
THE BANYAN, Chennai and
MHAT, Calicut.
The intake of students in each of these locations will be 20.

** Developed in collaboration with Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. KULEUVEN and Brothers of Charity, Belgium are partners in providing field work exposure to addressing mental health issues in Belgium where the student spend part of the time.

*** Part of International Labour Organisation (ILO) facilitated Global Labour University. University of Kassel and Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany; University of the Witwatersrand (WITS), Johannesburg, South Africa; and The University of Campinas (UNICAMP) and the Institute of Economics, Brazil are other partners of the GLU.

**** Developed in collaboration with LSE Health, London School of Economics and Political Science, London.

LAST DATE FOR RECIEPT OF COMPLETED APPLICATION FORMS: November 10, 2012.


Application Submission: ONLINE application is available along with this announcement. Complete ONLINE application form, pay the application fee (depending on number of programmes applied) and submit it.

Candidates having trouble completing ONLINE application form or lack access to internet services can write to Mumbai campus for printed application form. Complete the application form and submit before last date of submission.

Last date for filling the form online: 10th November 2012

Written Test: Written test in ONLINE format will be held on 13th January 2013 in more than 25 centres in all parts of the country.

For details, logon to the link: https://admissions.tiss.edu

For any assistance call Helpline: 022-25525252
Admissions Helpline : 022 - 2552 5252
Email for Queries related to Admissions : pgadmission@tiss.edu
TISS Main Website : www.tiss.edu

Address :
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
V.N. Purav Marg, Deonar, Mumbai - 400 088

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