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38 Master's degrees offered by the university
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
Geography
The M. A. Geography curriculum in the Centre at Jawaharlal Nehru University is unique in terms of a judicious mix of courses which combine the classical with the modern and the theoretical with the practical in response to emerging disciplinary challenges, particularly in the Indian context.
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.
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.
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.
African Studies
This is an integrated programme in African Studies offered by the 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.
Spanish
Spanish from Jawaharlal Nehru University commences in the Monsoon Semester. Its objectives is to encourage independent research in the Hispanic field and course design and teaching plan has multi-disciplinary orientation, while the course contents and reading list can be accessed by the concerned course incharge.
Science Policy
The Centre for Studies in Science Policy at Jawaharlal Nehru University is unique to the Indian University system.
Comparative Politics and Political Theory
Comparative Politics and Political Theory from Jawaharlal Nehru University would encourage research scholars to interrogate mainstream disciplinary practices and contribute towards making the corpus of political thought and practice truly global.
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.
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.
Inner Asian Studies
Inner Asian Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University is engaged in teaching and research on the whole of Central Asia, that is the five Central Asian Republics of Uzbekistan, as was being done by the erstwhile Central Asian Studies Programme, Centre for South, Central, Southeast Asian Studies and Southwest Pacific Studies from the beginning.
Political Studies
Students in the M.A. programme at the Centre for Political Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University are required to take 16 courses in total with 4 credits for each of the courses to obtain the Master's degree.
South Asian Studies
The South Asian Studies Centre at Jawaharlal Nehru University offers several courses under its MPhil/PhD programmes of study. MPhil students are required to take six courses over two semesters, and these courses are specified by the programme of study that students join.
Chinese
At M.Phil. level, the Chinese Centre at Jawaharlal Nehru University aims at introducing research methodology and other multi-disciplinary courses.
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.
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.
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.
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.