36 Master's degrees offered by the university

Students in the M.A. programme at the Centre for Political Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University it has an outstanding reputation for academic excellence. 

Chinese at Jawaharlal Nehru University offers an intensive specialized training in modern Chinese language with particular emphasis on the commonly spoken language (putunghua) in present day China.

East Asian Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University students of the Centre are drawn from various social sciences and humanities such as History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and Chinese, Japanese and Korean languages.

The Centre for English Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University is also well known for its progressive and innovative outlook towards teaching and research in the fields of language and literature studies in English and for comparative literary and cultural studies.

The M.Phil. Japanese Language Programme from Jawaharlal Nehru University designed with an objective of taking the students to the high level of language skills through intensive lectures based on specialized courses on literature, culture, society, history, linguistics, translation and interpretation.

 Japanese Language at Jawaharlal Nehru University was introduced in the Centre of Afro-Asian Languages (CAAL) in School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies in 1973

The Centre for Korean Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University is one of the biggest academic centres of Korean Language, Literature and Culture Studies in Indian Subcontinent.

The Centre of German Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University is among the first departments to offer separate degrees in Literature, Translation, and Translation/Interpretation.

At International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University is to prepare the students to pursue higher studies in/and research on African affairs.

Spanish at Jawaharlal Nehru University is innovative with regard to its academic structure. 

The Centre at Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University espouses the philosophy that Economics looks at a problem in a variety of ways. This diversity of the subject is reflected in its programmes that expose students to the existing schools of thought and thereby gives them a broad training.

We offer a master degree in Latin American Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University. 

Canadian Studies Programme (CSP) of the School of International Studies (SIS) at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, is a full-fledged Area Studies programme on Canada. The first of its own kind, CSP is a taught-cum-research programme at the Masters' and Doctoral level on contemporary Canada.

European Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University hare by an annual entrance examination and viva voce. 

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 .

The Centre for Political Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University admits around 80 students (excluding direct foreign admissions) to the M.A. programme each year.