A student aspiring to pursue a Diploma in Comparative Mythology must know that it is a competitive one as it is offered by a few institutions of the country and is designed in such a way that the students can except to learn advanced of research involving different cultures mythologies, thus trying to identify the similarities or reconstruct “protomythology” in which mythologies were developed from. This course focuses on comparative myth as religious, philological, philosophical, psychological phenomenon, by the way of explicit/implicit comparisons between mythologies.

Eligibility Criteria

Students aspiring to pursue this course should have minimum 55% marks in their Bachelor’s degree in any recognized stream from any reputed or known university. The final year candidates can also apply. The candidate required to be atleast 22 years of age.

Course Outlook

The course of one year consisting of two semesters and two years for part-time students in some of the universities. The distance learning programme is provided by some of the universities. The students get training in theoretical as well as in applied aspects of Comparative Mythology. The students need to secure 50% in every semester in order to get placed by the institutes.

Job Prospectus

The field holds  lots of scope for students in areas like the professors, readers & lecturers in different universities, Government and Non-government colleges in all over India and the opportunities to work as correspondents of many important newspapers and different news channels as reporters also and able to appear for UGC/NET exam.

Best Places to Pursue

1.    University of Mumbai.