JNU Admission 2016: Application, Eligibility

JNU Entrance Exam is a premier exam conducted by Jawaharlal Nehru University (also called as JNU). JNU Admission 2016 will be organized by JNU for the admissions into different graduate and post-graduate courses. JNU is one of the oldest and popular central Universities situated in New Delhi. JNU was established in the year 1969 by an act of parliament. It was named after India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru and was founded by her daughter and former Prime Minister of India Smt. Indira Gandhi.JNU entrance exam is a gate to enter in country’s prestigious University and takes admissions into various graduates and post graduates courses offered by the University.

JNU Admission 2016 Application Form

JNU Application form 2016 will start from the first week of February 201 6. There are two modes of application process i.e. online mode and offline mode. Last date of online registration will be ending March 2016 while offline registration will close on the first week of March 2016. For application, simply go to the official website of JNU. Click on to new registration and candidate login link. Open the application form, fill the required details about you and your educational details. You have to upload your recent scanned coloured photograph and signature in JPG format. Resolution of photograph should be 150×200 pixels and size will be between 20-50 KB. Size of signature should be between 10-20 KB.  The maximum file size for Photo and Signature is 50 KB. Check your complete details before final submission of your application form. After submit the form, candidates could take the print out of the application form and keep it with you for future communication but there is no need to send it by post. Application fee will be paid online through internet banking from State Bank of India. Also you can use your debit or credit card and challan mode. Application fees of this exam will be varying according to the courses. For M.Phil. /M.Tech. /MPH/Pre-Ph.D. /Ph.D., M.A., M.Sc., M.C.A. candidates, fees will be Rs 220/- for general candidates, Rs 110/- for SC/ST candidates and Rs 130/- for OBC candidates. For B.A. (Hons.) 1st & 2nd year and all Part Time
programmers’, fees will be Rs 430/- for general candidates, Rs 215/- for SC/ST candidates and Rs 250/- for OBC candidates.

Eligibility Criteria

• For bachelor’s courses, candidates have to get minimum 45% marks in 10+2 from recognized board.
• For post graduates courses, one have to pass their 10+2+3 with at least 50% marks.
• Above are some common eligibility criteria in most of the courses in JNU entrance exam 2016, apart from these there are different eligibility criteria for different courses.
• For that you have to visit the official website of JNU.

JNU Admission 2016 Important Dates

Online application process starts	First week of February 2016
Issue of offline application forms (by post)	First week of February 2016
Last date for issue of offline Application Forms (by Post)	First week of March 2016
Last date for online Registration	Mid of March 2016
Last date of submission of completed Application Form to reach JNU	Last week of March 2016
Date of Entrance Examination	Mid of May 2016
Declation of result of written examination	Last week of June 2016
Publication of merit list for admission to various programmers’	From second week of July 2016 onwards
Registration of candidates selected for admission	From last week of July to mid August 2016
Last date for payment of fees	Last week of July 2016

• Above dates are tentative, exact dates will be coming out very soon.

Exam Pattern

JNU entrance exam 2016 exam pattern for different courses are given below:
PhD:  The PhD entrance test for applicants appearing for JNU 2016 is to evaluate the awareness of a candidate in the particular specialized area of his/her interest. The written test will consist analytical and critical appraisal type questions.
M.SC: Applicants have to go through the topics of physics, physical chemistry and mathematics of B.Sc level. The test will consist of objective type questions.
MCA: Questions will be of objective types and will consist of questions related to Computer application and information technology.
M.Tech: All questions will be of multiple choice types. The question paper will be divided into two parts. The first part will consist of questions in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology and the second part will consist of questions in following specialization of Biology and Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics/ Statistics, Engineering Sciences.
M.A: Candidates will be examined in the subjects and specialization in the standard B.A course.
BA (Honors): This general aptitude test will consist of objective type questions and short answers.  The entrance test for BA (Honors) Foreign Languages will consist of sections of General Knowledge, General English and Elementary Knowledge.
For preparation of exam, you can go through the previous year’s papers and sample papers which are available in official website of JNU.

Admit Card

The JNU Admit card 2016 will be downloaded from JNU official website around one week before exam. Paste your recent passport size photograph in the space given in admit card.

Result

JNU Result 2016, tentative date of result announcement would be around last week of June 2016. Exact date will be declared soon. You can see your result in official website of JNU.

Counseling Schedule

There is no process of counseling in JNU. Rather than after the result declaration, separate merit lists of the students will be declared for the admissions in the month of July 2016.

Admission

Admission process will start from July first week till August according to the courses. Deadline of the admissions would be around last week of August. Candidates are advised to visit official website to know the exact admission details. We will also update you time to time. Keep visiting here regularly.