JMI to simplify admission process, introduce new courses

New Delhi: In what comes as good news for students that wish to apply
to several undergraduate courses at Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), the
university has decided to simplify its admission procedure by bringing
down the number of entrance tests.

The university has announced that instead of students having to sit in
multiple entrance tests for each course, they would now be required to
sit in only one common entrance test in each discipline.

The university last year had around 50 entrance tests but would now
have only eight entrance tests for undergraduate as well as
postgraduate courses. In the Social Sciences group students interested
in BBS, B.Com, economics, BA with computer application and hotel
management will have to appear for only one examination.

Similarly in group II, there will be only one entrance test for
subjects such as BA (Hons) Sociology, Political Science, Social Work
and Bachelor of Arts.

JMI Vice Chancellor Najeeb Jung said that the university receives a
large number of outstation candidates who have to appear and wait for
several entrance tests. "For this reason, we decided to opt for common
entrance tests which will save not only the time but also efforts by
students," he said.

As the new academic session is all set to begin at the varsity, it has
also planned to introduce new courses. The BA programme that had been
canceled last year is being reintroduced and the course structure has
been revamped according to the Tripos Programme at the Oxford and
Cambridge Universities.

Najeeb Jung said that the course had been recast and the syllabus has
been made better and relevant to the present times. The number of
seats for the course has also been reduced. Earlier, the course could
admit 190 students but now the number of seats has been reduced to 50.

Students who would wish to apply for the programme will have to choose
three subjects out of history, geography, economics, public
administration and political science and one subject from the
professional courses.

The university is also introducing other new courses such as M.Phil in
Latin, American studies, European studies, MA in early childhood
development, M.Tech. in earthquake engineering and M.Arch. in urban
regeneration