JNU Admission 2009 full-time Program and part time program through Entrance Examination | Last date to apply - March 16, 2009 | jnu.ac.in
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi invites applications for admission to the various full-time Programs for 2009.
Admissions are offered under four categories
Category A- Admission through Entrance Examination
The Entrance Examination for admission to various full-time programmes of study will be held on May 15, 16, 17 and 18, 2009 at Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizawl, Allahabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Bareilly, Bhubaneshwar, Calicut, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Delhi, Gangtok, Guwahati, Goa, Gorakhpur, Gwalior, Hyderabad, Imphal, Indore, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Katihar, Kohima, Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Mumbai, Nagpur, Noida, Pant Nagar, Patna, Pondicherry, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Sambalpur, Secunderabad (A.P.), Shillong, Shimla, Silchar, Siliguri (Distt. Jalpaiguri), Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur, Varanasi, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam. In addition, the University will hold entrance examination at Kathmandu (Nepal).
Schools and programmes of study are as follows.
The eligibility conditions for each Course is given in detail at http://www.jnu.ac.in
I. School Of International Studies
(i) M.Phil/Ph.D in International Politics, International Organization, Diplomacy and Disarmament, Political Geography; International Legal Studies; International Trade and Development; South Asian, Central Asian, South-East Asian & South-West Pacific Studies; Chinese, Japanese & Korean Studies; West Asian, North Aafrican and Ssub-Saharan African Studies; Canadian, United States and Latin American Studies; European Studies; Russian & Central Asian Studies.
(ii) M.A. in Politics (with specialization in International Relations)
(iii) M.A. in Economics (with specialization in World Economy)
II. School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies
(i) M.Phil./Ph.D in French, German, Arabic, Russian, Persian, Chinese, Urdu, Hindi, Tamil, Hindi Translation, English, Linguistics, Japanese and Spanish.
(ii) M.Phil in Portuguese
(iii) M.A in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Linguistics, Persian, Russian, Spanish and Urdu.
(iv) B.A. (Hons) in Arabic, Cchinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Russian and Spanish (with entry points to both 1st and 2nd Year).
III. School of Social Sciences
(i) M.Phil./Ph.D Programme is offered by the following Centres which have their curricular and research work organized on interdisciplinary basis with a focus on some major problems of study:
Centres: Economic Studies and Planning; Historical Studies; Political Studies; Regional Development (Geography, Economics and Population Studies); Social Systems (Sociology); Educational Studies (Psychology, Sociology, Economics and History of Education); Social Medicine and Community Health; Philosophy and Studies in Science Policy.
(ii) M.Phil./Ph.D (Master of Public Health)
(iii) M.A. in Economics, Geography, History, Political Science and Sociology
IV. School of Life Sciences
(i) M.Phil./Ph.D in areas of interdisciplinary research in Molecular Biology, Genetic Engineering, Plant Biotechnology, Genetics, Developmental Biology, Cell Biology, Immunology, Neurobiology, Microbiology, Radiation and Cancer Biology, Bio-Physics and Structural Biology.
(ii) M.Sc. in Life Sciences - An integrated interdisciplinary programme in Modern Biology.
V. School of Environmental Sciences
(i) M.Phil./Ph.D in Environmental Sciences including interdisciplinary areas of Biology (Ecology, Biotechnology, Biophysics, Bioremediation), Chemistry (Air, Water, Soil pollution), Geology and Physics.
(ii) M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences: an interdisciplinary course with Environmental Orientation, drawn from relevant areas of Biological, Chemical, Earth and Physical Sciences.
VI. School of Computer & Systems Sciences
(i) M.Phil./Ph.D. & M.Tech/Ph.D
(ii) M.C.A. (Master of Computer Applications): 3 year programme open to candidates with adequate competence in Mathematics.
VII. School of Physical Sciences
(i) Pre-Ph.D./Ph.D. in Physical Sciences/Pre-Ph.D./Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences with emphasis is on topics of Chemical Physics, Inorganic, Organic and Physical Chemistry, Computational Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Disordered Systems, Granular Materials, Mathematical Physics, Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Probability Measure, Quantum Chaos, Quantum Optics, Statistical Nuclear Physics, and String Theory. Experimental areas include Complex Fluids, Supra-molecular Chemistry, Materials Science, Superconductivity, Magnetism, Nonlinear Optics, Semiconductors, Polymers and Nanoparticle Physics, and Ultrafast Photophysical Processes in Bio and Nano-materials.
(ii) M.Sc. in Physics
VIII. School of Arts & Aesthetics
(i) M.Phil./Ph.D.: The School offers M.Phil./Ph.D. programme in three different streams - Visual Studies, Theatre and Performance Studies and Cinema Studies. (Admission to the M.Phil./Ph.D. is through a separate entrance examination for each discipline followed by a viva-voce.)
(ii) M.A. in Arts & Aesthetics: The School offers M.A. programme with cross disciplinary study of the Visual, Cinematic and Performing Arts.
IX. School of Information Technology
(i) Pre-Ph.D/Ph.D in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
(ii) M.Tech in Computational and Systems Biology
X. School of Biotechnology
Pre-Ph.D./Ph.D in areas of Gene Transfer and Expression in Eukaryotic system, Transcription Control and Gene Regulation, Protein Engineering, Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases, Molecular Immunology, Protein folding and Stability, Optimization of Recombinant Protein Production, Structural Biology & Molecular Bioinformatics, and Biochemical Engineering, Molecular virology, cancer biology, molecular cell biology.
XI. Centre for Sanskrit Studies
(i) M.Phil./Ph.D. in Sanskrit
(ii) M.A. in Sanskrit
XII. Centre for Molecular Medicine
Pre-Ph.D/Ph.D in Areas of Metobolic Disorders, Infectious and Non-infectious Diseases, Diagnostics and Molecular Endocrinology
XIII. Centre for the Study of Law and Governance
M.Phil./Ph.D. in Law and Governance
Category-B : Direct Admissions to Ph.D. Programme
Limited numbers of candidates are admitted directly to Ph.D. programme on the basis of their performance in viva voce examination both in Monsoon and Winter Semesters. Candidates may refer to the admission announcement being notified separately.
Category-C : Admission of JRF holders to M.Phil/Ph.D. and Pre-Ph.D/Ph.D Programme in Science Schools
Limited number of candidates are admitted to M.Phil./Ph.D. and Pre-Ph.D./Ph.D. programmes who have qualified a National Test entitling them to a JRF in Schools of Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Computer & Systems Sciences, Information Technology and Biotechnology.
Category-D : Part-Time Programmes
An Entrance Examination will be held in Delhi only for admission to Certificate of Proficiency and Advanced Diploma in Mass Media in Urdu one-year Part-Time Programmes of Study in the School of Language, Literature & Culture Studies, intended for candidates residing in Delhi NCR only. Admission to Diploma of Proficiency and Advanced Diploma of Proficiency will be made on basis of the past academic record of the candidate which will be assessed in accordance with the criteria laid down by the University for selection.
Programme of Study : (i) Advanced Diploma in Mass Media in Urdu (ii) Advanced Diploma of Proficiency in Pushto (iii) Diploma of Proficiency in Pushto and Bahasa Indonesia (iv) Certificate of Proficiency in Italian, Mongolian, Pustho, Bahasa Indonesia and Urdu.
Candidates who are due to appear in respective qualifying examination prescribed for eligibility for admission to a particular programme are also eligible to appear for the entrance examination, their admission being subject to the results of the qualifying examination being declared before 14th August, 2009 and their fulfilling the minimum eligibility requirements as prescribed.
Foreign nationals present in India are required to appear in the Entrance Examination subject to their fulfilling minimum eligibility requirements as prescribed for Indian students as indicated under Category ‘A’ above. However, in the event of their selection, they will be considered for admission subject to equivalence of their degrees as per eligibility requirements.
Up to 22.5 per cent (15% for SC and 7.5% for ST) of seats are reserved for SC/ST candidates respectively in all programmes of study. 3% seats are reserved for Physically Challenged (Handicapped) candidates having a minimum of 40% disability, in each category (General/SC/ST/OBC). All SC/ST/Physically Challenged (Handicapped) candidates who have passed and/or are appearing in the qualifying examination are eligible to appear in the entrance examination irrespective of their percentage of marks. 27% seats are reserved for OBC candidates (non creamy layer) subject to availability of sufficient infrastructure.
Besides, all candidates who have passed qualifying examination prescribed for admission to the concerned programme of study from the identified backward districts will be eligible for deprivation points. All Kashmiri migrants and wards/widows of certain categories of Defence Personnel will be eligible for deprivation points subject to their submitting a documentary evidence of their status. Details are given in Chapter V of Prospectus. All female candidates are also eligible for deprivation points. Only those candidates will be eligible for deprivation points as stated above who seek admission through Entrance Examination.
There is a different Application Form for each Category i.e. Category ‘A’ and Category ‘D’ (Admission through Entrance Examination), Category ‘B’ (Direct Admission to Ph.D. programmes) and Category ‘C’ (Admission of JRF holders).
For admission through Entrance Examination under Category-A and Certificate of Proficiency (Part-Time Programme) under Category-D, candidates can opt up to a maximum of three Fields of Study in a single Application Form for the same level of Programmes i.e. COP (Part-Time) or B.A. (Hons.) (1st Year) or M.A./M.Sc./MCA or M.Phil/Ph.D.,Pre- Ph.D./Ph.D.,M.Tech./Ph.D.,M.P.H./Ph.D., and are not required to submit separate Application Forms. In case a candidate submits more than one Application Form for the same level of programmes of study, his/her candidature will be rejected. However, this restriction will not apply to candidates who apply for Direct Admission to Ph.D. programme under Category-B, JRF holders to M.Phil./Ph.D. and Pre-Ph.D./Ph.D. programmes under Category-C and Diploma/Advanced Diploma of Proficiency (Part-Time Programmes) under Category-D. Candidates are required to submit separate Application Form for each Field of Study for admission to B.A. (Hons.) 2nd Year under category A above, Direct Admision to Ph.D. programme under Category-B above, JRF holders to M.Phil/Ph.D. and Pre-Ph.D./Ph.D. under Category-C above and for Diploma and Advanced Diploma (Part-Time) programmes under Category-D above.
Sets of Application Form and Prospectus can be obtained in person, from the Counter in the Administrative Block of the University till 16.3.2009, on payment of Rs. 200/- in cash per set from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on all working days (Monday to Friday).
They can also be obtained by Post till March 6, from the Deputy Registrar (Admissions), Room No. 28, Administrative Block, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067, by sending crossed Bank Draft (valid for six months) for Rs. 300/- drawn in favour of ‘Jawaharlal Nehru University’ payable at New Delhi along with a self-addressed (unstamped) envelope of minimum size of 30 cms X 25 cms, clearly indicating the Category for which the Application Form is required on the self-addressed envelope.
Candidates seeking Application Form and Prospectus from Nepal are required to send a Bank Draft of Indian Rs.400/- or equivalent in US Dollars.
Last date for receipt of completed application forms is March 16, 2009.
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