Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has announced an intake of 720 students for its 2018-19 MPhil/PhD admission, which is seven-times the intake of last year when there was an 83% cut in the number of seats offered after adopting the 2016 UGC gazette notification.
Entrance exam dates
The university is gearing up to hold entrance examinations for 2018-19 to its various undergraduate, graduate, MPhil and PhD programmes between December 27 and 30. The exams have earlier been held during the summer break.
The exams are held to admit students into JNU’s 10 colleges that contain 41 diverse centres of studies and five special centres of studies.
The final date of application was October 17. Around 1.05 lakh candidates will sit for the exam in 131 fields of study. Rector of the university Chintamani Mahapatra said that this year saw a 42.6% increase in the number of applicants.
He also informed that faculty is being recruited to increase the number of MPhil/PhD research seats in coming years. The university has earmarked 81 exam centres across Indian, and one in Kathmandu.
The admission branch of JNU will depute around 200 teaching and non-teaching staff to the centres for smooth and fair conduct of the exams. A flying squad will also be deployed to hold surprise checks.
The results of the JNU entrance examinations, 2018-19, will be announced in April 2018 and registration of students will begin in July 2018.
