Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU),is a public central university in New Delhi, the capital of India. In 2012, The National Assessment and Accreditation Council gave the university a grade of 3.9 out of 4, the highest grade awarded to any educational institution in the country.
The University admits a limited number of candidates directly to Ph.D. programme either on the basis of viva-voce or on the written examination and viva-voce, as may be decided both in Monsoon and Winter Semesters in various areas of research in the (1) School of International Studies (2) School of Social Sciences (3) School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies (4) School of Computer & Systems Sciences (5) School of Physical Sciences (6) School of Environmental Sciences (7) School of Life Sciences (only in Winter Semester) (8) School of Arts and Aesthetics (9) School of Computational and Integrative Sciences (10) Centre for the Study of Law & Governance (11) Centre for Molecular Medicine and (12) Centre for Sanskrit Studies. Candidates are required to check the availability of seats in each Centre/School before applying for admission in Monsoon and Winter Semester.
Eligibility:
Candidates are requested to refer to the eligibility requirements for direct admission to Ph.D. programme for each School/Special Centre in the "Instructions for completing the Application Form" which are available on JNU website along with this Application Form. Please notethat the applications of the candidates whoseM.Phil/M.Tech./Pre-Ph.D./MPH results are not available will not be considered under any circumstances.Hence, the applications of only those candidates can be considered whose results have been declared and copy attached with the application form. Candidates enjoying employed status and selected for admission shall be required to produce LEAVE SANCTION ORDER for a period of two years at the time of admission/registration. However, there is a limited provision for exemption of this requirement to candidates employed in research and teaching Institutions located in NCR.
Instructions for Application:
Application Forms along with eligibility requirements and Instructions for completing the Applicaion Form can be downloaded from the website of the University (www.jnu.ac.in).
- Candidates are requested to fill in separate Application Form for each discipline.
- Candidates are requested to fill in the Application Form in all respects. Duly filled in Application Forms can be submitted byRegistered Post to Section Officer (Admissions), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi - 110067 or in person in Room No. 28, Administrative Block of the University on or before 29th January, 2016.CANDIDATES ARE REQUESTED NOT TO SEND THEIR APPLICATION FORMS THROUGH PRIVATE COURIER SERVICES.
- Before filling in the Application Form, please make sure that you fulfil the minimum eligibility requirements as prescribed by the University for Direct admission to Ph.D. programme;
- Candidates are required to enclose Demand Draft drawn in faour of JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITYpayable at NEW Delhi as per the following rates towards cost of application form and processing fees with the Application Form:
- For candidates belonging to SC/ST and Physically Challenged (PH) Category : Rs.310/- (Rs.200/- for cost of application form + Rs. 110/- for processing fee).
- For candidates belonging to BPL Category : Rs.110/- for processing fee. For Foreign National candidates : Rs.1850/- (Rs.200/- for cost of application form + Rs. 1650/- for processing fee).
- For General and OBC Category : Rs.420/- (Rs.200/- for cost of application form + Rs. 220/- for processing fee).
Last date for receipt of completed Application Form along with all documents is 29th January, 2016.
Please Note:
(i) that the applications of the candidates whose M.Phil/M.Tech./Pre-Ph.D./MPH results are not available will not be considered under any circumstances. Hence, the applications of only those candidates can be considered whose results have been declared and copy attached with the application form.
(ii) Candidates enjoying employed status and selected for admission shall be required to produce LEAVE SANCTION ORDER for a period of two years at the time of admission/registration. However, there is a limited provision for exemption of this requirement to candidates employed in research and teaching Institutions located in NCR Region.
(iii) If a candidate is not selected for admission to M.Phil./Ph.D. or Pre-Ph.D./Ph.D., M.Tech./Ph.D., MPH/Ph.D. programme through Entrance Examination, he/she shall not be considered for Direct Admission to Ph.D. programme in the same year.
The Application Forms for Winter Semester beginning January 2017 will be available from 1st September to 14th October, 2016 and last date for submitting the Application Forms will be 14th October 2016.
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