About JMI New Delhi - Jamia Millia Islamia

Jamia Millia Islamia is one of the leading education universities of India, tracing its origin to the pre-independence era and roots to the support of eminent personalities like Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore, this university continues to inspire every generation of students. Jamia Millia Islamia was ideated as a national institution to provide progressive education and nationalist ideas to students coming from all communities across India, especially Muslims.

From a humble beginning, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) University has now become an adobe for a multifaceted education system that covers all aspects of studies like schooling, undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral, and post-doctoral courses. JMI attracts the best and the brightest students from across the country and communities with its 9 faculties of studies, 38 teaching, and research departments, and 27 centres of learning and research.

In 2015, JMI received its NAAC Accreditation with Grade ‘A’. The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) of the Government of India placed JMI at 19th position in the ‘Overall Ranking’ in 2018. Also, JMI ranked between 801 and 1000 in Times Higher Education (THE) in 2017 global ranking and between 751-800 in 2019 QS World University Ranking in 2019. JMI University keeps raising its bar in teaching and research by collaborating and interfacing with many global educational institutions through joint research, joint conference, student exchange, and faculty exchange programs. JMI University completed 100 years in 2020 and it has come a long way from being a historic institution to a modern and futuristic university grounded in nationalistic values, ethos, and culture.

Jamia Millia Islamia Highlights

Jamia Millia Islamia University Location

Jamia Millia Islamia University is located at Jamia Nagar, Okhla, New Delhi - 25. It is 19 km from Delhi Airport and 23.5 km from Indira Gandhi International airport. The distance from New Delhi Railway Station is 11 km and the distance from ISBT is 20.2 km. Okhla Vihar, the nearest metro station is 5 min walk from the campus.

Jamia Millia Islamia University, Latest News and Updates

• Panel Discussion on Peace and Conflict in North East India – JMI had conducted a panel discussion on North-East India.
• Refresher Course in Teacher Education - JMI conducted the course with learning outcomes of Educational Reform Pedagogy assessment and QA.
• Online Lecture on ‘Grandeur of Illusion’ – JMI conducted this lecture by Dr. Chris Ogden.
• Teachers association election – The election was held to elect new office bearers.

Jamia Millia Islamia University, Accreditations, and Collaborations

JMI Accreditations

• NAAC Accreditation with Grade ‘A’

JMI Collaborations

• Student exchange program with the University of Applied Science, Erfurt, Germany
• INALCO, France
• University of Virginia (UVA), Charlottesville, VA, USA

Recent Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

• CREA (Creating Resources for Empowerment and Action)
• CSIR-Institute Of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi
• National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
• Columbia State University, Sacramento, USA
• King Abdulaziz Foundation, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
• Korea Foundation Republic of Korea
• Al Istiqlal University, Jericho, Palestine
• Indian Coast Guard, New Delhi
• India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDS), New Delhi
• York University Toronto, Canada
• Delhi Police; Delhi School of Social Work, the University of Delhi and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)
• Al-Mustafa International University, Qom, Iran
• Pawan Hans Limited, Noida
• Children's Emergency Relief International (CERI)
• Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CEERI), Pilani, Rajasthan
• The Korea Foundation, Seoul, Republic of Korea
• NITI Aayog, New Delhi
• Ural Federal University (UrFU), Russia
• Russian State University for the Humanities, Moscow, Russia
• Purbanchal University, Biratnagar, Nepal

Notable Alumni of Jamia Millia Islamia

• Shahrukh Khan, Film Actor
• Virendra Sehwag, Cricketer
• Barkha Dutt, News Reporter, and Editor
• Anjana Om Kashyap, News Presenter, and Editor

Jamia Millia Islamia Clubs, Committees and Councils

Jamia Millia Islamia University pays a lot of emphasis on the overall engagement of students in every aspect of life. There are avenues for students to engage in all sorts of co-curricular, extracurricular and cultural activities. JMI promotes the students’ creativity with debate, drama and literature. JMI has local chapters of CSI, IEEE, and regularly organizes TEDx events.

Jamia Millia Islamia Infrastructure and Facilities

Jamia Millia Islamia University has one of the largest campuses which is located in the heart of India’s capital New Delhi. The strategic location of campus facilitates easy approach for students, faculty members. The campus has everything a student may need for day to day activities, it has various hostels, large library, sports complex with facilities for major sports, fitness centres, hospital and auditorium. Along with this JMI also has ATMs and post office branches. The whole idea is students have everything in the vicinity and can perform all activities without ever leaving the campus.

• Zakir Hussain Central Library: The library has a collection of 3.7 lakh books and with a capacity of 1277 people it is one of the largest libraries in India.
• Hostels: There are separate boys and girls hostels.
• Sports Complex: Sports complex has facilities for all major sports.
• Labs: All sorts of labs are available for students to practically understand the subject matter.
• Students’ Helpdesk: Helpdesk is available for students to get quick info and report any problems.
• Hospital/Medical Facilities: Students’ have the advantage of the hospital and medical facilities round the clock.
• University Placement Cell: One of the important functions of University is get students placed, placement cell plays the role of liaison between students and potential recruiters.

Jamia Millia Islamia Courses, Fees and Eligibility

Programs offered by Jamia Millia Islamia can be categorized into undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral level courses. Jamia Millia Islamia conducts its admission test for most of the courses. For courses like B.Tech and M.Tech aspirants have to write JEE and GATE and apply with relevant qualifications and scores.

Some of the key courses and respective eligibility are listed below:

JMI University Course Fee

Jamia Millia Islamia offers its courses at quite a modest fee as compared to other public and private institutions. Fees for undergraduate/postgraduate courses from around INR 12,000 and go up to INR 6.5 Lakh for some of the specialized courses. Below is the summary of fees for various courses available in JMI.

Jamia Millia Islamia Admissions

JMI University provides admission in various undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral and, post-doctoral courses across a wide variety of disciplines. Admission to several courses is through an entrance exam conducted by JMI University based on performance in the written exam while for some courses candidates have to participate in Group Discussions and take Personal Interview. For engineering courses, candidates have to clear JEE Main and JEE Advanced.

Jamia Millia Islamia admission procedure for undergraduate/postgraduate programs (apart from B.Tech/B.Arch and BDS)

• Candidates have to first check their eligibility for their respective courses on JMI Website.
• Candidates have to fill the application form online on JMI Website.
• Applicants can download the syllabus of the exam for their respective subjects.
• JMI University will declare the date and venue of the examination.
• Candidates have to take the Entrance Exam conducted by JMI.
• JMI University will prepare a merit list based on the marks obtained in the entrance exam.
• JMI University will offer the candidates who have secured rank within the cutoff range.
• For certain courses candidates have to appear for and qualify Group Discussion (GD) and Personal Interview (PI).
• Candidates have to participate in JMI counselling.
• Final selection will be based on rank in the qualifying exam, documents verification.
• Candidates have to pay their fees to secure the seat.

Jamia Millia Islamia admission procedure for B.Tech/B.Arch programs

• Candidates have to first check their eligibility for their respective courses on JMI Website.
• Candidates applying for Bachelor’s program have to appear for JEE Paper1/Paper2.
• Candidates applying for the Master’s program have to appear for GATE.
• Candidates have to fill the application form online on JMI Website with their valid JEE/GATE Score.
• JMI University will prepare a merit list based on the marks obtained in JEE/GATE.
• JMI University will offer the candidates who have secured JEE/GATE score within the cutoff range.
• Candidates have to participate in JMI counselling.
• Final selection will be based on rank in the qualifying exam, documents verification.
• Candidates have to pay their fees to secure the seat.

Jamia Millia Islamia admission procedure for BDS program

• Candidates have to first check their eligibility for their respective courses on JMI Website.
• BDS Aspirants have to appear NEET UG.
• Candidates have to select JMI Institute and relevant reservation category in NEET Application form.
• Admission will be on the basis of NEET Rank.
• Candidates have to participate in NEET counselling and choose JMI as preference during choice filing.
• The list will be published on NEET website, after which JMI admission dates will be announced.
• There is no need for filling a separate JMI application form.
• Candidates have to pay their fees to secure the seat.

Jamia Millia Islamia Scholarships

Jamia Millia Islamia University works with the motto of imparting education to students from all sorts of backgrounds and ensures that no student is kept away from quality education because of financial reasons. There are a number of scholarships available which include government sponsored scholarships as well as privately sponsored scholarships. There are various scholarships available to promote Islamic Studies and Arabic language.

Jamia Millia Islamia Placements

Jamia Millia Islamia runs a number of professional courses for which it provides placements to students. JMI has a Placement and Training cell which ensures that students are upskilled and trained enough to be employable, it also maintains relationships with companies who conduct placements in JMI. The placement cell acts as a liaison between students and potential recruiters and ensures that recruiters get the right candidate for the job and students get the job up to their potential.

Below are some of the top recruiters at JMI

• Eicher
• Zomato
• ITC
• Newgen
• Honda
• BYJU’s
• S&P Global
• Adobe Systems
• Tata Consultancy Services
• Oyo
• E&Y
• Swiggy
• HCL
• Wipro
• HDFC

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