JMI says no to CUET 2023 for all UG, PG programmes, will hold its own entrance exam: Official

NEW DELHI: Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has opted out of Common University Entrance Test (CUET 2023) for all undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) admission. The university will hold the JMI Entrance Examination 2023 for this year’s admission for most of the courses. However, the number of programmes offered through CUET UG 2023 is likely to increase, the official said, as per reports.

The university has no plans to implement the CUET for admission across all its UG, PG programmes and will stick to its own entrance tests to "ensure timely admissions" for the upcoming academic session 2023, the PTI reported.

Initially JMI had announced to offer 8 courses through CUET scores, later it added two more programmes. The total 10 courses offered through CUET 2023 results are - BA (Hons) Turkish Language and Literature, BA (Hons) Sanskrit, BA (Hons) French and Francophone Studies, BA (Hons) Spanish and Latin American Studies, BA (Hons) History, BA (Hons) Hindi, BA (Hons) Economics, BSc Biotechnology, BVoc (Solar Energy), and BSc (Hons) Physics.

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JMI admission 2023 to number of courses through CUET UG 2023 is likely to increase, the PTI report said.

Delhi University (DU), Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and JMI were the universities who opted out of CUET PG initially. The debut-CUET UG exam was conducted the previous year for admission to central universities and other participating universities.

Earlier today, the University Grants Commission (UGC) urged all universities to use CUET scores as it will “give an equal opportunities to all students from different boards”.