Record 1.35 Lakh aspirants apply for admission to JNU, 22% higher than last year

The vice-chancellor of JNU in a video stated that the varsity has seen record applications for admission this year from all over the country. 

The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has seen record applications this year, which is 22% higher than the previous year. The renowned varsity has received a record 1,35,462 applications for admission to the University, informed the vice-chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar. JNU had last year received 1.08 applications in all courses and programmes offered. The rise in JNU applications comes in view of the impact created by the global pandemic known as COVID-19, as the application window was open for a lengthy period of time.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) on behalf of JNU conducts the Jawaharlal Nehru University Entrance Exam (JNUEE) in order to offer students admission to various UG/PG/MPhil/PhD programmes offered at the varsity. The JNU application window opened on March 2, 2020, and the last date to apply for JNUEE was till June 30, 2020. The application window last date kept on being extended due to the epidemic.

The vice-chancellor in a video said,” This is the second year of JNU conducting online entrance examination in collaboration with NTA. I am very happy to announce that JNU has received a record number of applications this year for its different academic programmes. For JNUEE, 135,462 applications have been received. This is nearly 22% increase in comparison to last year.”

“These applications come from all states and union territories of the country. This year, we have seen a large improvement in the gender representation as well as the representation of students from different social categories. This clearly indicates that JNU continues to remain an aspirational university among our national student fraternity,” said the JNU VC.

The official dates for JNUEE are yet to be announced. Recently, the NTA had opened the option to edit and make corrections to the JNUEE application forms if needed. The portal to make corrections was from July 6, 2020, to July 20, 2020. Here is the schedule for JNUEE so far.

Event	Dates
Release of JNUEE Application Forms	2-Mar-2020
Last Date to Apply for JNUEE	30-Jun-2020
Starting date to edit application forms	6-Jul-2020
Last Date to edit application form	20-Jul-2020
Issue of Admit Card	TBA
JNUEE 2020 Exam Date	TBA
Declaration of Results	TBA

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