JMI 2025 Eligibility Criteria for UG and Diploma Courses: Age Limit, Educational Qualification

Jamia Millia Islamia Entrance Exam 2025 ( JMI Entrance Exam )

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Aayushi Madavi
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Updated on Aug 26, 2024 16:57 IST

The JMI eligibility criteria 2025 for undergraduate and diploma courses is prescribed by the exam body Jamia Millia Islamia University. Students planning to apply for the JMI entrance exam can check the required educational qualifications, minimum marks and age limit before applying for the coveted entrance exam on this page.

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The eligibility criteria for the JMI entrance exam are determined by the Jamia Millia Islamia University (JMI). The university conducts the JMI entrance test to shortlist students for admissions in various Undergraduate, Diploma and certificate courses such as Science, Engineering, Architecture and planning, Hospitality & Travel, Animation, Mass Communication, Humanities & Social Sciences, Commerce as well as Teaching & Education. The result of the entrance exam is announced separately for different programmes. The JMI entrance exam is conducted annually for different courses offered at Jamia Millia Islamia. The national-level entrance exam is conducted offline at various exam centres. The JMI entrance exam is conducted for a total of 134 courses. In this article, detailed JMI 2025 eligibility criteria for undergraduate and diploma courses are mentioned. Students can check them in advance to avoid disqualification at a later stage of the JMI Entrance Exam 2025.

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Table of content
  • JMI 2025 Eligibility Criteria For Undergraduate Courses
  • JMI 2025 Eligibility Criteria For Diploma Courses
  • JMI Eligibility Criteria: Age Limit
  • JMI Entrance Exam 2025 Application Form

JMI 2025 Eligibility Criteria For Undergraduate Courses

Parameters that candidates need to meet to fulfil JMI eligibility criteria for undergraduate (UG) level courses are mentioned below:

Program Code

Undergraduate Courses

Eligibility Criteria

B01

BA (Hons) Arabic

Senior Secondary School Certificate with Arabic as one of the subjects or a degree from Arabic Madrasa recognized by Jamia equivalent to 10+2

B33

BA (Hons) Islamic Studies/BA (Hons) Persian/BA (Hons) Urdu

Senior Sec. School Certificate or an equivalent examination with not less than 45% marks in aggregate or 50% marks in the subject concerned

B02

BA (Hons) English

Senior Sec. School Certificate or an equivalent examination with not less than 50% marks in aggregate or in the subject concerned

B36

Bachelor of Hotel Management (Self Financed)/Bachelor of Tourism & Travel Management (Self Financed)/BVoc (Food Production) (Self Financed)

Senior Secondary School Certificate or an equivalent examination from a recognized board with not less than 45% marks in aggregate of best 5 papers.

B38

BA (Hons) (Mass Media Hindi)/BA (Hons) (History)

Senior Sec. School Certificate or an equivalent examination with not less than 50% marks in aggregate or in the subject concerned

-

BA (Hons) French & Francophone Studies/B.A. (Hons.) Spanish & Latin American Studies

10+2 with a minimum of 50% aggregate

B04

BA (Hons) (Economics)/BBA/BA (Bachelor of Arts)

Senior Secondary School Certificate or an equivalent examination with not less than 50% marks in aggregate of the best 5 papers

B04

BCom (Hons)

Senior Sec. School Certificate or an equivalent examination with not less than 50% marks in aggregate of best 5 papers or in the subject concerned

B05

BA (Hons) Sociology/BA (Hons) Psychology

Senior Secondary School Certificate or an equivalent examination with not less than 50% marks in aggregate of best 5 papers.

B05

BA (Hons) Political Science//BA or BSc (Hons) Geography

Senior Secondary School Certificate or an equivalent examination with not less than 50% marks in aggregate of best 5 papers or in the subject concerned

-

BA LLB (Hons)

Passed the class XII examination in the 10+2 scheme or its equivalent in any discipline securing the aggregate not less than 50% of the total marks in all the core subjects and English Language put together.

-

BFA (Painting)/BFA (Sculpture)/BFA (Applied Art)/BFA (Art Education)

Senior Secondary School certificate examination (10+2) or any other equivalent examination with at least 50% marks in aggregate of best of 5-papers

-

BSc

Senior Secondary School Certificate or an equivalent examination with not less than 50% marks in each of the science subjects i.e. Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and 50% marks in aggregate of best 5-papers.

B06

BSc (Hons) (Physics)/BSc (Hons) (Chemistry)/BSc (Hons) (Mathematics) and BSc (Hons) (Applied Mathematics)

Senior Secondary School Certificate or an equivalent examination with not less than 50% marks in aggregate of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and in the subject concerned

-

BSc (Biosciences)/BSc (Biotechnology)

Senior Secondary School Certificate or an equivalent examination with not less than 50% marks in each science subject i.e. Physics, Chemistry and Biology/ Mathematics.

-

BSc (Aeronautics) (Mechanical/Avionics)

Senior Secondary School Certificate (10+2) / Intermediate or its equivalent from a recognized Board with, Chemistry and Mathematics as their main subjects, with not less than 55% marks in PCM.

OR

Three or four years Diploma in Engineering, recognised by AICTE, or a State Board of Technical Education or a University with not less than 55% marks in aggregate.

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JMI 2025 Eligibility Criteria For Diploma Courses

Parameters that candidates need to meet to fulfil JMI eligibility criteria for Diploma level courses are mentioned below:

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Diploma Courses Eligibility Criteria
Diploma Engineering (Regular)

Secondary School/ High School Certificate of a recognized Board with not less than 45% marks in Science and Maths, or PCM as the case may be
(Other than Bioscience). OR

Senior Secondary School Certificate/ Intermediate or an equivalent exam. From a recognized Board with not less than 40% marks in aggregate of Science and Maths or PCM as the case may be (other than Bioscience). OR

Equivalent certificate course from an institute recognized by State/Central Govt. Or Sr. Sec. School Certificate in Vocational Engg. With not less
than 50% marks in aggregate

Diploma Engineering (Self-financed)
Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed.) Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (Except Vocational Courses) with not less than 50% marks in the best 5 papers.
Diploma in Unani Pharmacy Senior Secondary School Certificate or an equivalent examination with not less than 45% marks in aggregate of Physics, Chemistry and Biology from a recognized board.

JMI Eligibility Criteria: Age Limit

Universities in India set upper or lower age limits for admission to their courses. However, JMI does not impose age restrictions. There is no upper age limit to appear in the JMI 2025 exam. However, candidates securing the same rank and marks in the JMI exam will be given preference, if they are higher in age than the others.

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JMI Entrance Exam 2025 Application Form 

After ensuring that they fulfil the JMI eligibility criteria, students will be able to fill out the JMI Entrance Exam 2025 application form. The application form will be available online on the official website of the institute. Students will be required to fill out personal information like name, date of birth, etc., educational details, and upload relevant documents like pictures of their signature and passport-sized photographs. They will also have to pay the application fee online after filling out the form. Only those students who successfully fill out the JMI Entrance Exam application form will be issued admit cards to appear for the exam. 

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