CDOL JMI Admission 2021: Eligibility, Fee, Application Process, Dates

What’s new at ODL JMI? The last date to apply for Jamia Millia Islamia Online Distance Learning (ODL) programmes have been extended to March 25, 2022.

The Centre for Distance and Open Learning started in Jamia Millia Islamia with the assistance of the Distance Education Council in September 2002. The Centre for Distance and Open Learning is approved by the MHRD, Government of India in 2009 and all the programmes running by it are recognised by the UGC-DEB along with NCTE-approval. The Centre has established Learner Support Centres located at various places in India, such as Assam, Bihar, Haryana, Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan, UP, West Bengal, Delhi and NCR to provide academic as well as administrative support to its learners. The distance education programme delivery system includes the multi-media approach, i.e., self-learning print material, audio/ video components, and assignments, counselling sessions, practical work and workshops.

Jamia Millia Islamia Admission Dates 2022

As mentioned earlier, JMI Entrance Exam is conducted for admission to almost all the courses. The JMI Entrance Exam is conducted annually in offline mode at seven examination centres, including Thiruvananthapuram, Delhi, Lucknow, Guwahati, Patna, Srinagar and Kolkata. The important Jamia Millia Islamia admission dates are mentioned in the table below:

ODL JMI Admission 2021: Highlights

ODL JMI admission 2021 details for all the UG, PG, diploma and certificate courses are enlisted below:

• Admission to CDOL JMI courses is offered once in July every year
• Admission to all the courses offered at CDOL JMI (except B.Ed & MBA) is based on candidate's performance in previous qualifying degree/ exam
• For admission to B.Ed or MBA programme, candidates need to appear for JMI Entrance Exam
• ODL also provides a spot admission facility for all programmes except B.Ed and MBA, whereby any candidate fulfilling eligibility requirements for a particular programme may directly submit the admission form along with the prescribed admission

CDOL JMI Admission 2021

As mentioned earlier, JMI has a Centre of Distance & Open Learning (CDOL), under which it offers four UG and three PG programmes, including B.Ed, BA, BCom, BBA, MA, MBA and MCom. The University also offers several Diploma, PG Diploma and Certificate courses in distance learning mode.

Seat Intake: For all the programmes (except B.Ed. and MBA), there is no limit to the number of seats. However, the number may be limited depending on the infrastructural capacity of a respective Learner Support Centre. However, the total number of seats in B.Ed. programme is 500 and for MBA programme, it is 100.

More details of these courses are enlisted in the table below:

In addition to this, JMI has entered into MoU with Indian Air Force, Indian Navy, Indian Army and Indian Coast Guard that permits the defence personnel to undertake degrees and diplomas through distance mode offered at CDOL in one sitting. An exemption of two years in the case of UG programmes and one year in PG programmes is provided to the Indian Defence Personnel in lieu of their in-service training/ courses. For course-wise eligibility and fee details regarding these courses, refer the prospectus attached above.

Additional course offered at ODL JMI:

The Centre also runs an Urdu Certificate Course. Its purpose is to teach Urdu by means of different languages (Hindi & English) through distance mode. This certificate programme is offered free of cost. However, interested candidates need to pay Rs 100 through postal order to meet the postal charges for the dispatch of books and correspondence. 

CDOL JMI Application Process 2022

Candidates willing to seek admission need to download the application form from the official website of JMI. The duly downloaded and completed application form has to be submitted to the respective Programme Coordinator, CDOL, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi or selected Learner Support Centre. The application form has to be accompanied by an application fee in the form of a Demand Draft drawn in favour of “Jamia Millia Islamia payable at New Delhi.” The application fee for all the distance learning programmes (except MBA & B.Ed) is INR 500 while for MBA and B.Ed programme is Rs 700.

Click on the below links to download ODL application form 2021 for various courses and categories:

*Duly verified and completed application form for admission of Indian Defence Personnel should be submitted to the programme coordinators along with Demand Draft (in favor of Jamia Millia Islamia and payable at New Delhi) of application fee (INR 500) and programme fee and the required documents at CDOL, JMI, New Delhi -110025 by post/ courier or in person. Indian Navy personnel can also submit the forms through their units, including Delhi, Mumbai, Vishakhapatnam, Kochi.

List of required documents:

Below-mentioned documents have to be attached along with the duly-filed application form for applying to any of the distance learning courses offered at JMI:

• Three passport-size photographs
• Class 10 and Class 12 mark sheet and certificate (original and photocopy)
• Graduation mark sheet and certificate (original and photocopy)
• Character certificate from the Institution last attended (In original)
• Migration/ Transfer Certificate from the last attended institution
• Copy of the Aadhaar Card