JMI Reservation Criteria 2026; Policy and Number of Seats Reserved

JMI Reservation Criteria mandates the university to reserve some percentage of seats for admissions under different categories. Students planning to pursue a course at Jamia Millia Islamia University must check this page to get JMI reservation policy 2026 for PwD, Muslim Minority, Kashmiri Migrants, etc.

JMI Reservation Criteria

Jamia Millia Islamia will hold the JMI entrance exam 2026 between April 26 and June 05. The university has released the JMI admission brochure 2026-27, including JMI reservation criteria 2026. According to JMI, candidates who wish to get admission under reserved category can only apply for reservation under one category. Besides, applicants are required to meet the JMI eligibility criteria of the specific course.

Before filling out JMI application form, candidates must ensure they fulfill the reservation policy of the university to avoid disqualification of application during further admission process. The JMI reservation policy is prepared to provide equal opportunities to students from different categories or backgrounds, such as Muslim Minority, PwD, and so on. JMI also offers some relaxation to different categores, including Kashmiri Migrants, NCC Cadets, Foreign candidates, etc.

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JMI Reservation Criteria 2026 for Muslim Minority

According to Minority Educational Institution under Article 30(1) of the Constitution of India read with Section 2(g) of the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions Act by the Commission; JMI offers following reservations to Muslim minorities:

• 30% of total seats in each course shall be earmarked for Muslim applicants.
• 10% of total seats in each course shall be earmarked for Women Muslim applicants.
• 10% of total seats in each course shall be earmarked for OBC-NCLs and STs who are Muslim

Note - If seats remain vacant from second and third category, they will be transferred to category 1 Muslim applicants.

JMI Reservation Criteria 2026 for Person with Disabilities

As per Persons with Disabilities (Ministry of Social Justice Empowerment) Gazette Notification Dated 15 June 2017, JMI has to reserve 5% seats in all courses for physically challenged persons in following categories:

• Blindness/low vision
• Hearing impairment
• Locomotor disability or cerebral palsy
• Autism/Intellectual/specific learning/mental illness
• Multiple disabilities from amongst person under clauses 6 and 9, including deaf blindness
• Muscular Dustrophy
• Leprosy Cured
• Dwarfism
• Acid attack victim
• Deaf
• Hard of Hearing
• Speech and Language Disability
• Chronic Neurological conditions
• Multiple Sclerosis
• Parkinson’s disease
• Haemophilia
• Thalassemua
• Sickle Cell Disease

These candidates will get relaxation to the extent of 5% marks in qualifying examination. Such candidates shall be considered under PwD candidates with not less than 40% disability. Additionally, in Faculty of Dentistry, candidates with only locomotory disability of lower limbs between 50% to 70% will be considered. In case, such candidates are not there, the vacant seats in this 5% quota shall be filled up by persons with locomotory disability of lower limbs between 40% to 50%.

Note - These reservations will be made to the extent of 1% each and can be interchanged if there is non-availability of eligibile applicants.

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JMI Reservation Criteria 2026 for Internal (Jamia) Students

Students who have passed their qualifying examination (X or XII) from Jamia Schools as regular students, shall have 5% seats reserved for them in all undergraduate/ degree/diploma/certificate courses.

It must be noted that students who have been permitted to appear in different exams at Jamia as private candidates or distance mode candidates, shall not be eligible for Internal (Jamia) category.

JMI 2026 Reservation and Relaxation Policy Under Special Provisions

Jamia offers several reservations and relaxation policies under some special provisions. Let’s discuss them one by one.

JMI Reservation Policy for Kashmiri Migrants

Below are the reservation policies for admission of Kashmiri Migrants at JMI:

• Kashmiri Migrants must apply and go through JMI admission process. Their admission will be done based on 5% of total seats in a course (not exceeding than that) and not more than two seats in courses offered by Faculty of Engineering &Technology, Faculty of Architecture & Ekistics, A J K Mass Communication Research Centre, Faculty of Law, Faculty of Education and Centre for Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Sciences.
• No such relaxation will be given to Kashmiri Migrants for Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) course.
• Kashmiri Migrants do not have to submit domicile certificate. However, they have to submit a certificate that supports their claim of being Kashmiri Migrants. They can get the certificate from the registered Divisional Commissioner of the concerned State/Union Territory.

Note - Candidates from Jammu & Kashmir will also have similar reservation policy, except their admission will be considered over and above not exceeding 2 seats.

JMI Reservation Policy for Foreign Candidates (General Category)

Foreign candidates have to apply as regular candidates under General category apart from applying against supernumerary seats. Such candidates must fulfill the eligibility criteria required for specific course. Their admissions will be done based on their position in the entrance test’s merit list and other components, if applicable.

As per JMI policy, the total number of candidates from foreign origin must not be more than 10% of regular seats.

• For B.Arch, no supernumerary seats are present.
• For BDS, two seats are reserved for admission of Foreign/NRI students. Their admission will be done based on NEET score.
• Foreign candidates applying under general category must follow the same process as that of GEN candidates.

Click to download JMI Reservation and Relaxation Policy Under Special Provisions for other categories.

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