Jawaharlal Nehru University Eligibility

Jawaharlal Nehru University eleigibility criteria varies as per each programme. Students must qualify Class 10+2 from the recognised board with 45% marks for general category for UG programmes. For PG programmes students must qualify Bachelors degree with 45%- 50% marks from the recognised university. While some of the programmes accepts national entrance exams for admission. 

JNU CUET UG cutoff 2025 has been released for admission to various UG courses and specialisations. The cutoff was released for different categories such as General, OBC and SC categories belonging to the All India quota. The cutoff scores varied between 33.8 and 74.4, among the General AI category candidates.  Among the OBC AI category candidates, the closing ranks varied between 29.16 and 69.64.  The branch-wise cutoff ranks for the General AI category has been provided in the table below:

Candidates must pass a bachelor's degree in Physical, Biological, Agricultural, Veterinary and Fishery Sciences, Pharmacy, Engineering/ Technology or a four-year BSc (Physician Assistant Course), MBBS/ BDS with a minimum of 55% aggregate to apply for MSc Biotechnology course. Aspirants need to complete a bachelor's degree in any branch of Basic and Applied Science or Technology including Medicine and Engineering discipline with at least 55% aggregate to apply for MSc Computational and Integrative Sciences.

The admission fees or the first semester fee payment have to be done for seat confirmation. There are various components included in the fee structure, such as admission fee, security deposit (refundable), tuition fees, and more. As per information on the web, the university accept fee payment in installments. Below table can be checked for the JNU MBA fee structure:

NOTE: The above-mentioned fee is as per the official website/sanctioning body. It is still subject to changes and hence, is indicative.

B.Sc in Food Science and Technology (Hons.) qualifies you to apply for the M.Sc in Biotechnology offered by Jawaharlal Nehru University. The eligibility criteria for general access to this program is a B.Sc. degree in areas such as Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Genetics, and similar fields. Your specialization in Food Science and Technology is quite similar.

This is how students get admission through the Graduate Aptitude Test in Biotechnology (GAT-B). The conducting agency of GAT-B is the Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB). It offers a great deal of research and practical exposure in biotechnology.

The probability of getting admission or not, totally depends on the cutoff. As your score is 81, you have a good chance of getting admission. The previous year JNU cutoff for general category was 75 for MCA. So as you have better score than the previous year cutoff, the chances are good. But no accurate prediction can be done because the cutoff may vary every year. So you are adviced to wait for the cutoff to be released. 

Admission to MCA programme at JNU is the based on scores obtained in the CUET PG. The eligibility criteria is given below.

Eligibility criteria: Bachelor degree in any discipline related to Mathematics with atleast 55% in aggregate marks.

So if you have studied Mathematics as subject in  BBA, than eligible.