Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)

Combined Biotechnology Entrance Examination 2010 (CBEE 2010) by JNU for Admission to M.Sc. Biotechnology MV.Sc. M.tech

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) 2010 Admission through Entrance Examination
(Category-A) Admission through Entrance Examination Admission 2010-11

JNU ENTRANCE EXAM IMPORTANT DATES

HOW TO APPLY ?

The university will hold entrance examination on May 17, 18, 19 and 20, 2010 for admission to various full-time programmes of study at the following 51 cities

Agartala, Ahmedabad, Aizwal, Allahabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Bareilly, Bhubaneshwar, Calicut, Chandigarh, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Delhi, Dimapur, Gangtok, Guwahati, Goa, Gorakhpur, Gwalior, Hyderabad, Imphal, Indore, Itanagar, Jaipur, Jammu, Katihar, Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Mumbai, Nagpur, Noida, Pant Nagar, Patna, Pondicherry, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Sambalpur, Secunderabad, Shillong, Shimla, Silchar, Siliguri, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur, Varanasi, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam

In addition, the university will hold entrance examination at Kathmandu (Nepal)

(The university reserves the right to change/cancel any centre of examination without assigning any reason)

I. Schools and programmes of study

School of international studies

M.Phil./Ph.D. programme: International Politics; International Organization; Diplomacy and Disarmament, Political Geography; International Legal Studies; International Trade and Development; South Asian Studies; South East Asian and South West Pacific Studies; Central Asian Studies; Chinese Studies; Japanese Studies; Korean Studies; West Asian Studies; African Studies; United States Studies; Latin American Studies; Canadian Studies, European Studies and Russian and Central Asian Studies

Eligibility

International Politics, International organization, Diplomacy and Disarmament and political geography: Master’s degree in political science, history, economics, geography, sociology, defence/strategic studies, international relations and area studies with at least 50% marks or master’s degree in Humanities and other social sciences with at least 60% marks or master’s degree in natural sciences with at least 65% marks

International Legal studies: LL.B. (three year) degree after Bachelor’s degree with at least 55% marks or an LL.B (five year) degree with at least 55% marks in the aggregate or an M.A. with international law as one of the subjects with at least 55% marks in the aggregate or an LL.M degree with at least 50% marks in the aggregate

International trade and development: Master’s degree in economics with at least 50% marks and familiarity with mathematics and statistics up to bachelor’s level

South Asian, Central Asian, Southeast Asian and Southwest Pacific studies: Master’s degree in political science, history, economics, geography, sociology, defence studies, international relations and area studies with at least 50% marks or master’s degree in humanities and other social sciences with at least 60% marks or master’s degree in natural sciences with at least 65% marks

Canadian, US and Latin American studies: Master’s degree in Political science, History, Economics, Sociology, defence/strategic studies, international relations with at least 50% marks or master’s degree in Natural sciences with at least 60% marks

All other disciplines: Master’s degree in political science, history, economics, international relation and area studies with at least 50% marks or master’s degree in humanities and other social sciences with at least 60% marks or master’s degree in natural sciences with at least 65% marks

M.A. in Politics (with specialization in international relations)

Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree in any discipline under 10+2+3 pattern of education with at least 50% marks

M.A in Economics (with specialization in world economy)

Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree in any of the following discipline, Economics (Honours)/ Economics (with either Mathematics or Statistics as a subject)/ Mathematics (Honours)/ Statistics (Honours)/ Physics (Honours)/ Bachelor of Technology under 10+2+3 (or equivalent) pattern of education with at least 50% marks in aggregate







II. School of Language, Literature and Culture studies

M.Phil/Ph.D in: French, German, Arabic, Russian, Persian, Chinese, Urdu, Hindi, Tamil, Hindi Translation, English, Linguistics, Japanese and Spanish

Eligibility

M.Phil./Ph.D. in Languages/Subjects other than English, Linguistics and Hindi Translation: Master's degree in the concerned language/subject with at least 50% marks

M.Phil./Ph.D. in English: Master's Degree in English or Linguistics or Sociology or History or Political Science or Philosophy or Folklore or Film and Communication studies or Culture studies or Comparative Literature with at least 50% marks

M. Phil/Ph.D. in Linguistics: Master’s Degree in Linguistics or Psychology or Sociology or Folklore or Culture studies or any Language or M.Sc. in speech and Hearing or Computer Science Engineering or MCA with at least 50% marks

M. Phil/Ph.D. in Hindi Translation: Master’s degree in Hindi with 50% marks and English or any Indian language as one of the subject at B.A. level other than Hindi or Master’s degree in any Indian/ Foreign language with 50% marks and Hindi as one of the subject at B.A. level

M.Phil. in Portuguese: Master’s degree in Portuguese with at least 50% marks or Master’s degree in any other Romance Language (Italian, Spanish, French, Romanian) or in English with at least 50% marks and an Advanced Diploma in Portuguese with at least 50% marks

M.A. in: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Linguistics, Persian, Russian, Spanish and Urdu

Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree in any discipline under 10+2+3 pattern of education with at least 45% marks with adequate proficiency in the concerned language

B.A. (Hons) in: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Russian and Spanish (with entry points to both 1st and 2nd year)

Eligibility

B.A. (Hons.) 1st year: Senior school certificate (10+2) or equivalent examination with minimum of 45% marks

Certificate of Alimiah and Molvi issued by some Madrasas with at least 45% marks. Names of the Madrasas are detailed in the prospectus

B.A. (Hons.) 2nd year: First year of Bachelor’s degree or an examination recognized as equivalent thereto with at least 45% marks under 10+2+3 pattern of education with adequate proficiency in the concerned language

III. School of Social sciences

M.Phil/Ph.D programme is offered by the following centres which have their curricular and research work organized on interdisciplinary basis with a focus on some major problems of study

Centre: Economic Studies and Planning; Historical studies; Political studies; Regional Development (Geography, Economics and Population studies); Social systems (sociology); Educational studies (Psychology, Sociology, Economics and History of Education); Social medicine and community health; Philosophy and studies in science policy

Eligibility

Centre for studies in science policy: Master’s degree in social science or humanities or law or management with 55% marks or master’s degree in natural sciences or bachelor’s degree in engineering or technology or medicine with 60% marks

Centre for social medicine and community health: Master’s degree in social sciences or other discipline allied to public health with 50% marks

All other centres: Master’s degree in the subject concerned with at least 50% marks on Master’s degree in allied subjects or Humanities with at least 55% marks or Master’s degree in Natural sciences with at least 60% marks

MPH/Ph.D (Master of Public Health)

Eligibility: MBBS degree with at least 50% marks and at least one year’s work experience after internship; or M.Sc degree in nursing with at least 50% marks and at least one year’s experience in community health nursing

M.A. in: Economics, Geography, History, Political Science and Sociology

Eligibility

M.A. in History, Political Science, Geography and Sociology: Bachelor’s degree in any discipline under 10+2+3 pattern of education with at least 45% marks

M.A. in Economics: Bachelor’s degree in any discipline under 10+2+3 pattern of education with at least 50% marks, and mathematics either at 10+2 level or at bachelor’s level, either as subsidiary or as honours

IV. School of Life Sciences

M.Phil/Ph.D in areas of interdisciplinary research in Molecular biology, Genetic engineering, Plant biotechnology, Genetics, Developmental biology, Cell biology, Immunology, Neurobiology, Microbiology, Radiation and cancer biology, Bio-physics and Structural biology

Eligibility: M.Sc or equivalent degree, with at least 55% marks or equivalent grades, in Biological Sciences, Bioinformatics or Physical Sciences, as well as to those with MBBS or M.Tech or M.Sc (Agriculture) or M.Sc (Veterinary sciences) degree with 55% marks. Candidates having the M.Sc or equivalent degree in allied subjects of Life sciences, including Biochemistry, Biophysics, Biotechnology, Botany, Genetics, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Zoology, or in Chemistry or Physics with 55% marks are also eligible

M.Sc in Life sciences: An integrated interdisciplinary programme in Modern Biology

Eligibility: Bachelor’s (B.Sc or B.Tech or equivalent) in Biological, Physical or Agricultural sciences under the 10+2+3 pattern of education with at least 55% marks

V. School of Environmental sciences

M.Phil/Ph.D in Environmental sciences including interdisciplinary areas of Biology (Ecology, Biotechnology, Biophysics, Bioremediation), Chemistry (Air, water, soil pollution), Geology and Physics

Eligibility: M.Sc degree or equivalent in any branch of basic or applied science or MBBS or B.Tech/B.E. with minimum 55% marks

M.Sc in Environmental sciences: An interdisciplinary course with environmental orientation, drawn from relevant areas of Biological, Chemical, Earth and Physical sciences

Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree in any branch of basic or applied science under 10+2+3 pattern of education with at least 55% marks

VI. School of computer and systems sciences

The school offers academic programmes leading to the degrees in computer science and technology

M.Phil/Ph.D and M.Tech/Ph.D

Eligibility: Master’s degree in computer science or mathematics or statistics or operational research or in any branch of science or bachelor’s degree in any branch of engineering or master of computer applications (MCA) with at least 55% marks

MCA (Master of computer applications): 3 year programme open to candidates with adequate competence in mathematics

Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree in any discipline with adequate competence in mathematics under 10+2+3 pattern of education with at least 55% marks

VII. School of Physical Sciences

Pre-Ph.D./Ph.D in physical sciences/chemical sciences/mathematical science, the emphasis is on topics of chemical physics, computational physics, disordered systems, granular materials, mathematical physics, non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, quantum chaos, quantum magnetism and strongly correlated systems, quantum optics, statistical nuclear physics; experimental areas include complex fluids, materials science, superconductivity, magnetism, nonlinear optics, semiconductors, polymers and nanoparticle physics

Eligibility

Physical sciences: M.Sc degree in Physics, Chemistry or Mathematics with at least 55% marks. Candidates having majored in Physics or Chemistry should have had mathematics at least up to the B.Sc level. Exceptions can be made in case of applicants with B.Tech (Electronics/Electrical) degrees provided they successfully qualify the entrance examination

Chemical sciences: M.Sc degree in chemistry or physics, with at least 55% marks. Candidates majoring in chemistry should have specialization in organic/inorganic/physical chemistry/chemical physics at the Master’s level

Mathematical sciences: M.Sc degree in mathematics, with at least 55% marks

M.Sc in Physics

Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree (with Physics as one of the subjects) under the 10+2+3 pattern of education with 55% marks in the aggregate (or in physics, chemistry and mathematics combined), or in physics honours

VIII. School of Arts and Aesthetics

M.Phil/Ph.D: The school offers M.Phil/Ph.D programme in three different streams – Visual studies, Theatre and Performance studies and cinema studies (admission to the M.Phil/Ph.D is through a separate entrance examination for each discipline followed by a viva-voce)

Eligibility: Master’s degree in any discipline with at least 50% marks

M.A. in Arts and Aesthetics: The school offers M.A. programme with cross disciplinary study of the Visual, Cinematic and Performing Arts

Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education with at least 50% marks

IX. School of Information Technology

Pre-Ph.D./Ph.D in computational biology and bioinformatics

Eligibility: (a) Master’s degree in any branch of sciences such as biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, statistics, computer science/MCA (b) MBBS or BHMS or equivalent degree as recognized by govt council such as MCI (c) B.Tech or B.E. or equivalent degree in any branch of engineering, B.Pharm degree or equivalent. Common to all three categories is a minimum requirement of 55% marks

M.Tech in computational and systems biology

Eligibility: (a) Master’s degree in any branch of sciences including biological, chemical, mathematical, physical, statistics, computer sciences/MCA (b) MBBS or BHMS or equivalent degree as recognized by govt council such as MCI (c) B.Tech or B.E. or equivalent degree in any branch of engineering, B.Pharm degree or equivalent. Common to all three categories is a minimum requirement of 55% marks and mathematics till class XII is compulsory

X. School of Biotechnology

Pre-Ph.D./Ph.D in areas of Gene Transfer and expression in Eukaryotic system, Transcription control and Gene regulation, protein engineering, Molecular biology of infectious diseases, Molecular immunology, Protein folding and stability, Optimization of recombinant protein production, structural biology and molecular bioinformatics, and biochemical engineering, molecular virology, cancer biology, molecular cell biology

Eligibility: Master’s degree in Biotechnology, Biochemical engineering, Biochemistry, chemistry, Physics, mathematics or any branch of physical or biological or engineering sciences with at least 55% marks

XI. Centre for Sanskrit studies

M.Phil/Ph.D in Sanskrit

Eligibility: Master’s degree in Sanskrit or in an allied subject (with Sanskrit up to B.A. level) with at least 55% marks

M.A. in Sanskrit

Eligibility: Bachelor’s degree in Sanskrit or in any other subject under 10+2+3 pattern of education with at least 45% marks

XII. Centre for Molecular Medicine

Pre-Ph.D/Ph.D in areas of Metobolic disorders, infectious and non-infectious diseases, diagnostics and molecular endocrinology

Eligibility: Master’s degree or equivalent of recognized university/institution in any branch of biological sciences/MBBS/BVSc./B.Pharm or equivalent with at least 55% marks

XIII. Centre for the study of Law and Governance

M.Phil/Ph.D in Law and Governance

Eligibility: Master’s degree in political science, public administration, economics, sociology, history, philosophy or Law with 55% marks, or 60% in any branch of natural science

Eligibility in Law may be read as LL.B (three year) degree after bachelor’s degree with at least 55% marks or an LL.B (five year) degree with at least 55% marks in the aggregate or an LL.M degree with at least 50% marks in the aggregate

HOW TO APPLY
How to apply: Sets of application form and prospectus can be obtained either (i) through post by sending crossed bank draft (valid for six months) for Rs 300/- drawn in favour of Jawaharlal Nehru university payable at New Delhi along with a self addressed (unstamped) envelope of the minimum size of 30 cms x 25 cms clearly indicating the category for which the application form is required on the self-addressed envelope to the section officer (admissions), room no 28, administrative block, Jawaharlal Nehru university, New Delhi-110067.

Candidates seeking application form and prospectus from Nepal are required to send a bank draft of Indian Rs 400/- or equivalent in US dollars. Money orders and cheques are not accepted. Do not send your request through private courier services; or (ii) in person from the counter in the administrative block of the university on cash payment of Rs 200/- per set from 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. and from 2.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. on all working days (Monday to Friday). BPL card holders will be issued a set of application form and prospectus free of cost on submission of a copy of the BPL card issued by the competent authority showing their name in the card

JNU Entrance Exam 2010 Important Dates:
Issue of application forms from: 01st February, 2010

Last date for issue of application forms by post: 05th March, 2010

Last date for issue of application forms by cash at counter: 15th March, 2010

Last date for receipt of completed application forms: 15th March, 2010

For detailed information visit website www.jnu.ac.in