New Delhi, 22 January 2022: JNU has decided to have admissions through Common Universities Entrance Test, CUCET, from the upcoming Academic Year 2022-23.

JNU in its 159th Academic Council meeting held on 12 January 2022 overwhelmingly endorsed its earlier decision to hold the entrance examination through the CUCET for admission into various academic programmes for 2022-2023.

After University of Delhi’s change in admissions system, JNU Admissions for 2022 would also be done through CUCET.

The above decision of the Academic Council is in conformity with its earlier decision taken in 157th meeting of the Academic Council held on March 22, 2021 to adopt and admit students through CUET whenever the examination would be planned by National Testing Agency (NTA).

In fact, since 2019 Jawaharlal Nehru University has been successfully conducting JNU Entrance Examination (JNUEE) at various centers of the country to admit students in its various programmes of studies in collaboration with NTA in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode.

During the deliberations in the Academic Council, a large number of members including the Deans of Schools, Centre Chairpersons, and External Members of the council emphasized that CUET would provide a level playing field to numerous eligible students from across the country reducing the burden of taking several entrance examinations. The misinformation spread by a few faculty members about CUET was noted by the Academic Council and was deplored.