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Jamia welcomes students with new courses

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Prospectus, forms available online on www.jmi.nic.in and on the campus

NEW DELHI: As Jamia Millia Islamia recently began sale of prospectus for different courses that it is offering to students after Class XII, those who have cleared Class X also have a lot of options available to them.

Certificate courses in photography, commercial art, calligraphy, pottery and painting are some of the programmes on offer for students immediately after Class X.

There will be an entrance test and an interview for these courses, whose duration could vary from six months to a year, said Jamia Dean of Students’ Welfare Zubair Meenai.

‘Finalisation later’

“Though sale of the prospectus has begun already, finalisation of the process will take about two months. By that time the results of most of the Class X examinations organised by different boards would be out,” he added.

Most sought after

The most sought after courses for candidates after Class XII are physiotherapy, law, MBA, B.E., B. Ed., architecture, mass communication, social work, television journalism, business studies, international business and finance, cartography, remote sensing, photography, applied arts and art appreciation.

Courses in languages like French, Russian, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Arabic, Uzbek, Pashto and Turkish are also a big draw with the students.

The prospectus and application forms are available online on www.jmi.nic.in as well as on the campus for Rs.500 and Rs.200 depending on the course.

Written exams followed by interviews will be held for all the courses.

There is no cut-off percentage, only a basic requirement of qualifying marks ranging from 45 per cent to 55 per cent.

Jamia offers a total of 205 courses, both regular and part-time, at different levels like Ph.D., M.Phil., post-graduate, post-graduate diploma, graduate, diploma and certificate.

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