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JNU MA: Fees 2025, Course Duration, Dates, Eligibility

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JNU offers an MA, a 2-year full-time PG program, as its popular course across 32 specialisations. The most popular specialisations include International Relations, Political Science, and History.

The first-year MA Fees at JNU for the 2025 - 2026 academic year are INR 420. This includes a tuition fee of INR 216.
To be eligible for the MA program in any specialisations, candidates must have passed a Bachelor's Degree with 50% + CUET PG (or equivalent).
MA admissions at JNU are offered based on CUET PG scores.
The overall JNU CUET PG Cutoff marks 2025 are 32 - 99 for General category students.

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JNU MA Fees

JNU MA Fees 2025 - 2026 are INR 420 for the first year.

The total MA fees cover-

Total tuition fee of INR 216
Sports Fee INR 16.50
Total other fee of INR 204

The most popular MA specialisations are Political Science, International Relations, and History.

MA Political Science total fees are INR 420
MA International Relations total fees are INR 420
MA History total fees are INR 420

Quota:

Fee Type	Total Amount (INR)
tuition fees	₹ 432
caution fees*	₹ 40
other fees	₹ 220
total academic fees	₹ 692
hostel fees	₹3,720
total fees	₹ 4,412

* Fees is refundable

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JNU MA Admission 2025

To be eligible for admission to the MA program in JNU. Candidates must have a Bachelor's with 50% + CUET PG score.

JNU MA Admission Dates 2025

For admission in MA courses, JNU only accepts CUET PG scores. Here are the dates of CUET PG:

CUET PG Tentative Dates 2026
Application / Registration	January 2, 2026, to February 8, 2026
Correction Window	February 10 to February 12, 2026
Exam Dates	March 13 to April 1, 2025
Result / Scorecard Release	May 6, 2025

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Events	Dates
Date of Physical Verification for Final List of Selected Candidates for Admission 2025 [MA]	Aug 13, 2025 - Aug 14, 2025
Date of Deadline for Admission/Registration for Admission 2025 [MA]	Aug 14, 2025
Date of Pre-enrolment Registration & Fee Payment for Final List for Admission 2025 [MA]	Aug 08, 2025 - Aug 10, 2025

JNU Seat Intake 2025

There are 1251 MA seats in JNU. These include 50 seats of International Relations, 96 seats of Political Science, 105 seats of History.

Particulars	Number of Seats
International Relations	50
Political Science	96
History	105
Economics	96
Sociology	96
English	39
Geography	68
Labour And Development	50
French	19
Philosophy	31
Hindi	39
Disaster Management	19
German	10
Arts and Aesthetics	29
International Studies	115
Spanish	8
Ancient History	31
Korean	5
Sanskrit	63
Linguistics	39
Medieval & Modern History	43
Japanese	8
Chinese	4
Functional Hindi and Translation	10
Arabic	15
Urdu	39
Persian	19
Medieval History	31
Russian Studies	10
German Translation & Interpretation	19
World Economy	39
Pashto	6

JNU MA Ranking

JNU is ranked by several ranking agencies such as Times Higher Education. Some of these rankings are as follows-

#301-400 out of 400 under Times Higher Education Ranking 2020.

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	#301-400 out of 400 (2020)

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5.0

MA, Geography

Reviewed on Jan 18, 2025(Enrolled 2022)

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Fees and Financial Aid:

In Jawaharlal Nehru every course is affordable for every section of the society. This university is known for the affordability of every course. The semester fee for almost every course is around or less than 150 rupees which is very affordable in every semester we have to register again in our hostels also which is for one semester is around 1400 rupees.

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MA, Geography

Reviewed on Dec 22, 2024(Enrolled 2022)

JNU the red bricks that will make you fall in love with itself.

Fees and Financial Aid:

Couse fee 250 per semester Hostel fee 5000 a year Fee is same foe every categories like sc st obc National scholarship is available and means cum merit scholarships is provided by university that is approx 2000 a month And Mess charges are between 3000-4000 a month

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MA, Political Science

Reviewed on Dec 2, 2024(Enrolled 2021)

JNU - DREAM OF STUDENTS

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The total tution fee for the two year MA in political science Course at Jawaharlal Nehru University is INR 432 . Admission fee INR 50 a one time fee. Jnu is a government owned university located in Mehrauli, Delhi. It is known for its path-breaking research in the science and social sciences and encourages students to innovative and transform in different sectors. The campus is Lush green and and Aqi is also good. University is very cosmopolitan you will see students from abroad are also studying here. Jnu is the one of the top university according to the NIRF ranking.

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MA, Spanish

Reviewed on Aug 28, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

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Fees and Financial Aid:

A person residing in a hostel has to spend nearly Rs. 40000 per year which includes all the fees. The hostel charges about Rs. 1600 maintenance fees per semester. The message bill varies with hostels but on an average you pay Rs. 3200 p.m. The course fees amount to Rs. 175 per semester. There is a scholarship program for students with yearly family income less than Rs. 250000. The particular students get Rs. 2000 per month.

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Sonu Kumar

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MA, Geography

Reviewed on Jun 21, 2024(Enrolled 2022)

A university for students

Fees and Financial Aid:

The university fee(258) was very low, which indicates that it was supportive for students who could not afford to get the education of such excellent quality in the outside world. There was a system of scholarships for students whose family income was less than 250000 annually, which also provided relief for students living in hostels to pay mess bills. Students were more inclined toward research and higher studies.

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Aliza Fatima

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MA, Economics

Reviewed on May 13, 2024(Enrolled 2022)

Life at JNU

Fees and Financial Aid:

Tuition fee is minimal. Just 150 rs. per semester. A lot of scholarships are also provided including MCM dor kar financially weaker students and a lot of other scholarships from ICSSR and UGC. Moreover, the placement facility provided on campus especially in the Economics department matches that of MBA colleges. Data analysis jobs and other jobs pertaining to economic analysis and policy reseach and provided.

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Akanksha pal

4.2

MA, Russian Studies

Reviewed on May 8, 2024(Enrolled 2020)

New experience

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The relevance and rigor of the course curriculum to your personal and professional development.

Fees and Financial Aid:

We pay Rs.1500 per semester and mess bill around Rs.3000 and we get all basic things by own. There is merit cum means scholarship for us Rs. 2000/month for residents and Rs. 800for non-residents. We can work after completion of our course in any company or any government jobs that are available.

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MA, Hindi

Reviewed on May 7, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

Jnu : advantages & disadvantages

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The hectic schedule of the academic puts up a toll on your health

Fees and Financial Aid:

The university provides scholarship of 2000/month to students coming from humble background but the scholarship doesn't even come regularly. Hence although the campus and the university is affordable yet some people face financial problems.

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MA, International Relations

Reviewed on Apr 19, 2024(Enrolled 2023)

Life of a JNU student

Fees and Financial Aid:

The tution fee is very minimal. The other MAC and all types of scholarships are also available. But the scholarships are not given on time. There are benefits for various types of students on the basis of economics, social and meritorious etc.

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Vishvajit kumar

4.4

MA, Ancient History

Reviewed on Mar 14, 2023(Enrolled 2022)

Why you should come to JNU?

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The academic and hostel fee is very nominal

Fees and Financial Aid:

JNU is one of those universities that provided education very low cost. The study here is very affordable. In my course fees for per sem is 268. After this you have to pay mess bill that is around 3000 per month. There is provision of MCM scholarship for the economically weaker students. The scholarship varies from 2000 to 2500 rs pr month. Besids this you can apply for national scholarship.

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JNU: 2 Answered Questions

What can be the average expense for a non-Delhi student to study in JNU?

Mahak ChatterjeeStudied at Jawaharlal Nehru University

The expense of Jawaharlal Nehru University is comparatively lower when compared with other institutes in India. The fee structure and expenses of life at JNU are detailed below

Admission Fee	INR 300
Hostel Fee	INR 1400-1600 per year
Tuition Fee	INR 300 per year

JNU gives scholarships of INR 2000 to economically backward students, and they offer free health care facilities. So, the monthly expenses for a non-native student will range from INR 1000-2000 per month.

Total fees for MSc Biochemistry in JNU Delhi after Graduation in B. SC. MLT

Sanjana KapoorLives in New Delhi

JNU New Delhi does not offer an MSc. Biochemistry. Instead, you can opt for MSc. Life Sciences or MSc. Biotechnology at JNU. The university also offers MSc. Environmental Sciences. Biochemistry is one of the compulsory subjects during the first semester of MSc. Life Sciences.

The fee for MSc. Life Sciences at JNU is Rs. 376 for the 1st year, and Rs. 269 for the 2nd year.

The tuition fee is Rs. 216 per year. The admission fee is Rs. 5. The other fees total up to Rs. 155 for the 1st year, and Rs. 53 for the 2nd year.

This is the complete breakdown of fee structure for MSc. Life Sciences at JNU New Delhi.

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Comments

Found 3 Comments

fatima

Sep 29, 2023 15:54

I want to do masters in public health from JNU What are the eligibility criteria ???

Ashish Ramtari

Sep 30, 2023 07:12

The eligibility criteria of MPH is to complete a Bachelor of Public Health with at least 45% marks in the aggregate.

prathamesh ajay ghotankar

Dec 23, 2022 20:52

I'm in btech mechanical engineering and i want to take admission in MA history is it possible and if possible which entrance exam is needed

Sinbad Chongtham

Dec 26, 2022 16:31

Yes, you are eligible to apply for admission in the MA History program of JNU if you have completed your B.Tech degree with at least 55% marks in aggregate. Admission is based on the merit of CUET PG. You must register and take this examination with History as your domain subject.

aastha mandal

Jun 22, 2022 16:48

Is there any entrance exam for MA in theatre?

Aniket Ranjan

Jun 22, 2022 20:12

Yes, you need to appear for entrance exam which is conducted by the University itself. The eligibility criteria for admission is a bachelor's degree from recognized University.

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