Admission to Jawaharlal Nehru University's School of Engineering starts

The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) kicked off the admission process for its newly formed School of Engineering on Monday. The students will be admitted based on the ranking in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), 2018, ranks.

According to a statement released by the University, 50 students will be admitted in each stream for its five-year dual degree programme of B.Tech. and M.Tech./M.S with specialisation in Social Science/Humanities/Science/Technology. "With the approval of ordinance related to School of Engineering in its 145th Academic Council Meeting held on 18th May 2018, Jawaharlal Nehru University is ready to welcome its inaugural batch of students in two different programmes of engineering degrees: Computer Science Engineering and Electronics and Communications," university administration said in a statement.

The University said that the School of Engineering will use a multi-disciplinary approach to imparting education. "Technology today cuts across almost all the disciplines, and an engineering graduate with specialization in Humanities, Sciences and Technology, etc. will be better able to perform in the modern world, where understanding of various aspects of Economics, Commerce, History, Politics and indeed Linguistic ability becoming increasingly desirable for a successful career," it said.

The School of Engineering is one of the major initiatives of the university in the past two years. The University Grants Commission had accepted its proposal and allocated seed money for its infrastructure.