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EXTRAORDINARY
PART III—Section 4
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
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NEW DELHI, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 2026/SHRAVAN 26, 1948
THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY
[PART III—SEC.4]
JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA
(Department of Higher Education)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 5th June, 2026
F. NO. C&O-5(7)/RO/2026.— In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 39(1) and Section
39(2) of Jamia Millia Islamia Act, 1988, the Executive Council, with the approval of the Visitor, hereby
makes the amendments in the Ordinance 1(I) (Academic)- Faculties and Department of Studies, 12(XII)
(Academic)- Admission Committees and Ordinance 15-A(XV-A & 15-C(XV-C) (Academic)- University
Examinations in Postgraduate Programmes under Credit-based Semester System & University
Examinations in Programmes Regulated by Statutory Bodies – Bachelor of Technology (Sub Section 3) as
follows:
Ordinance – 1 (I)
FACULTIES AND DEPARTMENT OF STUDIES
1. Faculties:
The University shall have the following Faculties, namely:
(i)
The Faculty of Humanities and Languages;
(ii)
The Faculty of Social Sciences;
(iii)
The Faculty of Education;
(iv)
The Faculty of Engineering & Technology;
(v)
The Faculty of Law;
(vi)
The Faculty of Architecture and Ekistics;
(vii) The Faculty of Fine Arts;
(viii) The Faculty of Dentistry;
(ix)
The Faculty of Management Studies;
(x)
The Faculty of Sciences;
(xi) The Faculty of Life Sciences; and
(xii) Such other Faculties as may be prescribed by the Statutes.
2. Departments of Studies:
(i) The Faculty of Humanities and Languages shall consist of the following Departments of Studies,
namely:
(1) Department of History and Culture;
(2) Department of Urdu;
(3) Department of Islamic Studies;
(4) Department of Arabic;
(5) Department of Persian;
(6) Department of Hindi;
(7) Department of English;
(8) Department of Sanskrit;
(9) Department of Foreign Languages; and
(8) Such other Departments as may be created and assigned to it from time to time.
(ii) The Faculty of Social Sciences shall consist of the following Departments of Studies, namely:
(1) Department of Economics;
(2) Department of Political Science;
(3) Department of Social Work;
(4) Department of Sociology;
(5) Department of Psychology;
(6) Department of Commerce and Business Studies;
(7) Department of Adult and Continuing Education and Extension; and
(8) Such other Departments as may be created and assigned from time to time
(iii) The Faculty of Education shall consist of the following Departments of Studies, namely:
(1) Department of Educational Studies;
(2) Department of Teacher Training and Non-Formal Education (Institute of Advanced Studies
in Education); and
(3) Such other Departments as may be created and assigned to it from time to time.
(iv) The Faculty of Engineering and Technology shall consist of the following Departments and
University Polytechnic, namely:
(a) Department of Studies
(1)
Department of Civil Engineering;
(2)
Department of Mechanical Engineering;
(3) Department of Electrical Engineering;
(4) Department of Applied Sciences & Humanities;
(5) Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering;
(6) Department of Computer Engineering;
(7)
Department of Environmental Sciences; and
(8) Such other Departments as may be created and assigned to it from time to time.
(b)
University Polytechnic
(v) The Faculty of Law shall consist of a Department of Law and such other Departments, as may be
created and assigned to it from time to time.
(vi) The Faculty of Architecture & Ekistics shall consist of the following Departments of Studies,
namely:
(1) Department of Architecture;
(2) Department of Design and Innovation;
(3) Department of Planning; and
(4) Such other Departments as may be created and assigned to it from time to time
(vii) The Faculty of Fine Arts shall consist of the following Departments of Studies, namely:
(1) Department of Painting;
(2) Department of Sculpture;
(3) Department of Applied Art;
(4) Department of Art Education;
(5) Department of Graphic Art;
(6) Department of Art History and Art Appreciation; and
(7) Such other Departments as may be created and assigned to it from time to time
(viii) The Faculty of Dentistry shall consist of the following Departments of Studies, namely:
(1) Department of Dental Sciences;
(2) Department of Medical Sciences; and
(3) Such other Departments as may be created and assigned to it from time to time.
(ix)
The Faculty of Management Studies shall consist of the following Departments of Studies,
namely:
(1) Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management;
(2) Department of Hospital Management & Hospice Studies;
(3) Department of Management Studies; and
(4) Such other Departments as may be created and assigned to it from time to time
(x) The Faculty of Sciences shall consist of the following Departments of Studies, namely:
(1) Department of Physics;
(2) Department of Chemistry;
(3) Geography;
(4) Department of Mathematics;
(5) Department of Computer Science; and
(6) Such other Departments as may be created and assigned to it from time to time
(xi) The Faculty of Life Sciences shall consist of the following Departments of Studies, namely:
(1) Department of Biosciences;
(2) Department of Biotechnology; and
(3) Such other Departments as may be created and assigned to it from time to time
12(XII) (Academic)- Admission Committees
Amendment in para 3.1 as follows:
Amended Para
3.1 Faculty of Humanities & Languages / Social Sciences / Sciences / Life Sciences
Inclusion of para 3.11 as follows:
3.11
Faculty of Management Studies:
Each Department of Studies in the Faculty of Management Studies shall have an Admission Committee
for courses conducted in the Departments consisting of the following members:
1. The Head of the Department (Chairman)
2.
The Dean's Nominee
3. Three teachers of the Department, one each from amongst the Professors, Associate Professors and
Assistant Professors by rotation
4. A Nominee of the Vice-Chancellor
ORDINANCE 15-A (XV-A) UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS IN
POSTGRADUATE PROGRAMMES UNDER CREDIT-BASED SEMESTER SYSTEM
Clause Amended Provision
4.1
A programme may be comprised of some of the following components: theory courses,
laboratory courses, fieldwork, block placement, project, dissertation, seminar,
industrial training etc. as prescribed by the concerned Board of Studies/Committee of
Studies and approved by the Academic Council on recommendation of the concerned
Board of Studies/ Committee of Studies. For various components, the weightage of
marks will be as follows:
For Theory Course
Internal Assessment
25% of allocated marks
End Semester Examination
75% of allocated marks
For Laboratory/PracticalCourse / Seminar /Project /Dissertation
Internal Assessment
50% of allocated marks
Practical Examination and Viva Voce
50% of allocated marks
Examination
For M.Ed. Course under the Credit Based Semester System
Internal Assessment
30% of allocated marks
End Semester Examination
70% of allocated marks
For M.Tech. Programs of Faculty of Engineering & Technology
For Theory Course
Internal Assessment
40% of allocated marks
End Semester Examination
60% of allocated marks
For Laboratory/PracticalCourse / Seminar /Project /Dissertation
Internal Assessment
60% of allocated marks
Practical Examination and Viva-Voce
40% of allocated marks
Examination
5.5
14.
Conversion Formula of Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)
For the purpose of conversion of CGPA after Final Year M. Tech. Examination into an
equivalent Percentage of Aggregate marks (Y %), the CGPA will be multiplied by a factor of 10
Y% = 10 x CGPA
M. Tech. in the Faculty of Engineering & Technology
1. M. Tech. Minor project/ Dissertation Examinations will be held in June/July or
November/December every year. If a student fails to submit the thesis within the
stipulated time as notified by the Dean, in a semester, the submission will be allowed in
the subsequent semester, as notified by the Dean.
2. If a student fails to submit the thesis as per clause 14.1, he/she will have to pay the fees
before submission in the next semester as stipulated by the University.
3. The M.Tech. Minor project and Dissertation will have two mid semester evaluations,
carried out by the Departmental Committee which will carry 40% of the weightage of
the internal assessment, as in clause 4.1 of this Ordinance and 60% will be provided by
the supervisors.
4. M.Tech. Dissertation will have plagiarism check as prescribed in clause 13(k) of
Ordinance 9 (IX) Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D).
Ordinance 15-C (XV-C)
University Examinations in Programmes Regulated by Statutory Bodies (Academic)
Bachelor of Technology (Sub Section 3)
Clause Amended Provision
2.
6.
A course may be a theory course (including Audit courses) or a practical course (including
project, seminar, field work, industrial training etc.). A course will carry a specified number of
credits decided by the concerned Board of Studies. Each credit will be equivalent to 25 marks.
If a student is detained due to shortage of attendance in any semester, he/she will not be
promoted to the next semester. He/she will also be detained for the subsequent semester.
Thereafter he/she will become a regular student of the same semester in which he/she was
detained. As a regular student, he/she will appear in the mid semester test as well as the End
Semester Examination.
Readmission will be as per clause 5.1 and 5.2 of Ordinance-5
16.1
A letter grade shall be awarded in each course and on obtaining a pass grade O, A+, A, B+, B, C
or P the student shall be supposed to have earned the credits assigned to the course.
16.2
The combined marks obtained by a student in two components of evaluation (Mid Semester
Evaluation & End Semester Examinations) of a course shall be the basis of award of letter grades
(O, A+, A, B+, B, C, P and F) on 10-Point Scale in accordance with the table given bellow:
GRADING SYSTEM
+-----------+-------------------+-------------+-----------------------+
| GRADE | RANGE OF MARKS | GRADE POINT | SIGNIFICANCE |
| | (M#) | (G) | |
+===========+===================+=============+=======================+
| Ο | 90 ≤M ≤100 | 100 | Outstanding |
+-----------+-------------------+-------------+-----------------------+
| A+ | 80 ≤M < 90 | 9 | Excellent |
+-----------+-------------------+-------------+-----------------------+
| A | 70 ≤ M <80 | 8 | Very Good |
+-----------+-------------------+-------------+-----------------------+
| B+ | 60 ≤ M < 70 | 7 | Good |
+-----------+-------------------+-------------+-----------------------+
| B | 50 ≤ M < 60 | 6 | Average |
+-----------+-------------------+-------------+-----------------------+
| C | 45 ≤ M < 50 | 5 | Below Average |
+-----------+-------------------+-------------+-----------------------+
| P | 40 ≤ M < 45 | 4 | Minimum Passing Grade |
+-----------+-------------------+-------------+-----------------------+
| F | M < 40 | 0 | Fail |
+-----------+-------------------+-------------+-----------------------+
18
M#: Marks obtained by a student on the 100-point scale.
When students take an audit course, they be given Pass (P) or Fail (F) grade without any
credits. The pass criteria will be the same as the credit course.
Semester Grade Point Average (SGPA)
It is the weighted average of the grade points of all courses during the semester and shall be
calculated as follows:
SGPA= (Credits assigned to a course) x Numerical value of the grade awarded
∑ Credits
Ci Wi
=
∑ Ci
where the sum run over all courses of that semester.
19
Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA)
The final CGPA (Cumulative Grade Point Average) of a student shall be calculated ona base
of 10 and shall be on the basis of the candidate's performance, spread overthe first year, the
second year, the third year and the fourth (Final) year of Bachelor ofTechnology Programme.
The relative weightage assigned to each ofthe four years shall be as follows:
(i) The first year 25% (of the sum of SGPA of I and II Semesters)
(ii) The second year 50% (of the sum of SGPA of III and IV Semesters)
(iii)The third year 75% (of the sum of SGPA of V and VI Semesters)
(iv) The fourth (Final) year 100% (of the sum of SGPA of VII and VIII Semesters)
where SGPA (Semester Grade Point Average)will be calculated according to theprovision
given in Clause 18 herein above.
When students take an audit course, they will be given Pass (P) or Fail (F) grade without
any credits. For award of Degree, a student has to pass all the mandatory audit courses.
20.
Division
The Division will be awarded in the following manner (with maximum CGPA of 10 as base):
I Division with Distinction
CGPA>8
I Division
6.5 <CGPA<8
II Division
CGPA<6.5
21.
Conversion Formula of Cumulative Performance Index (CGPA)
For the purpose of conversion of CGPA after Final Year B.Tech. Examination into an equivalent
Percentage of Aggregate marks (Y %) CGPA will be multiplied by a factor of 10
Y% = 10xCGPA
22.
Minor Degree and Honors Degree
22.1 Minor Degree shall be a specialization in emerging/multidisciplinary area in an undergraduate degree
program where a student of another department shall take an additional 18 credits (preferably 5
Theory courses, 3 Laboratory courses/ a Project work).
22.2 Honors Degree shall be a specialization in emerging/multidisciplinary area in an undergraduate
degree program where a student of the same department shall take an additional 18 credits (preferably
5 Theory courses, 3 Laboratory courses/ a Project work).
22.3 The Board of Studies of the Department shall decide and propose a list of Minor Degrees and Honors
Degrees from the list of duly approved minor and honors degrees by the Faculty Committee, which
the department wishes to offer in the B. Tech. program, in the beginning of the third semester of the
B. Tech. program.
22.4 Each department has to compulsorily offer at least one minor degree and one honors degree excluding
the Department of Applied Sciences & Humanities.
22.5 A minor and honors degree will run if the minimum number of registered students is not less than 12
at the time of registration. The maximum number of students permitted to enroll a minor degree
course will be 120 (two sections of 60 each).
22.6 The Faculty of Engineering & Technology will have a coordinator for Minor and Honors
Programmes and each department will have a department Coordinator. The coordinators will work
with the Dean for finalizing the allotment of Minors/Honors in the III semester.
23 ELIGIBILITY
23.1
A regular student is eligible to apply for the minor degree floated by any other department of the
Faculty of Engineering & Technology other than his/her parent department.
23.2
The regular students who have passed in all the subjects of I and II semester of the B. Tech. program
will be eligible to apply for the honors degree floated by his/her parent department.
23.3
A student will be permitted to take only one out of all the proposed minor and honors degrees floated
in the Faculty of Engineering & Technology provided he/she fulfils the eligibility criteria.
23.4
Each student shall submit his/her preference for registration in the minor degree (up to a maximum of
three, if applicable) or honors through a common portal at the Faculty level by the middle of the III
semester. The allotment of Minors will be coordinated by the committee as given in Clause 22.6 and
the allotment of Honors will be carried out by the respective Departments.
23.5
The final merit list for Honors and Minor shall be prepared based upon the SGPA obtained at the end
of II semester (average of I & II semesters). A waitlist shall also be prepared by the committee as
given in clause 22.6 for Minor and by the respective departments for Honors.
23.6
The students will not be permitted to change the minor degree or honors degree after the declaration
of list of selected students, before the end of the session, III Semester, for the minor and/or honors
degree.
24
DE-REGISTRATION OR WITHDRAWAL
24.1 The student may opt out of the honors degree by submitting an application to the Head of the
Department duly forwarded by the Department Coordinator. The student may opt out of the Minor
degree by submitting an application to the Dean of the Faculty duly forwarded by the Department
Coordinator and Head of the Department. The Head of the Department/Dean shall consider such
cases and may de-register the concerned student from Minor/Honors based on merits of the case.
24.2 The last date for submission of such application shall be before the commencement of the classes for
the fourth semester.
24.3 Once the student has been selected for any minor or honors degree and has not applied for de-
registration before the last date and his/her registration has not been cancelled, he/she shall become a
regular student of the minor or honors degree.
24.4 The concerned student shall have to attend all the classes of minor or honors degree courses fulfilling
the minimum attendance criteria as given in the ordinance.
25 NPTEL ON SWAYAM COURSES FOR HONORS/MINOR DEGREE
A maximum of two courses can be permitted through NPTEL on SWAYAM platform for Honors/Minor
Degree. These courses will be identified and approved by the respective Board of Studies.
26 AWARD OF MINOR AND HONORS DEGREE
26.1 A regular student will become eligible to be awarded a Minor Degree after completion of 18
additional credits over and above the requirement for a B.Tech. Degree (163 credits).
26.2 A regular student will become eligible to be awarded honors after completion of 18 additional credits
over and above the requirement for a B.Tech. Degree (163 credits) with an overall CGPA of 8 or
above, excluding the Honors courses.
26.3 The credits earned by the students in Minor/Honors courses will not be counted for promotion, as per
clause 8 of this Ordinance
26.4 The grades obtained by the students in the courses of minor degree will not be considered for CGPA
calculations.
26.5 For those students opting for Minor/honors Degree, a consolidated marksheet of the Minor/Honors
degree will be issued separately
27
NPTEL on SWAYAM Courses for the Programmes of Faculty of Engineering & Technology
27.1
The Faculty of Engineering & Technology will have a NPTEL on SWAYAM coordinator and each
Department will have a Departmental Coordinator.
27.2
The departmental NPTEL coordinator will prepare a list of offered NPTEL courses with inputs from
students and submit it to the BOS, 30 days prior to the opening of the NPTEL Registration portal, in
each semester.
27.3
The BoS of the department will assess the requests and float the courses to be offered from NPTEL
on SWAYAM as per the curriculum, before the opening of the NPTEL Registration.
27.4
The number of credits earned by the student from a NPTEL course should be equal or more than the
course in the course structure against which it is offered.
27.5
The department can add more elective courses from NPTEL in the course structure considering the
emerging and strategic demands by the industry from NPTEL.
27.6
The students will be allowed to opt for courses from NPTEL in any semester of B. Tech, subject to
its availability as per course structure and pre-requisite (even if it is available in a different semester)
with the approval of the BoS.
27.7
The department will allow maximum 20% courses per semester from NPTEL as per the decision of
the Academic Council. In case a student wishes to avail one semester off for internship, he/she will
be permitted to take an additional course from NPTEL per semester.
27.8
The student will abide by all the rules & regulations of NPTEL regarding teaching, internal
assessment, examination, evaluation, results, pass/fail, Credit recommendation and certificate
issuance. The department will have no responsibility regarding the imparting of these courses.
27.9
The students will pay the examination fee to NPTEL directly. The University will not be responsible
for the fee payment.
27.10 Once the result at NPTEL is declared, the NPTEL coordinator of the Faculty will send the credit
recommendations and Certificates to the office of COE-JMI downloaded from the NPTEL portal,
with intimation to the Head of the Department and the Dean.
27.11 The grading for the courses will be done on the final marks provided by NPTEL, as per the grading
system of the Faculty of Engineering& Technology. The course will then be added to the grade
sheet of the student with the credits and grade.
27.12 The Students in final year are discouraged to take courses from NPTEL/SWAYAM.
Prof. (Dr.) MD. MAHTAB ALAM RIZVI, Registrar
[ADVT.-III/4/Exty./275/2026-27]
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