Jamia Millia Islamia Admission 2026: Updated Syllabus for M54 Courses (MCA, MSc, AI & ML, PGDCA, Bioinformatics)

Jamia Millia Islamia has officially released the admission process for the 2026 academic session. This article focuses on Master’s level programs under course code M54.

     The programs included under M54 are:

     1. Master of Computer Application (MCA)

     2.MSc

     3. MSc (Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning)

     4. PGDCA

     5. MSc Bioinformatics

For the 2026 session, Jamia has made an important update. The entrance examination for all these programs will be conducted through a combined exam.

Exam Date: 2 June 2026

Along with the exam schedule, the university has also updated the syllabus for this entrance test. All applicants should carefully read the updated syllabus before starting their preparation.

Below is the complete syllabus for the Jamia M54 Entrance Exam 2026.

1. Quantitative Aptitude:

• Number Systems
• Positional Systems
• LCM & HCF
• Percentage
• Profit & Loss
• Simple & Compound Interest
• Time, Speed & Distance
• Time & Work
• Ratios
• Averages
• Allegations
• Permutation & Combination
• Probability
• Data Interpretation (Bar Charts, Pie Charts, Line Graphs)

2. Logical Reasoning & English Comprehension:

• Blood Relations
• Coding-Decoding
• Alphanumeric Series
• Syllogisms
• Inequalities
• Puzzles
• Seating Arrangements
• Direction Sense
• Clocks & Calendars
• Analogy
• Pattern Recognition

Verbal/English Ability:

• Grammar
• Vocabulary
• Synonyms
• Antonyms
• Idioms and Phrases
• Reading Comprehension
• Cloze Test.

3.  Computer Fundamentals:

• Computer Hardware and Peripheral Devices
• Software
• Firmware
• Computer Organization
• Well-Defined Operations
• Operands
• Instruction Execution
• Algorithms
• Flowchart
• Pseudocode
• Program
• Software and Apps
• Programming Languages and its types
• Types of Software:

1. System
2. Application & End-User

• Operating Systems: Windows Basics
• Operating Systems:

1. Functions
2. Facilities 

• Types Storage and Memory Hierarchy
• File Systems and Concurrency
• MS Excel
• Data & Number Systems:

1.  Binary
2. decimal
3. hexadecimal conversions

• Algorithms: Searching, Sorting algorithms
• Basics of Computer Networks and Internet.

4.  Mathematics (NCERT, X-Level):

• Number Systems
• Coordinate Geometry
• Linear Equations in Two Variables
• Introduction to Euclid's Geometry
• Lines and Angles
• Triangles
• Quadrilaterals
• Areas of Parallelograms and Triangles
• Real Numbers
• Polynomials
• Quadratic Equations
• Arithmetic Progressions
• Introduction to Trigonometry & Some Applications
• Circles and Areas Related to Circles
• Surface Areas and Volumes
• Probability and Statistics.

5.  Mathematics (NCERT, XII-Level):

• Sets and Functions:

1. Sets
2. Relations
3. Functions

• Trigonometric Functions
• Algebra
• Complex Numbers 
• Quadratic Equations
• Linear Inequalities
• Permutations and Combinations
• Binomial Theorem
• Sequences and Series
• Coordinate Geometry

1. Straight Lines
2. Conic Sections

• Calculus

1. Limits and Derivatives

• Inverse Trigonometric Functions
• Algebra:

1. Matrices
2. Determinants

• Calculus:

1. Continuity and Differentiability
2. Applications of Derivatives
3. Integrals
4. Applications of Integrals 
5. Differential Equations

• Vectors 
• Probability.

OR 

Molecular Biology:-

•  Concepts in Biology
• Characteristics of living
• Organisms
• Structure of Cells
•  Energy flow
•  Nutrition & Metabolism
•  Information Storage and gene expression
•  Central Dogma:
• DNA structure-

1.  replication (prokaryotic/eukaryotic)
2.  transcription
3.  genetic code
4.  translation
5. protein synthesis machinery

•  Gene Structure Regulation:-

1. Geneconcept
2. operons(lac,trp)
3.  positive/negativeregulation
4.  enhancers/silencers
5.  epigenetics (methylation)

•  Nucleic Acid & Protein Biology:-

1.  DNA/RNA structure
2.  protein folding
3.  post-translational modifications
4.  protein complexes
5. DNA repair mechanisms

•  Cell Biology Linkages:-

1. Cell cycle (mitosis)
2. cell signaling
3. intracellular transport
4. cytoskeleton
5. prokaryotic vs. eukaryotic cell differences

•  Genetics:-

1. Mendelian genetics
2. genetic recombination
3.  gene mapping
4.  genetic disorders
5. Hardy-Weinberg.

• Official syllabus direct link - https://admission.jmi.ac.in/EntranceResults/UniversityResult
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