P.G. Admission - Application Procedure 2015-2016

• Online :
  Application form to be submitted online through the University Website www.pondiuni.edu.in by following the instructions posted therein.
• Application Fee :
  For each course Rs. 250/-, Rs. 125/- for SC/ST, Exempted for differently abled candidates - subject to submission of relevant certificates. The application fee for NRI and Overseas student is Rs. 1,000/-.
  Application fee can be paid online or offline by following the instruction available in the University website.
• Filling of Application Form :
  • Apply separately for each course.
  • Fill in all columns with complete and correct information after going through the prospectus. Incomplete / false / wrong information will entail rejection of application. Any claim based on wrong information, wrong course code, centre code, category (OBC / SC / ST / Gen)etc. will not be entertained at a later stage.
  • Application forms are to be filled and submitted online, as per instructions in the University website www.pondiuni.edu.in.
  • Due care should be taken in filling the application form. Enter correct course code in the relevant column which is very important.
  • All columns should be filled correctly and unambiguously.
  • While filling in the qualification and marks, care should be taken to provide the relevant marks / grades.
  • Candidates who apply for M.Sc. (Computer Science), M.Com. and MCA courses which are offered at Puducherry and Karaikal Centres of the University, should give their order of preference of centre of study at relevant column.
  • Candidates who apply for M.Tech. Computational Biology which is offered at Anna University, Chennai and Pondicherry University should give their order of preference of the University at relevant column.
  • Defence personnel also should apply online only. The payment of application fees can be through offline or online mode. They should however, take a print out of the online application form and forward the same through the respective Head Quarter to -
    The Assistant Registrar(Academic-Admissions)
    Pondicherry University
    R. V. Nagar, Kalapet,
    Pondicherry - 605 014.
  • Candidates, on their own risk, can apply for more than one course. The University will try its best to arrange so that a candidate would be able to appear for Entrance Examination for more than one course. However, University Entrance Exam Schedule may not completely ensure that there is no "overlap of entrance exams of all the courses to which a candidate has applied". In case of overlapping, the concerned candidate shall have to opt/choose the course,entrance exam date & session on his/her own. University will not be responsible for such overlapping if the candidate could not take the entrance exam for the particular course(s).
  • Helpdesk facilities are available to candidates for help in filling the application form, payment of fees and clarification regarding entrance exam related matters.
• Online based Entrance Test :
  • The Entrance Exam will be Online Based Test. When candidate reports in time to the Exam Centre allotted for the entrance exam and after verification of Hall Ticket and other documents, he / she will allowed to enter the Test Hall and will be allotted a separate Computer System, User Id and Password. Necessary instructions will be given in advance. Once the candidate logs into the system allotted, the respective question paper will be displayed on the screen and candidate can choose the Correct Answer by clicking on that choice. If the candidate later wants to change the choice already made for a particular question, the old choice can be removed and new Choice made. On completion of answering the questions and/or before leaving the Hall, the candidate will submit by clicking on SUBMIT button on the screen. Once submitted then the candidate cannot redo/continue the test. Question paper will consist of 100 Multi- Choice questions to be answered in 120 minutes duration. A correct answer will be given 4 marks while negative mark -1 will be alloted for a wrong selection. (Space work sheet will be provided on request of the candidates)
  • Defence personnel must take the Online Based Entrance Test method at any one of the twenty eight centers as notified by the University.
  • In respect of Ph.D subjects (e.g. Chemistry, Physics, etc.) which are offered both in the University Departments and in the affiliated institution(s), the candidates should appear for a common entrance examination. The selection will be based on a common merit list. The candidates will have the option to join either in the University Department or in the Affiliated Institution as per their choice vis-à-vis their position in the merit list, subject to fulfillment of the eligibility and residential conditions. In such cases one application is enough.
• Mock Test Details :
  To ensure that each candidate becomes familiar with online based test, provision for Mock Test Trial will be made available on the website during the period of application and thereafter. A candidate can take the mock tests any number of times from anywhere any time and thus become familiar with writing Online based entrance examination.
• Hall Ticket :
  Candidates must download & print the hall ticket from the University website and produce it at the entrance examination centre. After proper filling of the application form online and payment of fee online or offline, the candidate can download their printable hall ticket from the University website by following instructins therein. The candidate must print his/her hall ticket and produce at the examination centre.
• General Conditions of Admission :
  • Admission to the University is open to all those who have the prescribed qualifications without any discrimination of race, caste, creed, language or sex.
  • Students should have, in general, obtained the Bachelor’s degree / Master’s degree from a recognized University under 10+2+3 / 10+2+3+2 system, i.e., the candidate should have studied for 15 years to obtain his/her / bachelor’s degree and 17 years to obtain his / her Master’s degree to apply for admission to P.G. and Ph.D. programmes respectively offered at each School / Department / Centre.
  • The minimum eligibility criteria for different courses are as prescribed in the appropriate sections. Candidates qualified through other system of studies should obtain eligibility certificate from the University before admission.
  • Unless otherwise specifically stated, candidates should have secured a minimum of 50% of marks in part III (core and allied) of their U.G. degree examination for admission to courses under Humanities and Social Science subjects and a minimum 55% of marks in part III (core and allied) of their U.G. degree for admission to courses under science disciplines. For the Five Year Integrated Programmes, the candidates should have passed the +2 examination with at least 50% marks. Eligibility marks will not be rounded off. For example 49.99% will not be rounded off to 50% for the purpose of admission.
  • Candidates awaiting their results are also eligible to apply. Such candidates, however, must produce the mark sheet / degree certificate as the proof of fulfilling the prescribed eligibility criteria on or before 1st September 2015 failing which provisional admission, if granted, will be cancelled.
• Criteria for Resolving Tie in the Entrance Exam Marks :
  The following criteria shall be followed, in sequence to resolve ties, where candidates secure the same marks in the written test :
  For P.G. / Ph.D.
  • First criterion : The Candidates with more positive marks in the entrance examination.
  • Second criterion : The Candidates with less negative marks in the entrance examination.
  • Third criterion : Marks obtained by the candidates in the qualifying degree / other examination. If the final result is not available, then the marks up to the 2nd year will be taken into account.
  • Fourth criterion : Marks obtained in the degree / H.Sc. examination as the case may be immediately preceding the qualifying degree examination.
  For 5 Year Integrated P.G.
  • First criterion : The Candidates with more positive marks in the entrance examination.
  • Second criterion : The Candidates with less negative marks in the entrance examination.
  • Third criterion : Marks obtained by the candidates in the +2 or equivalent public examination.
  • Fourth criterion : Marks obtained in the public examination immediately preceding the qualifying Public examination.
  • All admissions are provisional, subject to verification of required documents, as per prescribed norms.
  • Any course (P.G. degree and, P.G. Diploma) may not be offered if sufficient number (at least 5) of students are not available.
  • The students will be required to take up a group health insurance (for hospitalization, etc.) through the University.
  • Admitted students are required to carry the University Identity Card all the time while they are inside the campus.
  • Students are instructed not to miss the classes since 70% of attendance is required to appear for the examination. Those who need accommodation in the hostels must report to their Departments prior to registration and counselling.

Source : pondiuni.edu.in