The Eligibility for admission to the Five-Year Integrated Master’s Degree Programme shall be as follows:

• The Higher Secondary School Certificate (Std. XII) Examination conducted by the Goa Board / equivalent body, after successful completion of Grade 12 or equivalent stage of education corresponding to Level-4. (Refer table on page 1 for Programme specific eligibility.)
• A student not covered under any of the above categories but desirous of seeking admission to the said Programme may apply to the University /College. However, the Vice Chancellor along with Dean of the concerned School/Faculty and Chairperson(s) of Board(s) of Studies of concerned subjects shall decide the eligibility.
• Candidates who have appeared for HSSC and equivalent exam and awaiting their results are also eligible to apply.

• A student shall be selected based upon the merit list prepared by the Goa University.
• The merit list shall be prepared based on the marks scored at Higher Secondary School Certificate (Std. XII) Examination conducted by the Goa Board/equivalent body, after successful completion of Grade 12 or equivalent stage of education corresponding to Level.
• Reserved Category Seats remaining vacant after the 1st Provisional List of the First Round of admission shall be transferred to the Un-reserved Category.

Candidates need to fill the application form with all required details and upload required documents online on Goa University’s dedicated Samarth Portal. There is a non-refundable application fee of Rs. 1,000/- (INR One Thousand Only) for Unreserved, OBC(NCL), EWS Category candidates, Rs. 500/- (INR Five Hundred Only) for SC/ST Category candidates of Goa.
Persons with Disability are exempted from the payment of the application fees.

Students shall be required to pay Rs. 100/- (INR Rupees One Hundred only) per programme for additional application. Rs. 50/- (INR Rupees Fifty only) will be charged for students belonging to SC/ST Category.

Candidates applying for admission under [SC/ST/OBC(NCL)] categories shall be required to submit a valid Certificate to that effect issued by the Officer of the rank of the Deputy Collector or any other authorized Officer as notified by the Government of Goa.
For more details of reservation refer ANNEXURE-II.

Candidates applying for admission under EWS category shall be required to submit a valid certificate of the Financial Year 2025-26.
Candidates from other states of India shall have to fill up the Google Form as mentioned in point number A on page number 1 of this Notification: link: https://forms.gle/vG9UrVxg3NMDEshM9.

Incomplete applications will not be considered for selection.

Annual Tuition Fees for the Programme:

• INR 40,000/- approx. for candidates passed form the state of Goa
• INR 60,000/- approx. for candidates passed from other Indian States

Admissions Portal Link applicable for students who have passed HSSC from the state of Goa: https://unigoaadmission.samarth.edu.in/2026.

• The LAST DATE for applying online is 10th May, 2026.
• Candidates are advised in their own interest to apply online much before the closing date and not wait till the last date for applying/payment of application fee to avoid the possibility of disconnection / inability / failure to log on to the website on account of heavy load on the website.
• Goa University does not assume any responsibility to candidates in case they are unable to submit their application by the last date on account of the aforesaid reasons or for any other reason beyond the control of the Goa University.
• The softcopy of the Passport size photograph and Signature provided by the candidate has to be according to the specification mentioned below:
  i) Digital Photo and Signature are required in .jpg or .jpeg image format.
  ii) File size of digital photo must be within 10kb to 500 KB limit.
  iii) The face must take up 70-80% of the photo
  iv) The same photograph and signature shall be used for issuance of University ID card and Examination Registration Process.
  v) Candidates shall not upload Selfies or photos of passport size photograph.
  vi) Candidate should mandatorily have the following documents in specified format to complete the online application. (Note: The documents to be uploaded should be in pdf / JPEG / JPG / format with file size 10KB-500KB)
  • SSC Marksheet, HSSC Marksheet (PDF format)
  • Income Certificate, Sports Certificate, Cultural Activity Quota Certificate (PDF/JPEG/JPG)
  • Recent Passport Size Colored Photograph (JPEG / JPG)
  • Reservation category certificate - SC/ST/OBC/EWS/PwD. (PDF format)
  • Declaration of Only Girl Child. (PDF/JPEG/JPG) on plain A4 size paper only
• Printout of the application form is NOT REQUIRED to be sent to the University.
• No changes shall be entertained after the application is submitted online.

  OA-39

  Ordinance for the Five-Year Integrated Master’s Degree Programme in Arts (M.A.), Commerce (M.Com.), Science (M.Sc.), Computer Applications (MCA), Tourism and Travel Management (MTTM), Business Administration (MBA) and other such Programmes based on the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. https://www.unigoa.ac.in/index.php