University of Allahabad: Notice for Postgraduate Admission Test 2025

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University of Allahabad

Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh

Notice for Postgraduate Admission Test 2025

The University of Allahabad announces the Postgraduate Admission Test (PGAT) for the academic session 2025 2026. The registration for all postgraduate courses offered by the University of Allahabad will start from 25/04/2025 (Friday) only via online mode through https://aupravesh2025.cbtexam.in/Home/Applicationform.aspx last date of registration will be 16/05/2025 (Friday).
The conventional PG courses will be available through PGAT-I while non-conventional PG courses will be available through PGAT-I| (List of courses is available in the PGAT-2025 information bulletin). PGAT-I test will be offered in both online as well as offline mode while PGAT-Il test will be offered via online mode ONLY. The list of courses under PGAT-I and PGAT-Il can be checked in the information bulletin.
The registration fees for PGAT-I Courses for Unreserved, EWS and OBC Category is Rs. 1000/- and for SC/ST/ PwD is Rs. 500/

The registration fees for PGAT-I| Courses for Unreserved, EWS and OBC Category is Rs.1600/- and for SC/ST/PwD is Rs. 800/.
The applicants are advised to check the eligibility for their choice of programme through the information bulletin PGAT-2025, which is available on the university website (http://www.allduniv.ac.in/).
Applicants are advised to fill the correct subject codes of their choice carefully. NO CHANGE in this matter shall be entertained at any stage of the PGAT Admission
The University of Allahabad strictly follows the Government of India's reservation policy, providing 15% reservation for Scheduled Castes (SC), 7.5% for Scheduled Tribes (ST) and 27% for Other Backward Classes (OBC) in admissions. Additionally, 10% of seats are reserved for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS). In addition, 5% quota for person with benchmark disabilitiès and 2% quota for sports candidate in each course will be provided.
NCC Weightage and Sports Quota will NOT be applicable in B.Ed., M.Ed., M.B.A. and M.B.A.(RD) courses.
Foreign Nationals shall be required to apply through International Students Advisor, University of Allahabad (https://www.allduniv.ac.in/administration/international-students-advisor) accordance with the procedure laid down by the University of Allahabad. The candidate in this case shall not be required to apply or appear in the PGAT-2025.
Each PGAT-2025 test will be of 300 marks and will consist of 150 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs). Fifty questions will be related to General Awareness, General English, General Hindi, Logical Reasoning and Mental Ability and will be compulsory for all courses except LL.M., B.Ed., M.Ed. and M.B.A./M.B.A.(RD). Remaining questions will be as per the applicant's choice of programme. More details regarding paper pattern can be found in the information bulletin. There will be no negative marking for wrong answers.
Applicants applying for the MBA programs will be required to take an additional test administered by the respective department.
There are minor changes made in the eligibility and admission criteria, therefore, prior to filling the application form, PGAT-2025 information bulletin must be read carefully:
For all the applicants under Sports Quota Admission, a fitness test (50m Sprint, 1000m running, Over Head Ball Throw and Standing Broad Jump) is compulsory, if found unsatisfactory in terms of fitness parameters, the candidature through Sports Quota Admission would NOT be considered. The details of sports quota admission can be found in PGAT-2025 information bulletin.
The eligibility for M.Sc. Applied Geology and M.Sc. Materials Science has been modified. Check the relevant section in PGAT-2025 information bulletin.
M.Sc. Agriculture Zoology and Entomology has been renamed to M.Sc. Agricultural Entomology.