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Pune University (PU) BA/MA Admission 2017-2018 Courses

The University of Pune or the Pune University is one of the main educational Universities in the State of Maharashtra. The University was started in the year 1948 under the Poona University Act. The sprawling campus of 411 acres offers wide variety of courses from Arts to Science to Commerce to Language and Management Studies. As the University provides excellent facilities, many foreign students flock the campus for the higher studies every year. The well stocked library, scholarship offers to students, excellent hostel facilities etc have attracted many students in and around Maharashtra to the University campus. A total of 612 colleges in and around Pune affiliated to the University of Pune.

Eligibility Criteria:
Some of the courses offered by Pune University in Bachelor of Arts programs are: General, Fine Arts, Restructure, Special and Lalit Kala. A candidate seeking admission to any of these B.A three year courses offered by the University will have to have passed the HSC examination conducted by the statutory board or any University in India or any other equivalent examination. The Master of Arts courses at the University also cover subjects like Lalit Kala, Communication Studies, Economics, General, Foreign Languages, Health Sciences, Sanskrit linguistics etc. To be eligible for the MA courses, a candidate will have to have a Bachelor of Arts certificate in any discipline for most of the subjects. Some specific subjects like Sanskrit linguistics and foreign languages will need a Bachelor’s Degree of the respective courses itself.

Admission Procedure:
For most of the M.A courses, the University will conduct an entrance examination by the various departments for the eligible candidates. 50% of the seats will be reserved for reserved category students as per the instructions of the Maharashtra Government. A Pune University candidate will be eligible for admission on the basis of 50% entrance marks and 50% qualifying examination marks. All other students will be selected on merit depending upon the entrance test marks. A candidate seeking admission to University’s B.A course will be selected as per the marks obtained in the Higher Secondary examinations.

For further details on the various course and its requirements, please visit the University website http://www.unipune.ernet.in/