DU admission tests start from 1 October

Dhaka University (DU) will begin admission tests for the 2020-21 academic session from 1 October and it will end on 23 October.

The tests will be held in Dhaka and seven other public universities in different divisional cities across the country to ensure participation of all aspirants.

Vice-Chancellor Professor M Akhtaruzzaman made the admission announcement during a virtual press conference on Wednesday.

"We have taken all the preparations to hold the admission tests smoothly. We will bring all the centres under strict surveillance to prevent any forgery this year," he said.

On average, 45 students will fight for a seat as a total of 3,24,030 admission seekers applied for 7,148 seats this year.

Of them, 1,17,956 seekers applied for 'Ka' unit (Science group) against 1,815 seats; 47,632 for 'Kha' unit (Humanities group) against 2,378 seats; 27,347 for 'Ga' unit (Commerce group) against 1,250 seats; 115,881 applied for 'Gha' unit (Combined group) against 1,570 seats and 15,496 for 'Cha' unit against 135 seats.

Meanwhile, the provosts have recommended opening all the residential halls from 5 October.

Earlier, the entrance tests were scheduled to take place on 31 July. The university authorities, however, rescheduled the tests as the government had announced a 14-day strict lockdown after Eid-ul-Adha.

The admission tests will be organised in four phases. For engineering, agricultural and general universities, the tests will be held in three phases, while BUET, Dhaka, Jahangirnagar, Rajshahi and Chattogram Universities will hold the tests separately.

There are now 60,000 seats in 39 public universities across the country.