LUCKNOW: The admission committee (AC) of the Lucknow University on Saturday decided that entrance tests for admission to undergraduate courses will be held between August 24 and 31.
It was also decided to scrap BA (hons) and BCom (hons) courses and add the seats in the two courses to the regular BA and BCom courses respectively. The BA and BCom regular courses will be of four years as prescribed in the New Education Policy.
The entrance exam schedule has been uploaded on the university’s official website.
Further, the AC decided, that LU will not conduct entrance tests of the undergraduate and postgraduate courses in which the number of applications received is less than the seats.
The AC approved admission process for full-time and part-time PhD courses. In full-time PhD, there will be an objective type entrance test with 70 questions, interview and presentation.
Ten marks will be awarded to candidates who have qualified JRF and five marks to those who have cleared NET or UPSET.
Students transferred
A BCom and BBA students of the Nobel Institute of management and technology have been transferred to Bora Institute of Management after a complaint was received against the institute. Similarly, a BCom student of Krishna Institute has been transferred to Gyanodaya Degree College after the closure of BCom course in his institute.
Two new courses
The AC approved two new courses - MSc in Molecular and Human Genetics and a new diploma course in skill development in processing and value addition of medicinal and aromatic plants. The proposal of starting the MSc course faced opposition from teachers as it was not approved by the science faculty board.
