M.A. in English Colleges in India - Fees 2026, Admissions

Calicut University conducts its own entrance exam Calicut University Common Admission Test (CUCAT) for admission to its courses. The university also accepts few national-level exams, which are tabulate below:

To check out the admission process for other UG & PG courses,  make your course selection here.

Assam Down Town University (ADTU) offer both merit-based as well as entrance-based admission. Yes, candidates can take direct admission at Assam Down Town University (ADTU) if they fulifl the eligibility criteria. Most of the undergraduate programmes allow direct entry if you meet the minimum eligibility criteria.

In order to apply for courses at Gautam Buddha University, the candidates have to meet the last educational qualification as per course requirement. However, for few of a courses the university conducts it's own entrance exam, GBU-ET. The syllabus for GBU-ET varies course-wise. Any candidate with good academic background and preparation can easily get into GBU Noida.

Yes, St. Xavier's University does provide sports-based scholarships. The university offers three sports scholarships, namely the Best Athlete Scholarship (Boys), the Best Athlete Scholarship (Girls), and the Meritorious Sportsperson. Under all the scholarships, selected students are granted a full waiver of tuition fees & development fees. One student under each category who wins the Best Athlete in the Annual Sports Meet is awarded the scholarship.

Patna University has a total of 10 constituent colleges. Patna University through its 31 departments, constituent colleges and 4 other institutes offers a wide array of UG, PG, diploma, certificate and doctoral level programmes in the fields of Science, Education, Humanities, Law, Commerce, and many other streams. Candidates need to complete Class 12 to apply for UG programmes. A minimum of graduation is required to apply for PG programmes. 

The Central University of Haryana open counselling process begin after the releasing of CUET UG results on the official website of CUET. After the result declaration, the counselling is solely conducted by the university itself. To proceed for counselling process, candidates are required to fill an online application form on the online admission protal of CUH. To apply for the CUH open counselling process, candidates can follow the step mentioned below:

1. Visit the official online admission portal of CUH (cuhcuet.samarth.edu.in/). 
2. Use CUET application number, and other details along with email ID and a password to open the application form. 
3. Fill the form with all the relevant information and complete the application form after uploading the necessary documents along with the CUET UG result in the prescribed format. 

For the detailed Central University of Haryana CUET UG counselling process, click here. 

There are over 5,258 seats for MA in the PRSU campus and affiliated colleges. The seat intake varies from one MA specialisation to another. The seat intake bifurcaton for MA course at offered at on-campus along with some of its affiliated colleges are mentioned in the following table:

Note: The above information is sourced from the official website/ sanctioning body and is subject to change.

Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University (BAOU) has various collaborations and some of these include Vardhman Mahaveer Open University Kota, Rajasthan, Stree Chetana, Astrakhan State University Astrakhan, Russia, Shishuvihar, Vidyamandir Trust Gujarat State Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, Blind People's Association, NAC Communication Network LLP, Ahmedabad Garbhopanished Foundation.

CUET PG 2023 Section 1 or the General section was found to be easy to moderate by maximum number of candidates in the examination centres. The questions were on Language Comprehension had questions from unseen passages.The questions were based on Reading Comprehension and the types of questions were direct from the passage, and others were vocabulary and synonym-antonym, idioms and phrases and basic grammatical based.

In Verbal Ability, some basic and simple questions were asked from Spotting errors, blood relationships, sentence equivalence and many more. Some other questions were asked from analytical skills and from GK section.

Candidates with their names in the seat allotment list are provisionally admitted to the respective courses. The shortlisted candidates need to report to the Shivaji University within the due date against each counselling round and submit the fees.

After fee submission, candidates are required to verify the required documents to confirm their seats for final admission at Shivaji University. If the confirmation of admission is not done before the final date, then the allotment will be cancelled.

SAT exam score is considered for MA at SLS, Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU). Candidates must have passed a Bachelor's degree in any discipline from a recognised board, and final year students can also apply on a provisional basis, provided they obtain the results before admission.However, for undergraduate programs such as BBA, B.Com, and B.Sc, SLS, PDEU conducts an entrance exam, which is a university-level exam.

Candidates seeking admission to Burdwan University must have valid WBJEE scores. Burdwan University admission cutoff for the BE courses has been concluded with the release of WBJEE Round 3. Burdwan University cutoff for admission to BTech course is based on WBJEE scores followed by WBJEE Counselling. Tabulated below is the round-wise closing ranks for BE CSE for the General category All India candidates: 

The eligibility requirement for HPU UG courses is a minimum of Class 12. However, graduation is required for PG courses. Below is course-wise HPU eligibility for top programmes:

Yes, Utkal University admissions are open. The university has opened the admission window for its PG, PhD, and MPhil programmes. UG course admission is expected to start soon. Students can check the Utkal University Vani Vihar site to know more about the admission.

Mohanlal Sukhadia University (MLSU) in Udaipur, Rajasthan, has multiple entrance exams for 2026:

RMCAAT: For M.Com, M.Tech, and MCA
RMAT: For MBA
MLSULET: For BA LLB, and LLM
RET: For PhD
MLSU also considers marks from qualifying examinations and university-based counseling.

In terms of placements, the University has maintained a decent track record. The official placement report or brochure is yet to be released. As per the data gathered from the NIRF report 2024, 156 out of 818 PG (2-year) graduates were placed in 2023. Earlier, 234 out of 803 students were placed in the 2022 drive. Further, the median package offered in 2023 was INR 3.26 LPA, which was almost 32% less in comparison to 2022. Take a look at the below table for a detailed analysis of Central University of Kerala placement trends:

NOTE: The above data is fetched from the NIRF report 2024.

The mode of application at Graphic Era Deemed to be University is online with students given admission as long as they get through the selection process after they apply online through the university page for its various courses. Students must complete the eligibility requirements before they apply.

Uttarakhand Open University MA is offered in the correspondence mode, that means students do not have to attend any classes for the MA programme, students can study the course material on their own and appear for exams. Candidates applying for admission should take note that the MA at Uttarakhand Open University is different from its online MA opportunities.

Admission into the programme is offered through graduation, the eligibility criteria for MA is a 50% minimum aggregate in graduation.

Latest CMAT exam pattern is given below:

• Question paper carries 100 MCQs
• Each section has 20 question
• Exam duration is 180 minutes
• Each question carries 4 marks 
• There is no negative marking

Yes, UPRTOU Allahabad offers an MA (Master of Arts) course in distance mode. The course can be completed in two years or at maximum in four years. MA programme is of semester pattern. This course can be pursued at Uttar Pradesh Rajarshi Tandon Open University in various specialisations. Aspirants with a bachelor’s degree from a recognised university are eligible to apply for MA programme.