PU Admissions 2021: Punjabi University to introduce 5-year integrated courses

Punjabi University will be launching five-year integrated courses on the campus on the lines of those being run at various IITs and IISER among others, PU officials said.

Punjabi University Admissions 2021: Punjabi University recently decided to introduce various undergraduate (UG) five-year integrated courses at its various faculties on the campus. The university has authorised the Vice-Chancellor (VC) to start and run the courses which will be cleared at a meeting of the syndicate. The courses will be started in the upcoming academic session. According to the reports, Punjabi University will be launching five-year integrated courses on the campus on the lines of those being run at various IITs and IISER among others, PU officials said. “These will help the students get a variety of courses and better teaching. It will also bring us more students,” they added.

The varsity will run these courses in faculties of social sciences, languages, life sciences, physical sciences, business management, commerce, data sciences, computer science and application. A course in BTech mathematics will also be launched. The students who opt for the five-year integrated course in languages will be able to opt for Punjabi, English, Urdu and other languages.

Talking about the introduced courses, Dr BS Sandhu, Dean, Academics, said: “We have decided to offer seats ranging from 100 to 180 for the integrated courses. The students who opt for courses in life sciences will be able to opt for biology, botany, human biology, pharmacy, bio-technology in the 4th year. Similarly, options will be available for other students under various other faculty heads”.

Students interested in Punjabi University Admissions 2021 must note that those who opt for the five-year integrated course will not have to re-enrol after the 3rd year. Their seats will be secure. Meanwhile, the other remaining seats of master courses at the departments will be filled from outside as previously prevalent. The students will attend classes at different departments as per their curriculum. Dr Sandhu also informed that the students would be required to pay from Rs25,000 to Rs30,000 fee per semester for the courses. This would help provide new courses for the students.

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