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Pondicherry University Admission Process 2025

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Q:   Can I join Pondicherry University without entrance exam?
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Admission to a majority of postgraduate and integrated postgraduate level courses at Pondicherry University is subject to CUET UG and CUET PG exams. In addition to this, the university also conducted the NCET exam for admission to its Integrated BA-B.Ed, Integrated BSc-B.Ed courses. Candidates seeking admission to Pondicherry University can apply for these exams and then apply to the university with a valid score.

Q:   Does Pondicherry University provide Distance Education to the students?
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Apart from the full-time programmes, the University offers distance education programmes in the field of Management, Commerce, Arts, Business Administration and more. Admission to all these programmes is done on the basis of merit.

  • BBA and BCom are offered at the UG level. The course duration of both programmes is three years. Candidates who have done Class 12 can apply for these programmes. The final selection of students is based on the HSC scores.
  • Apart from the UG programmes, the University offers three PG programmes under distance education. MCom, MA and MBA are offered with a course duration of two years. A candidate must hold a bachelor’s degree in the relevant stream to be eligible for these programmes. The final selection of students will be based on the graduation scores.
Q:   Is BSc available in Pondicherry University?
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Yes, Pondicherry University offers a BSc programme with various courses spread across its affiliated colleges. The main campus of the university offers five-year MSc integrated courses for students wanting to pursue PG-integrated courses. Moreover, students seeking admission in regular three-year BSc courses can do so by applying at Pondicherry University’s affiliated colleges.

Pondicherry University
B.E. / B.Tech Admissions 2026

91 courses 3 - 5 years
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₹ 42.1K - 6.2L

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  • 10+2 with 45% aggregate
  • Accepting Exams: AP EAMCET, CENTAC, JEE Main, CUET, CBSE 12th, ISC, Tamilnadu 12th

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Oct '25
JEE Main 2026 Registration Session 1Ongoing
Jan '26
JEE Main Admit Card 2025 Session 1Tentative
Jan '26
JEE Main 2026 Exam Date Session 1Tentative
Feb '26
JEE Main 2026 Registration Session 2Tentative
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CUET 2026 Application ProcessTentative
DatesPast Events
23 Sep '25
AP EAMCET 2025 Self Joining and Reporting at Colleges
20 Sep '25
AP EAMCET 2025 Release of Seat Allotment
20 Sep '25
AP EAMCET 2025 Commencement of Classwork
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Pondicherry University Application Process 2025

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Q:   When does the admission process begin at Pondicherry University?
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In general, the admission process begins in March every year. For the admission session 2025-26, the application process started with the registration process of CUET on the official website of NTA. The university accepts CUET-UG for admission to its PG-integrated courses. To appear for the same, students must have completed their Class 12 with relevant subjects. Additionally, for some courses, candidates are also required to fill out the application form by visiting the university official website.

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Q:   How can I apply for Pondicherry University?
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Follow the instructions mentioned below to apply for admission at Pondicherry University:

1: Visit the official website

2: Scroll down and look for the course

3: Click on Registration link

4: Enter valid email ID, mobile number and the required details along with the documents required

5: Pay the application fee to confirm submission 

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Q:   What is the application fee for PG programmes at Pondicherry University?
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Students who want admission to PG courses should apply online on the official website. Given below is the application fee for all programmes:

Course

Application Fee

PG and PG Integrated Programmes

INR 300

PhD

INR 1,000

Distance Education

INR 200

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Pondicherry University Scholarship 2025

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Q:   Does Pondicherry University offer any scholarships?
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Pondicherry University scholarships are offers various on merit and need basis. The scholarship is given to all PG programmes. Names of some of the scholarships are listed below:

  • PG Merit Scholarship
  • Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship
  • Scholarship for MSc Marine Biology & Disaster Management
  • NBHM Scholarship
  • Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for SC/ST students
  • Government of India SC/ ST/ OBC Scholarship
  • Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single Girl Child

In addition to these scholarships, all the full-time scholars admitted to PhD are eligible for a monthly fellowship of INR 8,000 with contingency. Additionally, all the students of the MSc in Marine Biology and Disaster Management (Port Blair) will get scholarships. Merit scholarships and merit-cum-means scholarships are available for deserving students of PG programmes, namely MSc/ MA and integrated five-year integrated programmes.

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Q:   Are there any fee waivers or scholarships available for Pondicherry University students?
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Yes, Pondicherry University provides fee waiver for various students based on need. Tabulated below are categories and percentage of tuition fee concession provided to them:

Student Category

Tuition Fee Concession

Differently abled Persons

100%

Non-teaching employees of Pondicherry University and their wards (Group B, C & D only)

50%

Defence Personnel in Indian Armed and Paramilitary force

50%

Widows

50%

Note: The above-mentioned information has been sourced from the official website of the university. However, it is subject to changes at the discretion of the concerned authorities.

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Q:   What documents are required while reporting for B.Tech admissions at Pondicherry University?
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Once the counselling process is completed, students with admission offers must present the following documents for verification purposes:

  • Class 10 marksheet
  • Class 12 marksheet
  • Migration certificate
  • School leaving certificate/transfer certificate
  • Category certificate (if applicable)
  • Income certificate (applicable for candidates seeking admission via EWS category)
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Pondicherry University
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Placement Review IconPlacements3.7
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Placement provided by our college is so good, as in our college recently many big and reputed companies visited, like TCS, Amazon, Flipkart, and Wipro.
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B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering - Batch of 2027
Offered by Pondicherry Engineering College - PEC
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4Placements5Infrastructure5Faculty3Crowd & Campus Life4Value for Money
Puducherry Technological University.
Placements: The average package is about 6 LPA, but the highest can be up to 18-20 LPA, and you also get an internship in big companies like Qualcomm and more. The rest is up to you, the harder you work, the more you will get. The T&P cell helps you get a job.
Infrastructure: Hostel life is very good. The food is a little bit average because most of the dishes are south indian, but the taste is very decent and much better than the other college hostel and mess. You can request the menu change as the menu is decided by the students only.
Faculty: Faculty, curriculum, and exams are very good. Some of the faculty are non-cooperative, but the rest are all very good, very helpful, and supportive. They help you in all ways. Exam questions are very easy, but you still have to study very well, and the exams are conducted very strictly.
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M.Com. in Business Finance - Batch of 2026
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Absolutely satisfied because of campus life, good faculties, and good infrastructure and facilities.
Placements: Talking about placements on this campus, it's very few. Less than 50% of students are getting placed. Top recruiting companies are multinational companies. Only a lesser percentage. Top roles offered are finance analyst and finance manager.
Infrastructure: Our department is the biggest in the university. Our department has good infrastructure, good facilities, and an atmosphere. We have campus Wi-Fi all over the department. We also have two 24-hour working libraries. A total of 20 hostels are on this campus. For boys and girls, separate hostels with good infrastructure and atmosphere.
Faculty: Teachers in our department are very helpful, qualified, and knowledgeable. The teaching quality is great. The interactions with teachers are very comfortable and friendly. The course curriculum is, of course, relevant. In my opinion, the semester exams are quite easy.
Other: I chose the course M.Com in business finance specialization. I chose this course because I'm really interested in studying this topic. A lot of events happen on our campus, and we celebrate all of the events. Scholarships are available to all students. Extracurricular activities like sports and arts. Everything is possible here.
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Placements: Nearly most of the students were placed in my batch, and it's still going on. Up to date, the highest salary was offered by Content Sack, a figure of 13 LPA. There are further more companies offering a minimum of 4 LPA. The company named Zoho took an intern from our batch, and other companies like Hexaware and Multicore also provided internships.
Infrastructure: Coming to infrastructure, I would say that it's below average. They provide Wi-Fi within the circumstances, and it's not good either. The classrooms are good. Coming to labs, it's very well-equipped with updated systems, and the library is provided with more than 10,000 books of different genres.
Faculty: The faculty was quite short. It led to difficulties in the semester and providing quality education. Not all of them are good. There are some staff who take good care of your time. The curriculum is very strict to the course perspective, and they take advantage of every program conducted through the respective departments.
Other: I've chosen Computer Science and Engineering because it's a course everyone prefers these days, and I thought it has a good future. I wish they will focus on one perspective so we can lead in that domain. If we're talking about fests and extracurricular activities, they rarely happen.
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Review of Sri Venkateshwaraa College of Engineering and Technology, Puducherry.
Placements: The percentage of placement for my course was 75%. The highest package was 24 LPA. The average package was 4 LPA. The companies were recruiting like Wipro, Amazon, Flipkart, Infosys, and Google. The percentage of getting an internship for my course was 60%.
Infrastructure: College infrastructure and facilities were nice. College did not provide internet. Labs were good. Classrooms were nice. There were 3 libraries. All types of books were available. Hostel rooms were good. But food was average. Sports and medical facilities were good.
Faculty: Teachers were very helpful to us. Teachers were very qualified, like Ph.D. master in their subject. Mostly all teachers were very experienced. This course was relevant to software. Semester exams were pretty easy. The percentage of passing was 90%.
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This college offers courses at very low prices.
Placements: The placement percentage here is quite good, about 70% of students get placement from this course. Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, Stand Life Sciences, and Wipro Students are working in companies like this. After completing this course, students are doing various jobs such as bioinformatics analyst, computational biologist, bioinformatics engineer, etc. The highest package is 15 LPA and the lowest package is 4 LPA.
Infrastructure: The infrastructure and facilities here are very good. This college has various facilities like free Wi-Fi, college laboratory, central library, various indoor games, etc. The classrooms are very large and equipped with high technology. There is a hostel facility here where students can stay for very little money. The quality of the food in the mess is very good.
Faculty: The teachers are all very helpful, qualified, and knowledgeable. Their teaching quality is very good, and all are very experienced teachers. This course curriculum is relevant, as it makes the students industry-ready. The faculty members are very good, very helpful, the semester exams are not very difficult, and the pass percentage is 40% in each subject.
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You can have memories and friends, but they don't offer proper placements.
Placements: Many of them and CSE students got placed in our batch. The highest package is 14 LPA and the lowest is 4.5 LPA. Our batch placement offers in not good in developing the student's skills before the placement offers so it is difficult for many of the students to be placed mostly mechanical and civil students.
Infrastructure: There are no proper classrooms for both students and staff. The hostel is in the worst condition. There is no quality food and water. The building is too old. The library is a good place to read and spend some useful time in our college. The canteen is so good and for six months once we used to conduct sports event without fails.
Faculty: Faculty members are the worst but few staff members are there for the improvement of the students' careers like Elayarani mam and Sathyamurthy sir. The pass percentage is 50 out of 100. In this internal marks are 40 so we can easily score higher in the semester examination without any arrears.
Other: My batch was quite different. Some of them are too good to hang out some of them are so different from ours. Many of them are other state students (tuner, Salem, thuja, prem promote Kar, murali). College has to appoint young staffs to every department. Every year PECOFES cultural fest will give a different vibe among entire college students in Pondicherry.
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Pondicherry University Admission 2025 FAQs

Q:   How can I register for Pondicherry University after clearing CUET UG?
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After appearing for the CUET exam and getting a valid score in the same, students are required to register on the official website of Pondicherry University, (provided they meet the minimum eligibility) and register there for final seat allotment. A few details about the registration process, post CUET UG results are out, is as follows:

  • Register online for counselling on Pondicherry University's official website.
  • Candidates need to pay the application fees which is: INR 250 for General, EWS & OBC NCL category students and INR 150 for SC/ST candidates. For each additional subject, General, EWS & OBC NCL category students need to pay INR 100 and all SC/ST candidates are required to pay INR 50.
  • There is, however, no application fee charged for PwD and Transgender candidates.
Q:   Which college is better among Pondicherry University, Saradha Gangadharan College, Tagore Government Arts and Science College for doing BSc?
A: 

Pondicherry University, Saradha Gangadharan College, and Tagore Government Arts and Science College can be compared on basis of components such as fees, no of specialisations offered and median pakcage. Tabulated below is a comparison based on these factors:

College/UniversityFeesNo. of Specialisations OfferedMedian Package
Pondicherry UniversityINR 1.1k to INR 1.1 lakh77INR 30,000
BSc at Tagore Government Arts and Science CollegeINR 55,0004INR 1.80 Lakh
BSc at Saradha Gangadharan CollegeINR 1,5007INR 2.20 Lakh

Note: The above fee is subject to changes.

Q:   Are there any seats reserved for the candidates from the Union Territory of Puducherry at Pondicherry University?
A: 

Yes, 25% of the total seats are reserved for Puducherry Union territory candidates in courses, namely:

  • MBA (Tourism & Travel Management)
  • MSc (Physics, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Computer Science, Applied Geology)
  • MA (Economics, Mass Communication, South Asian Studies)
  • Master of Library & Information Science, Master of Education Master of Social Work
  • MTech (Network & Information Security, Environmental Engineering & Management)
  • MSc (Applied Psychology, Electronic Media)
  • MCA and MCom (Business Finance),

In addition to this, 20% reservation is kept for Pondicherry UT candidates in MBA (Business Administration) courses.

Q:   What documents are required to apply for BSc courses at Pondicherry University?
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The documents required while applying to BSc course at Pondicherry University are:

  • 10 and 12 class marksheets
  • Passport size Photo
  • Qualifying Examination scorecard
  • Category certificate (if applicable)
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