Pondicherry University UG, PG, Certificate, Advanced Masters Courses 2025

Yes, Pondicherry University does provide support to its students. The university has a placement cell which is responsible for motivating, training and preparing the students of the University and its affiliated Colleges for their successful career placement. Listed below are some of the major activities conducted by the Placement cell:

• Organising On-and-off-campus interviews
• Organising training programmes like Personality Development Programmes, Mock Aptitude tests, Group Discussion training and mock interviews
• Co-ordinating Industrial Visits
• Co-ordinating semester-long or year-long Project Placement for the Students
• Supporting Technical Seminars, Conferences, Workshops, etc., organized by various departments

Pondicherry University's Integrated BA + MA in History is spread over ten semesters. At the end of the course duration, students must have secured a minimum of 192 credits for the award of the degree. To gain these credits, students have to study various hard and soft core courses each semester and pass the respective examinations. For passing each hard core course, students get 4 credits, and for passing each soft core course, 3 credits. Moreover, students are free to choose any course offered by other departments as a soft core during a particular semester.

Pondicherry University accepts CUET PG exam for admission to Masters and Integrated Masters Programs. A valid CUET PG is necessary to get into Pondicherry University. Further, with a score of 70, candidates can surely get admission at Pondicherry University. The Pondicherry University cutoff 2024 stood between 2 and 148 for the General AI quota. CUET PG cutoff list for admission to PG courses in Pondicherry University last year is provided below. You can refer the link to check for the cutoff details at Pondicherry University.

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.

While reporting for Pondicherry University BCom (H) admissions, students must present original and self-attested copies of the following documents: 

• Class 10 marksheet
• Class 12 marksheet
• Transfer Certificate
• Date of Birth Certificate
• Conduct Certificate Caste Certificate for SC/ST/OBC students
• Income Certificate for SC/ST/OBC students
• Migration Certificate
• Passport-size photographs

Any candidate who has done bachelors' in the relevant stream can apply for the MA programme of Pondicherry University. However, the final selection of students is based on the scores obtained in the CUET PG entrance test conducted by NTA. After the exam, the students are required to register on the official website of the university and appear for the counselling process. After this, those with their names available in the merit lists released by the University can confirm their admission or block their seats by paying the admission fee.

As per Pondicherry University cutoff 2023, the closing ranks for top 5 integrated courses stood at 368.33 for Integrated M.Sc. in Physics, 343.48 for Integrated M.Sc. in Chemistry, 341.05 for Integrated M.Sc. in Mathematics, 309.38 for Integrated M.Sc. in Computer Science and 293.35 for Integrated M.Sc. in Statistics for General category All India candidates. Of all the specialisations,  Integrated M.Sc. in Physics can be considered as the most competitive of all because of the highest closing scores in the last two years. 

Pondicherry University MBA average package data is not released. However, according to Pondicherry University NIRF report 2025, the median package offered over the past three years during Pondicherry University PG 2-year placements is presented below:

Particulars	PG 2-year Placement Statistics (2022)	PG 2-year Placement Statistics (2023)	PG 2-Year Placement Statistics (2024)
Median package	INR 4.3 LPA	INR 6.5 LPA	INR 7.5 LPA

Pondicherry University MBA placement report is not released. However, as per the NIRF report 2025 released by the University, the number of students placed over the past three years during Pondicherry University PG 2-year placements are presented below:

Particulars	PG 2-year Placement Statistics (2022)	PG 2-year Placement Statistics (2023)	PG 2-Year Placement Statistics (2024)
Total students	2145	2825	2829
Students placed	1464	1592	1962

According to Pondicherry University NIRF report 2024, the course-wise median package offered during Pondicherry University placements 2024 is presented below:

Course	Median Package (2024)
UG 3-year (BA, BSc, BCom)	INR 3.65 LPA
PG 2-year (MBA, MSc, MA)	INR 7.5 LPA
PG Integrated 5-year	INR 7.2 LPA

 

National Testing Agency will commence CUET 2026 registration in first week of March. Soon after the release of the CUET notification candidates candidates can check the important dates pertaining to CUET 2026. The last date for CUET 2026 registration will be notiifed aling with the last date for payment of fee. 

Candidats will be required to fill the CUET application form within the given time frame, failing which no request for extension of the CUET registration last date will be entertained. NTA does not provide the window for late fee payment. CUET 2026 application process will be in online mode. No physical copies of the CUET application form must be sent to the authorities.

Pondicherry University allow admission to MBBS, BDS, and BAMS courses via NEET exam. The university has released the NEET cutoffs for General, OBC and SC. As per the Pondicherry University NEET cutoff 2024, the rank stood between 112999 and 335484 for the General AI category candidates. Similarly, for the OBC AI quota, the last-round closing rank stood between 244091 and 499091.

According to data gathered from unofficial sources, Engineering sector has placed the most no. of Pondicherry University students. The sector-wise Pondicherry University alumni placement statistics are presented below:  

Note: The above-mentioned alumni data is gathered from unofficial sources and hence may vary.

Overall seats across various courses at Pondicherry University - Karaikal Campus goes up to 212. Pondicherry University - Karaikal Campus offers Degree courses including 5 PG courses. These programs are offerred in Full Time mode.

Pondicherry University - Karaikal Campus has below criteria for taking admissions to it's various courses:

Courses	Eligibility
MBA/PGDM	Candidate must have completed Bachelor's degree in any discipline with above mentioned marks from any recognised University/Institute.
MCA	Candidate must have completed Bachelor's degree in Computer Applications/ Computer Science/ Information Technology or Bachelor's degree in Commerce/ Corporate Secretaryship/ Economics / Business Administration with Mathematics/ Business Mathematics / Statistics with Computer Applications as one of the subjects or Bachelor's degree in Science with Mathematics/ Statistics as one of the subjects with above mentioned marks from any recognised University/Institute.
M.Sc.	Candidate who have done Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/ Computer Applications/ Information Technology or any other equivalent course are eligible to apply.
M.Com	Candidate completed any B.Com. degree with a minimum mentioned marks are eligible to apply.

Pondicherry University offers a five-year Integrated MA programme across four specialisations, namely History, Political Science, Sociology and Social & Economic Administration and Law (SEAL). Candidates seeking admission to the Integrated MA programmes of Pondicherry University must have completed their Class 12 with a minimum aggregate of 50%. In addition to this, they are required to appear for the CUET UG exam conducted by NTA for final selection. Read on to know about Pondicherry University MA course. 

The CUET PG 2023 cutoff for Pondicherry University MBA specialisations are mentioned below:

Course	2022	2023
MBA in International Business	52	153
Master of Business Administration (MBA)	52	145
MBA in Financial Technology	64	158
MBA in Data Analytics	52	159
Click here, to check out cut off for other specialisations

Pondicherry University offers a wide range of Integrated PG, postgraduate, Diploma and doctoral programmes in the field of Management, Engineering, Science and Arts, among others. All these courses are offered via the 57 departments under it. Admission to a majority of integrated PG and PG courses at Pondicherry University is subject to CUET UG and CUET PG exams. Additionally, the university also conducted the NCET exam for admission to its Integrated BA-B.Ed, Integrated BSc-B.Ed courses. Interested students can apply for these exams and then apply to the university with a valid score.