Pondicherry University offers a variety of scholarships to students. These scholarships are offered based on merit, financial need, and other criteria. Here are some of the scholarships offered at Pondicherry University:

  • Merit Scholarships: These scholarships are awarded to students based on their academic performance.
  • Financial Need Scholarships: These scholarships are awarded to students who demonstrate financial need.
  • Category-Based Scholarships: These scholarships are awarded to students from certain categories, such as SC/ST/OBC/PWD.
  • Student Exchange Scholarships: These scholarships are awarded to students who want to study abroad.
  • Research Scholarships: These scholarships are awarded to students who want to pursue research

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4.0

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3.7
Infrastructure
3.9
Faculty & Course Curriculum
4.1
Crowd & Campus Life
4.1
Value for Money
4.0
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DARSHANA JAYAPRAK ... | B.Sc. (Hons.) in Mathematics - Batch of 2028
Reviewed on 25 Nov 2025
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4.4
Placements 4 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
I truly love my university.

Placements: 75 percent of students get placed. The packages ranges from Rs. 50,000 to 5 LPA. Companies like Allen and various banks hire students. 90 percent recently get internships from different multinational companies. We can become teachers, bankers, civil servants, data analysts, and mathematicians.

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Priyadharshini | MBBS - Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery - Batch of 2028
Offered by Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences,
Reviewed on 24 Nov 2025
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5.0
Placements 5 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
PIMS: A student-friendly college.

Placements: Our college offers many placement opportunities in top hospitals in India and all over the world. Every year, 150 doctors graduate from our college, and most of them are in good positions in many top-paid hospitals, and many got PG seats abroad as well.

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Gokulnath E | B.Tech. in Information Technology - Batch of 2026
Offered by Sri Manakula Vinayagar Engineering College - SMVEC
Reviewed on 23 Nov 2025
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4.6
Placements 5 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 4 Crowd & Campus Life 4 Value for Money 5
Experience in my college.

Placements: There are a total of 89% of students who got placed from my course. The highest package in my course is 4 LPA, and the highest package is 19 LPA. The top recruitment companies in my course are Google, Amazon, Microsoft, etc. A total of 80 percent of students got internships from my course at Microsoft. The top roles offered in my course are HR and manager.

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Gopika S G | B.Sc. (Hons.) in Statistics - Batch of 2028
Reviewed on 18 Nov 2025
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5.0
Placements 5 Infrastructure 5 Faculty & Course Curriculum 5 Crowd & Campus Life 5 Value for Money 5
Good and better university.

Placements: 45% of students are placed in my course. The high package is 30000 and the lowest is 25000. Companies provide jobs for our course students.50 percent of students got internship in our course. Data scientist Data Analytics etc are the fields we performed.

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Yogesh Kumar Jha | Integrated M.Sc. in Statistics - Batch of 2028
Reviewed on 15 Nov 2025
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3.2
Placements 3 Infrastructure 4 Faculty & Course Curriculum 3 Crowd & Campus Life 3 Value for Money 3
Placement records in 2025 and university life at Pondicherry University.

Placements: Around 30 percent of students get campus placement. The highest package is 9 LPA–10 LPA, the lowest package is 3 LPA–4 LPA, and 5 LPA–6 LPA is the average. Recruiting companies are HDFC, Oracle, Tata, Infosys, and others. In my batch, every student gets an internship opportunity after 2 years in the summer. The major role is data handling.

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Anonymous | M.Tech. in Data Science - Batch of 2019
Offered by Pondicherry Engineering College - PEC
Reviewed on 6 Nov 2025
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3.0
Placements 3 Infrastructure 3 Faculty & Course Curriculum 3 Crowd & Campus Life 3 Value for Money 3
Good college and infrastructure.

Placements: 5th semester students are eligible for the placements. Not many companies 2 to 4 companies visited our college. They selected a few candidates by interview. Students are doing jobs in corporations. The highest package offered was 3.2LPA and the lowest package offered was 1.8LPA.

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Pondicherry University Scholarship FAQs

Below mentioned are the frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding Pondicherry University scholarships:

Q:   Does Pondicherry University offer any scholarships?
A:

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.

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.

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Answered a year ago

The renewal of Pondicherry University BA scholarships is done based on merit scored in the semester exams. The first three candidates who secured the highest marks in the previous semester (SGPA) are awarded merit scholarships. Tabulated below is the scholarship amount awarded:

Rank

Scholarship Amount

First

INR 2,000 per month

Second

INR 1,500 per month

Third

INR 1,000 per month

 

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Shailja Rawat

Contributor-Level 10

Answered 17 hours ago

The total marks for PU CET UG 2026 will be 240 and their will be four sections physics, mathematics, chemistry and biology. Each marks per section is 60. Each correct answer will give uou +2 marks whereas each incorrect answer will give you -0.5 marks and there will be no penalty for the unattempted

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Rakshit Prabhakar

Contributor-Level 9

Answered 17 hours ago

There is no specific passing marks for PU CET UG 2026 exam, students gets rank on the basis of their performance, and the merit list made.

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Rakshit Prabhakar

Contributor-Level 9

Answered 17 hours ago

The main PU CET UG 2026 exam centres for the examination will be Ludhiana, Chandigarh, Muktsar, and Hoshiarpur. 

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Rakshit Prabhakar

Contributor-Level 9

Answered a month ago

As per the government rules and regulation,  Pondicherry University follows the seat reservations. the total amount of seats reserved for two categories, SC and ST is 22.5%. Check out the exact number of seats booked for them:

  • For SC category students, 15% of seats are reserved. 
  • 7.5% of seats have b

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Krishnendu Kumar

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