Punjabi University Patiala Course Admissions 2025: Fees, Eligibility, Dates & Selection Process

Hostel fees for Engineering Hostels (I. e. Band Singh Bahadur, Mai Bhago Hostel & Bebe Nanki) is INR 920 per month whereas for other Hostels it is INR 420 per month. There are six residential Hostels for boys and seven residential Hostels for girls. The Hostels have all modern amenities for comfortable living for 4000 students. The hostels are given on a merit basis only. The students of low-income groups can be given free accommodation in the University Hostels. Residents of a hostel, where a cooperative mess is being run shall have to pay INR 5000 in advance as a mess bill. This amount is refundable/adjustable as and when the student leaves the hostel or the mess is closed permanently.

CMAT 2025 was on January 25, 2025, almost four months ahead of previous years. The CMAT exam is usually held in March-April, but in 2023 and 2024, it was held in May. The last time CMAT was held in January was in 2019.

The NTA announced registration dates via an official circular, which was released online on the NTA website on November 14, 2024. The CMAT 2025 exam schedule includes registration window open and close dates and form correction dates. CMAT 2025 registration has started, and the last date to apply was December 13, 2024, and the admit card was released on January 20, 2025.

NTA will release the CUET admit card 2026 at cuet.nta.nic.in. Candidates can download their admit cards till their exam date. The admit card will be released for download in PDF document and is a mandatory document to be carried to the exam centre. Prior to the release of the CUET UG admit card, NTA released the advance intimation of exam city slip. It is not the admit card, but will inform candidates about the city. After downloading the CUET UG 2026 admit card, candidates will have to check all the details carefully and ensure that there is no mistake. In case of any error, they will have to contact NTA to get the necessary corrections done. 

Yes, Punjabi University does offers scholarships for its students. The scholarships are offered in the form of stipends, fee concessions,   loans, etc., The scholarships offered are :

• Merit Scholarship under the National Merit Scholarship Schemes sponsored by the Centre and the State Governments.
• Loan Scholarships under the Government of India National Loan Scholarships Scheme.
• Scholarships, stipends and fee concessions as admissible from time to time under the State Harijan Welfare Scheme for students belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes.
• Merit Scholarships are awarded on the basis of the result of the examination conducted by the Punjabi University.
• Stipends to children/grandchildren of Freedom Fighters, Ex INA personnel and to those sponsored by the Treasurer, Charitable Endowment, Punjab.
• UGC Post-graduate Merit Scholarship: This scholarship will be awarded to university-rank holders both in General and Honours Courses at the undergraduate level.

The total tuition fee for BA Courses is between INR 25,560 to INR 4.12 Lacs. Punjabi University offers BA. In various fields of Humanities and Languages. Candidates who wish to take admission to these courses should fulfil the basic eligibility criteria. The basic criteria are that Candidate should have passed Class 12 with at least 50 percent marks in aggregate in any discipline. The Selection will be made on the 70 and 30 ratios. 70 percent weightage will be given to the qualifying examination and 30 percent to the aptitude test/Audition/Interview.

Punjabi University, Patiala cutoff 2024 has been released for UG and PG courses in the form of opening and closing scores. As per the last-round cutoff, the closing score varied between 22 and 110.97 wherein M.A.in Music-Instrumental is the toughest course to get into the Punjab University for the students belonging to the General All India Quota.