39 applicants for each seat

Some 39 admission seekers will compete for each seat in the first-year admission test under 2019-2020 academic session of Dhaka University (DU).

A total of 276,522 admission seekers have registered against 7,118 seats in four units of the admission tests. Last year, 272,512 aspirants applied for 7,128 seats, with 38 students vying for each seat.

Among the applicants, 88,976 will vie for 1,795 seats in “Ka” unit; 45,013 for 2,378 seats in “Kha”; 29,056 for 1,250 seats in “Ga”; 97,479 for 1,560 seats in “Gha”.

Some 15,998 candidates will contest for 135 seats in “Cha” unit (fine arts faculty), said a DU press release yesterday.

The deadline for online applications, which started on August 5, ended on August 27.

Calculators, mobile phones and any kind of mobile communication device are prohibited in the exam hall and mobile courts will be on duty during the examinations.

Details can be found at admission.eis.du.ac.bd.

Admission test is going to start from September 13 with “Ga” unit’s exam under the Business Studies faculty.

This year, admission tests will have 75 marks for multiple-choice questions (MCQ) and 45 for written exams.

Applicants will get 50 minutes to answer 60 MCQ, and 40 minutes for written tests. Each of the MCQ will contain 1.25 marks.

The pass mark is set at 30 for the MCQ portion. Aspirant’s written paper will not be evaluated if he or she fails to obtain pass marks in the MCQ.

One has to score 12 or more to pass the written part. If a candidate gets less than 12, but passes the MCQ part, they will still be considered ineligible for admission.

This year, registration fee has been set at Tk 450, which was Tk 350 before.

Admission test for “Ka” unit will take place on September 20; “Kha” on September 21; “Ga” on September 13, and “Gha” unit on September 27.

Exams for “Cha” unit under Faculty of Fine Arts will be held in two parts -- general knowledge on September 14 and drawing on September 28.

The decisions were made at a meeting of DU’s admission committee at Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Building on July 24, the press release added.