*(1) Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences,
(2) Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital
(3) Sri Venkateswaraa Medical College and Research Center. Subject to the availability of a minimum of 4 students per course

For admission to P.g. Diploma Courses, candidates possessing the eligibility criteria indicated below and qualified under 10+2+3 system of study are eligible to apply.

*(1) Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences,
(2) Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital
(3) Sri Venkateswaraa Medical College and Research Center. Subject to the availability of a minimum of 4 students per course

For admission to P.g. Diploma Courses, candidates possessing the eligibility criteria indicated below and qualified under 10+2+3 system of study are eligible to apply.

*(1) Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences,
(2) Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital
(3) Sri Venkateswaraa Medical College and Research Center. Subject to the availability of a minimum of 4 students per course

For admission to P.g. Diploma Courses, candidates possessing the eligibility criteria indicated below and qualified under 10+2+3 system of study are eligible to apply.

Application form to be submitted online through the university Website www.pondiuni.edu.in by following the instructions posted therein.

For each course Rs. 250/-, Rs. 125/- for SC/ST, Exempted for differently abled candidates - subject to submission of relevant certificates. Application fee can be paid online or offline by following the instruction available in the university website.

• Apply separately for each course.
• Fill in all columns with complete and correct information after going through the prospectus. Incomplete / false / wrong information will entail rejection of application. Any claim based on wrong information, wrong course code, centre code, etc. will not be entertained at a later stage.
• Application forms are to be filled and submitted online, as per instructions in the university website www.pondiuni.edu.in.
• Due care should be taken in filling the application form. Enter correct course code in the relevant column which is very important.
• All columns should be filled correctly and unambiguously.
• While filling in the qualification and marks, care should be taken to provide the relevant marks / grades.
• Candidates who apply for M.Sc. (Computer Science), M.Com. and MCA courses which are offered at Puducherry and Karaikal Centres of the university, should give their order of preference of centre of study at relevant column.
• Candidates who apply for M.Tech. Computational Biology which is offered at Anna university, Chennai and Pondicherry university should give their order of preference of the university at relevant column.
• Defence personnel also should apply online only. The payment of application ees can be through offline or online mode. They should however, take a print out of the online application form and forward the same through the respective Head Quarter to The Assistant Registrar (Academic Admissions) Pondicherry University.
• Candidates are free to apply for admission to as many courses as he/ she wishes after ensuring from the schedule for entrance examination that there is no clash in the dates of entrance exams of his/ her choice. For each course a separate application form has to be submitted with the required fee. The university assumes no responsibility for a candidate who has applied for subjects for which examinations have been scheduled simultaneously. He/ she will be allowed to take up only one examination of his/her choice in the particular session even if he/she has applied for more than one course in the same session.
• Helpdesk facilities are available to candidates for help in fillinfin application form payment of fees and clarification regarding entrance exam related matters.

• The Entrance Exam will be online Based Test. When candidate reports in time to the Exam Centre allotted for the entrance exam and after verification of Hall Ticket and other documents, he/she will allowed to enter the Test Hall and will be allotted a separate Computer System, user Id and Password. Necessary instructions will be given in advance.
  
  Once the candidate logs into the system allotted, the respective question paper will be displayed on the screen and candidate can choose the Correct Answer by clicking on that choice. If the candidate later wants to change the choice already made for a particular question, the old choice can be removed and new Choice made. on completion of answering the questions and/or before leaving the Hall, the candidate will submit by clicking on SuBMIT button on the screen. once submitted then the candidate cannot redo/continue the test. Question paper will consist of 100 Multi Choice questions to be answered in 120 minutes duration. A correct answer will be given 4 marks while negative mark -1 will be alloted for a wrong selection. (Space work sheet will be provided on request of the candidates).
• Defence personnel must take the online Based Entrance Test method at any one of the twenty eight centers as notified by the university.
• In respect of Ph.D subjects (e.g. Chemistry, Physics, etc.) which are offered both in the university Departments and in the affiliated institution(s), the candidates should appear for a common entrance examination. The selection will be based on a common merit list. The candidates will have the option to join either in the university Department or in the Affiliated Institution as per their choice vis-à-vis their position in the merit list, subject to fulfillment of the eligibility and residential conditions. In such cases one application is enough.

• Admission to the university is open to all those who have the prescribed qualifications without any discrimination of race, caste, creed, language or sex.
• Students should have, in general, obtained the Bachelor’s degree/ Master’s degree from a recognized university under 10+2+3 / 10+2+3+2 system, i.e., the candidate should have studied for 15 years to obtain his/her/ bachelor’s degree and 17 years to obtain his/ her Master’s degree to apply for admission to P.g. and Ph.D. programmes respectively offered at each School/Department / Centre.
• The minimum eligibility criteria for different courses are as prescribed in the appropriate sections. Candidates qualified through other system of studies should obtain eligibility certificate from the university before admission.
• unless otherwise specifically stated, candidates should have secured a minimum of 50% of marks in part III (core and allied) of their u.g. degree examination for admission to courses under Humanities and Social Science subjects and a minimum 55% of marks in part III (core and allied) of their u.g. degree for admission to courses under science disciplines. For the Five year Integrated Programmes, the candidates should have passed the +2 examination with at least 50% marks. Eligibility marks will not be rounded off. For example 49.99% will not be rounded off to 50% for the purpose of admission.
• Candidates awaiting their results are also eligible to apply. Such candidates, however, must produce the mark sheet/ degree certificate as the proof of fulfilling the prescribed eligibility criteria on or before 1st September 2013 failing which provisional admission, if granted, will be cancelled.

The entrance examination for admission to each programme will be held as per the scheduled time table in the following centres provided sufficient number of candidates opt for the given centre. Please indicate the name of centre with code clearly in the application form.

The selection of candidates for admission to all the P.g./P.g.Diploma programmes will be based on the marks obtained in the entrance examination only with the following exceptions :

• Candidates with high CAT Scores of 90 percentile and above may be exempted from writing the Entrance Examinations for MBA admission.
• Overseas Candidates from SAARC countries who were selected for the MSg scholarships.
  
  The selection to M.Tech Computational Biology which is offered under network teaching programme in collaboration with Anna university, Chennai will be made based on the Common Entrance Examination conducted by Pondicherry university. The allotment of candidates to each university will be made on merit and choice of Institution furnished by the candidate in the application form.

The admission to the Ph.D Programmes shall be made as per the following criteria :

• Entrance Exam - 70%
• Personal Interview & Academic Record - 30%
• The NET/JRF qualified candidate with fellowships will be given direct admission to Ph.D. programmes. For further details refer the chapter “Admission requirements for Ph.D. Programmes”.
• The minimum cut off mark for general candidates in respect of Ph.D. admission shall be half of the average of the entrance examination marks scored by all the candidate in the respective subject. The minimum cut of mark for oBC/SC/ST/Differently Abled candidates will be 10% below the cut off marks of the general category candidates.
• For the purpose of working out the average, only ‘zero’ and above will be taken into account.

• The entrance examination will be of 2 hours duration.
• Mere appearance in the entrance examination does not entitle a candidate for admission to any course in this university and he/ she will be granted admission only if he/ she fulfils the eligibility criteria fixed for the courses. Even if a candidate is placed in the admission list based on his/ her performance in the entrance test but does not meet the eligibility criteria, he/ she will not be granted admission. Candidates are advised to take up the examination only if they satisfy the eligibility criteria. If the number of applications received is less than the prescribed intake, there will be no entrance test; admission will be granted based on the marks obtained in the qualifying examination.
• Admission granted will be cancelled at any time, if it is found that the information furnished by the candidate is false or incorrect or if, at a later stage, it is found that the candidate does not fulfill the eligibility criteria prescribed for the course.
• The university is not responsible for any postal delay or non-receipt of select card/ admission intimation, etc.
• only selected candidates will be informed of their selection. The list will also be hosted on the university website.
• The candidates selected for admission to M.Sc. & Ph.D. Marine Biology and Disaster Management offered in Andaman centre should give an undertaking in writing to the university that they join the course at their own risk and shall take an insurance policy to the tune of Rs.5 lakhs.
• The university reserves the right to increase/ decrease the intake of any of the programmes. The university also reserves the right not to offer any of its courses due to administrative reasons.
• The overall Merit Lists, Selection and Waiting Lists will be hosted in the university website.