(In this series, indianexpress.com will introduce college aspirants to the top universities accepting undergraduate admissions through CUET. The article will highlight the history, admission process, top courses and other important details about the institute) CUET UG 2023: the University of Pondicherry recently released the eligibility criteria for admissions to undergraduate courses through CUET. College aspirants can visit the official website of the university - pondiuni.edu.in to check the eligibility criteria. Pondicherry University which draws admissions from across India and abroad, adopted CUET (Common University Entrance Test) for admissions in all UG courses like, integrated MSc Applied Geology, integrated MSc Chemistry, integrated MSc Physics, integrated MSc Mathematics, MSc Computer Science, integrated MSc Statistics, integrated MA History, integrated MA Political Science, integrated MA Sociology and integrated MA SEAL. There are a total of 95 colleges affiliated with Pondicherry University. The admission process and all that you need to know about admission to Pondicherry University are given below. CUET Last year, University received applications from nearly 43,323 candidates for its undergraduate programmes after the introduction of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET). Popular courses 5-year Integrated MSc Applied Geology, 5-year Integrated MSc Chemistry, 5-year Integrated MSc Physics, 5-year Integrated MSc Mathematics, 5-year Integrated MSc Computer Science, 5-year Integrated MSc Statistics, 5-year Integrated MA History, 5-year Integrated MA Political Science, 5-year Integrated MA Sociology, 5-year Integrated MA SEAL are the most popular courses. Scholarships For the year 2022-23, Pondicherry University has released a list of 15 scholarships for students belonging to various courses. The list includes merit Scholarship, Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship, Scholarship for MSc Marine Biology & Disaster Management, Scholarship for MTech Computational Biology, fellowships / scholarships / offered by other agencies: Junior Research Fellowship Scholarship for M.Tech Computational Biology, N.B.H.M Scholarship, Government of India SC /ST /OBC Scholarship, Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship / Maulana Azad National Fellowship, Indira Gandhi Scholarship for Single GirlChild, PG Merit Scholarship for University rank holders, Government of Puducherry Fellowship / Scholarship Merit and Merit-cum-Means Scholarship, Government of India- DBT Special Fund, Madanjeet Singh Group Scholarship, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy(MNRE), GATE Scholarship. Hostels At present, Pondicherry University has 22 hostels on the campus, of which, 14 are for boys and eight are for girls. The Karaikal Campus has two hostels one for boys and one for girls. One boy's hostel and one girl's hostel are available at the Port Blair campus also. About 40 rooms are available in CV Raman Hostel for boys and 49 rooms are available in Madame Curie for girls. The fee structure for foreign students is different from that of the general hostel students. Foreign students are expected to pay hostel fees at the time of hostel admission. History Pondicherry University is a Central University established by an Act of Parliament in October 1985. It is an affiliating University with a jurisdiction spread over the Union Territory of Puducherry, Lakshwadeep and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
