UG admissions: PU to release second merit list on June 19
Patna: Patna University (PU) will release the second cut-off list for admission to its four-year undergraduate programmes (conventional) and three-year degree programmes (self-financing) in its different colleges in the current academic session (2025-26) on June 19.
More than 2,185 students were already admitted from the first cut-off list between June 13 and 16.
Giving details of the admissions held in different honours subjects in arts, science, and commerce streams from the first merit list, PU students' welfare dean Anil Kumar said the maximum number of students (510) were admitted to Magadh Mahila College, followed by 500 in B N College. The number of students admitted to Patna College, Patna Science College and Vanijya Mahavidyalaya was 490, 415 and 270, respectively.
"The total number of sanctioned seats in these colleges is 4,531," he said.
He said the second cut-off list for admission against the remaining seats in various honours subjects in different colleges would be released on June 19 and the candidates figuring in the list would have to secure their admission in their respective colleges from June 21 to 24. "The third and final merit list will be announced on June 27 and the candidates figuring in this list will have to secure their admission on June 30 and July 1," he said.
"Students who took admission in the first round and opted for the sliding option would be considered for their upgradation (of the choice of college or honours subject or both) in the second round of admission," the dean said.
The admissions are also being held simultaneously in the three-year degree courses under the self-financing scheme in different colleges. The self-financing (vocational) courses running in different colleges of PU are functional English (Patna College and B N College), BCA (B N College, Patna Science College, Magadh Mahila College), BBA (Patna College, B N College, Magadh Mahila College), biotechnology (Patna Science College and B N College), mass communications (Patna College), environmental science (Patna Science College) and social work (Magadh Mahila College).
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