Natural Applied Sciences Liberal Arts Humanities

There are 162 traditional universities and more than 7,494 colleges offering degree in Science/Arts / Commerce. Colleges/university departments offer a wide range of programmes in conventional science disciplines as well as new and emerging areas of science and technology. Undergraduate programmes are offered in more than 150 disciplines and postgraduate programmes are offered in more than 50 specialisations. A variety of programmes are available in traditional liberal arts / humanities. Undergraduate programmes are offered in more than 300 disciplines and postgraduate programmes in more than 150 specialisations. The colleges offering undergraduate or postgraduate courses in science stream or arts / humanities stream are either constituent colleges of the university / university departments or affiliated colleges. Universities offer affiliation to colleges only on meeting prescribed norms/standards and are in turn regulated by the statutory body, University Grants Commission.

Securing Admission
Candidates can apply for admission to Ed.CIL or directly to University/College for these courses according to the specific institute’s rules and regulations.
Candidates for postgraduate courses are required to appear for an All-India Biotechnology Entrance Test admission to M.Sc./M.Sc.(Agri.)/M.V.Sc.(Animal) Biotech/M.Tech. Biotechnology, which is conducted by the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. The combined entrance exam is applicable for admission to 20 universities/institutes in various parts of the country.
In most law institutes/universities, selection is on the basis of an entrance test. Admission to NLSIU is through an all-India admission test held usually on the first Sunday in May.

Universities of Excellence
In order to meet the challenges in education in global society and to introduce the concept of excellence and granting the status of universities with potential for excellence, the overnment has decided to identify educational institutions, which have the potential to be declared as universities of excellence. At present, there are 17 universities which have been declared by UGC as universities with potential for excellence. To name some –
Jawaharlal Nehru University for ‘Genomic & Biotechnology’,
University of Hyderabad for ‘Interface Studies and Research’,
University of Pune for ‘Bio-Informatics & Biotechnology’,
Jadavpur University for ‘Mobile Computing and Communications’
University of Madras for ‘Herbal Sciences’

Courses Offered in Science*

Courses Offered in Arts*

Agricultural Botony Agricultural Microbiology Analytical Chemistry Applied Sciences Bio-Chemistry Biology Bio-Physics Bio-Technology Botony Catering Technology Chemistry Child Care Computer Applications Computer Science Crop Physiology Dairy Chemistry Electronics Environmental Biology Environmental Science Family and Child Welfare Fine Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Food Technology Genetics Geology Home Science Library and Information Science Mathematics Microbiology Physics Psychology Statistics Visual Communication Zoology *indicative list only

Accountancy Ancient History/Culture Arabic Archaeology Arts Astronomy Bank Management, Banking Cooperation Bharatha Natyam Book Keeping and Accountancy Business Management Child Psychology and Child Guidance Commerce Dance, Dramatics, Drawing and Painting Economics Education English Environmental Studies Fashion/Apparel Designing and Merchandising Finance Fine Arts [Dance/ Drama/Music] Food and Nutrition French Geography German History Home Science Humanities Indian Heritage and Civilization Islamic Studies Journalism and Communication Law, Library Science Marketing Management, Mass Communication Music, Painting Philosophy, Political Science Psychology Public Administration, Public Enterprise Management Religious Studies Rural Development/Technology Rural Industry/Management Sanskrit Social Work, Sociology Tourism /Travel Management Urdu *indicative list only

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