Madras University Admissions 2024: UG, PG, PhD, Courses, Eligibility, Entrance Exam, Last Date To Apply

Madras University offers several courses in the PG curriculum in several disciplines. All the courses are offered as full-time regular courses. The duration of each PG course is 2 years but the MCA course requires 3 years to complete. To qualify the eligible criteria, students must complete a Bachelor’s degree from a recognised university with the minimum required percentage. 

Students who are willing to join Madras University for a professional course like MBA, MCA or M.Tech, need to appear in TANCET and obtain qualified marks which should meet or exceed the cutoff percentile demanded by the university. For other conventional courses, the university conducts entrance tests & candidates must secure valid marks to be selected. 

Some of the specialisations offered under PG courses are listed as follows: 

Madras University PG Eligibility Criteria 

• For the traditional M.A, M.Com, M.Sc, LLM courses students are required to complete B.A, B.Com, B.Sc, LLB courses to be eligible. 
• Being eligible for an M.Tech course, students should have passed M.A/M.Sc with Geography or 10+2 with Mathematics/ Statistics or B.E course in Civil Engineering or any Information Technology related fields from a recognised university. 
• For other courses like MBA, MCA, M.Ed, M.Lib.Sc courses, applicants need to have a graduation degree in any discipline to be eligible. 
• For an Executive MBA course, candidates should have graduated with 55% marks in aggregate in any stream. 
• To be eligible for an MSW course, students must pass a bachelor’s degree from a recognised university & together with the right aptitude for the Social work profession will be eligible for applying for the course. 

Madras University PG Selection Criteria

• For M.A, M.Com, M.Sc, M.Ed courses the selection will be done on the basis of qualified scores secured in the entrance tests conducted by the university.
• For M.Lib.sc, LLM, MSW courses admission will be made based on merit secured in the last qualifying examination. 
• For MBA, MCA & M.Tech courses the selection will be done based on performance in TANCET & students whose scores have exceeded the cutoff percentile demanded by the university.  

Madras University offers some courses at Doctoral programs in a handful of specialisations. Some of the courses which are offered by the university at the research level, PhD, M.Phil & MD. All the courses are offered in regular, campus base mode, in part-time & full time both modes. The duration of PhD, MD & M.Phil courses is respectively 3 years, 2 years and 1 year. The minimum eligibility to pursue a doctoral program from Madras University is to have 60% marks in aggregate at the Master’s degree in the concerned subject from a recognised university. The selection will be granted based on TANCET/ UGC/ CSIR NET performance. Students who have a valid score in these entrances are exempted from the entrance tests conducted by the university. 

Few specialisations offered under the Doctoral courses are listed in tabulated form:

Madras University PhD Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for a Doctoral program, students must pass a Master’s degree in the same field with 60% marks in aggregate from a recognised university. 

Madras University PhD Selection Criteria

Candidates need to appear in the entrance test conducted by the university followed by an interview session. Students who have secured a qualified score in TANCET or CSIR NET or UGC to be selected for a research-based program are exempted from the entrance test.

 Madras University offers numerous courses at Diploma, PG Diploma & Certificate courses in multiple disciplines, To be eligible for Diploma & Certificate courses, students must pass 10+2 level from a recognised board and for PG Diploma courses students should pass Graduation in any field from a recognised university. The admission will be made on the basis of merit secured in the past qualifying examination for Diploma & Certificate courses. For PG Diploma courses the university accepts a valid TANCET score. From the innumerable specialisations, the below list will show some of the specialisations of PG Diploma, Diploma & Certificate courses in the tabulated form:  

Madras University PG Diploma, Diploma & Certificate Eligibility Criteria

• To be eligible for PG Diploma courses students must pass graduation from a recognised university. 
• Being eligible for Diploma & Certificate courses, candidates must pass a 10+2 level examination from a recognised board. 

Madras University PG Diploma, Diploma & Certificate Selection Criteria

• To be selected for PG Diploma courses, students need to obtain a qualified score in TANCET. 
• Admission will be made on the basis of the last qualifying examination for Diploma & Certificate courses.