Dhaka University Admission Test 2021 : To Start From July 31

Application process for first year honors admission for session 2020-2021 at Dhaka University (DU) is over with admission test being set to start from July 31 with ‘Cha’ unit instead of May 21 with Ka unit. 

Urgent Notice : Due to the ongoing Covid 19 situation and related restrictions in the country, the first year honors admission test for year 2020-21 of different units at DU is set to be deferred as Deans Committee at the university has suggested so. According to primary decision taken by the committee, the test is likely to begin in October instead of July, the earlier schedule.

As per the committee decision, admission test for Ka Unit (science faculty) is suggested to he held on October 1 followed by Kha Unit on October 2, Cha unit on October 9, Ga unit on October 22 and Gha unit on October 23. However, the decision needs to get approval from Admission Committee of the university, which is expected to happen soon.

Admission test dates for academic year 2020-2021 at DU has been rescheduled. As per the fresh schedule, ‘Cha’ unit test will be followed by ‘Ka’ unit test which will take place on August 6, followed by ‘Kha’ unit on August 7, ‘Ga’ unit August 13, ‘Gha’ unit on August 14. And the test for ‘Cha’ unit (General Knowledge) will take place on July 31. But the date for ‘Cha’ unit (Drawing) has not fixed yet which will be intimated in due time.

Website : https://admission.eis.du.ac.bd.

Earlier on March 5, Dhaka University authority published first year honors admission circular for academic year 2020-2021.

Every unit test will take place from 11 a.m. to 12 :30 p.m. on the dates, reads the statement. But for Cha Unit, the timings for General Knowledge and Drawing are from 11 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 11:00 to 12:00 p.m. respectively. 

Application Requirements : Aspirants must meet the following requirements to be eligible for application :

For Ka Unit, SSC & HSC GPA combined must be min 8.50 (including optional subject) with GPA min 3.5 in each exam;

For Kha Unit it is min 8.00 (including optional subject) with GPA min 3.00 in each; For Ga Unit, it is min 8.00 (including optional subject) with GPA min 3.50 in each;

For Gha unit it is min 8.00 for Humanities students (including optional subject) with GPA min 3.00 each, for science students, it is min 8.50 with min 3.5 each and for Cha Unit, SSC and HSC combined GPA requirement is min 7.00 with min 3.00 in each exam.

Test Format : Each unit admission test will have 100 marks in total. Of the figure, 60 will be MCQ and the rest written. This is true for all the units except Cha Unit (Fine Arts Faculty). For Cha Unit, that is totally opposite meaning 60 marks for written part (drawing) and 40 for MCQ (General Knowledge).

For Ka, Kha, Ga and Gha Units’ exams, candidates will have 45 minutes each for MCQ and Written parts. But for Cha unit, the time distribution is 30 minutes for MCQ (General Knowledge and 60 minutes for written (Drawing). 

It should be noted that admission tests will be held at at least eight public universities spreading in eight divisional cities including Dhaka across the country. 

Application Link : For applications, students need to use the below admission link :

https://admission.eis.du.ac.bd

N.B : It should be noted that mobile phones, calculator, all types of electronic devices including electronic wrist watch and pen are banned to be carried by examinees into exam centers. 

Admit Card Download : Applicants will be able to download their admit cards from 3:00 pm May 1 up to 30 minutes before the start of any Unit Test by doing log-in into the admission website (https://admission.eis.du.ac.bd )

To note, due to the new coronavirus pandemic, each unit admission test will be held in all eight divisional cities including Dhaka—Dhaka, Rajshahi, Barishal, Chattogram, Sylhet, Rangpur, Khulna and Mymensingh—across the country. So students have to choose one division as their favorite exam center.

Admission Tests Schedule At A Glance :

Ka-Unit (Science Faculty)        : August 6, 2021.
Kha-Unit (Arts Faculty )           : August 7, 2021.
Ga-Unit (Business Faculty)    : August 13, 2021.
Gha-Unit (Social Science Faculty) : August 14, 2021.
Cha- Unit (Fine Arts Faculty, General Knowledge) : July 31, 2021.
Cha- Unit (Fine Arts Faculty, Drawing)                     : Not fixed yet.

Test Time : All unit test will start from 11 a.m. in the morning and continue till 12:30 noon. But Cha Unit (General Knowledge) test will take place from 11 a.m. to 11 :30 a.m. and Cha Unit (Drawing), from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Attention : For further details, please see the DU admission circular in the below image : 

Dhaka University Honors Admission Circular 2020-2021 Academic Session  :