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The University of Dhaka (DU) will begin accepting applications for undergraduate admission for the 2026-27 academic session tomorrow (11 November), sticking to its previously announced schedule despite a request from the University Grants Commission (UGC) to defer the process.
Applications will remain open until 11:59pm on 25 November.
The university’s General Admission Committee decided to maintain the schedule at a meeting on Monday (9 November).
DU Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Administration) Professor Dr Mohammed Almujaddade Alfasane confirmed the decision to media.
He said the results of students seeking re-evaluation of their Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) examination results would be published on 23 November, giving them two days to apply before the deadline.
Students who have applied for re-evaluation will be eligible to sit for the admission tests, he said, adding that those who failed would not receive another opportunity.
Alfasane warned that postponing the admission tests could delay the university’s academic calendar by at least four months.
According to the university’s schedule, admission tests will be held on 12 December for the Science Unit, 19 December for the Arts, Law and Social Science Unit, 22 December for the Fine Arts Unit (general knowledge and drawing), and 26 December for the Business Studies Unit.
Earlier on Tuesday, a meeting of public university vice-chancellors convened by the UGC decided that applications for first-year undergraduate admission at public universities would begin in January, with admission tests scheduled to start in February.
DU, however, has decided to proceed with its own admission schedule.