Guidelines for application and admission
Admission to the following courses at GNDU Campus shall be made on the basis of All
India Rank of JEE(Main)-2017. Application for admission shall be submitted only on-line. Fee
deposit date(s) in State Bank of India (any branch) are from 22.05.2017 to 12.06.2017 and the
dates for On Line Application Form Submission are from 24.05.2017 to 14.06.2017 as per the
admission schedule on GNDU admissions website www.gnduadmissions.org. The counseling will
be held at GNDU Main Campus by the Coordinator Dr. Sandeep Sharma, Professor, & Head,
Department of Computer Engineering & Technology. Counseling schedule will be uploaded
on GNDU website in due course of time :
B.Tech Computer Science and Engineering
B.Tech. Electronics and Communication Engineering
B.Tech. (Food Technology)
Admission to the following courses at Regional Campuses of the University shall be
made at their own level on merit basis by the Associate Dean/OSD of the concerned
Regional Campus :
R.C. Jalandhar
R.C. Gurdaspur
R.C. Sathiala
R.C. Fattu Dhingha
B.Tech. CSE
B.Tech. ECE
M.Tech. ECE
M.Tech. CSE
B.Tech. CSE
B.Tech. ECE
M.Tech. ECE
M.Tech. CSE
MCA(TYC)
B.Com.
M.Com.
B.Tech. CSE
B.Tech. ECE
B.Tech. Civil Engg.
B.Tech. Mech. Engg.
M.C.A.(TYC)
M.B.A.
B.Tech. CSE
B.Tech. ECE
B.C.A.
B.Com.
B.Sc.(Non-Medical)
M.C.A.(TYC)
BBA
B.A.
Admission to B.Architecture course shall be made on the basis of NATA score and
qualifying examination in the ratio of 50:50.Counseling will be held at the Department by
the Head of the Department of Architecture, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
Admission to the following courses shall be made at the state level. A separate
notification will be issued in the media.
LL.B.(Three Year)/(GNDU Campus & RC Jalandhar)/B.A. LL.B.(FYIC) (GNDU Campus)/ (GNDU
RC Jalandhar & Gurdaspur)
2. There will be no entrance test for the following courses where admission is based on 10+2
level. In these courses, admission will be made on the basis of merit of the candidate in the
qualifying examination.
B.Tech. (Urban &Regional Planning)
by HOD, G.R.D. School of Planning
Bachelor of Tourism & Travel Management
.
by Head University Business School
B.A(Hons.) Social Science
B.Sc. (Hons. School) Economics
by the Coordinator Dr. Kuldeep Kaur
Prof. & Head, Sch. of Social Sciences
B.A. (Hons. School) Punjabi
B.Pharmacy
B.Sc. (Hons. School) Chemistry)
B.Sc. (Hons. School) Physics)
B.Sc.(Hons.School) Human Genetics
Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT)
M.C.A. (FYIC) (GNDU Campus)
by the Coordinator Dr. Kamaljit Singh,
Prof. Department of Chemistry
M.B.A. (FYIC)
by Head of the Department
MBA(FYIC) B.C.A. B.Com.at GNDU
College Jalandhar
by Principal of the College.
BA, B.C.A., B.Sc., B.Com BBA at ASSM
College Mukandpur
by Principal of the College.
3. Admission in M.B.A. (Two Years) (GNDU Campus, GNDU R.C. Gurdaspur, University
College Jalandhar,)/M.B.A. (Hospital Administration) and MBA (Financial Analysis and
MBA (Marketing Management) at GNDU Campus Amritsar will be made on the basis of
Guru Nanak Dev University Management Entrance Test(GMET). The Coordinator of
admission shall be Dr. A.S. Sidhu, Prof., University Business School.
4. There will be no entrance test for the following P.G. courses. Admission will be made
by the respective Heads of Departments/Principal of the college, on the basis of merit in
the qualifying examination.
M.A. Education/M.Ed.
P.G. Diploma in Mental Health Counseling
P.G. Diploma in Translation
M.Com, M.Sc. Mathematics (University College Jalandhar)
MBA, MCA, M.Sc. (IT), M.Sc. (Maths.), M.A. (Eco.), M.A. Punjabi, M.Com. (ASSM
College, Mukandpur)
5. Admission to all the P.G./M.Phil. courses shall be based on merit of the candidate in
the Entrance Test to be conducted by the respective Heads of Departments.
6. For admission to P.G./U.G. courses based on the marks in the qualifying
examination, the merit list will be prepared after normalization of the marks of the
qualifying examination as well as the counseling schedule shall be displayed on the
University website (www.gudu.ac.in) before the date of counseling.
7. Entrance Test for admission to the following courses shall be conducted by the
Coordinator, mentioned as under :
Dr. Hardeep Singh, Prof. Department of
Computer Science.
Normalization procedure for merit based admissions
Normalization procedure shall be adopted for UG and PG courses in which there is no
Entrance Test.
UG Courses
Normalization of marks will be done on the basis of marks obtained by a candidate in
Senior Secondary (+2) examination conducted by C.B.S.E., I.C.S.E., and P.S.E.B. in the state
of Punjab and U.T. of Chandigarh. In science stream normalization of marks will be done
on the basis of marks obtained in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics (PCM) or Physics,
Chemistry, Biology(PCB). In case of candidates who offered for both Maths. & Biology in
the qualifying examination, higher marks obtained in Mathematics or Biology will be
considered for normalization. There will be no normalization of marks for students from
other States or Boards.
P.G. Courses
Normalization of marks will be done on the basis of marks obtained by the candidate in
the qualifying examination for students graduating from the Universities of Punjab. There
will be no normalization of marks for students graduating from other Universities or
Institutes.
Normalization for admission to U.G. courses will be carried out as follows :
Normalized marks =
Marks obtained by the candidate x 100
Marks obtained by the topper of the Board in the
stream in which the candidate qualified
Normalization for admission to P.G. Courses will be carried out as follows :
Normalized marks =
Marks obtained by the candidate x 100
Marks obtained by the topper of the University in the
stream in which the candidate qualified
The streams refer to combination of subjects such as Science, Arts, Commerce, etc. For
I.C.S.E. and C.B.S.E., the topper at National Level will be treated as the topper.
If a candidate has passed qualifying examination in a year before 2017, the marks
obtained by the topper of 2017 will be taken for normalization.
Normalization will be done only for those courses which were offered by concerned
Universities of the Punjab State in the session 2016-17.
8. Barring courses where a state level admission will be conducted, all application forms shall
be submitted online (See Instructions).For last date for submission of application for
different courses, see admission schedule.
a) For bachelor degree courses, candidates can submit a single form for applying in more
than one course within a stream (Sciences/Humanities) giving the names of the courses in
the order of priority. However the candidate who wish to apply for course in both science
& humanities, separate applications shall be submitted.
b) For postgraduate courses and other courses candidates applying in more than one course
shall have to submit separate forms.
c) Each application form shall be submitted with an application fee of Rs. 1200/-. For
schedule caste candidates the application fee shall be Rs. 600/-.However for
B.Tech./B.Arch. courses (except B.Tech. URP) the one time counseling fee will be Rs.
2000/-(Non-refundable).
d) There will be no migration (Syndicate Para 47 dated 29.6.2015) for B.Tech. (Electronics &
Communication Engineering) and B.Tech. (Computer Science & Engineering) from
Regional Campus to Main Campus and vice-versa and also Regional Campuses to
Regional Campuses.
e) Candidates seeking admission in various courses of the University, who have passed their
lower examination with lateral entry and distance education programme, will have to get
equivalency certificate from the University before getting the admission.
9. For making online application click here.
10. Each candidate shall bring the following certificates/documents in original and their self
attested photocopies along with a hard copy (a printed version of the online application)
at the time of counseling (see admission schedule):
i. Matriculation or equivalent examination certificate bearing testimony to date of birth;
ii Detailed marks card of the qualifying examination.
iii Character certificate from the Principal of the college/school last attended;
iv Two recent passport size photographs duly attested by the Principal of the
College/School last attended/gazetted officer. Photographs must be pasted on the
Form with glue (Please do not use staple pins).
v. Reservation certificate as applicable.(As per format applicable on Annexure-I to VI.)
vi. Residence certificate wherever applicable. (As per format applicable on Annexure-VII)
Note : Candidates from other than GNDU shall be required to submit migration and
eligibility certificate after admission as per University rules.
However for B.Tech./B.Arch. courses (except B.Tech. URP) the following
documents in original need to be produced by the candidate personally :
i. Hard copy (printed version) of the online application form filled by the candidate in
triplicate along with three sets of attested photocopies of the following documents.
ii. Detailed marks sheet of +2 or equivalent examination.
iii. Matriculation or equivalent examination certificate bearing testimony to date of birth.
iv Reservation certificate as applicable.(As per format applicable on Annexure-I to VI.)
iv. Residence certificate.(As per format applicable on Annexure-VII)
v. Character certificate from the Principal of the college/school last attended.
vi. JEE(Main)-2017 Admit Card.(For B.Tech. Courses)
vii. JEE(Main)-2017 Score/Rank Card.(For B.Tech. Courses)
viii. Valid NATA Score(for B.Arch. course only)
ix. Two recent passport size photographs duly attested by the Principal of the
College/School last attended.
x. Migration and Eligibility Certificate in case of candidates from other University/Boards.
11. i. Reservation of seats in a course shall be determined as per the Reservation Policy of the
University.
ii. Applications under a reserved category must be accompanied by a certificate from the
competent authority (as given in Reservation Policy) stating that the candidate belongs
to that particular reserved category for which he/she is claiming a seat.
iii. All candidates must declare their claims for reserved categories at the time of filling their
online application forms for the entrance test/counseling, otherwise their subsequent
claims shall not be accepted after the form has been submitted online.
iv. All admissions made in the reserved categories will be provisional and liable to
cancellation, if at any stage, any information about reserved categories furnished by the
candidate is found to be fabricated or false.
v. 3% seats shall be reserved in the professional courses for the residents of the villages
Sathiala, Gagarbhana, Vadadpura at the Regional Campus Sathiala and at Regional
Campus Sultanpur Lodhi for the residents of the village Fattudhinga.
vi. For SC/ST students, relaxation of 5% marks in eligibility conditions shall be given as per
rules.
12. i. Eligibility criteria for each course are available in the profile of respective departments.
The candidates who are due to appear or have appeared in the qualifying examinations
of Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, or any other examination considered as
equivalent by Guru Nanak Dev University will also be eligible, provided in such cases the
result must be available by the time of counseling failing which they will have no claim
whatsoever for admission.
ii. Any degree/diploma from a fake University as notified by the UGC (www.ugc.ac.in) shall
not be considered at all as a basic eligibility for any admission to Guru Nanak Dev
University.
iii. In case of students who have participated in the Inter-University and/or in the National
Tournaments as members of University or State team, the requirement of minimum
marks for purpose of admission to postgraduate courses shall be reduced by 5%.
13. i. Where required, entrance test shall be conducted by the university/ department as per
admission schedule.
ii. The details of syllabi for entrance test, mode of examination, style of questions, etc. is
available at the concerned Department. In case the syllabus is not specified, contact the
concerned Head of the Department.
In case of two candidates securing equal marks in the entrance test and/or normalized
score of the qualifying examination, the candidate younger in age shall get priority. However for
admission in B.Arch. course see instructions given in the profile of Department of Architecture.
14. Interview/Counseling
i. All candidates whether being admitted on merit in qualifying examination or through an
entrance test shall be required to appear for interview/counseling before the Co-
ordinator of admission/interview panel/Board of Control/ M.Phil. Committee of the
department concerned on a date and time as given in admission schedule
ii. If the number of qualifying candidates is more than the seats available, the Co-
ordinator/Head shall have the right to call only a limited number of candidates in order
of merit in the Entrance Test.
iii) Candidates appearing in interview/counseling shall carry with them original
degrees/diplomas/reserved category certificates for verification.
iv) As per instructions issued by the Punjab Govt., the counseling for General Category will
be held first so that the candidates belonging to SC/ST category compete under General
Category and will be considered in General Merit. Accordingly, admission will first be
made against General categories followed by admission for reserved categories and if
any reserved seat remains unfilled, it will be treated as open for admission from general
category candidates. The claim for a seat in any reserve category will not prejudice
the right of a candidate for being considered in open merit.
v) If any candidate is getting seat in general category due to his/her higher rank in merit,
but the candidate belongs to reserve category and he/she has filled his /her category as
reserve in the on-line application form, he/she shall be given seat in general category
and he/she will be eligible for all benefits of reserve category like post matric scholarship
schemes of Punjab State.
vi.) Candidates belonging to General and Reserved Categories other than Scheduled
Castes/Scheduled Tribes who secure less than 30% marks in the Department Entrance
Test will not be eligible for admission even if seats are available. In the case of Scheduled
Castes/Scheduled Tribes candidates, the eligibility condition is a minimum of 20% marks
in the Entrance Test.
vii). Personal appearance of the candidate in counseling is mandatory for admission.The
selected students will have to deposit their fee within two working days after the
admission slip is issued failing which their seats will be declared vacant and will be
allotted to the candidates next on the waiting list. However the students selected for
B.Tech./B.Arch. Courses (except B.Tech. URP) will have to deposit their fee on the
spot at the time of counseling.
(viii) All admissions made will be provisional and liable to cancellation, if at any stage, any
information furnished by the candidate is found to be fabricated or false.
(ix) In case of any dispute, the decision of competent authority conducting the
counseling/admission shall be final and binding on all.
(x) 10% fee can be increased every year.
15. i. The University may not offer any course, or may increase/decrease the number of seats
in a particular course.
ii. If the number of candidates seeking admission to a course is not adequate (minimum of
5 candidates in case of PG courses and 10 in case of UG courses), the University may
discontinue the course.
iii. Candidates who have passed B.A./B.Sc./B.Com. examination under old regulations (14
years) are also eligible for admission.
16. i. For approximate University tuition fee for various courses see Fee Structure
ii. Fee structure and modes of payment for foreign/NRI candidates, in each course are
given in Admission to Foreign/NRI candidates
iii. 10% of the students admitted, subject to maximum of 5, in each course may be
considered for fee exemption under ‘fee exemption to poor students’ as per University
rules.
iv. The University also offers a number of scholarships and awards to its students. For
Further details see Scholarships and Awards
17. Refund of fee/security
1) If a candidate does not join the course and surrenders the seat after getting admission
slip, the fee and funds deposited by such a candidate will be refunded after deducting
processing charges of Rs.1200/-.
2) A candidate, who joins the course/class, may be even for one day, and surrenders the
seat in writing, will be refunded tuition fee and funds after deducting fee and funds for
three months.
3) Before the completion of admission process, if a candidate is allowed to shift from one
general course/department to another general course/department, for this purpose, fee
and funds deposited by him/her will be adjusted after charging Rs. 5000/- (for each
shifting) as shifting fee. These rules will be applicable for University Campus, Regional
Campuses and constituent colleges.
4) The amount of security shall be refunded on receipt of application and No Dues
Certificate from the department.
18. i. Ragging of students is strictly prohibited on the campus. Each students must follow the
directives given in Ragging :Prohibition, Prevention and Punishment
ii. 75% Attendance in theory and practical separately in each paper is mandatory.
iii. If a student does not attend the classes continuously for fifteen days without any
information to the Head of the Department concerned, his/her name is liable to be
struck off the rolls of the Department. He/she may seek re-admission giving valid reason
for his/her absence within next fifteen days failing which he/she will forfeit the right of
re-admission.
iv. A full-time student of a course is not allowed to join a full time job. Any student found
doing this at any time shall be liable to lose his/her admission or degree even at a later
stage. However, this shall not apply to students who have taken leave for study from
their employers.
v. Admission to two full time courses is not allowed simultaneously.
vi. Candidates who have already passed M.A./M.Sc. examination from this University shall
not be eligible for admission to a parallel course in this University.
19. i. In case of Kashmiri migrant students, the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Human
Resource Development, Government of India and passed by the Syndicate of the
University in its meeting held on 20.9.2016 vide para No.32 shall be followed.
ii. As per guidelines of the U.G.C. two Supernumerary seats are available in each of the
course being run by the University for Jammu & Kashmir candidates (approved in the
Syndicate meeting held on 29.06.2015 vide para No. 38.)
iii. In case of outstanding artists, the University shall create 15 additional seats which may be
allocated to different departments on the recommendation of a committee constituted for
the purpose by the Vice Chancellor.
20. For any discrepancy or dispute, relevant ordinances as given in GNDU Calendar shall
prevail.