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Mahatma Gandhi University is one of the four affiliating Universities of Kerala and is situated in the Central Kerala District of Kottayam which is acclaimed as the land of Letters, Latex and Lakes. Set up on the sprawling 110 acre Priyadarshini Hills Campus at Athirampuzha, 13 kms off Kottayam, the University also has ten satellite campuses in parts of Kottayam and the neighbouring districts. Mahatma Gandhi University's academic growth during the past has been phenomenal in terms of the number of academic initiatives launched, curricular revisions undertaken, research grants received, research collaborations entered into, extension activities organized, research papers published, national and international seminars hosted, student support programmes conducted, quality enhancement measures initiated, infrastructural support generated, resource mobilization and distinctions acquired. The University is prominently placed on the international academic map through its entry into the Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge initiative for Indo-U.S. academic collaboration as the lone affiliating University besides many other claims. Introduction of a series of merit cum means scholarships like ASPIRE, INSPIRE, THANMA and ACQUIRE is another major feature.
The pioneering efforts by the university to democratize the admission process by utilizing cutting edge technologies have also been widely acclaimed. The University introduced Centralized Allotment Process (CAP) for the PG programmes in the University Statutory Teaching Departments from the year 2012 onwards following the resounding success of the CAP initiatives for UG and PG programmes in the affiliated colleges. As all these initiatives received overwhelming response from the student community, college/department authorities and the general public, the University has decided to broaden the reach of the admission process for the PG programmes in the University Teaching Departments by introducing a national level Common Admission Test (CAT) from the academic year 2015-16 onwards.
The admissions based on CAT- MGU will be through a Centralized Allotment Process. Applicants may submit only one application (online) and can apply for a maximum of programmes from four different schools/departments/centres except MBA in SMBS. However, the candidate needs to pay a separate application fee for examinations opted from different schools/departments/centres. A cluster of academic programmes in the same School/Department/Centre to which admissions are made based on the single Entrance Test will be reckoned as a single option with a single application fee. The candidate has also to mark his/her preference for the different specializations within the cluster at the time of online registration. In such cases also there will be separate rank lists for the different specialized programmes within the cluster based on the score in the Entrance Test and the preference marked by the candidate at the time of registration. If an applicant submits more than one application in CAT-MGU his/her candidature is liable to be cancelled. It is a simple and transparent process of allotment which gives the candidate an opportunity to exercise a maximum of 4 options of his/her choice conveniently in the order of preference. The allotments will be strictly based on the options exercised, the rank obtained and eligibility for reservations of the candidate. An Online Entrance Test shall be conducted for the selection of Applicants. All Applicants except foreign students seeking admission, applicants having CUET Score (Open All India Quota), applicants for MBA and applicants for M. Tech with GATE score shall attend the Entrance Test. The Common Entrance Test is of 90 minutes (One and half hours) duration for all the programmes. In programmes where an interview/Group Discussion/Written Test is conducted for the preparation of final rank list three times the required number of Applicants for all categories will be called for interview /Group Discussion/Written Test in the first batch on the basis of their rank in the objective Test. The final rank list will be prepared on the basis of the score in the objective test, interview/Group Discussion/Written Test and adding the eligible bonus marks for NCC/NSS, Ex-Servicemen and the like. Question Pattern; Test Score and time allotted: 60 MCQ with 4 choices for each question; each correct answer will enable a candidate to score 1 mark; there will be no negative score for incorrect answers.
Test centres will be allotted in all districts except Waynad , Alappuzha and Idukki
The Registration fee can be remitted only by online payment system. Credit/Debit/ATM/Cash cards and Internet Banking facilities can be used for making payment.
The candidate should read carefully the Prospectus and the detailed instructions before submitting the online application.