University of Pune

Pune University or University of Pune is one of the leading and top five universities of India and is located in the Northwestern part of Pune city. As a vibrant hub of educational activities Pune University is also known as the ‘Oxford of the East”. The city of Pune has a pleasant climate, peaceful atmosphere, hospitable people and good educational centers that attract a lot of foreign students.  The University of Pune is spread over 411 acres of campus area, housing 46 academic departments. The university has its educational jurisdiction in Nasik, Ahmednagar and Pune.

The Pune University has about 269 colleges affiliated to it and around 118 research institutes some of them of national importance and repute.  Some of the famous research institutes are National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), National Institute of Virology (NIV), Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE) and many more. The Pune University has state of the art facilities, well equipped libraries, good hostels for boys and girls, vibrant campus life and highly talented and learned tutors and scholars. The university keeps the interest of the students and faculties at its heart and regularly conducts seminars, conferences and offers scholarships to bright academic students.

Courses Offered By Pune University
The Pune University offers a wide range of courses at graduate, postgraduate and doctoral/research and advanced diploma level of degree courses in a wide range of courses. The courses offered at Pune university vary from Science, medicine, engineering, technology, information technology, journalism, arts, history, languages, law, management, mental, moral and social sciences, political sciences, fine arts, music psychology, multimedia, statics and many more. Some of the famous colleges of Pune University are The Film and Television institute of India, Garware College, Fergusson College, DY Patil College of engineering, Symbiosis International University, Baharti Vidyapeeth and many more.

Pune University Admission 2012
You can apply for admission to Pune University online, you have to register on the user of the online website system of Pune university, once you click the link online application form you will be in a position to fill the application for an entrance examination of your desired subject. For postgraduate admission each department of the Pune University has its own eligibility of requirements depending on the specialization of the course. The admission forms and the eligibility criteria are available online as well as at the registrar’s office. For the undergraduate courses of universities and affiliated colleges students can get the information from individual colleges and university institutes. International students can refer the online section for information on the universities websites. For the submission of online application form take the print out, attach the demand draft and the required documents with attestation and you can post it to the respective departments of the course applied.

Pune University Distance Education
The Pune University offers distance education for external candidates who are unable to continue education in regular colleges for full time courses due to various reasons. It is available to one and all who want to study through correspondence. The university has external registration program which allows students to register for specified courses through self study at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels and appear directly for examinations. The Pune university offers graduate degree courses such as B.A and B.Com and post graduate courses like M.Sc (Maths), M.A, M.Com, L.L.M, class improvement examinations for certain courses. External candidates can apply for application forms from anywhere and anytime thorough the official website of Pune university. The candidates need not be available in person at the University for the admission Process.  Apart from this, the candidates can also facilitate filling and completion of application forms through call centers and student facilitation centers to help in any difficulties in external application procedure. For any post application procedure the students are updated through email and the status can be checked online on the official website of Pune university. The eligibility criteria for external courses from Pune University are that the candidate must be citizen of India and should have passed the qualifying examination in relevant subjects.