PU has been running nearly three dozen self-financing courses at undergraduate and postgraduation levels in its different colleges and postgraduate departments. Each institution running self-financing courses has been asked to select students for admission through duly constituted admission committee. Panel of paper setters, examiners and experts for group discussion and viva voce would have to be approved by the chief coordinator of self-financing courses and the vice-chancellor. Three sets of question papers for entrance examination in each course would have to be submitted to the VC who would pick up any one.

The admission charges for students admitted to different courses and the rates of remuneration to be paid to resource persons and other staff along with course directors and coordinators have also been made uniform from the current session.

It has also been decided to close down such courses which fail to fill up at least 50 per cent of their sanctioned seats. Needless to say, a number of self-financing courses would have to be closed this year as they have failed to attract the desired number of applicants.

It may be mentioned here that only a few courses like BCA, BBA, MBA, Mass Communications, Functional English and Biotechnology are crowd pullers, the remaining ones find it difficult to attract the desired number of applicants due to lack of infrastructure and placement facilities.

The last date for submission of application forms for admission to all the self-financing courses was June 6. Several departments have already conducted the entrance tests and the process of group discussion and interview is in progress. All the admissions are to be completed by June 30.