DU admission tests will not be delayed, keeping session jam in mind

To give students who failed in one or two subjects in the HSC examination another chance to sit the exam, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has decided to push back the admission test schedule of the country's public universities for the 2026-27 academic year, starting from 1 February next year.

However, considering the issue of session jam, Dhaka University has decided to hold its admission tests in December, at the previously fixed time.

The decision was taken at a meeting of the general admission committee on Monday (9 November) at 3pm. The university's Pro-Vice Chancellor, Professor Mohammad Almujadded Alfechani, gave this information to Banglanews.

According to the decision taken at the meeting, the university's admission tests will be held at the scheduled times. There will be no change in the examination schedule.

Professor Almujadded Alfechani said Dhaka University fixed the admission test dates quite early. The results of those who apply for rechecking will be published on 23 November. As a result, they will also face no obstacle in taking part in the admission tests.

He said, 'If we wait until February, the three-month session jam that will be created will have to be suffered by all subsequent batches. We do not want that. So at the meeting it was decided to keep the admission test dates at the previously fixed time.'

According to the university's announced schedule, for the 2026-2027 academic year, the admission test for the 'IBA Unit' of the undergraduate programme will be held on Saturday, 5 December 2026.

The 'Science Unit' test will be held on Saturday, 12 December 2026, and the 'Arts, Law and Social Sciences Unit' test on Saturday, 19 December 2026.

The 'Fine Arts Unit' test (general knowledge and drawing) will be held on Tuesday, 22 December 2026, and the 'Business Studies Unit' test on Saturday, 26 December 2026.

Except for the 'IBA Unit', all unit admission tests will be held from 11am to 12:30pm. The 'IBA Unit' admission test will be held from 10am to 12 noon.

Except for the 'Fine Arts Unit' and the 'IBA Unit', the admission tests of the other three units will be held in Dhaka and eight divisional cities.

The divisional centres are Rajshahi University, Chittagong University, Barishal University, Khulna University, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, and Begum Rokeya University.