Hyderabad: Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) on Friday extended the last date for online admissions in all Ph.D. and other entrance based regular courses till July 10. Earlier, the deadline was June 20.
According to Prof M Vanaja, Director, Directorate of Admissions, the date has been extended further because of the representations received from various stakeholders and the prevailing situation. The schedule for entrance tests and counseling has also been postponed and the new schedule will be notified later.
The entrance based courses include Ph.D. in Urdu, English, Hindi, Arabic, Persian, Translation Studies, Women Studies, Public Administration, Political Science, Social Work, Islamic Studies, History, Economics, Sociology, Education, Journalism & Mass Communication, Management, Commerce, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Computer Science & SEIP, the MANUU said.
Apart from Ph.D. programs, BTech & MTech (Computer Science), MCA, MBA, M.Ed, B.Ed, D.El.Ed and Polytechnic Diploma in (Engineering-Civil, Computer Science, Electronics & Communication, Information Technology, Mechanical, Electrical & Electronics) programs are also being offered through entrance tests, it said.
The university said admissions in regular courses are available at Hyderabad headquarters, Lucknow and Srinagar (J&K) campuses in addition to the colleges of Teacher Education situated at Bhopal, Darbhanga, Aurangabad, Asansol, Sambhal, Nuh, Bidar and five polytechnics spread over different parts of the country. Admissions for merit-based courses will continue until August 10.
The e-prospectus and online application forms are available on the Maulana Azad National Urdu University website http://manuu.ac.in/.
For details or clarifications, one may write to the Directorate of Admissions at email – [email protected] or visit the Maulana Azad National Urdu University website.
About the Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU)
Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) is a Central University established by an Act of Parliament in 1998. The headquarter and main campus of MANUU is located in Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Telangana State, over an area of 200 acres. The University is named after Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the freedom fighter and outstanding scholar, who as the first Education Minister of Independent India envisioned and laid the foundation of technical, scientific, and higher education in India.
The objects of MANUU as per Section 4 of its Act 1996 (No. 2 of 1997) are:
to promote and develop the Urdu Language to impart education and training in vocational and technical subjects through the medium of Urdu, to provide wider access to people desirous of pursuing programs of higher education and training in Urdu medium through teaching on the campus as well as at a distance, and to provide focus on women education
Of the 29 ‘Powers of the University’ listed in its Acts and Statutes, the first and foremost power is ‘to provide for instructions and research in such branches of learning as are relevant for furtherance of the objects of the University’. This power empowers MANUU to promote and develop the Urdu language through all means available to it and all opportunities provided to it. MANUU’s march of certainty in the realization of its objects can be witnessed from its programs of study, which are in keeping with not only the traditional branches of learning but also are relevant with the present disciplines of knowledge. MANUU started offering its educational programs from the year 1998 through distance mode of education, and from 2004 through campus mode.