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The admit card for the CAT 2026 examination will be released on November 4, 2026.
The CAT 2026 examination will be conducted on November 29, 2026.
Gauhati University admissions are offered to undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral courses in various fields like Arts, Science, Commerce, Technology, Law, and Medicine. Students need to fill the Gauhati University application form in order to get admission.
Gauhati University admissions to the programmes require the candidates to appear for GU PGET 2025-26 entrance examinations. The Gauhati University publishes the merit list based on the scores obtained in the entrance examination.For GU Guwahati admissions to the MBA programme, the CAT, XAT, MAT, and ATMA scores are considered. Candidates applying for admission must meet the admission criteria set by Gauhati University.
The Gauhati admission process will be held completely in online mode. Gauhati University will admit the students based on the results of PGET 2025 and the examination will be held in online mode.
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Students can check the eligibility and selection criteria for admissions to various programmes like B.Ed, PGD, MA, M.Sc, M.Com, MBA, M.Ed, M.Lib.I.Sc and many more at Guwahati University.
| Courses | GU Admission Criteria |
|---|---|
UG Courses | Eligibility Criteria: Bachelor’s/Master's degree Selection Criteria: Merit-based |
PG Courses | Eligibility Criteria: Master's degree Selection Criteria: GU PGET 2025/ CAT/ MAT/ XAT/ ATMA |
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Gauhati University offers B.Ed course in full time mode. Students can check the below table to know about the Gauhati University UG admission procedure.
| Courses | Eligibility Criteria |
|---|---|
B.A./B.Sc./B.Com. or M.A./M.Sc./M.com of this university or any other university with at least 50% (45% for SC/ST/OBC) marks. |
Gauhati University PG admissions are offered to approx 50 courses in full-time mode. Students can check the table below to know about the Gauhati University PG admission procedure.
| Courses | Seat Intake | GU Eligibility Criteria |
|---|---|---|
| - | Bachelor's degree in a relevant stream from a recognised university | |
| 1204 | B.A. major or honours degree or B.A. in general in the respective field with minimum 45% marks from a recognised university | |
| 532 | B.Sc. major or honours degree or B.Sc. in general in the respective field with at least 45% marks from a recognised university. | |
| 60 | B.Com (Hons) or B.Com general with an aggregate score of 45% marks or more from a recognised university. | |
| 60 | Bachelor’s degree of 3 years from a recognised university. + Valid CAT, XAT, MAT, ATMA scores | |
| 50 | B.Ed from a recognised university | |
| 30 | Bachelor's degree in any stream with at least 40% marks from a recognised university |
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The candidates can download the Gauhati University 2025 admit card from July 1 for integrated PG programmes from the GU admission portal - guportal.in. The admit card of Gauhati University 2025 will be released in online mode. Only those candidates who have successfully completed the registration process can download the GU admit card 2025 and no hard copies will be sent to the candidates on their postal address. The students have to bring the Gauhati University 2025 admit card along with a government ID to the exam centre.
Candidates can download the Gauhati University admit card by going through the following steps -.
Steps to download Gauhati University 2025-26 Admit Card
Step 1. Visit the Gauhati University’s official website (gauhati.ac.in)
Step 2. Go to the “Admissions” section.

Step 3. Now, click on the “Gauhati University Admit Card 2025” link.
Step 4. Enter the application number in the given space and click on the “Download Admit Card” tab.

Step 5. The GU admit card 2025 will be displayed on the screen.
Step 6. Take out a few printouts of the admit card for further reference.
The students who are waiting for their final year results will be allowed to upload the qualifying examination marks. The window to upload the marks will be opened after the declaration of the results. They also need to upload supportive documents to claim their qualifying exam marks.
The schedule for the Gauhati University 2026 result has been updated below.
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
GU PGET exam date | To be notified |
GU PGET merit list date | To be notified |
Admission starts | To be notified |
Commencement of classes | To be notified |
| Category | Basis of Merit List |
|---|---|
| Traditional programmes | 60 % marks at UG level and 40% marks in entrance exam |
| B.Ed programme | 70% marks in qualifying exam and 30% marks in entrance exam |
| Interdisciplinary programmes | Marks obtained in entrance exam |
| Other University candidates | Entrance exam score |
Visit the official website of the university.

Candidates need to go to the “Admissions” section.
Click on the “Master’s Rank List” section on the admission page.

The Gauhati University rank list for various programmes will be displayed on the screen.

Select the programme applied in the entrance test.
The GU merit list 2025 will be displayed on the candidate’s screen.

Download the rank lists of the programme and keep it preserved for future reference.
Details Mentioned on Gauhati University Merit List 2025-26
The colleges and institutions affiliated with the Gauhati University prepare the merit list for the students selected provisionally on the basis of their entrance test marks and last qualifying exam marks, depending upon the programme applied by the candidates. The Gauhati University merit list 2025 is not the final list of the selected candidates and the admissions will be strictly dependent upon the document verification process and other admission criteria.
| Categories | Merit calculation process |
|---|---|
For B.Ed. applicants | 70% [marks in the qualifying exam (better of UG/PG marks)] + 30% (marks in the entrance examination) |
For students from Gauhati University applying for traditional courses | 60% of weightage to the marks secured in undergraduate level and 40% of weightage to marks scored in the entrance test. |
Interdisciplinary courses | Entrance test marks |
For students from other universities | Entrance test marks |
The university will announce the Gauhati University 2025 reservation criteria at the time of the registration process. 5% relaxation in the seats will be granted to the candidates who belong to the reserved categories. The Gauhati University seats reservation criteria 2025 are provided for candidates belonging to categories of OBC and MOBC, Fringe village, Differently abled, Employee quota, Ex-defence, NCC and NSS, GU ex-employees, Extracurricular, SC, ST (Plains/Hills), and persons with disabilities.
| Categories | Seats reserved |
|---|---|
Sons and Daughters of permanent employees of Gauhati University | One seat in each department with an intake capacity of 40 or less and 2 seats when there are more than 40 students |
Scheduled Tribes (Hills) | 5% |
Scheduled Tribes (Plains) | 10% |
Scheduled Caste | 7% |
OBC & MOBC | 15% |
Other universities | 20% of seats in every department |
Differently-abled | 3% (for each discipline of faculty) |
Fringe village | 10 seats |
Ex defence | As per EC resolution |
GU Ex-employees | 5 seats |
NCC and NSS | 5 seats |
Extracurricular | One seat in every department |
GU offers admissions to Gauhati University 2025 courses in various streams such as arts, science, commerce, humanities, etc. The students can take admissions in their desired courses by appearing in the Gauhati University entrance exam 2025. Given below are some of the postgraduate Gauhati University Courses which students can apply for through Gauhati University admission 2025-26.
| Courses | Intake capacity |
|---|---|
M.A. Arabic | 60 |
M.A. Anthropology | 26 |
M.A. Assamese | 88 |
M.A. Bengali | 45 |
M.A. Bodo | 44 |
M.A. Comparative Indian Literature | 15 |
M.A. Economics | 75 |
M.A. Education | 45 |
M.A. English | 66 |
M.A. European Studies | 20 |
M.A. Geography | 38 |
M.A. Hindi | 50 |
M.A. History | 60 |
M.A. Linguistics | 10 |
M.A. English Language Teaching | 25 |
M.A. Mathematics | 80 |
M.A. Persian | 10 |
M.A. Philosophy | 72 |
M.A. in Political Science | 60 |
M.A. Psychology | 28 |
M.A. Sanskrit | 70 |
M.A. Sociology | 45 |
M.A. Women's Studies | 36 |
M.A. Statistics | 30 |
M.Sc. Anthropology | 26 |
M.Sc. Biotechnology | 20 |
M.Sc. Botany | 40 |
M.Sc. Cancer Biology | 10 |
M.Sc. Chemistry | 46 |
M.Sc. Computer Science | 20 |
M.Sc. Information Technology | 10 |
M.Sc. Electronics and Comm Tech | 20 |
M.Sc. Economics | 75 |
M.Sc. Environmental Science | 15 |
M.Sc. Geography | 38 |
M.Sc. Instrumentation and Applied Physics | 20 |
M.Sc. Mathematics | 80 |
M.Sc. Microbiology | 10 |
M.Sc. Microelect & Adv Comm Tech | 10 |
M.Sc.Physics | 50 |
M.Sc. Radiological Physics | 10 |
M.Sc. Psychology | 28 |
M.Sc. Statistics | 30 |
M.Sc. Zoology | 40 |
M.Sc. Wildlife Science | 20 |
Master of Commerce (M.Com.) | 60 |
Master of Library and Information Science (M.L.I.Sc.) in | 30 |
B.Ed. | 3450 |
Total number of seats | 5236 |
The shortlisted candidates have to finish the document verification process of Gauhati University counselling, where college officials will verify the documents of the candidates. The candidates have to produce all the supporting documents including a certificate for quota and pay the required admission fee. The students need to visit the GU admission portal and use their application ID and password to pay the Gauhati University counselling fee. The admitted students have to fill the anti-ragging form failing which the admissions can be cancelled.
Note: The Gauhati University releases merit list of selected candidates for admission to the courses offered at different levels. The Gauhati University admission process differs from one course to another.
GU PGET 2025 exam, CAT, XAT, MAT, and ATMA scores are considered for Gauhati University admissions 2025 to PG courses. Students must have passed the qualifying exam (bachelor's degree) and have valid scores in entrance exams for PG admissions at Gauhati University.
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