Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University (DDU GKP) is a university in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. UGC-accredited institution founded in 1957. NAAC has given DDU GKP a B++ rating.
The institution has a large campus, a central library, a computer centre, a museum, and a sports facility. The institution strives for excellence in research, teaching, and learning across disciplines, as well as to foster intellectual growth via conversations, debate, and research.
DDU GKP is now accepting applications for all undergraduate and graduate programmes for the academic year 2024-24. The schedule is as follows :
Events | Dates |
DDU UG Entrance Exam 2023 | July 15 to July 28, 2023 |
DDU PG Entrance Exam 2023 | July 15 to July 31, 2023 |
The admission criteria for Deen Dayal Upadhyay University Gorakhpur vary according to the course opted for by the aspiring candidates. The basic criteria for admission include the scores of class 12 for UG admissions and the scores of graduation for PG admissions. Apart from this, DDU Gorakhpur admission process also involves exams like CAT, JEE Main, and the DDU Entrance Exam conducted by the university itself. The detailed eligibility criteria for each course are given below.
Course | Eligibility Criteria |
BA | Must have passed 10+2 or equivalent examination |
B.Sc (Mathematics) | Must have passed (10+2) or equivalent examination in the Science stream (Maths group). |
B.Sc (Biology) | Must have passed (10+2) or equivalent examination in Science stream (Biology Stream). |
Bachelor of Sport Science | Must have passed (10+2) or equivalent examination in any stream. |
BA (Journalism and Mass Communication) | Must have passed (10+2) or equivalent examination in any stream. |
B.Sc (Agriculture) | Must have passed (10+2) (Agriculture) or equivalent examination in Science (Mathematics or Biology) stream. |
B.Sc (Home Science) | Must have passed (10+2) or equivalent examination in Science (Mathematics or Biology) stream. |
B.Com | Must have passed (10+2) or equivalent examination in any stream. |
BBA | Must have passed (10+2) or equivalent examination in any stream with minimum 40% |
BCA | Must have passed (10+2) or equivalent examination in any stream with minimum 40% |
B.Sc (Physiotherapy) | Must have passed (10+2) or equivalent examination in Science (Mathematics or Biology group) with a minimum 45% marks for GEN/OBC and a minimum 40% for SC/ST. |
B.Sc (MLT) | Must have passed (10+2) or equivalent examination in Science (Mathematics or Biology group) with a minimum 45% marks for GEN/OBC and a minimum 40% for SC/ST. |
B.Tech | Must have passed (10+2) or equivalent examination in the Science stream (Maths group). |
BA LLB | Must have passed (10+2) or equivalent examination in any stream. |
LLB | Minimum 45%, 42%, and, 40% in final year UG/PG exam for General, OBC, SC/ST categories respectively. Latest criteria of BCI |
MA (Journalism and Mass Communication) | Graduation or equivalent examination in any stream. |
MA/M.Sc | Must have passed BA/ BSc from any recognized University, and he/she must also have passed the third year exam in the concerned subject |
MA (Economics) | Must have BA/B.Sc from recognized University and in Graduation (third year) he/she must have opted for Economics/ Maths/ Statistics as a subject. |
MA (Continuing Education and Extension work) | Must have Graduation in any stream with minimum 40% marks or equivalent |
MA (Physical Education) | Minimum 40% in Bachelor’s with Physical Education as an elective subject upto final year or A Bachelor’s degree in Physical Education with at least 40% marks |
M.Com | Must have passed B.Com from a recognised university |
PGDDM (Disaster and National Security Management) | Must have passed BA/B.Sc/B.Com/LLB |
LLM | Minimum 55% in LLB |
MBA | Minimum 40% in graduation |
M.Ed | Minimum 50% in B.Ed/LT/BA-B.Ed/B.Sc-B.Ed/B.El.Ed/Graduation with D.El.Ed |
The university conducts its own admission entrance test for seat allotment to various UG and PG courses. The entrance exam is known as the DDU Entrance Exam. The syllabus for the entrance exam varies as per the subject. The detailed syllabus for UG and PG entrance exams is mentioned below.
Course | Syllabus |
BA | Language Comprehension (Hindi: 10 questions and English: 10 questions) Indian Independence Struggle Indian Social and Educational System Contemporary Significant National/International Events and Sports Indian Economy – Agriculture, Industrial Business, and Five Year Plans Indian Political System General Studies – Indian History, Philosophy and Culture |
B.Sc. (Mathematics) / B. Tech. / Home Science | Mathematics Chemistry Physics General Science |
B.Com | Language Proficiency - (Hindi: 10 questions and English :10 questions) Mental Aptitude Business Organization Banking Business Environment Economics Bookkeeping and Accountancy General Knowledge |
BBA | General English General Knowledge General Mathematics (High School Level) Business Education (Intermediate Level – Bookkeeping Accountancy) Business Organization Preliminary Economics Business Environment Banking Principles of General Management and Applied Areas of Management |
BA LLB | Language Comprehension General Awareness and Current Affairs Logic and Mental Ability Legal Aptitude |
Course | Syllabus |
MA/M.Sc/M.Com | UG level syllabus |
MA/M.Sc Statistics | Unit A: Theory of Probability & Sampling Theory, Descriptive Statistics Unit B: Statistical Inferences, Analysis of Variance & Design of Experiment, Probability Distribution Unit C: Mathematical Methods, Differential and Integral Calculus, Matrices and Linear Algebra Unit D: Complex Analysis, Operational Research |
LLM | Syllabus of LLM |
PGDDNSM | National security Disaster and its management Current affairs GK |
MA JMC | Hindi language Printing Communication Reporting Editing Editor Public relation Advertising Newspaper management Radio TV Cinema Media Law Government and Media |
MBA | English Language Thinking and decision making General Awareness Numerical Ability |
Note: The detailed syllabus for the DDU Gorakhpur entrance exam question paper is available on the official website of the university.
The DDU Gorakhpur admission process usually begins in the month of March with the circulation of the application form for the MBA programme. The criteria for selection in various courses are different at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya University. The application procedure for DDU Gorakhpur is conducted entirely online.
Aspiring candidates are required to pass the DDU Gorakhpur entrance exam 2024 to qualify and be eligible for admission. Moreover, DDU Gorakhpur holds various counselling sessions for qualified and shortlisted candidates to allot seats. The applications for the DDU entrance exam begin in the month of April every year and are open till the end of May. The entrance exam thereafter is carried out in the month of June.
Aspirants must register early and fill out an application form for the DDU Gorakhpur entrance exam.
Applicants may follow the steps given below to fill out the DDU Gorakhpur application form:
1: Visit the authorised and official admission portal of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya University Gorakhpur through the website ddugorakhpur.com.
2: Choose the course and fill out the form with the mandatory details such as educational details, personal details, contact, and address.
3: The aspirant's signature and colour photos must be uploaded with the DDU Gorakhpur admission form.
4: After filling up the details, submit the form.
5: Then, pay the DDU Gorakhpur application fee through online payment modes like net banking, credit, and debit cards, BHIM, UPI, Paytm, etc.
6: Qualified prospects will be asked for the entrance exam except for the MBA course.
MBA aspirants need to fill in the CAT exam score in the DDUGU application form 2024 for the DDU Gorakhpur MBA admission. On getting shortlisted, they will be immediately contacted for group discussion and a personal interview round. Admission will be done based on the student's performance in the selection rounds.
7: DDU Gorakhpur conducts a computer-based examination, which the candidates need to clear to qualify for enrollment. Once qualified, candidates are asked to appear for a viva exam by the DDUGU admission committee. The nomination of aspirants for DDU Gorakhpur admission is based on their all-around performance in the last entitling examination, DDUGU examination marks, and Viva-voce marks.
8: PhD aspirants are acquitted from DDUGU only when they qualify for national-level entrance exams such as UGC/ CSIR NET (JRF), SET, and GATE (with a valid score), or Teacher Research Fellowship.
9: The entrance exam for the Degree of Proficiency in Bhasha Mongolian, Indonesia, and Hebrew, the appointment for entrance is done on a merit basis as per the accomplishment in Certificate of Proficiency (CoP) in respective dialects. Merit lists are formulated for each section, i.e. candidates who belong to areas such as SC, ST, OBC, PWD, and EWS are qualified for marks concession as per the admission policy of Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University.
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