About BHU
Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, one of the top Institutions of Eminence in the country recognized by the Ministry of Education, Government of India, was created by an Act of Parliament – BHU Act 1915 and founded by the Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya, along with a group of other luminaries, in 1916. The university comprises 5 Institutes, 16 Faculties (streams) 140 Departments, 4 inter-disciplinary centers, a constituent college for women and 3 constituent schools. It covers a vast range of subjects pertaining to all branches of humanities, social science, technology, medicine, science, fine arts and performing arts. 40,000 students from diverse backgrounds are enrolled here. About 2000 teachers and nearly 7000 non-teaching staff are part of the
University. Students from as many as 48 countries also come to study here. The university has taken a leadership role in promoting new ideas, the spirit of integration of the world and cultivate intellect and culture.
About National Testing Agency (NTA)
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), which is now known as Ministry of Education (MoE), Government of India (GOI) has established the National Testing Agency (NTA) as an independent, autonomous, and self-sustained premier testing organization under the Societies Registration Act (1860) for conducting efficient, transparent and international standards tests in order to assess the competency of candidates for admissions to premier higher education institutions.The National Testing Agency (NTA) has been assigned the task of conducting the Central Universities Common Entrance Test (CU-CET) for Postgraduate programmes for 2022 for the 45 participating Central Universities. The registration and application be done by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on the official website https://cuet.samarth.ac.in. Role of NTA is confined to registration of candidates for the exam, admitting them to theexam, conducting the exam in the prescribed mode, display of answer keys and invitingchallenges, finalizing the answer keys, processing the results and handing over the results to BHU.
About BHU-PET
Admission to Master courses have been through CUTE (PG ) exam.
Eligiblity criteria for MCA program
Obtained at least 60% marks in aggregate or 6.5 on a 10 -point scale (55% marks in aggregate or 6.0 on a 10-point scale in case of candidates belonging to reserved category)
in
(i) BCA / BIT /B. Tech. / BSc. With Computer Science as main or ancillary subject or equivalent Degree.
or
(ii) B. Tech./B.E. in any branch (will be required to take bridge courses as per University rules)
or
(iii) B.A./ BSc. in Mathematics/ Statistics or equivalent Degree (will be required to take bridge courses as per University rules)
