Allahabad University (AU): Admissions, Ranking, Courses & Alumni (2024)

Allahabad university stands as an epitome of knowledge since 23rd September, 1887.
It is one of the oldest universities of India and is famously known as the Oxford of the East.
Allahabad university is a centralised university and has a significance being the fourth oldest university and having a nirf of 31 among all Universities of India.It is also among the top 5 ranked universities in Uttar Pradesh

Who founded Allahabad University

Allahabad University, was founded by the Lt. Governor of the North-Western Provinces of British India, Sir William Muir. While the university itself is an institution born out of an Act of Parliament in 1887, the initiative for its establishment goes to Sir William Muir.

The oxford of the east : Allahabad University

Allahabad university is famously known as the oxford of the east because of two main reasons :

• Ancient Presence : Allahabad University stands as a centre of education since pre-independence era.Established in 1887 Allahabad University has had similar positive effect on Indian Education system that oxford had on the British Education system, since then Allahabad University has been crowned with the term “Oxford of the East “

• Similarities with Oxford University :Allahabad University has similar architectural structures when compared with Oxford University.It is believed that both the universities share the same preamble thus similar education structure.

This similarities lead to Allahabad University being called the “Oxford of the East”

Required CUET (UG) score for Allahabad University?

CUET(UG) is the sole exam for entry into the Allahabad University.The university being one of the major Central Universities attracts a lot of applications from candidates all over the which makes admission into Allahabad University difficult.There is a cut throat competition for admission into Allahabad University which causes a high cutoff score.Allahabad University requires a minimum score of 500+ score for admission into bcom courses and a score of 600+ out off 800 for admission into Bsc courses.

Seats available for bsc Maths in Allahabad University

Bsc Mathematics is a renowned course present at the Allahabad university.There has been a limited number of seats available for the subject at Allahabad University.There are around 769 seats for bsc maths in main campus of Allahabad University

Stellar alumni network of Allahabad University

Allahabad University is known for its stellar alumni network and it known for providing some great leaders to our nation.Namely Jawahar Lal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi, V.P.Singh are some of the former prime ministers who were students of Allahabad university.

What is Allahabad University famous for?

Allahabad University is famous for its academic excellence,its architecture and its prime location in the city of Prayagraj.  The city and the university is known for its historic significance.The founder of famous Universities all over our nation have been an alumni of these magnificient, a famous example is Madan Mohan Malviya (The founder of Benaras Hindu University ).The University is also well known for being the fourth oldest university after Calcutta,Bombay and Madras university.The university was previously known as Central University of Allahabad and has been now renamed to Allahabad University

How to get admission in Allahabad University for UG?

CUET (UG) stands as the sole entrance exam for entrance and grabbing seat into the Allahabad University.CUET exam is conducted in the month of May and the results are generally released in the month of June followed which counselling is held in the month of July and session starts in the month of August every Year. The university follows a semester system conducting two semester in an academic year.

What is the process of counselling in Allahabad University?

Allahabad university conducts its counselling also known as AU LAT  through its admission portal.Students have to apply through the portal and submit the relevant documents as required  by the University.The students are then required to be present at the assigned campus location for further verification processes and seat allocation

Allahabad University counselling is offline or online?

Allahabad University conducts the first round lf its counselling process AU LAT through online mode, the application process for CUET qualified students and seat allocation is done through online mode, further document verification and seat locking process is conducted offline at the university campus

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