1. All General candidates securing less than 50% marks and Scheduled Caste/Tribe candidates securing less than 40% marks in aggregate in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together in the Entrance Examination will not be considered for admission to the Institute and their names will not be included in the merit list.
2. A combined merit list of all the categories of candidates will be drawn on the basis of their performance in the Entrance Examination.
3. The candidates selected against the Physically Handicapped quota will be placed in the appropriate category in which he/she belongs.
(i.e. Unreserved/Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe/Puducherry Unreserved/Puducherry Scheduled Caste) on horizontal reservation basis. OPH Candidates should be prepared to stay at their own cost for an extra day to complete the medical examination by the Board constituted by the Institute in order to certify their eligibility against this category.
4. All the candidates will be considered for selection against Unreserved (UR) Category seats. Once the Unreserved Category seats have been filled according to merit on the basis of performance in the Entrance Examination, the remaining seats under the reserved categories viz. Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Puducherry Unreserved (P-UR) and Puducherry Scheduled Caste (P-SC) will be filled up by the candidates as per their eligibility according to the merit on the basis of their performance in the Entrance Examination. Provided further that any of the Puducherry Scheduled (P-SC) Caste candidate conies within the INTER-SE MERIT of Scheduled Caste (SC), he/she will be offered admission against the Scheduled Caste seats.
5. In the case of two or more candidates securing equal marks in the entrance examination their inter-se merit shall be determined as follows:
Eliminating first English marks.
If there is still a tie by eliminating Physics marks.
If there is still a tie by eliminating Chemistry marks.
If there is still a tie by eliminating Botany marks.
If the tie is still not broken, then a candidate senior in age shall rank senior to a candidate who is junior in age.
6. Individual letters will be sent to the selected candidates and to those who are placed in the waiting list. They will be required to attend Counseling and Medical Examination at the Institute at their own cost on the notified date. At the time of counseling, candidates will have to produce the original Mark Sheet of the qualifying examination and other original documents mentioned at page 4 such as proof of age, Transfer Certificate, Character Certificate, etc. Admission will not be finalized unless the candidates produce all the original documents and the Transfer Certificate.
There will be no allocation of marks for the counseling. Candidate found medically fit and admitted will be required to pay the fees in full in cash immediately. Provided if any selected candidate is unable to attend counseling and medical examination at the Institute on the notified date on medical grounds or due to some other circumstances beyond his/her control, his/her parent/guardian can come in person on his/her behalf along with authorization/identification letter for verification of the original documents of the selected candidate and pay the admission fees and submit the original certificates to the Institute and he/she will be considered for provisional admission. His/Her formal admission will be confirmed only after he/she is found medically fit and fulfills other requirements. Also, if sufficient number of candidates, who fulfill the requirements are not available under Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Category, that vacancy will be filled by the Unreserved Category.>
7. To fill the vacancies arising due to the failure of appearance by the selected candidates, sufficient number of candidates from the waiting list will also be called for counseling intimating their merit position in order. Such candidates will have to appear for the counseling on the notified date at their own risk and cost.
8. Candidates who fail to attend counseling / medical examination on the notified date and who have also not represented by his/her parent/guardian as mentioned in the above proviso shall forfeit their claim for admission and placement in the waiting list.
9. Marks obtained in the Entrance Examination by the candidates will be placed in the official Website:
10. The admission of the candidates of other University/Board will be provisional subject to the recognition of their qualifying examination by the Pondicherry University. They should apply after admission to the Pondicherry University for recognition of the qualifying examination in the prescribed form with the pass certificate of the qualifying examination and course certificate in original along with the fee of Rs.180/- (Rs.450/- for examinations passed outside India).
The candidates who have passed the Higher Secondary Examination of Tamil Nadu, Pre-Degree of Calicut University, Intermediate of Andhra Pradesh and AISSCE of CBSE should pay recognition to the admission of the candidate on any ground, the provisional admission does not entitle the candidate for the continuance of the course and the admission will be deemed as cancelled.
11. Candidates who have been admitted must join their classes on the date on which the classes commence. This date will be notified in the counseling call letter itself. The selection/admission is liable to be cancelled if the selected candidate does not report to join the class on the stipulated date without prior permission.
