Postgraduate psychology faculty members of Magadh University, who have specialised in development, educational and mental measurement, will be able to supervise research candidates in the education faculty from this year.

The postgraduate research council of the varsity decided this at its meeting in Bodhgaya on Monday. The council discussed about 500 applications for research in various faculty. The applications would, however, be approved after proper scrutiny of qualification of supervisors, topics of research and formats of application.