Bhubaneswar, May 19: Commerce continues to remain the most sought-after postgraduate course at Utkal University, drawing the maximum number of applications.
The submission of forms forPG courses for the current academic year winded up today.
The entrance tests for the admission will be held from tomorrow and go on till May 29.
With as many as 1,418 applications for its 48 postgraduate seats, the commerce department has remained the most popular among students.
At present, the university has 27 postgraduate teaching-cum-research departments. The second most popular subject was physics with as many as 1,119 applications for its 30 seats followed by chemistry that received 1,094 applications for its 28 seats and botany, which received 1,078 applications for its 32 seats. The department of zoology received 985 applications for its 32 seats.
In arts stream, analytical and applied economics was the most favoured subject with 530 applications for its 88 seats. Personal management and industrial relations and political science remained the two other favourites, which got 453 applications for 32 seats and 426 applications for 64 seats, respectively.
In humanities, the department of English received 395 applications for its 40 seats, while the Odia department received 369 applications for its 64 seats. Sanskrit received 359 applications for its 64 seats.
The varsity authorities have decided not to increase the number of seats. "Increase of seats would mean the requirement of infrastructure and more importantly the requirement of faculty - which is not possible at this moment," Panda said.
Besides the general courses, the self-financing course, too, received an encouraging response. The executive MBA programme received 53 applications against its 15 seats, while the integrated MBA pr gramme received 337 applications against 40 seats. Microbiology received 107 applications against 14 seats, while environmental science received 84 applications against 16 seats.
The women studies department received 42 applications against 30 seats and the remote sensing department received 27 applications against 20 seats, while the journalism department received 101 applications against 20 seats. Fishery science received as many as 37 applications against its 12 seats.
