South Asian University Announces Admission
New Delhi: The South Asian University has announced admission to its Masters and PhD programmes for the 2023-24 batch. The progammes on offer include Master’s and PhD in the areas of Economics, Biotechnology, Computer Science, International Relations, Legal Studies, Mathematics and Sociology. The entrance test, to be conducted on 29 and 30 April 2023, will be a centre-based online testing system in select centres across South Asia. Applicants will be allowed to take the tests on scheduled time slots at the respective test centres.
SAU recently shifted its campus to its permanent campus in Maidan Garhi, New Delhi. Earlier it was operating from Akbar Bhawan in Chanakyapuri in the same city. While the student intake of the Master’s Degree programmes has been kept intact at 30 as in previous years, the number of seats for PhD programmes have been substantially increased. Admission to PhD programmes, this year, will be made through two channels viz. direct mode and entrance test. In the direct mode, certain categories of candidates will be exempted from the entrance test and the shortlist will be made on the bases of their CVs/SOPs/Research Proposals/Letters of Recommendations and called directly for the interviews.
SAU offers a generous number of scholarships and financial support to students. Students are also granted specially-created multiple entry SAU visas.
South Asian University was jointly established by the governments of the eight SAARC nations in the capital city of India. The student composition in this international university consists of scholars from the eight member states of the SAARC – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. About half the students are from India while the remaining half are from the rest of the SAARC countries, barring a few students from other continents. Each SAARC country has a quota but if the number of students from any particular country run short of the allotted quota, the remaining available seats are filled up by students from other countries as per SAU rules. Applicants from Non-SAARC countries can apply directly for admission giving details of their academic credentials, without having to take the entrance test.
The last date for submission of applications at SAU is 31 March 2023. Candidates can apply through the university website www.sau.int. Further details such as curriculum, eligibility criteria, scholarships, faculties can also be accessed from the website.