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DU Arts, Law and Social Sciences unit entry test held

May 07, 2023 00:00:00


DU Correspondent

The admission test of Dhaka University (DU) for the undergraduate (honors) programmes under the Arts, Law and Social Science unit for the 2022-23 academic session was held in eight divisional cities on Saturday.

The test was held from 11am to 12:30pm with total marks of 120, says a press release.

A total of 1,22,834 admission seekers applied against 2,934 seats of the Arts, Law and Social Sciences Faculty, formerly known as 'Kha' unit, where around 42 examinees will vie for one seat.

Of the total 120, 20 marks have been given on the basis of Secondary School Certificate (SSC) and Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) results whereas it was 80 marks before, and the admission test was held on the rest 100 marks.

Of the 100 mark tests, the Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) part was held on 60 marks and written part was held on the rest 40 marks.

The examinees got 45 minutes for the MCQ part and 45 minutes for the written part.

As per decision, the admission test this year will be held only for four units under the undergraduate programmes instead of honours first year programme and there will remain 'transgender quota' for the admission test.

The four units are- 'Arts, Law and Social Sciences' unit, 'Science' unit, 'Business Studies' unit and 'Fine Arts' unit.

DU Vice-Chancellor (VC) Prof Dr Md Akhtaruzzaman, Pro-VC (Administration) Prof Dr Muhammad Samad, Pro-VC (Academic) Prof Dr AKM Maksud Kamal, Treasurer Prof Mamtaz Uddin Ahmed, 'Arts, Law and Social Science' unit test coordinator and Arts Faculty Dean Prof Dr Abdul Basir, DU Teachers' Association (DUTA) General Secretary Prof Dr Md Nizamul Hoque Buiyan and others visited the Arts Building of DU and other centers on the campus.


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