Around 46 applicants will compete for each seat at the upcoming admission test of Dhaka University in the 2014-15 academic session, sources said.
A total of 301,138 students will appear in the test for 6,582 seats in five units for the first-year Honour’s courses.
Last year, the ratio of applicants against seats were around 39:1, with 262,907 applicants competing for 6,668 seats at the university.
Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique, vice-chancellor of the university, gave the statistics at a press conference at the university’s Old Senate Building yesterday at 2pm.
A total of 81,948 students seat in the admission test for 1,640 seats in Ka unit, 42,417 students for 2,221 seats in Kha unit, 49,976 students for 1,170 seats in Ga unit, 111,665 students for 1,416 seats in Gha unit, and 14,755 students for 135 seats in Cha unit.
The admission test of Ka unit will be held on September 12, Kha unit on September 19, Ga unit on September 05, Gha unit on September 26, and Cha unit on September 13, 2014.