Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 18: “National level Entrance-cum-Scholarship Test CUCET 2021″ announced by Chandigarh University is a novel attempt to search for budding talent from every corner of India and motivate them to pursue their dream career by offering them an academic scholarship to overcome the financial barriers”.
This was stated by Union Minister for Education Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal during the launch ceremony of National Level Entrance-cum-Scholarship Test of Chandigarh University “CUCET 2021”.
The National Entrance-cum-Scholarship Test would offer academic scholarships worth Rs 33 crores to the students in more than 135 Under-Graduate and Post-Graduate programs offered by the University, where the meritorious student on the basis of CUCET-2021 scores can avail scholarships upto 100 per cent in the academic fees.
The student can fill online application form at www.cucet.cuchd.in and can appear online with a flexibility to choose his or her date and time slot. CUCET-2021 would be conducted in two phases where the first phase would run from December 2020 to May 2021.
“Chandigarh University is investing heavily on the talent of Indian Youth and it offers national platform through CUCET-2021 to such deserving students who aspires to be successful by undergoing quality higher education in the field of their choice” said Satnam Singh Sandhu, Chancellor, Chandigarh University.
Prof Satbir Singh Sehgal Registrar of Chandigarh University Gharuan while briefing about CUCET-2021 said, “The entrance test would be compulsory for students aspiring to seek admission to Engineering, Pharmacy, MBA, 5 Years Integrated Under-Graduate Law Programs, Agriculture while the test would also offer academic scholarships for all the 135 UG & PG programs offered by Chandigarh University”.
Dr Sehgal further added that, “Students can apply for CUCET-2021 through online and offline mode where the applications are available at University Website and regional centers of University across 21 States and UTs”.
The University is offering scholarships on 10 percent of the total seats in every Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses.
“Ever since the inception of University in 2012, Chandigarh University has offered academic scholarships to more than 63,000 students to promote talent and merit amongst the Indian Youth who dreams of getting quality and world-class education” Dr Sehgal added.
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