Sri Venkateswara University
India
This institutional profile has been created for use by University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate programs.
First degree/qualification: Bachelor's degree (3-5 years).
Minimum quality for UW-Madison Graduate School admission: Class I or very high class II range.
Minimum level for UW-Madison Graduate School admission: 4 year bachelor's degree; or master's degree following completion of 3 year bachelor's degree; or completion of a bachelor degree followed by certain postgraduate diplomas which are either AIU (Association of Indian Universities) or AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) approved; postgrad diplomas are all evaluated individually.
Documents required: Official mark sheets/transcripts/records; official certification of degree and date awarded.
Description: Instituted in 1954; a teaching and affiliating university with more than 50 affiliated colleges. Usual admission requirement is the intermediate examination (12 years of education).
Grading systems:
| BA/BS/BCom | MA/MS/BLibSc/MCom/BL | ||
| BTech/MTech | 60% | Class I | |
| 60% | Class I | 50% | Class II |
| 50% | Class II | 40% | Class III |
Some Indian institutions award class on last year; some on honours courses; some do not count failed/repeated courses. We calculate average on all marks/grades. Examinations held annually or by semesters.
Languages of instruction: Telugu and English.
Advanced degrees:
Master's: 1-3 years after specified degree.
Ph.D.: 3 years after BA Honours or BS Honours; 2 years after master's degree (applies to most faculties).
Last updated: Jul 29, 2008