Bharathidasan 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 1982. A teaching and affiliating university with 46 affiliated colleges and 11 departments. Usual admission requirement is the higher secondary certificate (12 years of education).
Grading system:
| BA/BS/BCom/BLitt/MA | |
| MS/MCom/BE/BArch | |
| 60% | Class I |
| 50% | Class II |
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 at end of semester.
Languages of instruction: English and Tamil.
Advanced degrees:
Master's: 1-2 years after specified degree.
Ph.D.: 3 years after master's degree; by research.
Last updated: Jul 28, 2008