KARACHI, Nov 7: Admissions to the honours programmes of the University of Karachi will commence from Nov 10 with the issuance of admission forms from the designated branches of the UBL in Karachi, which will be received back till Nov 19.

According to an official of the KU admission committee, interim list of the candidates successful in getting admissions to the KU masters programme would be displayed at the main Silver Jubilee Gate of the KU on Nov 19 at 3pm and the schedule of fee collection will also be announced on the same date.

According to him, over 1,800 students would be enrolled at various KU departments under the master’s programme while over 2,500 seats had been reserved under the honours programme while 8 seats had been reserved for the students from the Northern areas, FATA and the Azad Kashmir.

He told that seats had also been reserved for the children of the KU employees, disabled persons and the Pakistan Army as per the University Code and added that over 200 additional seats had been reserved for the students from other parts of the country in addition to S (Sindh) and P (Pakistan) categories.

To a query, he said in the K (Karachi) category, only those students would be eligible to apply who had passed their matriculation, intermediate and graduation from the colleges affiliated with the KU or other institutes located in Karachi while three per cent seats had been reserved for the educational institutions recognized by the KU.—PPI