Admission to this course is open to all those with a Bachelor’s degree in any social science subject/Health/Maths/Stats or any similar degree recognized by Indian/Foreign universities with 50 percentage marks for general candidates and 45 percentage marks for the candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC and PWD category. Candidates having master’s degree and also those who are having work experience will be given due weight age. The cut off percentage can further be reduced by the admission committee for candidates with any additional qualifications. Reservation criteria will be followed as per the Government of India norms: After successfully completing all academic requirements given in the guidelines, the registered distance learner will be awarded degree of “M.A. Population Studies” irrespective of any discipline he/she come from graduate level.

No age limit

Scrutiny of eligible applications by the Admission committee constituted by the Director (Offline admission procedure)

Two years to maximum four years years (detail are given in the course wise announcement)

No fellowship