Selection process
Our selection process includes an entrance test, conducted at different locations all over India and an online personal interview.
Step 1 — Entrance Test
Applicants will have to appear for the National Entrance Test that will assess their English reading comprehension, general and quantitative reasoning ability, social awareness and writing ability. The test will be conducted in various cities across the country.
Preparing for the Entrance Exam
Take a look at the structure of the test you have to take.
Entrance Test Structure
Part 1 (For MA Education, MA Development and LLM — Duration 2 hours)
| Section | Questions | Question type |
|---|---|---|
| Reading Comprehension | 15 | Multiple choice |
| General and Quantitative Reasoning Ability | 15 | Multiple choice |
| Social Awareness | 10 | Multiple choice |
| Writing ability | 1 (Attempt the question related to your first programme preference) | Descriptive type |
Part 2 (Only for MA Education — Duration — 45 min)
Candidates who applied for MA Education will also have to write a subject-specific test. The questions will be related to the first subject preference, as filled in the application form. Subject area knowledge will be assessed at the level of grade X.
-Science (Physics, Chemistry and Biology) — 20 MCQ questions
-Mathematics — 20 MCQ questions
-Language — 20 MCQ questions
-Early childhood education — 10 MCQ questions and 2 essays (100−150 words each)
-Social studies (History, Geography, Political Science, Economics) — 8 MCQ questions and 1 essay (300 words)
Below are the locations where test centers are available for Round 2 admission entrance test.
Please note that conducting of test in the listed centres is not guaranteed, it would depend on the number of candidates opting for the centre. In case, there are not enough number of candidates opting for the listed centre preferred by the candidate, the University reserves the right to cancel the test centre and assign the candidate to the nearest test location.
Andhra Pradesh — Vijayawada
Assam — Guwahati
Bihar — Patna
Chhattisgarh — Raipur
Delhi — New Delhi
Gujarat — Ahmedabad
Jharkhand — Ranchi
Karnataka — Bengaluru
Karnataka — Mangalore
Karnataka — Bellary
Kerala — Ernakulam
Kerala — Kozhikode
Kerala — Thiruvananthapuram
Madhya Pradesh — Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh — Indore
Maharashtra — Mumbai
Maharashtra — Nagpur
Maharashtra — Pune
Odisha ‑Cuttack
Rajasthan — Jaipur
Tamil Nadu — Chennai
Telangana — Hyderabad
Uttar Pradesh — Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh — Varanasi
West Bengal — Kolkata
West Bengal — Siliguri
Step 2 — Personal interview
If you are shortlisted, you will have a personal interview. You will receive a confirmation email with the date and time of your interview.
The interviews are conducted online. The link to your interview will be sent to you via email.
MA Economics Entrance Test Structure
Duration — Total 2 hours 30 minutes.
| Part | Section | # of Questions | Question type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microeconomics | 10 | Multiple choice |
| Macroeconomics | 10 | Multiple choice | |
| Quantitative economics | 10 | Multiple choice* | |
| 2 | Essay question | 2 | 2 out of 2 questions to be written |
* Each multiple choice question carries one mark. Please note that there is negative marking. You get +1 for a correct answer, and ‑0.5 for a wrong answer. Unattempted questions get zero marks.
Postgraduate programmes Degrees
Have you decided what you would like to study at Azim Premji University? You can choose between the following degrees: