RAJSHAHI: The first-year admission process of Rajshahi University (RU) under the academic session of 2014-2015 will begin on August 25.

The application forms for the admission will be available till September 14.

Public Relations Office administrator Proffessor Ilias Hossain made the disclosure on Saturday.

He said the students can register their names for the admission tests by sending SMS from Teletalk numbers by this time.

Students passed from the Open University would not be allowed to apply for the admission test, he added.

Ilias also added students of Humanities Group have to get total GPA 7.50 in SSC and HSC where GPA less than 3.50 (with 4th subject) would not be accepted.

Students of science group have to get total GPA 8.50 in SSC and HSC where GPA less than 4.00 (with 4th subject) will not be accepted.

For commerce group students have to have total GPA 8.00 in SSC and HSC where GPA less than 3.50 (with 4th subject) in any subject will not be accepted.

Students of English medium have to pass five subjects in O-level and two in A-level with minimum ‘B’ grade in four subjects and ‘C’ grade in three subjects respectively.

There will be a different question paper for them.

For more information about the admission process, students can visit the official websites of the university, www.ru.ac.bd, http://admission.ru.ac.bd or national dailies.

BDST: 1750 HRS, AUG 16, 2014