Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Oct 9: With more than nine postgraduate (PG) courses yet to receive a single enrollment, Mangalore University is facing a challenging situation in its 2024-25 academic year. Despite having 28 departments offering a total of 42 PG courses, certain programmes such as statistics, electronics, MEd, MSW, Geo-informatics, and material science are still without students.

In an effort to boost admissions, the university extended the application deadline twice, first to September 25 and then again to October 10. However, despite these extensions, there has been no significant increase in student interest, and with only two days remaining for admissions, the situation remains critical.

The university had previously decided that if any course attracted fewer than 15 students, the department would be temporarily closed until enrollment numbers improved. To accommodate the current scenario, the university has now reduced the minimum required enrollment to 10 students per department, allowing courses to continue if they meet this threshold.

Although over 1,800 applications were submitted, only around 680 students have secured admission so far. In contrast, certain courses like MCom, chemistry, and biotechnology have witnessed high interest, with MCom recording the maximum number of enrollments.

The university is hoping for a last-minute surge in applications to ensure the continuation of its full range of academic offerings.