Cotton Post-Graduate Entrance Examination ( CPGEE ) - General instruction And Scheme Of Examination

General Instructions:
  • The minimum eligibility condition for admission to Postgraduate Degree Programmes of Cotton University is a Bachelor’s Degree with Honours/ Major from a recognised university , and LLB degree for LLM.
  • Honours / Major is not required for admission to MCA and PG Diploma programme.
  • The link for registration and submission of applications shall be provided on the University website www.cottonuniversity.ac.in from 5:00 PM on 8th July . The registration process will be open till 7 PM of 19th July the registered candidates will be allowed to log in and their forms online, complete with all particulars, up to 11 pm
  • Candidates are requested to carefully read the onscreen instructions and follow the procedure while filling up the online form.
Seats For Cotton Graduates And In Open Category:
  • Cotton Graduate: 50% of the total seats in each program of study shall be reserved for candidates graduating from Cotton University, under this Category except of the newly introduced MLISc, LLM, and PG Diploma in Gender Studies programs
  • Open Category: The rest 50% of total seats shall be open to all eligible candidates from any recognised University. All Seats of MA in Bodo, MLISc and LLM and shall be filled up from the Open Category.
Mode Of Admission:
  • A) Under Cotton Graduate Category: (i) CGPA based: In those subjects which require the Honour/Major in the concerned subject as an eligibility criterion n in the UG Degree, admission shall be given on the basis of UG CGPA ( Honours / Core) subject to a minimum CGPA of 5.5 for UR, 5.3 for OBC/MOBC and 5.0 for SC/ST(P)/ST(H). (ii) Entrance based (CPGEE) : In those subjects for which the eligibility criteria of Honours/Major in the qualifying UG Degree does not specify the concerned subject only, admissions shall be on the basis of CPGEE. (iii) The reservation policy of Govt. of Assam for OBC/MOBC/ST(P)/ST(H)/SC/EWS/PWD shall be applicable in this category.
  • B) Under Open Category:(i) Admission in all subjects shall be on the basis of CPGEE. (ii) The reservation policy of Govt. of Assam for OBC/MOBC/ST(P)/ST(H)/SC/EWS/PWD shall be applicable in this category.
Cotton Post-Graduate Entrance Examination:
  • Date of issue of Admit Card, Subject wise examination date and time will l be notified one week prior to the beginning of CPGEE
  • The examinations will be of Objective Multiple Choice type questions and OMR answer sheets shall be used. Questions shall be based on the Cotton University UG syllabuses of the concerned subjects except for subjects not being taught as Honours/Core courses in this University For those subjects not being taught as Honours / Core courses in Cotton University the entrance examinations shall be based on corresponding standard syllabuses of reputed Universities of India under UGC.
  • For every correct answer 4 marks shall be awarded and for each wrong answer 1 mark shall be deducted (i.e.minus 1 mark for a wrong answer).
Merit list And Dates Of Admission:
  • Subject-wise merit list will be prepared for both CGPA and CPGEE based admissions. Merely being named in the merit lists does not mean that a candidate is selected for admission.
  • Merely being named in the merit lists does not mean that a candidate is selected for admission. Merit lists will be published tentatively after 7 to 10 days of conclusion of the CPGEE
  • Admissions to both Cotton Graduates and Open Category candidates will be announced soon after publication of the merit lists
Gap In Study Under Open Category:
  • Students passing the qualifying examination or other degree/diploma examination (under recognized institution) earlier than the current year will have to submit a self-declaration Testing to his/her activities during the Interim period. Candidates having more than 3 (three) years study gap (i.e. passed the qualifying examination shall not be eligible for admission except in the LLM programme for which there is no restriction to the gap period.
  • All necessary information related to eligibility criteria and number of seats, are given in the following pages. University will not issue any Prospectus or Application form from the office.
2023