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JAHANGIRNAGAR UNIVERSITY, Dec 9, 2025 (BSS) - Jahangirnagar University (JU) has received 2,19,399 applications for its undergraduate admission test in the 2025-26 academic year, with 119 candidates set to contest for each of the 1,844 seats for seven units.

Member-Secretary of the JU Admission Management Committee and Deputy Registrar (Academic) Syed Mohammed Ali Reza confirmed the information to BSS this afternoon.

According to the unit-wise breakdown, the ‘A’ unit (Mathematical and Physical Sciences Faculty) has 426 seats and received 60,351 applications, meaning 141 candidates will vie for each seat, while the ‘B’ unit (Social Sciences Faculty) has 326 seats against 20,583 applications, placing the competition at 63 applicants per seat.

The ‘C’ unit (Arts & Humanities, and Law Faculties) received 47,497 applications for 466 seats, amounting to 101 candidates per seat, while the ‘C1’ unit (Drama & Fine Arts) logged 3,725 applications for 64 seats, resulting in competition among 58 applicants per seat.

In the ‘D’ unit (Biological Sciences Faculty), the highest pressure of candidates was recorded, with 70,220 applications for 310 seats - a ratio of 226 per seat. The ‘E’ unit (Business Studies Faculty) has 200 seats and received 11,612 applications, equating to 58 candidates per seat.

For the Institute of Business Administration-JU (IBA-JU) unit, 5,411 applications have been submitted against 50 seats, where 98 students will compete for each seat.

The university authority said the undergraduate admission test will be commenced on December 21, and further details, including the final schedule, will be announced on the admission website (https://ju-admission.org) and through newspaper notifications.