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Who is actually conducting PGAT this cycle, what the PGAT-I paper contains, and how far the 2026-27 admission process had run by late September

Alerts and Updates for Allahabad University PGAT-I (PG Admission Test)

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<div style="background:#eef3fb;color:#303846;border:1px solid #c9d7ee;border-radius:12px;padding:14px 18px;margin:0 0 18px"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6"><strong style="color:#171d29">Checked 25 September 2026.</strong> From MDU's PG Prospectus 2026-27 (seat matrix pp. 34–38, reservation pp. 97–101, fees pp. 92–97) and the 3 Jul 2026 admission-process notice (EWS income limit).</p></div>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">MDU's PG seats are split by a Haryana formula that decides who competes with whom. <strong>15% of every programme is an All India Category</strong> open to everyone, Haryana candidates included; <strong>85% is the State Quota</strong> for Haryana residents, half of it open and half reserved. Candidates from other states compete for the all-India seats and, in programmes not regulated by BCI, PCI, AICTE or NCTE, for extra supernumerary seats offered at the third counselling; and reserved-category candidates from other states are treated as General. This guide explains the split, the supernumerary seats and the fees.</p>

<div style="display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;margin:18px 0"><div style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">15% / 85%</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">All India Category / Haryana State Quota</div></div><div style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">17%</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">of intake for SC (OSC + DSC)</div></div><div style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">10%</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">extra seats for other states at the 3rd counselling (unregulated programmes)</div></div><div style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">₹1,600</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">application fee, General (₹400 reserved of Haryana)</div></div></div><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;margin:-8px 0 18px">MDU PG Prospectus 2026-27, pp. 43, 52, 97.</p>

From the PG Prospectus 2026-27, pp. 97–101. Reserved candidates who make the open merit are counted as open; after the third counselling vacant reserved seats go to Haryana Open General, then to all-India candidates.

<figure style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0;margin:18px 0"><figcaption style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">How a 120-seat programme divides (LL.B. 3-year, Rohtak)</figcaption><div style="margin:0 0 8px"><span style="display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;margin:0 14px 6px 0;font-size:13px;color:#303846"><span style="width:12px;height:12px;border-radius:3px;background:#1f7a45;display:inline-block"></span>All India + EWS-AI</span><span style="display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;margin:0 14px 6px 0;font-size:13px;color:#303846"><span style="width:12px;height:12px;border-radius:3px;background:#2f6fb0;display:inline-block"></span>Haryana Open + EWS-H</span><span style="display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;margin:0 14px 6px 0;font-size:13px;color:#303846"><span style="width:12px;height:12px;border-radius:3px;background:#b7791f;display:inline-block"></span>SC (OSC + DSC)</span><span style="display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;margin:0 14px 6px 0;font-size:13px;color:#303846"><span style="width:12px;height:12px;border-radius:3px;background:#8e3b8e;display:inline-block"></span>BC-A + BC-B</span><span style="display:inline-flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;margin:0 14px 6px 0;font-size:13px;color:#303846"><span style="width:12px;height:12px;border-radius:3px;background:#c2553a;display:inline-block"></span>PwD etc.</span></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="font-size:14px;color:#303846;margin:0 0 4px">LL.B. (Hons.) 3-year, Rohtak — 120 seats</div><div style="display:flex;height:22px;border-radius:6px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:15.00%;background:#1f7a45;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:12px;font-weight:700;text-align:center;line-height:22px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap">18</div><div style="width:42.50%;background:#2f6fb0;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:12px;font-weight:700;text-align:center;line-height:22px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap">51</div><div style="width:17.50%;background:#b7791f;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:12px;font-weight:700;text-align:center;line-height:22px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap">21</div><div style="width:22.50%;background:#8e3b8e;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:12px;font-weight:700;text-align:center;line-height:22px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap">27</div><div style="width:2.50%;background:#c2553a;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:12px;font-weight:700;text-align:center;line-height:22px;overflow:hidden;white-space:nowrap">3</div></div></div><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">MDU PG Prospectus 2026-27 seat matrix.</p></figure>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0" id="mduseats"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Who the seats are for</h3><label style="font-size:13px;font-weight:700;color:#5b6472;display:block;margin:0 0 10px">Programme<br><select id="mduseats-p" style="padding:8px;border:1px solid #c9c4b5;border-radius:8px;font-size:15px;max-width:100%;width:100%"><option value="0">LL.B. (Hons.) 3-year, Rohtak</option><option value="1">LL.B. (Hons.) 3-year, Gurugram (CPAS)</option><option value="2">MBA (SFS), Rohtak</option><option value="3">MBA, Gurugram (CPAS)</option><option value="4">MCA</option><option value="5">M.Sc. Chemistry</option><option value="6">M.Sc. Physics</option><option value="7">M.Sc. Mathematics (SFS)</option><option value="8">M.Com.</option><option value="9">M.A. English</option><option value="10">M.A. History</option><option value="11">M.A. Psychology</option></select></label><div id="mduseats-out" style="line-height:1.6"></div><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">Sanctioned intake from MDU's PG Prospectus 2026-27 seat matrix. AIC = All India Category; HOGC = Haryana Open General; OSC/DSC = Other/Deprived Scheduled Castes. Supernumerary seats (other states, sports, NCC and more) are extra — but not in BCI, PCI, AICTE or NCTE-regulated programmes such as LL.B., MBA and MCA.</p><script>(function(){var R=document.getElementById('mduseats');if(!R)return;var S=[["LL.B. (Hons.) 3-year, Rohtak",16,2,46,10,11,16,11,3,5,120,"BCI"],["LL.B. (Hons.) 3-year, Gurugram (CPAS)",16,2,46,11,10,16,11,3,5,120,"BCI"],["MBA (SFS), Rohtak",16,2,46,10,10,16,12,3,5,120,"AICTE"],["MBA, Gurugram (CPAS)",24,3,70,15,15,25,17,4,7,180,"AICTE"],["MCA",9,0,22,5,5,8,6,3,2,60,"AICTE"],["M.Sc. Chemistry",12,1,35,8,6,12,9,3,4,90,""],["M.Sc. Physics",9,1,23,5,5,8,6,1,2,60,""],["M.Sc. Mathematics (SFS)",16,2,46,10,10,16,11,4,5,120,""],["M.Com.",8,1,23,5,5,9,5,2,2,60,""],["M.A. English",8,1,24,5,5,8,6,1,2,60,""],["M.A. History",9,1,27,6,6,10,6,2,3,70,""],["M.A. Psychology",5,1,15,3,4,6,4,1,1,40,""]];var H=['All India (AIC)','EWS — All India','Haryana Open General','SC — Other (OSC)','SC — Deprived (DSC)','BC-A','BC-B','PwD / ESM / DFF','EWS — Haryana'];function g(x){return document.getElementById('mduseats'+x);}function go(){var s=S[parseInt(g('-p').value,10)];var rows=H.map(function(h,i){return '<tr><td style="padding:3px 8px 3px 0">'+h+'</td><td style="padding:3px 0;text-align:right"><strong>'+s[i+1]+'</strong></td></tr>';}).join('');g('-out').innerHTML='<table style="border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px">'+rows+'<tr><td style="padding:6px 8px 0 0;border-top:1px solid #e4e1d8"><strong>Total</strong></td><td style="padding:6px 0 0;text-align:right;border-top:1px solid #e4e1d8"><strong>'+s[10]+'</strong></td></tr></table><p style="margin:8px 0 0">Open to candidates from outside Haryana: <strong>'+(s[1]+s[2])+'</strong> all-India seats'+(s[11]?'. No supernumerary seats here: the programme is regulated by '+s[11]+'.':', plus 10% supernumerary seats for other states offered at the 3rd counselling (minimum 40% in the test).')+'</p>';}g('-p').addEventListener('change',go);go();})();</script></div>

From the PG Prospectus 2026-27, p. 38 (our grouping of its columns). Gurugram seats are filled through the same test, the same application and the same physical counselling at MDU Rohtak; campus preference is chosen on the form.

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Some programmes are self-financing: M.A. Yoga Science, LL.M. Shift II, MBA (SFS), M.Sc. Mathematics (SFS), and the programmes billed under the SFS fee table — MHMCT, MTTM, M.Sc. Computer Science and M.Sc. CS (Data Science & ML). SFS seats follow the same reservation split and the same merit, but tuition and development fees are charged each semester, the BPL tuition concession does not apply, and 5% freeships are offered instead. The two M.Sc. Mathematics sections illustrate the cost difference: the regular section's first payment is about ₹7,500, while the SFS section charges ₹16,620 tuition and ₹5,160 development every semester on top of the annual heads.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Sanctioned seats are not always final. On 19 August 2026 MDU raised the LL.M. Shift I and II intake by 30%; in 2025 it added a further 10% (20% in total) to M.A. Sociology and M.A. Hindi on 25 August, and to LL.M. on 28 August. Such increases come as notices on the admission page, usually in August, after the main rounds — a reason to keep watching the notices after the scheduled counselling ends.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">For Haryana EWS seats the prospectus still prints an income limit of ₹6 lakh, but MDU's admission-process notice of 3 July 2026 applies a Haryana government letter of 14 January 2026 raising it to <strong>₹8 lakh</strong>. The all-India EWS seats follow the Central rule: family income below ₹8 lakh, and no family holding of 5 acres of farm land, a flat of 1,000 sq ft, or a residential plot of 100 sq yards in a notified municipality (200 sq yards elsewhere), shown on an Income and Asset Certificate from the Tehsildar. Income certificates must be issued on or after 1 April of the admission year.</p>

From the PG Prospectus 2026-27, pp. 43, 52, 97, 104 and Appendix A.

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">On top of the sanctioned intake, the prospectus lists supernumerary seats filled only on entrance merit and never converted: one transgender seat per programme; sports seats (one where intake is 30–59, two where it is 60 or more; age up to 25); one cultural; up to 25% international and 10% NRI; defence personnel; one single girl child; one ward of an MDU employee; one Centre or State government sponsored; Kashmiri migrants; wards or spouses of Kargil martyrs; two for University Campus School students; one NCC "C" and one NSS/YRC; one orphan; and five extra in M.Sc. Forensic Science for military, police and Haryana health personnel. None apply in BCI, PCI, AICTE or NCTE-regulated programmes.</p>

Changing category, and reservation within reservation

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Three percent of seats go to ex-servicemen and dependants of freedom fighters by reservation within reservation — one percent each out of the General, SC and BC shares — and an unused PwD quota may pass to them. A candidate may change category only after the third counselling and before seats are converted. Reserved candidates from Haryana who score high enough are admitted against open seats and do not use up a reserved seat, which is why a category list can include scores above the open list's lower end.</p>

Rohtak totals are our sum of the fee heads MDU prints (admission, tuition, funds, development, refundable security, exam fee for the first semester); Gurugram totals are MDU's printed figures. A few rows of MDU's fee table are cropped in its own PDF and are not shown. SFS programmes (e.g. M.Sc. Mathematics SFS, MHMCT, MTTM, M.Sc. CS) charge tuition and development per semester.

<figure style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0;margin:18px 0"><figcaption style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Fee at admission, 2026-27 (₹)</figcaption><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">M.A. (most)</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">₹4,432</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:7.8%;height:12px;background:#8a4b00;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">M.Sc. Chemistry/Physics</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">₹7,615</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:13.5%;height:12px;background:#8a4b00;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">M.Sc. Life Sciences</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">₹16,395</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:29.0%;height:12px;background:#8a4b00;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">M.Pharm.</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">₹45,550</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:80.5%;height:12px;background:#8a4b00;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">MBA (Rohtak)</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">₹56,592</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:100.0%;height:12px;background:#8a4b00;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">Our sums of the heads in MDU's 2026-27 fee tables.</p></figure>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Concessions: SC students with family income up to ₹2.5 lakh pay no tuition and most funds (claimed through Haryana's Directorate of Higher Education); BPL yellow-card holders get full tuition concession (not in SFS programmes); SFS programmes have 5% freeships. Fees are paid in full, online, the day after counselling; there are no instalments. If you leave without attending any class and apply for a refund within seven days of admission, you get the fee back minus ₹1,000; later, 15% is deducted (minimum ₹1,000) if the seat is refilled, and nothing is refunded if it is not.</p>

<div style="background:#ecf7ef;color:#1f3a2a;border:1px solid #b9dec6;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:22px 0"><p style="margin:0 0 8px;font-size:12px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#1f7a45">Practise it, don't just read it</p><p style="margin:0 0 12px;font-size:16px;line-height:1.6;color:#171d29">Every seat in this guide goes by entrance score within its category, so a few marks move you across the seat matrix. With 100 one-mark questions in 75 minutes and no negative marking, timed practice is where those marks come from.</p><p style="margin:0 0 12px;line-height:1.6">The ProSyllabus MDU PG entrance library has practice quizzes for <strong>English</strong>, <strong>Commerce</strong>, <strong>Economics</strong>, <strong>Political Science</strong> and <strong>Mathematics</strong> — the first one is free.</p><p style="margin:0"><a href="/exam/mdu-pg-cet/practice-quiz" style="display:inline-block;background:#ffffff;color:#1f7a45;border:2px solid #1f7a45;padding:9px 18px;border-radius:8px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:700">Start a MDU PG entrance quiz →</a></p></div>

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