Karachi University Changes Admission Criteria After 75% Candidates Fail Entry Test

For the first time in its history, Karachi University (KU) has decided to admit students under an open merit policy after more than 75% of the applicants had failed their entry tests.

In this regard, the KU administration has annulled the results of the entry tests of the Masters Program of four departments. Candidates will now be admitted to departments of Pakistan studies, commerce, mass communication, and criminology under open merit.

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Moreover, KU has reduced the passing marks from 50 to 25 for the entry tests of business school and department of public administration.

As for the Bachelors program, KU has decreased the passing marks of seven departments from 50 to 40-45.

It includes the departments of applied chemistry and chemical technology, applied physics, education, environmental studies, petroleum technology, special education, and teacher’s education.

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KU has also reduced the last year’s closing percentages in intermediate exams for the admissions in the Bachelors program under open merit.

The cutoff percentage for the department of computer science has been reduced from 75% to 72%, for the department of software engineering from 76% to 73%, for the department of food and science from 72% to 54%, for the department of international relations from 75% to 62%, for the department of mass communication from 75% to 65%, and for business school from 77% to 73%.