GMU Sambalpur Course Admission 2025: Dates, Fees, Eligibility, Application Process, Selection Criteria

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25 Aug, 2025 Odisha CPET Phase 2 Counselling under SAMS is ongoing. The last date to submit the Common Application Form (CAF) @pg.samsodisha.gov.in is Sept 3, 2025. The First Round Selection List will be out on Sept 9, 2025. Check schedule.

28 Jul, 2025 XAT 2026 registration has started for MBA/PGDM admission. The last date to apply @xatonline.in is December 5, 2025. XAT 2026 will be held on January 4, 2026. For more details, Check Here.

Gangadhar Meher University (GMU), Sambalpur is located in Odisha. It was established in the year 2015. The university offers 22 UG programs, 22 PG programs, 15 M.Phil. programs and also offers Ph.D. in 8 major departments including 1 foreign language program. 

MBA

Seats under MBA course will be filled in two ways:

Offline Mode:

  • Candidates who will give Odisha JEE entrance exam for taking admission in the MBA program, have to fill the application form in the offline mode.
  • The candidates after giving OJEE, also have to appear for OJEE counseling.
  • The university can also take direct admissions in this category provided:
  1. The candidate has valid national/state level entrance test score such as CAT, MAT, CMAT, etc., and
  2. If there is any seats left after filling them from the OJEE examination. 

Online mode:

  • For admission to MBA (in Financial Management only), the candidates have to fill the application form in the online mode.
  • The selection under this course will be done on the basis of merit – Career marks: Entrance Exam score in the ratio of 50:50.

Click here to get the details on the selection process of MBA course.

Gangadhar Meher University UG Admission 2024

GM University offers several undergraduate courses covering a number of disciplines. The courses are for a duration of three years. For all the UG courses, the candidate must have cleared his 12th standard from a recognized board in the respective stream. The selections will be done on the merit basis.

Course Specialisation Eligibility Criteria Selection Criteria  No. of Seats Duration
B.Sc. Chemistry

A pass at the 10+2 level in the Science stream from any recognized board in the country, i.e. State Board / CBSE / ISC or the equivalent

Merit based 48 3 year
Physics
Statistics

A pass at the 10+2 level in the Science stream from any recognized board in the country, i.e. State Board / CBSE / ISC or the equivalent along with Mathematics or Statistics for the respective B.Sc. specialization

8
Mathematics 24
Botany A pass at the 10+2 level in the Science stream from any recognized board in the country, i.e. State Board / CBSE / ISC or the equivalent.
Biology is compulsory at the +2 level
48
Zoology
B.A. Economics A pass at the 10+2 level in the Commerce or Arts stream from any recognized board in the country, i.e. State Board / CBSE / ISC or the equivalent 80
Education 32
English 48
Geography 32
Hindi 32
History 48
Mathematics 20
Oriya 48
Philosophy 16
Political Science 96
Psychology 24
Sanskrit 32
Statistics 16
B.Com. Accounting A pass at the 10+2 level in the Commerce or Arts stream from any recognized board in the country, i.e. State Board / CBSE / ISC or the equivalent 384
BBA - A pass at the 10+2 level from any recognized board in the country, i.e. State Board / CBSE / ISC or the equivalent 32
BCA - 48
Integrated B.A. + B.Ed. - A pass in 10+2 with at least 50% marks (45% marks for ST and SC candidates) in class 12th from a recognized board 50 4 year
Integrated B.Sc. + B.Ed. -

Key Note:

  • Candidates wanting to apply to Integrated B.A.-B.Ed. or B.Sc.-B.Ed., have to fill a separate application form for that.
  • A candidate who has already done a bachelor’s degree is not eligible to apply for the intergrated program.
  • The fees of both the Integrated courses is INR 35000.
  • Candidates who has pass their Class 12th in Science, can apply for both the Integrated courses whereas, the candidates who have passed their Class 12th in Arts stream, can only apply for only B.A.-B.Ed. Integrated program only. 

Gangadhar Meher University PG Admission 2024

GM University offers several postgraduate courses covering a variety of subjects as well. The courses are for a duration of two years. The minimum eligibility for all the PG courses is a bachelor’s degree in the respective subject. The admission under each course will be done on the basis of an entrance test. 

Course Specialisation Eligibility Criteria  Selection Criteria
M.Sc. Physics Must have at least 45% in aggregate and 45% marks in the related subject from a recognized university AND The applicant must have studied in a specific discipline at the undergraduate level and have attained 24 credits in the related discipline at the UG level, then only will the candidate be eligible to apply Entrance Test
Botany
Chemistry
Zoology
Computer Science B.Sc. (H) in Computer Science OR Any science graduate with Computer Science as a main subject OR B.Sc. IT/ B.Sc. IST/ BCA/ B. Tech Comp. Science / Electronics / IT / IST with 45% marks in aggregate Career marks and marks in the entrance exam.
M.A. Economics Must have at least 45% in aggregate and 45% marks in the related subject from a recognized university AND The applicant must have studied in a specific discipline at the undergraduate level and have attained 24 credits in the related discipline at the UG level, then only will the candidate be eligible to apply. Entrance Test
Sanskrit
Geography
History
Political Science
Psychology
Philosophy
Education
English
Odia
Hindi
M.Sc./MA Mathematics 
M.Com. Commerce A pass (minimum 45%) at the undergraduate level in the relevant subject from any recognized university in the country. 

Key Note:

  • 5% relaxation will be given to the candidates of PG courses
  • M.Sc. Computer Science:
  1. The Entrance Test for M.Sc. Computer Science will include a total of 50 MCQs - 

Computer Science  (35 marks)
Mathematics (15 marks)

  • The candidate has to apply separately, if applying for more than one program.
  • For M.A./M.Sc./professional courses/technical courses, the applicant must have studied in a specific discipline at the undergraduate level and have attained 24 credits in the related discipline at the UG level, then only will the candidate be eligible to apply.
  • For M.Sc. course, the selection of the candidates will be done on the basis of marks obtained in the past academic career and the marks in the entrance exam, in the ration 50:50.
  • There will be no negative marking in the entrance test

Gangadhar Meher University MBA Admission 2024

Gangadhar Meher University, also offers MBA course admission through two modes. MBA (offline) and MBA in Financial Management, which is by applying through online admission portal. Eligibility for both offline and online MBA is a graduate degree in any honours stream from a recognized university. The selection in MBA (offline) will be done by the score obtained by the candidate in OJEE entrance exam followed by OJEE counseling. For MBA in Financial Management, whose admission is through online portal, the selection will be done on the basis of marks obtained in the career as well as marks in the entrance exam.

Course Name Specialization Minimum Eligibility Selection Procedure Duration No. of seats
MBA (offline) - Graduation in any stream with at least 50% marks in aggregate OJEE score and OJEE counseling 2 years/4 semesters 60
MBA (through online portal) Financial Management Graduation in any honours stream from any recognized university Career marks and marks in the entrance exam

Key Points:

  • 5% relaxation will be given to the candidates
  • MBA Offline (For non -OJEE candidates)
  1. The candidates with non-OJEE can also apply for this course, given that they have valid MAT/CAT/XAT/ATMA entrance test score.
  2. They may be considered against the vacant seats (if any) only after the admission of the candidates through OJEE score.
  3. Their selection will be done on the basis of marks secured by the candidates in their graduation.
  4. The non-OJEE candidates, also have a provision of applying through offline mode.
  • The fees of MBA (offline) course is INR 45,000 per annum and of MBA Financial Management it is INR 30, 000 per annum.
  • MBA Financial Management:
  1. The Entrance Test will have 50 MCQs from four sections –
  1. English (12Marks)
  2. Numerical ability (12Marks)
  3. Reasoning (13Marks)
  4. General Knowledge (13Marks)
  1. For MBA in Financial Management, the selection of the candidates will be done on the basis of marks obtained in the past academic career and the marks in the entrance exam, in the ration 50:50.
  • There will be no negative marking in the entrance test

Gangadhar Meher University M.Phil. Admission 2024

GM University offers degree of M.Phil. in 15 disciplines and Ph.D. in 8 disciplines. The minimum requirement for a candidate to apply in any of the M.Phil. and Ph.D. courses is, 55% of marks in a master’s degree or an equivalent. The candidates who have qualified UGC/CSIR/NET/SLET/endowed with UGC teacher Fellowship/ Study Leave from the Government of Odisha, DHE, are also eligible to apply for the course (M.Phil./Ph.D.). The admission will be given to the candidates on merit basis. For taking out the merit, the candidate’s career marks cum entrance test marks will be considered followed by Viva- voce.

Course Name Specialization Minimum Eligibility Selection Procedure Duration No. of seats
M.Phil. Botany Master’s degree with 55% marks or equivalent in the relevant subject AND UGC/CSIR/NET/SLET or endowed with UGC teacher Fellowship or Study Leave from the Government of Odisha, DHE qualified candidates are also eligible to apply Career-cum-Entrance Test & Viva-voce/ Interview 1 year 8
Mathematics
Chemistry
Odia
Commerce
Philosophy
Economics
Political Science
Education
Psychology
English
Sanskrit
Geography
Zoology
History
Ph.D. Chemistry - 3
Geography 2
Commerce 2
Odia 2
Economics 2
Political Science 7
Education 3
Zoology 2

Key Note:

M.Phil.

  • The candidates from SC/ST/OBC (Non creamy layer)/PH category have to obtain 50% marks in the subject of the master’s degree for being eligible to apply.
  • Candidates who have qualified UGC/CSIR (JRF) exam & NET/SLET/GATE/ Teachers Fellowship holders are exempted from giving the entrance test but they will have to appear for the viva/ interview conducted by the university.
  • The selection will be based on the following basis:
  1. Entrance Test - 50%
  2. Career Assessment - 40%
  3. Interview/ Viva voce - 10%
  • Reservation Policy for the number of candidates in each subject:
  1. General Category – 3
  2. SC Candidates – 1
  3. ST Candidates – 2
  4. UGC/ NET/CSIR NET/ TF Candidates – 2
  • The availability of application forms for M.Phil. start from the 1st week of December and go up to the end of second week of December.

Ph.D.

  • UGC/CSIR (JRF) exam qualified candidates & NET/SLET/GATE/ Teachers Fellowship holders are exempted from giving ET but they will have to appear for the viva/ interview conducted by the university.
  • The candidates who have secured at least 55% marks in aggregate or its equivalent Grade ‘B’ in the UGC 7 point scale in their M.Phil., will also be exempted from appearing in the entrance test. 
  • The selection will be based on the following basis:
  1. Weightage on academic record - 80%
  2. Viva-voce performance – 20%

Gangadhar Meher University Application Process 2024

Candidates who wish to apply to the courses available at the University may do so by following the given steps.

  • Go to the official university website and can download the application form in PDF form.
  • Complete filling in the application form and take a print out.
  • Submit the print out along with the application fee to the University counter, either in cash or through bank draft, drawn in favour of ‘Comptroller of Finance, Gangadhar Meher University, Sambalpur’, payable at Sambalpur.
  • Copies of required self – attested documents must be submitted as well.
  • Applications can be sent via post or courier as well.
  • The general fee structure is INR 300 per form for all undergraduate courses.
  • The form costs for PG, M.Phil. and Ph.D. courses is INR 500 per form.

Correspondence Address

To

The registrar

GM University, Sambalpur

Fatak, Budharaja

Sambalpur, Odisha – 768004

For MBA (offline):

For MBA course, the candidates have to follow the given steps and submit the application form in the offline mode.

  1. Click on the official website.
  2. Click on the application form, download it and fill all the relevant details in it.
  3. Now, make payment of the application fees through bank draft of INR 500, in favour of “Comptroller of Finance, Gangadhar Meher University, Sambalpur”, payable at Sambalpur.
  4. After getting a bank draft made from the bank, submit the hard copy of the application form along with the necessary documents and the bank draft, either at the University counter (08 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. on all working days) or by speed post/ Regd. post on or before the application due date of June 16, 2021 at the following address.

Correspondence Address

Registrar

G.M. University, Sambalpur

Odisha-768004

  1. Also, write “application form for admission into MBA program” on the envelope.

Gangadhar Meher University Reservation Policy

Following is the reservation policy for candidates from different categories

Event Percentage
Scheduled Caste (SC) 16.25%
Scheduled Tribe (ST) 22.5%
Children / Wife / Husband of Ex-Serviceman [ESM] 1%
Serving Defense Personnel [SDP]
Children of Martyrs [CoM]
For Orthopedically or Physically Challenged Candidates 5%

GMU Sambalpur Important Events

PG (Odisha CPET)6

Important Updates

GMU Sambalpur Fees & Eligibility

Full time Courses
CourseFeesEligibilityApplication DateAction
M.Sc
9 Courses
6,215 - 6,765 (1st Year Fees) Graduation + CPET3 June - 25 Jul 2025
B.Sc
10 Courses
5,690 - 6,290 (1st Year Fees) 10+2-
MA
16 Courses
6,215 (1st Year Fees) Graduation + CPET3 June - 25 Jul 2025
BA {Hons.}
15 Courses
5,690 (1st Year Fees) 10+2-
46,765 (1st Year Fees) Graduation with 50% + OJEE10 Mar - 28 Mar 2025
5,190 (1st Year Fees) 10+2-
B.Sc {Hons.}
9 Courses
5,690 (1st Year Fees) 10+2-
MBA
2 Courses
57,390 (1st Year Fees) Graduation + CAT/OJEE10 Mar - 28 Mar 2025
5,790 (1st Year Fees) 10+2-
Ph.D
22 Courses
13,282 (1st Year Fees) Post Graduation + UGC NET-

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B.Com, B.Sc, BA, BBA/BMS, Certificate in Arts, M.Com, M.Phil/Ph.D in Arts, M.Phil/Ph.D in Commerce, M.Phil/Ph.D in Education, M.Phil/Ph.D in Management, M.Phil/Ph.D in Science, M.Sc, MA, MCA, Admission Link

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GMU Sambalpur Upcoming Important Dates 2025

Important Events

EventsDates
CAT Registration
Ongoing
Aug 01, 2025 - Sep 13, 2025
CAT Admit CardNov 05, 2025
CAT Exam DateNov 30, 2025
XAT Registration Timeline
Ongoing
Jul 10, 2025 - Dec 05, 2025
XAT Admit card AvailabilityDec 20, 2025
XAT Exam DateJan 04, 2026
XAT Result
Tentative
Jan 15, 2026

Expired Events

EventsDates
MAT ResultJul 24, 2025
MAT Exam DateJul 20, 2025
Odisha-CPET resultsJul 20, 2025

Important Events

EventsDates
CAT Registration
Ongoing
Aug 01, 2025 - Sep 13, 2025
CAT Admit CardNov 05, 2025
CAT Exam DateNov 30, 2025
XAT Registration Timeline
Ongoing
Jul 10, 2025 - Dec 05, 2025
XAT Admit card AvailabilityDec 20, 2025
XAT Exam DateJan 04, 2026
XAT Result
Tentative
Jan 15, 2026

Expired Events

EventsDates
MAT ResultJul 24, 2025
Admission Date of Waitlisted Applicants for Waiting Round of Odisha CPET 2025 [M.Com]Jul 23, 2025 - Jul 25, 2025
Data Updationfor Waiting Round of Odisha CPET 2025 [M.Com]Jul 23, 2025 - Jul 25, 2025

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I applied for various colleges,like ravenshaw,sambalpur university.I got Gangadhar Meher University.I have given that only my first preference because this college is near my home.no ,I didn't get rejection.
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I chose this college over other because of academic reputation, research and development opportunities, career and placement opportunities and campus and facilities. I couldn't make it to clothes college because of High cut off scores , competition level , document verification issues etc Eligibility was minimum requirement of 12 th grade percentage . College accept multiple entrance exams and cutoff vary every year based on competition. Final admission based on overall merits score and interview passed.
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I have studied in government schools and small colleges due to financial problems but in class 12th I scored good marks so I said at home I want to study in best colleges and in University. So I applied in this college and I got a seat in Gangadhar Meher University. I wanted to study in University because for better experience than the small colleges and gain a better education. The admission process at my college is being done online. Online payment.
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Rajendra university and bargarh panchayat college apply. Then GM university sambalpur got a chance to confirmed admission. In this first selection i have selected in this university. Honours wise cut off and percentage of +2 exams.
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I applied for bjb college Bhubaneswar but I gotten admission in this college cause it is near from my hometown. The cuttoff of our college is high but in Bcom it's not more. The admission process was simple we need to apply for college in sams then go to college for further requirements.
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