AMU Eligibility Criteria 2026: Qualification, Minimum Marks, Age Limit, Entrance Exam

Subject

Eligibility

B.A (Hons)

• Senior Secondary School Certificate equivalent examination with a minimum 50% marks aggregate in English and three subjects amongst Accountancy, Arabic, Banking, Biology, Biotechnology, Business Organisation, Business Studies, Chemistry, Commerce, Computer Science, Economics, Education, English, Fine Arts, Geography, Hindi, History, Home Science, Islamic Studies, Mathematics, Persian, Philosophy, Physical Health Education, Physics, Political Science/ Civics, Psychology, Sanskrit, Sociology, Statistics, Urdu and Modern Indian Languages( Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi and Kashmiri)
• Must have a Degree/ Sanad from a recognised Madarsa/ Institute with minimum 50 percent marks
• Should have completed a bridge course(for Graduates of Deeni Madaris) from AMU with minimum 50 percent marks

B.A (Hons) Foreign Languages

• Senior Secondary School Certificate or an equivalent examination with minimum 50% marks in aggregate

B.Com (Hons)

• Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (Commerce) or equivalent examination with minimum 55% marks in aggregate in English and Accounts and two subjects from amongst Economics, Business Studies, Business Organisation, Commerce, Banking, Entrepreneurship, Mathematics and/ or Statistics
• Must have a diploma in the Secretarial Practice examination of the university with not less than 55% marks aggregate(only theory subjects)

B.Sc (Hons) Agriculture

• Senior Secondary School Certificate in Agriculture or in Science with Physics, Chemistry, Maths/ Biology or an equivalent exam with 45percent marks in aggregate

B.Sc (Hons) Botany, Zoology, Biochemistry

• Senior Secondary School Certificate equivalent with a minimum 55 per cent marks aggregate in English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology or Mathematics
• For B.Sc (Hons) with Botany or Zoology as the main subject, should pass Biology in the Qualifying examination

B.Sc (Hons) Home Science

• Senior Secondary School Certificate or equivalent with minimum 55% marks aggregate in English and three subjects amongst Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics and Home Science

B.Sc (Hons) Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Geography, Geology, Statistics, Industrial chemistry, Computer Applications

• Senior Secondary School Certificate equivalent examination with a minimum 55 per cent marks aggregate in English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology/ mathematics
• For B.Sc (Hons) with Physics/ Mathematics/ Statistics/ Computer Applications as the main subject, the candidate must pass Mathematics in the qualifying examination

M.A Social Work

• Must complete B.A/ B.Sc/ B.Com/ B.S.W/ B.Tech/ B. Arch/ B.E/ M.B.B.S/ B.D.S/ B.R.T.T/ B.U.M.S/ B.B.A/ B.C.A/ B.A.LL.B with 50% marks aggregate

M.Sc (Agriculture) Entomology

• B.Sc (Agriculture) or B.Sc (Horticulture) or B.Sc (Forestry) with at least 55% marks in aggregate
• Or B.Sc (Biosciences / Life sciences) with Zoology as the main subject
• Or B.Sc Zoology with at least 55% marks in aggregate

M.Sc (Agriculture) Microbiology

• B.Sc (Agriculture) or B.Sc (Biosciences) or B.Sc (Microbiology) or B.Sc (Industrial Microbiology) or B.Sc (Biochemistry or B.Sc (Biotechnology) or B.Sc (Bioinformatics) or B.Sc(Molecular Biology) with at least 55 percent aggregate.
• Or B.Sc (Life Sciences) with one amongst Botany, Biotechnology, Zoology, Microbiology, Chemistry as main and other two as subsidiary subjects or any three subjects having equal value with at least 55 percent marks in aggregate as well as the main subject

M.Sc (Agriculture) Plant Pathology

• B.Sc (Agriculture) or B.Sc (Forestry) or B.Sc (Horticulture) with at least 55% marks in aggregate
• Or B.Sc (Biosciences or Life Sciences) with Botany as the main subject
• Or B.Sc Botany with at least 55% marks in aggregate

M.Sc Agriculture (Nematology)

• B.Sc (Agriculture) or B.Sc (Forestry) or B.Sc (Horticulture) with at least 55% marks in aggregate
• Or B.Sc Botany? Zoology/ Chemistry as major subjects and the other two as subsidiary subjects
• Or B.Sc Life Science/ Biosciences/ Biotechnology/ B.Sc Biochemistry with at least 55% marks in aggregate as well as in the main subject

M.Sc Biotechnology

• Bachelors’ degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences(the candidates who studied Chemistry as one of the subsidiary subjects are also considered as eligible), Agriculture, Veterinary Sciences, and/ or a Bachelors’ degree in B.Tech or M.B.B.S or B. Pharma with minimum 55 percent marks.
• Successfully completed M.Sc I year in relevant discipline with minimum 55 percent marks
• A B.Sc degree under a pattern of education other than 10+2+3

M.Sc Home Science

• B.Sc (Hons) Home Science with at least 60% marks in aggregate

Category

Age limit

Senior Secondary School Certificate

19 years

Diploma in Engineering

21 years

Graduate Courses and other courses like Advance Diploma/ Diploma/ Certificate courses where the qualifying examination is Senior Secondary School Certificate or equivalent

24 years

PG and other courses where the qualifying examination is graduation

27 years

PG and other courses where duration of the qualifying examination after graduation is one year

28 years

PG and other courses where the duration of the qualifying examination after graduation is two years

29 years

All the post PG diploma courses

29 years