Applications for undergraduate programmes at Dhaka University (DU) for the 2026-27 academic session will begin at 12:00 noon on November 11 and continue until 11:59 PM on November 25.
 
The university's Public Relations Office disclosed the information in a press release issued on Thursday (November 5).
 
According to the release, the admission tests will be held on December 12 for the Science Unit, December 19 for the Arts, Law and Social Sciences Unit, December 22 for the Fine Arts Unit, December 26 for the Business Studies Unit and December 5 for the IBA Unit.
 
The IBA admission test will take place from 10:00 AM to 12:00 noon, while examinations for the other four units will be held from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM.
 
The release further said that admission tests for all units except Fine Arts and IBA would be held in Dhaka and eight divisional cities across the country.
 
For all units except Fine Arts and IBA, the admission test will consist of 60 marks for multiple-choice questions (MCQ) and 40 marks for written questions.
 
The Fine Arts Unit examination will comprise 40 marks for MCQs and 60 marks for a drawing test, while the IBA examination will carry 70 marks for MCQs and 30 marks for descriptive questions.
 
The university has also decided to prepare separate question papers for English-medium students in the Science Unit in accordance with their respective curricula.
 
Classes for the 2026-27 undergraduate programmes are scheduled to begin on March 28, 2027.