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Public Universities Get Unified Admission Test From Next Year

One exam, one merit list, one admission season — the cluster system ends years of costly, overlapping entrance tests.

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Nusrat Jahan

Nusrat Jahan • 1 Jan • 2 min read • 4 views · 2 impressions

Updated 16 Oct 2026

Public Universities Get Unified Admission Test From Next Year
Students on a university campus — Photo: Daily Best News

DHAKA — From next academic year, all public universities will admit students through a single unified entrance test, ending the gruelling circuit of separate exams that drained families of money and students of sleep.

Under the new system, candidates will sit one exam and apply with one merit score across universities, with subject choices allocated by preference and rank.

Read nextHSC Supplementary Examinations 2026 to Commence December 2; Results to be Published by December 31

Vice-chancellors called it the biggest admissions reform in decades; coaching centres called it an existential threat.

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Reported by Nusrat Jahan • Edited by the Daily Best News desk. Send corrections to [email protected].

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