Dhaka, Nov. 6 -- Applications for first-year undergraduate admission at Dhaka University for 2026-27 will open on Nov 11, after this year's poor Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) and equivalent results.

Applications will be taken online until 11:59pm on Nov 25, and the unit tests will begin on Dec 5.

The university's public relations office said on Aug 2 that the general admission committee made the decisions at a meeting, presided over by Vice-Chancellor Prof ABM Obaidul Islam.

Of 1,240,798 students who sat the HSC and equivalent exams, 656,149 passed, a rate of 52.12 percent. Only about 350,000 can apply to DU, as fewer students scored GPA 5, 4 and 3 or above.

Of 633,149 passers analysed, 40,084 got GPA 5 and 182,720 above GPA 4. S...