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The university administration has taken a very relief and student-friendly decision for the students taking admission in Post Graduate (PG) courses in the Central University of Allahabad, i.e. University of Allahabad, which is called the Oxford of the East. The administration has now provided one more last opportunity to such meritorious students, who had been allotted seats in various hostels of the university on the basis of merit but due to some reason they were not able to complete their admission process within the predetermined time limit. Allahabad University administration has issued an official notice and extended the last date for taking admission after hostel allotment to 17 November 2026.
This decision of the University will directly benefit hundreds of students who could not ensure their admission by reaching Prayagraj on time due to festival holidays, travel related difficulties or lack of necessary documents. According to the order issued by the university administration, all those newly admitted students of postgraduate courses, whose names are included in the merit list and who have been allotted hostels, can now go to their respective hostels and take admission in their respective hostels without any delay till 17th November.
It has been clarified by the DSW (Dean Student Welfare) office and hostel administration of Allahabad University that this extended date will be valid only for those students who have already been allotted hostel on the basis of merit. To avail this facility, the concerned students will have to contact the superintendent or office of their allotted hostel within the prescribed deadline of 17th November. There they will have to complete the formalities of depositing the hostel fee by presenting their original educational documents, admission fee receipt, identity card and other prescribed forms.
A large number of students come from various districts of Uttar Pradesh as well as rural and remote areas of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand and other states to study in Prayagraj. For such students, living with a private room in the city proves to be very expensive financially. In such a situation, with the extension of the last date for admission in the hostels of the university, the students coming from outside have got enough additional time to ensure safe, affordable and educational environment accommodation. The administration has appealed to the students to complete their admission process as soon as possible to avoid the rush on the last day, because after this the possibility of extension of date is very less.
Along with extending the date of hostel admission, Allahabad University administration has also released a very important timetable for the renewal students applying for scholarship under the academic session 2026-27. According to the official notice issued by the university, in order to take the scholarship application process forward at the government level and ensure transparency, mandatory biometric verification of eligible students will be conducted on 12 November and 13 November 2026.
For the convenience of the students and to maintain the smooth system, the administration has fixed different days for the verification of students of different social categories. According to the ongoing schedule, today i.e. on 12th November, biometric verification of all the renewal students of Other Backward Class (OBC) and minority category will be done. Yesterday i.e. on 13th November, all the renewal students of general category and Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (SC-ST) have been called for verification. On both the scheduled dates, this entire process of biometric verification will be conducted continuously from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
The university administration has also taken special care that if due to any unavoidable reason a student is not able to get his biometric verification done in these two days, his academic year or scholarship benefit should not be affected. According to the university, for those students whose biometric verification will not be done on November 12 and 13, an additional and next schedule will be released officially on the evening of November 13.
After assessing the total number of students remaining after these two days, a new date and detailed timetable will be determined and uploaded on the university website and notice board. Nevertheless, the University Administration has strictly advised all the students to get their biometric verification done by appearing with all the necessary documents on the scheduled date as per their category to avoid any last minute technical inconvenience.