lucknow lucknow university lu has decided not to conduct entrance tests for 12 postgraduate courses as the number of application forms submitted for them were fewer than the seats admissions to these courses will be granted on the basis of marks scored by the applicants in the qualifying undergraduate examinationsthe university has also decided to not offer four selffinance postgraduate courses in this session as the number of applications was less than 40 of the total seatsthe postgraduate courses in which no entrance exam will be conducted include ma arab culture ma arabic ma defence studies ma persian ma philosophy ma sanskrit ma urdu ma population studies and msc biostatisticsthough involving important subjects these courses have received fewer applications in the past several years as students now prefer more joboriented degreesthe selffinance postgraduate courses which will be suspended this year include ma business economics ma french ma womens studies and msc mass communication in science technologythe entrance examination for the rest of the postgraduate courses will be conducted tentatively from october 1017 in two shifts daily the schedule has been uploaded on lus official website university authorities also said if any of the entrance test dates are clashing applicants can notify them at uoladmissions2020gmailcom along with a scanned copy of the application forms of all the courses they have applied to by september 22 the final schedule will be declared thereafteraccording to an lu press statement due to the pandemic admissions to masters in visual arts mva courses will be granted only on the basis of marks obtained in the written test there will be no practical exam or viva voce the entrance test will be an mcqbased one with 100 questionsin llm admissions will be granted only on the basis of marks obtained in the written test which will be an mcqbased one the candidates will have to attempt 100 questions and there will be no interview in med admissions will be granted on the basis of an applicants performance in the written test and their academic index there will be no interview details of the entrance test and formula for calculation of the academic index have been mentioned in the admission guidelines