Candidates willing to be admission in the master of arts program should meet the following criteria 

(i) B.A. with Honours in the subject of the Postgraduate Course;
(ii) (a) Bachelor’s degree in any faculty with at least 50% marks in the aggregate; (Not applicable for M.A. Punjabi)
(b) Diploma in Physical Education examination or Post-Graduate Diploma in Library Science after having passed B.A. or B.Sc;
(iii) (a) The B.A. (Pass) examination in full subjects obtaining at least 45% marks in the elective subject of the Post-Graduate Course;
(b) Or has obtained B.A. Degree through English only regulations obtaining at least 45% marks in the subject of Post-Graduate Course;
(iv) Obtained B.A. degree, after passing examination in an Oriental Classical Language or a Modern Indian Language with at least 45 per cent marks (out of the aggregate excluding the additional paper) at the Honours in Oriental Titles or Modern Indian Languages examination, in the subject of Post-Graduate course;
(v) Master’s degree examination in another subject or another faculty (Not applicable for M.A. Punjabi, M.A. Hindi Course)
(vi) The B.A. examination under Social Service Regulations or under War Regulations and has subsequently passed in the subject concerned at the B.A. examination obtaining at least 45 per cent marks;
(vii) B.Sc. Honours School;
Other Conditions:
(i) B.A. with Honours in History
(ii) Bachelor’s degree in any faculty with at least 50% marks in the aggregate.
(iii) B.A. (Pass)/B.Sc (Pass) examination in full subjects obtaining at least 45% marks in the subject History.
(iv) Master’s degree examination in another subject or another faculty.

The Students are required to pay the following fee as applicable to them along with the mentioned fee:

1) Continuation Charges Rs. 100/- (To be paid by only candidates already registered with this University).

2) Registration Fee = Rs. 1000/- (To be paid by candidates not already registered with Panjab University.

3) Eligibility Fees = Rs. 75/- (To be paid by those candidates who have passed the lower examination from the University/Board other than Panjab University.

4) Migration Fees = Rs. 1000/- (To be paid by those candidates who have passed the lower examination from other Universities and Boards except CBSE, ICSE, PANJAB, HARYANA & HIMACHAL BOARD.

5) Special Fees = Rs. 275/- (To be paid only by those candidates who apply for admission from a place outside the jurisdiction of PU (i.e. Dist. Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur, Moga, Muktsar, Tehsil of Faridkot, Ferozepur, and Chandigarh are in the jurisdiction of Panjab University).

6) Rs. 300/- will be charged from each student as an online admission fee except for SC/ST/PWD, for these candidates the fee is Rs. 150/-.

7) Admission form fee of Rs. 75/- to be charged only for the courses, if any, the admission to which is not online.