A noticeable growth in the number of applications has been witnessed by the English and Foreign Language University (EFLU), Hyderabad. Last year, the total number of application received by the University was 8617. The figure, this year, has risen to 12927.

It is remarkable growth in the number of applicants. The increase is more than 45% and the University claims that the rise is due to the increase in the number of the exam centers. To develop a pan-India reach, the University established 23 centers this year. Whereas, last year, the number of centers were only 8, across the nation.

To receive a pan-India response, we increased the number of centers from eight during last academic year to 23 during this academic year. The motive was to get students from all states – told Suresh Kumar, EFLU vice-chancellor to a leading daily.

As per the official figures provided by EFLU, 3010 candidates have applied for the BA (Hons.) English course, 542 for MA in Journalism and Mass Communication, 2079 for MA in English, 1513 for MA in English literature, and 680 for Ph.D. in English Literature. It seems that the competition this year will be tougher than any other year as the number of candidates has increased.

The motive behind increasing the number of test centres was to attract talented students at national level. The test centres this year are Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Delhi, Kolkata, Nagpur, Shillong, Allahabad, Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Patna, Thiruvananthapuram, Anand, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Mangalore, Pune, Vijayawada, Bangalore, Chennai, Jammu, Mumbai, and Ranchi.

The EFLU 2018 Entrance Examination is due to be held on February 24 and 25, 2018. The application process is now closed. The University will issue the admit card to the registered candidates on February 16, 2018. The admit card will be released online and the candidates can get it from the official website, www.efluniversity.ac.in.

The examination will be of 2 hours duration and will be an online Computer Based Test (CBT). The questions asked in the exam will be of Multiple Choice (MCQs), as well as, descriptive. The qualifying candidates of the written exam will be called for the interview round. The result of the EFLU entrance test will be declared in the month of May 2018.

Through this entrance examination, candidates will be provided admission to 3 campuses of the University, which are in Hyderabad, Lucknow, and Shillong. The programmes in which the candidates will be given admissions are Under Graduate programmes, Post Graduate Programmes, Teacher Training Programmes and Ph.D. Programmes. The cut off marks for the entrance exam will be 50% for the Unreserved categories, 45% for OBC and 35% for SC, ST and PWD.

The candidates who have applied for EFLU 2018 entrance examination must now prepare accordingly, as the competition is now tougher than any other year. But with proper preparation and focus one can surely crack the EFLU 2018 Entrance test. Wishing all the participating candidates best of luck!