RRU Puducherry Admission Process 2025 – 2026

Programme Offered (2025-26)

• BA/B.Sc. in Criminology and Police Science
• MA/M.Sc. in Criminology
• PG Diploma Cyber Security and Digital Forensics
• PG Diploma in Security and Corporate Intelligence Management



Programme Offered	RRU Portal	Through CENTAC	Intake Seat Capacity	Duration	Fee Structure (Per Annum)
BA / B.Sc. in Criminology and Police Science	30	20	50	4 Years	₹ 60,000.00
MA/M.Sc. in Criminology	20	–	20	2 Years	₹ 80,000.00
PG Diploma Cyber Security and Digital Forensics	20	–	20	1 Year	₹ 60,000.00
PG Diploma in Security and Corporate Intelligence Management	20	–	20	1 Year	₹ 75,000.00

Admission Procedure

A selection committee composed of Campus Director, Academic Coordinator and Admission Coordinators shall make admission on the basis of fulfillment of minimum eligibility criteria and interview. The candidates will be ranked based on the merit and allotted seats across categories.

For BA Program 30 seats will be reserved under CENTAC, a Centralized Admission Committee (COMMON ONLINE ADMISSION PORTAL TO ALL COLLEGES IN U.T. OF PUDUCHERRY) https://www.centacpuducherry.in/ where the candidates are allotted based on the merit to the colleges and universities in the UT Puducherry regions.

Minimum Eligibility Criteria

Candidates must possess 50% marks in the qualifying examinations for admission in any program offered by the RRU Puducherry Campus. For female, SC, ST, and PH candidates, the minimum eligibility criteria will be 45%.

Reservation of Seats

1. Unreserved Classes: – 51 % of the seats in the program.
2. Other Backward Classes (OBC-Non-Creamy Layers): 27% of the seats of the program.
3. Scheduled Castes (SC): 15% of the seats of the program.
4. Schedule Tribes (ST): 7.5% of the seats of the program.
5. Economically Weaker Section (EWS): 10% of the seats of the program.
6. Women/Female candidates: 30% (as Horizontal Reservation) reserved for the women candidates. If no suitable female candidate is found, the seat reserved for such purpose will be offered to male candidates of the respective reserved category.
7. Persons with disabilities (PwD) : 3% of the seats of the program are reserved.
8. If no candidates are available in the reserved category, the seat will be converted to the general category.



Preparation of Merit List

1. Merit list shall be prepared after verification of application forms. It will be prepared by following reservation guidelines as mentioned. Once it is completed, seats will be offered through the merit list.
2. Candidates shall secure their seats by paying the necessary fees within the mentioned dates. If a student fails to submit fees, the seat will be forfeited and offered to someone else next on the merit list.
3. The criteria for deciding merit order in case of candidates having equal merit marks, the candidates with older age will be placed higher in the merit list.



Admission Calendar (UG)

Commencement of Application	1st week of February 2025
Last Date for Application	15th June 2025
Announcement of 1st Merit List	20th June 2025
Announcement of 2nd Merit List	27th June 2025
Announcement of 3rd Merit List	04th July 2025
Announcement of 4th Merit List	11th July 2025
Programme Commencement Date UG	06th August 2025

Admission Calendar (PG)

Last Date for Application	15th July 2025
Announcement of 1st Merit List	22nd July 2025
Announcement of 2nd Merit List	29th July 2025
Announcement of 3rd Merit List	05th August 2025
Announcement of 4th Merit List	12th August 2025
Programme Commencement Date UG	3rd September 2025