Placement at MSU’s science faculty goes hi-tech!

February 19th, 2010 1 Comment   Posted in Career, Education In Gujarat

VADODARA: Campus placement at MS University (MSU) went high tech with science faculty arranging a video conference facility at its placement cell. It will also be the first faculty in the varsity to offer such facility to boost the placement process as well aims to provide gateways to interact with faculty members from foreign universities. This facility will be inaugurated on Friday and will be put to use right away. More »

MSU social work faculty signs first int’l MoU

msulogoartgloworangeStudents from MS University’s social work faculty will now get a chance to explore global social practises, with the faculty joining hands with a university in United Kingdom. In its first international pact, the faculty will collaborate for an exchange programme with Huddersfield University (HU).

As per the memorandum of understanding (MoU), signed between MSU and HU on Wednesday, the collaboration will be for three years during which teachers and students from social work faculty will visit HU to learn practises in UK and vice versa. More »

Popularity of BBA, BCA courses takes a beating in vadodara!

May 27th, 2009 3 Comments   Posted in Education In Gujarat

The courses that used to rake in moolah for MS University seem to be losing their popularity among youngsters. MSU’s Bachelors of Computer Application (BCA) programme which was seen as one of the most sought-after courses along with Bachelors of Business Administration (BBA) programme has seen a drastic dip in number of aspirants this year.

On Sunday, only 1,223 students took the entrance test compared to last year when close to 2,000 aspirants competed for 120 seats. Similar trend was witnessed during BBA programme’s entrance test at Faculty of Commerce this year. In BBA this year, only 1,409 applicants filed forms for the programme with only 1,303 appearing for the entrance test against last year when 1,580 students had appeared for it. BBA programme has seen a decline of applicants despite officials increasing the intake of students from 120 to 180 from this academic year.
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