Cluster admission tests will be held in 32 public universities in 2021-22 academic year.

This year admission tests will be held under cluster system in three more universities-Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman University, Kishoreganj, Chandpur Science and Technology University, Habiganj Agricultural University, said University Grants Commission (UGC) in a press release on Thursday.

The schedule for the admission tests will be informed at the Bangladesh University Council’s meeting on Friday and exam centers this year will be arranged in colleges if necessary.

The decisions were taken at a view-exchange meeting of UGC with the Vice Chancellors of the universities on Thursday.

UGC chairman Dr Dil Afroz Begum presided over the meeting in presence of 36 university VCs and their representatives.

Last year, admission test was held in 29 universities under three clusters- general, science and technology and agriculture.

At the meeting, UGC recommended the universities outside the cluster for expediting the admission test schedule, publishing the schedule of admission and results, schedule the migration, and onetime payment of the admission fee.

UGC also suggested fixing the admission test fees rationally and reducing the seat numbers in departments where the number of intending students is less.

Meanwhile, the VCs urged four universities outside the cluster-Dhaka University, Rajshahi University, Jahangirnagar University and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology to join the system . They suggested forming another cluster with the four universities to take admission tests if necessary.