Admissions to the M.A. course are as per University of Pune rules. Notification of dates of submission of forms are issued by the University, and forms may be downloaded from the University website. Forms may be submitted to the Department office during working hours. 60 students are admitted each year to M.A. (I). The list of admitted students is put up on the Department notice board about 15 days after the last date of submission of application forms.

Entrance to the M.Phil programme is on the basis of a written test and interview. Dates for the same are conveyed to the student at the time of submission of application forms to the office. A maximum of ten students are admitted each year to the M.Phil programme.

Ph.D. applications may be received at any time during the year. Admission to the Ph.D. programme is provisionally granted after making a presentation to the Faculty on the theme of the research to be undertaken, and the proposal is then forwarded to the R & R Committee of the University for approval.