Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India mooted the idea of establishing a South Asian University (SAU) at the 13th SAARC Summit in Dhaka in 2005. He said, “The people of our subcontinent are at the cutting edge of scientific and technological research and in the front ranks of the knowledge society across the world. Wherever an enabling environment and world-class facilities are made available to our talented people, they excel”. He suggested member countries to pool their resources for creation of a Centre of Excellence in the form of a University that would provide world-class facilities and professional faculty to students and researchers drawn from every country of the SAARC region. "Let this become a forum where our academicians, scholars, researchers and gifted students can work together in the service of human advancement,” Dr. Singh said. Mr. Gowher Rizvi, former Director of Ash Institution of Democratic Governance & Innovations at Harvard University, was entrusted with the task of preparing a Concept Paper for SAU. He suggested that the SAU should adopt a middle path between government-funded and private education institutes to facilitate autonomy from bureaucratic stranglehold while maintaining social commitment towards the under-privileged. Prepared after a series of consultations across the SAARC countries, the note was submitted to the SAARC Governments to elicit their views. Following this, an inter-ministerial Agreement for Establishment of South Asian University was signed on 04 April 2007, during the 14th SAARC Summit in New Delhi.

In order to promote regional cooperation and inculcation of regional consciousness amongst students of South Asia, a South Asian University (SAU) was established in July 2010 jointly by the eight SAARC Member States. The University is currently located in Akbar Bhawan, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, but its own campus will come up in a few years on an 100-acre plot of land in South Delhi. Through a SAARC Inter-Governmental agreement, degrees offered by SAU are recognized in all SAARC countries.

Eligibility:

M.A:

• Sociology: 3-year bachelor’s degree from any discipline in Social Sciences/Humanities from a recognized University with at least 55% marks in aggregate or equivalent grade.
• Development Economics: 3-year bachelor’s degree from a recognized University with at least 50% marks in aggregate or equivalent grade plus Mathematics as a subject of study at 12th Class or Bachelor’s level. Although previous background in Economics is not a requirement, applicants will be examined at undergraduate level economics in the entrance test.
• International Relations: 3-year bachelor’s degree in any discipline from a recognized University with at least 55% marks in aggregate or equivalent grade.

M.Sc:

• Biotechnology: 3-years Bachelor’s degree in Basic Sciences (Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Biochemistry & allied subjects) / Agriculture and allied sciences / Veterinary and allied sciences / Engineering (Biotechnology / Biochemical Technology / Biomedical Engg. / Chemical Engg.) or the MBBS degree, from an institution recognised by the government of the respective SAARC countries, with a minimum of 55% marks in aggregate or an equivalent grade. Students, who have not studied Biology at Bachelor’s level, must have studied and passed Biology as a subject at 10+2 (12th Class) level.
• Computer Science: 3 or 4 year bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or relevant area from a recognized University, with at least 55% marks in aggregate or an equivalent grade.
• Applied Mathematics: A minimum of 3-year’s B.Sc./ B.Sc.(Hons) /B.Tech degree from a recognized University with at least two years “course work” in Mathematics with at least 55% marks in aggregate or equivalent grade.

L.L.M.: LL.B. degree from any recognized University with at least 50% marks in aggregate or equivalent grade.

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