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SPPU warns colleges of admission freeze over faculty shortage
SPPU warned affiliated colleges that admissions to first-year courses for 2026–27 may be suspended if they do not upload eligible teaching staff details to the BOD portal by May 18. The university has repeatedly extended deadlines for faculty information submission and on May 12 announced a final extension to May 18.
Why It Matters
The policy could directly affect admissions for the upcoming academic year and underscores the university's enforcement of faculty data requirements for affiliated institutions.
Timeline
6 Events
Deadline to upload faculty details extended to May 18; admissions risk suspension
May 18, 2026
Colleges must upload details of eligible teaching staff on the BOD portal by May 18, 2026; admissions to first-year courses for 2026–27 would be withheld for non-compliant institutions.
May 12, 2026 extension to May 18 announced as final opportunity
May 12, 2026
SPPU announced a final extension, extending the deadline to May 18 and stating that no further extension would be granted; admissions to first-year courses for 2026–27 would be withheld if institutions fail to upload the required faculty details by May 18.
Deadline extended to May 9, 2026
May 9, 2026
The deadline was further extended to May 9.
Deadline extended to April 15, 2026
April 15, 2026
The deadline for faculty recruitment procedures was extended from March 31 to April 15.
Original March 31, 2026 deadline for faculty recruitment procedures
March 31, 2026
SPPU had set March 31, 2026 as the deadline for faculty recruitment procedures.
Academic Council approves suspension of first-year admissions for non-compliant colleges
January 24, 2026
The Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) academic council decided to suspend first-year admissions for affiliated colleges and recognised institutions that have not uploaded details of eligible teaching staff to the university's BOD portal.