Bhubaneswar, August 18: Admissions to the three-year Integrated B.Ed-M.Ed programme for the 2026-27 academic session in Odisha will begin on August 20 through the Student Academic Management System (SAMS) portal.

The Common Application Form (CAF) will be available from 2 pm on August 20 until 11.45 pm on August 30. A total of 200 seats will be available across four universities, with 50 seats each at Maharaja Sriram Chandra Bhanja Deo University, Sambalpur University, Rajendra University and Fakir Mohan University.

No entrance examination will be conducted for admission. Candidates will be selected through a centralised admission process based on their career marks and applicable reservation criteria.

Applicants will be allowed to edit their submitted CAFs on August 31 between 11 am and 11.45 pm. However, fresh applications will not be accepted on that day.

Candidates seeking admission must hold a postgraduate degree in specified Science, Social Science or Humanities subjects to be eligible for the programme.

Classes for the 2026-27 academic session are scheduled to commence on September 22, 2026.

Candidates have been advised to visit the SAMS portal and refer to the official information brochure for eligibility requirements, admission guidelines and other details.