NEW DELHI: A total of 4,38,696 students registered themselves for admission to undergraduate courses at Delhi University this year. Of them, just 2,61,661 paid for the application. Tuesday was the last date for the registration.
However, the number of applications is likely to go up as these figures are only till 7.30 pm on Tuesday, while the process was to close at midnight. In 2020, the university had received 3,51,974 paid applications.
About 70,000 seats are available for UG courses in 63 colleges of the university.
The admission process for PG, MPhil/PhD has already been closed. The university received 1,83,815 applications for PG courses and 30,019 for MPhil/PhD courses.
Now, as the registration process has been completed, the entrance exams for some UG and PG courses, and MPhil/PhD are likely to be held between September 26 and October 1 by the National Testing Agency. “Permission to appear in the entrance test is subject to the applicant fulfilling the eligibility requirements prescribed for applying to the concerned course of study. If at any stage, it is found that eligibility requirements are not fulfilled, the admission, if granted, shall be cancelled,” said an official.
For other merit-based courses, the university will be releasing the cutoff lists. While the dates are yet to be announced, as per university officials, the first cutoff is likely to be released on October 1. The admission process may begin from October 4.
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the academic cycle has been delayed. The first-year students and the other two-year students are following different academic calendars.
