There is a shift in Delhi University admissions procedure. Delhi University colleges will no longer prepare individual merit lists for admissions. This year onwards, admissions will happen only on the basis of marks scored in the Common University Entrance Test (CUET), made mandatory for undergraduate courses by the University Grants Commission in March.
Along with this, Some of the other central universities, like Aligarh Muslim University, Banaras Hindu University, Jamia Millia Islamia and Jawaharlal Nehru University, that traditionally decide admissions on the basis of entrance tests, will also make use of the CUET scores, but not in the same way as DU.
As per reports , DU has received over 6 lakh applications for its undergraduate courses this year. The university will open its admissions portal in the first week of July and students will be able to select their preferred colleges on the portal. Admission will then be granted on the basis of CUET scores and students’ college preference through a descending merit list and its going to be standard for other universities as well.
The CUET will be conducted by the NTA between 15 July and 10 August across 554 cities in India, and 13 cities outside the country. Applications of over 10 lakh students have been received so far, and 86 universities, including state and central ones, will use the scores for admissions.
The exam will be conducted in 13 languages — Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Odia, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, English, Hindi and Urdu — and students will be allowed to appear for a maximum of nine subjects.
It’s a big shift in Admission process for reputed universities in the country & it is assumed it will reduce the burden of challenging scores on the student’s
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