New Delhi: Delhi University (DU) has announced changes in its undergraduate admission process of 2014-15. Admissions would start from June 2 and the university is expecting over 3 lakh applications for a total of 54,000 undergraduate seats this year.
DU commenced open day sessions to address queries of students and parents regarding undergraduate admissions on Thursday. The sessions began with over 2000 students and parents in attendance and will continue till May 30.
“For the benefit of students it was considered that we should not restrict ourselves to colleges. Students think they will be able to meet the cut-offs and then apply in two to three colleges. We can’t predict cut-offs and when they are high, they come to us and we cannot.
The number of courses are also increased from 34 to 40. The university has done away with entrance tests for English honours, Hindi journalism, Social Work, and foreign languages like German, Spanish, Italian and French. For their one year old Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) course, there will be no interviews this year.
The admission process would also continue to be separate for St Stephens and Jesus & Mary College. Some of the colleges will give concessions to women students.