Longer admission session of Delhi University may last till August 14

NEW DELHI: The admission process for undergraduate courses at Delhi University will be longer this year. The 23-member admission committee has recommended that admissions continue till August 14.

The committee has also suggested uniform eligibility criteria like pass marks in mathematics being compulsory for admission to Economics (H) and BCom (H) and deduction of 10 marks (2.5%) if physical education and music are included in the best four score.

The admission committee finalized the recommendations at a meeting on Thursday and has forwarded them to the university for approval. After getting the Academic Council's nod, the guidelines will be notified by the university administration later this month.

DU has been pushing for a completely online registration process. However, many in the admission committee felt this may put a section of students at a disadvantage and recommended continuing with centralized OMR forms. However, this time, the process for offline admissions will be restricted to just a few days—probably five. Online registrations will begin from the first week of June.

Since many colleges saw students withdraw admissions post July 31 last year—following the counseling sessions for professional courses at other varsities—it has been recommended that the last date of admissions be extended to August 14. The new academic session, however, will start on schedule in mid-July.

There will be no printed prospectus and all details will be made available on the university's website. However, there will an instruction leaflet to guide those registering offline. Some colleges will also have computer counters to help students apply online.

As first reported in TOI, the fitness test for sports trials will also be centralized.