DU Admissions 2018: Entrance Test for PG Courses to go Online

TheUniversity of Delhiconducts entrance test for the admission toPG coursesevery year. So far, the entrance has been conducted in offline mode. However, theExecutive Council (EC)of the varsity has given the approval to conduct entrance test for PG, M.Phil andPh.D.coursesinonline modethis year. The Examination Department of DU is responsible for conducting and implementing the online entrance test. The EC is the top statutory body of the varsity that gives approvals for new policies and changes to existing policies.

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The proposal to conductonline entrance test for PG courseswas presented before EC last year. However, the approval was not given due to the protests from student organisations, who argued that the online entrance will pose a disadvantage to students hailing from poor and backward regions.

In February 2018, theUniversity of Delhi had invited online bids for conducting PG entrance examin 18 cities across the country. According to sources, the entrance test forPG courseswould be objective-type. The entrance exam will be conducted in two languages, i.e., Hindi and English. The responsibility for conducting the entrance test and declaring results will be given to a private organisation.

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Delhi University offers close to 50 PG courses. The entrance test is conducted to fill 50% of seats in these courses. The rest of the50% seatswill be reserved forDU studentswho completed Bachelors/ UG degree from the varsity. The varsity offersdirect admissionto these students, and they are exempted from appearing to entrance exam.

Last week, theM.Sc faculty of DUfinalised that 60% marks in UG are mandatory for the admission to PG courses under direct admission policy.

Stay tuned to CollegeDekho for more updates onDU Online PG Entrance Test.