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

The University of Delhi conducts entrance test for the admission to PG courses every year. So far, the entrance has been conducted in offline mode. However, the Executive Council (EC) of the varsity has given the approval to conduct entrance test for PG, M.Phil and Ph.D. courses in online mode this 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 conduct online entrance test for PG courses was 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, the University of Delhi had invited online bids for conducting PG entrance exam in 18 cities across the country. According to sources, the entrance test for PG courses would 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 the 50% seats will be reserved for DU students who completed Bachelors/ UG degree from the varsity. The varsity offers direct admission to these students, and they are exempted from appearing to entrance exam.

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

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