DU admissions 2022 likely to be conducted through CUCET

UGC in a letter to the VCs of all central universities asked them to take appropriate measures for the Common Entrance Test from the academic session 2022-2023.

DU Admissions 2022 via CUCET: The University of Delhi (DU) will conduct the admission process in the academic year 2022-23 through Central Universities Common Entrance Test, CUCET. CUCET as one of the criteria for pursuing admissions in the undergraduate (UG), postgraduate (PG) courses from the academic year 2022-23 has been approved by the varsity's academic council.

UGC in its earlier statement informed that the Common Entrance Test (CET) for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in central universities may be conducted from the academic session 2022-2023 through the National Testing Agency (NTA). The University Grants Commission (UGC) has also said that for admission in PhD programme NET score shall be used, wherever feasible.

UGC in a letter to the VCs of all central universities asked them to take appropriate measures for the Common Entrance Test from the academic session 2022-2023. These tests would be conducted in minimum 13 languages in which NTA is already conducting JEE and NEET examinations.

The commission added, "The Common Entrance Test may also be adopted by the willing state/private universities/deemed to be universities.”

CET was proposed by the National Education Policy (NEP) for all universities through the NTA which will serve as a premier, expert, autonomous testing organisation to offer high-quality common aptitude test, as well as specialised common subject exams in the sciences, humanities, languages, arts, and vocational subjects in higher education institutions.

Earlier, the Ministry of Education announced that admission at universities will be conducted on the basis of the common entrance test from the 2021 academic session but the plan could not take off due to challenges posed by COVID-19.

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