Delhi University to adopt CUET for PG admissions from next academic year, check details

The change in the admission process to postgraduate courses was proposed by the 10-member committee. The committee has also suggested a strategy for PG admissions from 2023-2024. 

Delhi University to adopt CUET for PG admissions from next academic year, check details

Delhi University has announced that it will conduct the postgraduate admissions through the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) from the next academic year. A resolution regarding this was passed by DU's Executive Council on Thursday.

Last month, the Academic Council of the university passed a proposal to change the admission pattern for postgraduate programmes. Under the existing system, 50 per cent of admissions are done directly from students who did their bachelor's degrees from the university based on merit in their qualifying examinations.

The change in the admission process to postgraduate courses was proposed by the 10-member committee. The committee has also suggested a strategy for PG admissions from 2023-2024. The remaining 50 per cent of seats are currently filled based on candidates' ranks in the DU postgraduate entrance test.

"The Executive Council has approved to recommend PG admissions through CUET with half of the seats remaining under merit-based admission for students of DU," council member Seema Das said.

The committee had also suggested that "the admission to all postgraduate courses will be carried out through a single window mechanism where a Common University Entrance Test (CUET-PG) will be conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) as is done for other Central Universities with effect from the Academic Session 2023-24 for all categories who wish to seek admission in the university."

Separate merit lists will also be prepared for the candidates who will clear the CUET PG 2023 and those belonging to the other category of candidates who previously used to appear in the postgraduate entrance test.

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