No Pre-Admission Registration this Year, Five Cutoffs Lists To Be Released
Admission to
undergraduate courses in
Delhi University (DU) will
start from June 15 with the notification of the
first cut-off list. The
admission schedule for the
academic session 2011-12 was approved by the advisory committee for admission on Thursday. The admission window for
general candidates will be of 39 days, with the last date for
admission and payment of fees being July 23, excluding the admission condoned by the vice chancellor.
Unlike in the past, DU will announce five cut-off lists this year, starting with the first on June 15 followed by June 21, June 27, July 2 and July 8 respectively. Also the aspirants will get four days for admission and payment of fess between two cut-off lists.
According to the admission policy of 2011-112, of the total number of seats, reservation of seats will be 27% for OBC candidates, 15% for SC candidates, and 7.5% for ST candidates and remaining for general category. Colleges will simultaneously bring out a separate cut-off list for the OBC category. The differential merit between the general category and OBC cut-off will not be more than 10%. Colleges have to declare the vacant OBC seats by July 15 and these will be filled up by other eligible candidates by July 23.
The total number of seats available this year across 63 colleges is 54,000 of which 27,270 seats are for general category and 14,580 for OBC candidates. The university will also admit around 1,620 candidates from physically handicapped (PH) category, which amounts to 3% in each course over and above the total intake, and 2,700 aspirants in the sports and ECA category. There will be 5% seats over and above the total seats that will be reserved for children/widows/wives of officers and men of the armed forces, including Para-military personnel.
