Delhi University Admissions 2019-20 Start From 15 April; ECA, Sports Seats Delinked From Cut-Off Lists

Delhi University has decided to start the admission process early this year, from 15 April to 7 May, reports Indian Express.

“As per the tentative schedule for admission for 2019-2020, registration for all undergraduate, postgraduate, MPhil and PhD courses will begin on April 15 and end on May 7. The portal will reopen on May 20 for two weeks for updating marks and courses. Extracurricular activity and sports trials will start from May 20,” Dean of Students’ Welfare Rajeev Gupta, who is also the head of the committee, was quoted as saying by the Indian Express.

Explaining the reason behind the decision, Gupta said that the university wants to complete the admission process before beginning of the new semester.

He also said the ECA and sports admissions will be “delinked from admission cut-off lists” as the seats are supernumerary in nature. “Their admissions have no relation with the cut-off list so why should we unnecessarily wait for the cut-off lists for these admissions? They are dependent on trials so we will start those early, along with the registration process,” he added.

He also said that DU was trying to use CBSE database for getting students’ marksheets and certificate. He added that colleges will be “required to include representatives from various categories such as SC, ST, OBC, EWS, Northeast in their grievance committees”.