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Registration process ends for DU, highest number of applications released

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Registration process ends for DU, highest number of applications released

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31st August was the last date to register for admissions into Delhi University. The registration process ended with as many as 5.63 lakh aspirants who have successfully applied for admissions into DU. This is the highest number the University has seen in the last three years, for admissions into undergraduate (UG) courses. The number of students who applied online for the postgraduate (PG) courses is 1,83,674 and a total of 34,306 students applied for M.Phil and Ph.D., as the data shows on the portal of the varsity.

Here is a list that shows the different areas from where the application has been received and the number of applicants for the same -

Number of applications from students who belong to CBSE board	2,85,128
Number of applications from Board of School Education, Haryana	12,272
Number of applications from Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations.	11,521
Number of applicants from Delhi	1,42,526 (Max)
Number of applicants from Uttar Pradesh	66,657
Number of applicants from Haryana	50,701

Total number of students who registered for UG admissions	5,63,351
Number of students who made their payments	3,53,171
Number of students from unreserved category	2,22,399
Number of students from backward classes	69,682
Number of students from Scheduled Castes (SCs)	42,293
Number of students from Scheduled Tribes (STs)	8,624
Number of students from economically weaker sections (EWS)	10,173
Number of female candidates from the unreserved category	1,16,482
Number of male candidates from unreserved category	1,05,913
Number of candidates from the other category	4

Number of students who have made payments for postgraduate courses	1,46,996
Number of students from unreserved category	76,536
Number of students from backward classes	35,115
Number of students from Scheduled Castes (SCs)	22,020
Number of students from Scheduled Tribes (STs)	5,710
Number of students from economically weaker sections (EWS)	7,615

Number of students who made payments for M.Phil and Ph.D programmes	21,699
Aspirants from the unreserved category	9,130
Aspirants from backward classes	5,523
Aspirants from Scheduled Castes	3,512
Aspirants from Scheduled Tribes	1,188
Number of aspirants from economically weaker sections (EWS)	2,346

Under the sports quota, football is the field that received the maximum number of applications, i.e., 1627, followed by athletics and basketball with 1621 and 1420 applications respectively. This year, owing to the pandemic, admissions in these fields will be based on the certificates. Likewise, admissions under twelve categories will be based on certificates. Under the extra-curricular activities quota, NCC received the maximum number of applications, i.e., 3876. This is followed by NSS and Debate in 1796 and 1282 respectively.

Under the Person with Disability category (PwD), 496 applications came from students who suffered from locomotor disability, 452 from blindness and 281 from low vision. The application process has ended and the cut-offs are likely to be released by the middle of September.

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