The Delhi University has done away with entrance tests for undergraduate courses in social work, management studies, Hindi journalism, and foreign language courses in Spanish, French, German and Italian.
Last year, the university had scrapped entrance tests for courses in English, Journalism and Mass Communication. The university said the move will make admission process simple and centralised.
However, the office of Dean Students’ Welfare said those who have not studied foreign languages — Spanish, French, German and Italian — would face a deduction of five per cent in the cut-off, based on the best of four aggregate.
So an applicant, for instance, would need a score of 80 per cent if the cut-off is 75 per cent.
The university has also done away with admission test for Bachelor in Management Studies (BMS), introduced last year.
Six colleges
The courses are offered in six colleges: Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, Keshav Mahavidyalaya, Maharaja Agrasen College, College of Vocational Studies and B R Ambedkar College.
The admission for BMS will be based on class 12 marks and personal interview, with 85 per cent weightage to marks and 15 per cent to interview.
Based on the cut-off, a total of 2,520 candidates will be called for the interviews, of which 840 will be selected.
The interviews will take place in the university’s north and south campuses with 12 interview boards, the university said.
Dates for interview and central counselling for BMS candidates are 1-15 July, 2014.
Uniform process
With the university going for a uniform and centralised admission process, the cutoffs this year are likely to be higher. Some students fear that too much is at stake on class 12 score.
“Cutoff-based admission often shuts doors for those who have an aptitude for a specific subject,” said Vivek Chaudhary, a BMS aspirant.