Online applications to DU UG courses cross one lakh mark in three days

Applications for undergraduate courses offered by Delhi University crossed the one lakh mark, within three days of commencement of the registration process.

|Jun 03, 2016, 20:42:34 IST

[caption id="attachment_2623954" align="alignleft" width="380"] Representational image DU. PTI[/caption]New Delhi: Applications for various undergraduate courses offered by Delhi University crossed the one lakh mark on Friday, within three days of commencement of the registration process."The number of registrations till 6.30 PM today was 1,14,152. A total of 40,582 applicants have completed the entire process including fee payment," a DU statement said."Of the applications completed so far, 20,081 are from boys and 20,500 from girls. One application has been received from others category," it added.The online registration had begun on Thursday with 39,000 applications registering on the very first day. The Centralised Optical Mark Recognition (OMR)forms are available on Delhi University's website -students will have to make the payment through internetbanking.A total of 60,000 seats in various undergraduate programmes are up for grab. The last date for onlineregistration is 19 June and the first cut off will be announced on 27 June.This is for the first time that the university has introduced completely online admission procedure for UG admissions unlike previous years when it used to be both online and offline.

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