2023-24 PhD admissions: Delhi University to select candidates through CUET

“Candidates will have to appear either in a national level test such as UGC- NET/CSIR-NET or can wish to appear through CUET (PhD) 2023. Interviews are mandatory to all and will be shortlisted for interviews, post the CUET (PhD) 2023 result declaration,” Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh on Wednesday.

The modalities for the test, however, are not clear yet.

When asked about the development, University Grants Commission Chairperson Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar said, “We have not yet finalised the plan for CUET- PhD on the lines that we are doing for CUET-UG and CUET-PG.”

The DU made admission into undergraduate through CUET-UG mandatory last year and will be admitting students into postgraduate programmes through CUET PG this year.

The decision on CUET PhD was taken during the executive council meeting, where a battery of resolutions was approved, including the five-year LLB programme, and was announced Wednesday by V-C Yogesh Singh as part of the portal launching.

Apart from these, the eligibility condition and seat matrix recommendations of the Medical Science Courses Admission Committee (MCAC) for admission to undergraduate (MBBS/BDS) courses for the 2023-24 academic session were also approved in the meeting. The MSc admission to the Respiratory Therapy programme will also be under CUET (PG)-2023, officials said.