Over 5,000 take admission in DU colleges today

Over 5,000 students today took admission in various colleges under the Delhi University, two days after the second cut-off lists were released.

 Over 15,000 admissions took place for over 56,000 seats during the last three days after the first cut-offs were announced on June 19, officials said.

However, over 3,000 cancellations were made by students after taking admissions, they said, adding that the total number of admissions was now above 20,000.

Yesterday, over 5,000 admissions took place and today, too, as many students visited the varsity for completing admission formalities, the officials added.

They said around 7,000 candidates have submitted their documents, but are yet to pay the fees.

 Several prominent colleges under the Delhi University have closed admissions after their seats were filled after the first cut-offs were announced.

The second cut-offs were announced on June 24. Many colleges did not announce their second cut-offs for many courses.

The varsity opened its admission portal for aspirants of various undergraduate courses on May 15. The registration for these courses ended on June 7.

The total number of male applicants are 1,44,248, women 1,34,297 and other applicants 29.

According to an official from the university, 2,78,544 aspirants have made payments.

Last year, around 2.20 lakh candidates had made payments.

(PTI)