Ambedkar University Delhi to offer UG admission through CUET 2022; announces AUD admission policy

NEW DELHI: Delhi government-run Ambedkar University on Thursday announced it will hold all undergraduate admissions through Common University Entrance Test (CUET). Addressing a press conference, Vice-Chancellor Anu Singh Lather said that the admissions to the university will be held through the CUET 2022. “It is mandatory for all the candidates to appear in CUET, 2022, including those seeking admission to supernumerary seats. The eligibility criteria will be decided on the basis of marks obtained in CUET,” she said. AUD is the first state university to opt for CUET exam for admission 2022-23, Singh informed.

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Professor Kartik Dave, Dean Planning, Ambedkar University (AU), briefed that the candidates will be able to appear in CUET only in those subjects which they have studied in class 12. The merit will be calculated based on combination of only those subjects in which the candidate has appeared in the CUET, he said. There will be no disadvantage to anyone on changing the stream, Dave clarified.

Suresh Babu, dean of students services, said the CUET will provide a level playing field for the students. “Being a state university it was not mandatory for us to go for CUET. However, in the interest of the larger society, we decided to go for CUET as sooner or later all universities will be asked to join,” Suresh Babu said.

“We choose to come into the CUET system as we believe that students must not get any pressure and have a single window similar to Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET), etc.,” the VC said. “Going into NTA will be the most viable and good option,” Singh added.

AUD admission policy 2022

For all the BA (Hons) courses in languages such as English, Hindi, etc., students must have the language as mandatory and can choose any 3 other subjects from other sections in the entrance test.

Earlier, Ambedkar University was offering admission through marks of CBSE or any 12th board exams, minimum eligibility, which has not changed. The change in the admission policy is that CUET score will now decide the merit of the student for admissions.

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“We are targeting more on 15% quota available to all Indian students. We will have more students from all over India,” Singh informed. We will issue the FAQs on the website to help students with all the details of the application process.

AUD will be carrying an open house and a helpline for students for admission 2022, VC informed.

AUD admission: Eligibility criteria for programmes

The eligibility criteria for most of the undergraduate programmes is 50% except Bachelor of Vocational Studies (Bvoc). Pass percentage for BVoc will depend on the board the student comes from, Singh said. Bvoc is a different kind of programme that needs support. Easy and flexible for students to apply for the same, she added.

AUD has not kept any language except for BA English (hons) where English language is compulsory with a 65% marks. It will be similar for all language programmes. However, for BA Hindi (hons) will require only 50% marks as eligibility with no language as base criteria since it is our mother language anyone from any background can opt for hindi hons. Similarly for BA Mathematics (Hons), students will need to appear for mathematics.

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AUD admission policy: Combination of subjects

The VC informed that the best combination of subjects that suits the students will be taken up for admission to AUD. Gap year will not be a bar for students, she said.

For admission to BBA programme, the eligibility is the General Test in CUET along with 50% marks in Class 12 from CBSE or a recognised board.

For BA (Hons), students will have to appear for Section 1a Hindi along with the best of any 3 domain-specific from section 2. For BA Economics, Mathematics is compulsary in class 12 and students will have to appear for best of any 2 domain-specific subjects from section 2.

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For BA History programme, general test will be taken. For BA Psychology, student can take any language with any 2 subjects from section 2. Finally, for BA Mathematics - best of any 2 domain specific subjects from section 2 can be taken.

Talking about reservation, VC informed that 85% for delhi, 50% all india students reservation policy will remain same. There will be no change in reservation policy only that students will be admitted through CUET 2022, she said.

Moreover, for admission to supernumerary seats for foreign students, students will not have to appear for CUET 2022 as directed by the Ministry of External Affairs.

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The VC informed that the number of supernumerary seats for UG ais 800. For AUD university, space is the biggest constraint. “If we get 2 more campuses, we are willing to take in 30,000 students,” she said. Vice-Chancellor Lather also announced the new programs that will be launched in the academic session 2022-23, which are Master of Arts in Criminology, and Philosophy, and Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. She also informed that the varsity is in the process of launching a new School of Rural and Tribal Studies.

Further, AUD VC Anu Singh said that there are 827 seats under CUET 2022 being offered at the university and the admission process for pg will start soon.

The CUET will have three parts: compulsory language, 27 subject domains, and general test on quantitative reasoning, logical and analytical reasoning, numerical ability, and general knowledge and current affairs. All questions across sections will consider class 12 level as the benchmark. The exam will be conducted in a Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode.