DU admissions: University receives over 81,000 applications till Day 2

The number of applicants who registered online for admission to undergraduate courses of Delhi University swelled to over 81,000 on the second day of application process on Thursday.

"The total number of applicants who completed their registered till 6 PM today is 81,524, of which 21,589 have made payments," said Kirti Ranjan, OSD Admissions.

The online registration had begun on Wednesday with 39,000 applications registering on the very first day.

The Centralised Optical Mark Recognition (OMR)forms are available on Delhi University's website - www.du.ac.in - and students will have to make the payment through internet banking.

The fee for General category students is Rs 100 whereas for SC/ST students the admission form will cost Rs 50.

A total of 60,000 seats in various undergraduate programmes are up for grab. The last date for online registration is June 19 and the first cut off will be announced on June 27.

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.

While "Open Days" counselling sessions are being conducted to answer admission related queries of parents and students, the varsity has also uploaded an animated video on YouTube detailing the filling up of application forms and further process.