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The Dr B R Ambedkar University will also provide a 100 per cent fee waiver to one orphan student in each of their 45 UG and PG courses.
Dr B R Ambedkar University has introduced 48 short-term courses and a new postgraduate (PG) course in its academic session 2024-2025. The varsity will also provide one seat in each of its courses to an orphan, Vice-chancellor Anu Singh Lather announced Tuesday at a press conference.
New PG course
The Ambedkar University has introduced a new Post-Graduate (PG) course in Public Policy and Governance, beginning from the new academic session. The new course will be held at the Karampura campus of the varsity.
How many seats in PG course?
According to the VC, the varsity is offering a total of 60 seats for the post-graduation in public policy and governance.
“A total of 60 seats will be offered under the PG course for public policy and governance. Almost 18 classes in the Karampura campus will be handed over to use by June 30. The classes for the PG programme will be held there,” said Vice-Chancellor (VC) Lather.
48 new short-term courses on offer
The University has also decided to offer as many as 48 short-term course in the new academic session. These Competence Enhancement Scheme courses are six-month courses, and students who take them, will receive credits for these courses which will be added to Academic Bank of Credit account which can be used to pursue a degree or diploma from any university.
One seat reserved for orphans in each course
Furthermore, the university will also provide a 100 per cent fee waiver to one orphan student in each of their 45 UG and PG courses, she said.
The university has received a total of 3,09,237 applications for UG courses and 89,773 applications for PG programmes for the academic session. In the new academic session, admissions will be made on a total of 2,595 seats combining all the programmes. Out of these seats, 1,141 will be for UG and 1,454 will be available for PG courses.
