Delhi University has announced the entrance exam dates for admission to UG, PG and Ph.D. programs for the academic session 2020-2021. According to the schedule, the University of Delhi will conduct the entrance examination from September 6 to September 11 for admission to 10 undergraduate and 86 masters and MPhil, Ph.D. programs. The examinations will be conducted by the NTA i.e. the National Testing Agency.

These exams will be conducted in 24 cities of the country including Delhi NCR. The exam will be conducted in three shifts, of which the first shift will start at 8 am. It will be there from 12 noon, 4 pm. This examination will be of two hours. On the first day on September 6, there will be PG and Ph.D. level courses in all three shifts.

On this day, from 12 noon to 2 pm, the examination of BMS, BBA, BA Honors Business Economics Shift-1, and the second shift of these courses will be conducted from 4 pm to 6 pm. On the same day, there will also be a B.Ed exam on the morning shift.

However, there are many concerns about the entrance examination to be conducted by DU. In the media report, the MA (Social Work) student said that this season it is very thoughtful to sit for two hours wearing a mask and gloves for the entrance examination. Apart from this, students are also worried about the travel ban as hotels are still closed in many places. The centers are located in select cities. For example, in Uttar Pradesh, centers are located only in Varanasi. In such a situation, students are facing many problems regarding examinations.

A total of 1.47 lakh students have applied for Masters courses, while 21,699 have registered for MPhil and Ph.D. programs. The Graduate Entrance Examination is conducted for three management courses, journalism, education, and some special programs. For these courses, students who have not been able to take more than 90% marks in the Class XII board examination have applied for such courses.