# DU to hold PhD entrance test for FYUP graduates next week 2026-08-24T21:22:56+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Delhi University will conduct an in-house entrance examination for students who have completed its four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP) and wish to pursue a PhD directly without a master's degree. DU Registrar Vikas Gupta said the application portal is expected to open in the coming week. The test follows the graduation of the first FYUP batch. The university amended Ordinance VI to allow direct PhD entry, approved by the Academic Council and the Executive Council. For the 2026-27 session, students need a minimum 7.5 CGPA (7 CGPA for SC/ST) to be eligible. The first FYUP batch admitted 75,948 students in 2022-23, 35,943 continued into the fourth year, of whom 12,111 applied for one-year PG courses. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The FYUP was introduced under NEP 2020 to offer flexibility and early exit options, but the direct PhD route creates a new academic pathway that bypasses the traditional two-year master's. This mirrors the UGC's 2022 PhD regulations, which allow institutions to admit graduates directly if they have completed a four-year degree. The real test will be how many of the 35,943 fourth-year students opt for this entrance, and whether the research-intensive fourth year adequately prepares them for doctoral work. The university's one-year PG programmes have only 5,857 seats against 12,111 applicants, so the PhD route may ease some of that pressure. ## Coverage - news.abplive.com Leads with the university's announcement, includes figures and official quotes without editorialising This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Delhi University, National Education Policy 2020, University Grants Commission, Vikas Gupta Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/du-to-hold-phd-entrance-test-for-fyup-graduates-next-week/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/du-to-hold-phd-entrance-test-for-fyup-graduates-next-week/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/