Procedure for Admission in the University

Procedure for Admission in the University

Procedure for Admission in the University
Approved Board of Management on 10th April 2014
Notification Notified by Registrar vide notification No. SRHU/Reg/OO/2014 dated 21st April 2014
Next Review 2025-26
  1. Short Title & Commencement:
    1. This policy shall be called “Procedure for admissions to various programmes of study offered by the University”.
    2. This policy shall come into force from the date of approval of the Board of Management of the University.
  2. Definitions:
    1. “Academic Record” means academic record of the candidate for assessing suitability to the programme for admission.
    2. “Admission Fee” means a component of the fee structure of a programme.
    3. “Candidate” means a Candidate seeking admission.
    4. “Enrollment” means enrollment of a student on the rolls of the University.
    5. “Enrollment Fee” means a component of fee structure to be charged for enrolling a student.
    6. “Entrance Examination” means an Entrance Examination conducted by the University or any other body approved by the University.
    7. “Other method” means a method other than Entrance Examination.
    8. “Performance” means performance of the candidate in Entrance Examination, personal interview and/ or other method.
    9. “Permanent Residents” means candidates who are the permanent residents of the State of Uttarakhand.
    10. “Prescribed Form” means a form prescribed by the University for seeking admission.
    11. “Procedure for admission” means procedure for admission prescribed by the University and/or by the concerned statutory council of the programme of study.
    12. “Programmes” means a Programme of study offered by the University.
    13. “Refund” means refund of fee.
    14. “Tuition Fee” means a component of the fee structure of a programme.
    15. “Withdrawal” means withdrawal from the programme.
  3. Procedure for admission:
    1. A candidate who has passed the qualifying examination or examinations prescribed by the University and/or concerned statutory council as pre-requisite for admission to a programme will be eligible for admission to any of the programme of study offered by the University.
    2. The candidate seeking admission to a programme of study in the University must satisfy the eligibility criteria prescribed by the University of the concerned Programme.
    3. The candidates are required to apply in the prescribed form within the last date fixed and notified by the University for admission to a programme offered by the University.
    4. The number of student to be admitted in a particular course of study shall be fixed and notified by the University.
    5. Admission to the programme shall be made on the basis of an Entrance Examination or through any other method as may be prescribed by the University from time to time.
    6. Candidates who satisfy the required eligibility criteria of a programme may be considered for admission on the basis of their academic record and/ or performance of the candidate at the Entrance Examination / personal interview as may be prescribed by the University in respect of each programme.
    7. No candidate shall be admitted to more than one programme at a time.
    8. A candidate who has been admitted if found medically or otherwise unfit, his admission shall be cancelled.
    9. A candidate shall be admitted to the programme in a constituent college/regional centre/study centre on payment of admission fee, tuition fee and other fee as may be prescribed by the University from time to time.
    10. A candidate shall be enrolled with the University on payment of prescribed enrollment fee subject to completion of all the requisite requirements for admission.
    11. If at any time it is discovered that a candidate has made a false or incorrect statement or has used fraudulent means, his candidature shall be cancelled and admission if made his name shall be removed from rolls of the University.

The University reserves the right to interpret, alter, amend, modify, cancel or withdraw any provision mentioned herein above in this policy without any notice.

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