The Delhi University is aiming to increase the intake of international students in the upcoming academic cycle by 20 per cent from the previous year, with officials reaching out to diplomatic missions to invite more applications.
In 2022–23, a total of 637 foreign students were admitted across undergraduate, postgraduate, and PhD courses at the varsity, officials said. Till now, the university has received around 2,000 applications, including those from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).
Foreign nationals are admitted to various programmes of study at the University of Delhi under two categories — self-financing students and students with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations -- under its various scholarship schemes. ICCR administers various scholarship programmes annually and awards about 3,000 scholarships under 21 different schemes to foreign students from about 180 countries.
The Delhi University (DU) has taken various steps to increase the intake of ICCR applicants. The admission cycle for foreign students for the academic year 2023-24 has already begun.
“The application window is open. We have started working on clearing these applications. We are receiving hundreds of queries every day via phone and e-mail,” Professor Amarjiva Lochan, Jt Dean, International Relations said.
