Dehradun Institute of Technology (DIT) University conducted its first round of counselling for various courses in BTech programme on Sunday. Around 8,000 students applied for BTech, MTech, BPharm, MPharm, BArch, MCA, MBA and PhD programmes. The classes for the new academic session are scheduled to commence from August 1.
As per university officials, a total of 858 students were offered admissions in the counseling conducted for seven branches in BTech. About 80 percent seats in all the BTech branches were allotted till Sunday evening.
The counselling was done on the basis of JEE Mains score and Class XII merit and based on aggregate percentage of marks, secured in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and English.
The university vice-chancellor Dr KK Raina said that in the first round of counseling, Computer Science Engineering and Electronics and Communications branches remained the most preferred choice of the aspirants followed by Mechanical and Civil engineering. The key difference this year was the increase in number of applications received.
Another noticeable feature was the increase in number of female applicants in the fields like Civil and Petroleum that surpassed numbers in the past years. The university has also introduced Integrated programmes, (BTech+MTech and BTech+MBA). University will now hold the counseling for MBA on June 16 and Bachelor of Architecture programme on June 22. Interested candidates can visit the university website www.dituniversity.edu.in for regular updates.