DU to go ahead with BMS entrance test

With confusion still prevailing on the admission process, Delhi University said that it will conduct the scheduled entrance test for bachelor of honours in management studies (BMS) Thursday.

In a statement Wednesday, DU registrar Alka Sharma said: "This is to inform all applicants of programme of BMS of University of Delhi, that the entrance test will be held as per scheduled on June 26, between 3 to 5 p.m. In case there is any change in the admission procedure by the competent authority, the same test will be valid for 2014 admission."

The varsity has received 25,357 applications for the 840 BMS seats.

The BMS was introduced under the four year undergraduate programme after removing a few of the existing courses.

This is the only course of DU undergraduate programme for which an entrance test is being conducted.

After the entrance, there would be counselling according to which students given admission.

As per earlier schedule, the first counselling will be held on July 6 and two days time will be given to the students to take admission.

The FMS will then notify the students of vacant seats, and hold further counselling sessions if required.

The BMS course is offered in Bhim Rao Ambedkar College, College of Vocational Studies, Deen Dyal Upadhaya College, Keshav Mahavidalaya, Maharaja Agrasen College and Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies.

Even though admissions to other courses and colleges have been deferred following UGC-DU deadlock on the four year programme, DU has decided to carry forward the entrance for BMS