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1. Reservation policy and merit order applicable only for fresh admission.
2. Students are provoked and motivated for timely and successful completion of all courses in natural and logical order, due to requirement of successful completion of all courses at semester ‘1 to x’, before admission to semester ‘x+4’, where ‘x’ is an odd number. In case chosen academic programme do not match with the student’s interest and aptitude, students are not allowed to waste their time, money and study efforts, due to this policy.
3. No late fee to promote timely admissions within specified time durations.

4. Better effectiveness and efficiency of the admission process due to well defined clear admission rules and time slots.
5. ‘Fresh or Further Admissions’ are offered only once at the beginning of each academic year. But, only for all academic programmes offered online or under “Learn and Earn” scheme, ‘Fresh or Further Admissions’ are offered only once at the beginning of each semester.
6. ‘Fresh Admissions’ offered till first week of the semester without any academic loss, as first semester starts with 2-weeks delay, but without 2-weeks for clearing backlog of minimum specified counseling sessions.
7. Students are required to take further admissions to next higher semester before declaration of end exam results for the previous semester.
8. Processing of “Further Admissions” before “Fresh Admissions” maintains precedence of already enrolled students over prospective new students.
9. Processing of “Further Admissions without Study Center Change” before “Further Admissions with Study Center Change” maintains precedence of already enrolled students at any given study center over prospective new students.
ADMISSION:TIME SCHEDULES
1. Time Slot for Odd and Even Numbered Semesters: For all semesters, specified normal duration for admission shall be from 05-Jul till 05-Aug for Batch I and from 05-Jan till 05-Feb for Batch II”. Admission shall be given only for those admission forms received at the university during this duration.
2. Fresh and Further Admission Time Slot: Admission shall be given only during specified duration to each sequentially higher numbered semester. Fresh and Further admissions shall be offered “from 05-Jul till 05-Aug for Batch I and from 05-Jan till 05-Feb for Batch II”.
3. Admission Rounds: There shall be 2(Two) admission round.
a. First Admission Round: This round shall be only for “Further” admissions. Admission forms (for “Further” admission) received at university on or before the specified date shall be processed during “First admission Round”.
b. Second Admission Round: This round shall be only for “Fresh” admissions. Admission forms (for only “Fresh” admission) received at university on or before the specified date shall be processed during “Second admission Round”.
ADMISSION:POLICIES AND RULES
1. Last Further Admission Time Slots for Withdrawn Programmes are given in the “Schedule of Last Further Admission and End Exam for Withdrawn Programmes” section, starting on page 3.
2. Admission Eligibility Verification: Admission eligibility of the student is "checked and verified" by the "Admission Committee" at each respective study center only during the fresh admission. Admission eligibility of the student will not be "checked and verified" by the "Admission Committee" during each of the further admissions.
3. No Automatic Admission: Admission shall be given only when student apply for it, in a prescribed format along with (1) payment of specified fees and (2) attested photocopies of specified documents. Hence, even when student is already admitted to the any one semester of the programme, application for the next higher semester of the programme is essential. Without such application, automatic admission shall not be given for next higher semester.
4. Sequential Admission: Student shall not be allowed to skip any one semester during admission to next higher semester of the programme. For example, if student is already admitted to semester 01 and 02, then admission to next higher semester must be for semester 03 and 04. Without admission to semester 02, student shall not be eligible for admission to semester 03. If student do not apply for the admission to next higher semester of the programme within the specified duration for that admission, then student has to wait for 1 (One) full year for admission to that semester. For example, if student have taken admission to semester 01 and 02 during Jul-2010, then student must take admission to semester 03 and 04 during Jul-2011. If student skip admission to semester 03 and 04 during Jul-2011, then student can take admission to semester 03 and 04 during only Jul-2012. Effectively, student will have 1 (One) full year loss due to this. Hence, in order to ensure minimum programme duration, student should regularly take admission to next higher semester of the programme within the specified duration for that admission.
5. Merit Order and Reservation Policy: During each round, admission forms for only “Fresh Admissions” shall be processed as per the merit order, reservation policy and vacant seats in the “Sanctioned student In-Take”

specified for the each study center. Merit order and reservation policy shall not be applicable for any “Further Admission”, but vacant seats in the “Sanctioned student In-Take” specified for the each study center shall still be essential requirement.
6. Processing of “Further Admissions” Before “Fresh Admissions”: During each admission round, admission forms for “Further Admissions” shall be processed before processing of any admission forms for “Fresh Admission”, without any considerations to the merit order, reservation policy but subject to “Sanctioned student In-Take” specified for the each study center.
7. Processing of “Further Admissions with no study center change” Before “Further Admissions with study center change”: During each admission round, admission forms for “Further Admissions with no study center change” shall be processed before processing of any admission forms for “Further Admission with study center change”, without any considerations to the merit order, reservation policy but subject to “Sanctioned student In-Take” specified for the each study center.
8. Change of Study Center during “Further Admissions”: For what so ever reasons, no change in allotted study center shall be allowed during the semester. Already enrolled students are allowed to change study center during each further admission. But, admission to new study center shall be confirmed, only when the “Sanctioned student In-Take” and respective statutory council’s norms allows it. Otherwise, admission shall be confirmed automatically to the previous study center.
9. University Right to allot different study center during each “Further Admission”: Normally, during each further admission, university will try to allot the same study center, which is chosen by the student. But, if situation demands, university may allot different study center to the student during next further admission. No complaint in this regard, either by the student or study center, will be entertained by the university.
10. No Loss of academic Year, if Student Successfully completes Semester 'x', within the First 3 EE Attempts, offered by the University: No Loss of academic Year, if Student successfully completes Semester 'x', within the single Continuous Assessment (CA) attempt and first 3 End Exam (EE) Attempts offered by the University, as student must attach attested photocopy of mark statement for the semester '1 to x'

confirming successful completion of all courses at semester '1 to x', along with the admission form for the semester 'x+4', where ‘x’ is an odd number.
11. Loss of academic Year, if Successful Completion of Semester ‘x’ requires 4th or more “EE” Attempts, offered by the university: If student requires 4th or more End Exam (EE) attempts offered by the university, for successful completion of all courses at semester 'x', then student is required to wait for at least 1 (One) full year or more, for admission to semester 'x+4' as student must attach attested photocopy of mark statement for the semester '1 to x' confirming successful completion of all courses at semester'1 to x', along with the admission form for the semester 'x+4', where ‘x’ is an odd number.
12. Permanent Drop Out, if student cannot successfully complete all Semesters within maximum “EE” Attempts, till specified last EE Attempt, offered by the University: If student cannot successfully completes of all courses at all semesters in allowed single attempt for Continuous Assessment (CA) and maximum EE attempts till specified last EE Attempt, then student is permanently dropped out from the respective academic programme.
13. Reservation Policy: Prevalent reservation policy of the Government of Maharashtra shall be applicable for the admission.
14. Scrutiny and Verification by the Study Center: All admission forms must be submitted only after proper meticulous scrutiny and attached document verification by your first choice of study center. Study center should provide stamp and signature on admission forms only after due scrutiny and verification of all documents attached along with each admission form.
ADMISSION:REQUIRED DOCUMENTS,FORMS AND FORMATS
ONLINE ADMISSION PROCESS
This Program is offered through online admission process. You are advised to the following in order to secure admission
1. Go through the prospectus meticulously. Ensure that you are eligible for the admission and you possess all required documents which will prove you eligibility. The following is a typical list of documents which you will need:
a. Proof of date of birth (Driving Licence OR PAN card OR Aadhar card (with date of birth) OR Leaving certificate OR Passport OR Election Voter card)

b. Passing certificate and/or Mark sheet showing that you have passed the qualifying examination
c. In case there is an entrance test for this program, you will need the statement or certificate showing that you have cleared the entrance test
d. If you belong to a backward class, you will need cast certificate, cast validity, non-creamy layer, certificates (depending on the rules for the category)
e. If you belong to a category of disadvantaged class(e.g., visually impaired) You will need document as proof of your status
2. You are required to get these documents scanned (with a resolution of at least 72 dot per inch) to get scanned images which are readable and have decent quality. You may take help from your friends or professionals at shops or our study centres.
3. You are required to have a mobile number and an email identity (email id). The email id can be easily generated using gmail.com or any other service provider. These are required as you will be getting the information of your password, status of admission etc on these.
4. You are expected to pay the University Fees using electronic money transfer facilities like Debit Card or Credit Card of Internet Banking or Mobile Money Identifier (MMID) or through the cash deposits at the State Bank of India or other nationalized banks selected by University. The banks charges will apply extra depending on the channel of fund transfer and bank. It is advised that you use your own bank account for making electronic payment. In case the fees need to be refunded (for a reason of University not able to fulfil its stated responsibility) the refunded amount will be credited back to the same account (from which the fees transaction initially was made). Hence, if you use your own account you will get the benefit of such service.
5. If you do not have Savings Bank account, you may open such account with debit card or net banking facilities with any of the banks with zero balance facility (that is, it will not be compulsory for you to keep a minimum balance as per the rules) and a debit card and net banking facilities.
6. You also need to have an access to a computer with internet connection. If you do not have such connection, you may go a cyber café, a study centre, a friend or any other similar location.

7. Once you have done the initial preparation as mentioned above, you may proceed with the online admission. You will click on the Home page of the official websites of the university (ycmou.digitaluniversity.ac or ycmou.ac.in).
8. The details of the online admission process with detailed screen images are given in a separate document. A video clip to help you in the online process is also available.
9. You will be guided through a series of web pages which will be generated for you as per your response.
10. If you already have a 16 digit PRN, you will select the channel of admission by clicking on ycmou.digitalunuversity.ac on the appropriate link. Please do not select the link “If you do not have 16 digit PRN click here” if you have 16 digit PRN, even if you are taking admission to the first year of another program.
11. Similarly if you do not have a 16 digit PRN select appropriate link at the opening page of the ycmou.digitaluniversity.ac. You will need to “register “for the website application procedure be typing in the email id, date of birth, mobile number and name. You will receive a user id and one time password.
12. The university offers a discount in the UPF to the students (of a select number of programs) if the student opts not to take printed study material, due to availability of the study material in the digitized format on the university’s portal or availability to the printed books through some other sources like his friends or relatives who may have earlier taken such programs earlier. The University wishes to encourage the students to take soft copies of the study material and encourage the students to use the pre-owned books for conservation of trees which are crucial to preservation of environment. The amount of the discount will be shown on the screen while filling up the online application form. You are urged to choose option to this effect while filling the online application form.
13. After completing the typing of all the details asked by the system, you will be prompted to upload scanned documents to the system as per the details submitted by you.
14. After you have uploaded all the documents you make payment using either electronic payment (debit card or credit card of MMID or internet banking). Please see our booklet on how to make payment online available on the website.

15. In case you do not have electronic payment methods available to you, choose the option of “Electronic Challan” on the system. You can print a Payment Deposit Slip and after two working days go to the branch of SBI or other banks mentioned in the appropriate places in clear and legible handwriting.
16. You may be required to enter the transaction number on the appropriate boxes by logging in as a user on the university website for reconciliation.
17. The admission will be confirmed after your admission records are verified by the university staff by online method.
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR FRESH ADMISSION
Attested photocopies of following documents are required only once, along with admission form for the fresh admission. These documents are not required during further admissions to each next semester.
1. Mark statement for each 'semester or year' of the University / Board / Entrance or Equivalent Exam specified in the admission eligibility, confirming successful completion of all courses.
2. Final Mark statement and the 'Certificate or Degree' of (1) the University / Board or Equivalent Exam specified in the admission eligibility and (2) SSC (10th) or equivalent exam, confirming successful completion of these exams.
3. If student attach above documents of Equivalent Exam (not of the University / Board / Entrance Exam), then Equivalence Certificate from the appropriate authority must be attached.
4. Validity Proof: If student attached attested photocopy of the 'mark statement' / 'score card' for any one of the specified entrance exam like CET, AIEE, JEE, NATA or YET and the duration of the validity is specified on it, then that 'mark statement' / 'score card' must be valid as on 01-Aug of the year of admission. If nothing is written about validity of the 'mark statement' / 'score card' of any such entrance exam then it will be presumed that the reported score is valid as on 01-Aug of the year of admission.
5. Only for the reserved category students, following documents from the appropriate authority must be submitted.
a. Caste Certificate
b. Non-Creamy Layer Certificate
c. Caste Validity Certificate
6. “DACECT Decision” generated and printed from the website after approval of the DACECT committee. This document is required only when

student is applying for “Direct Admission, Course Exemptions and Credit Transfers (DACECT)”.
7. Photo Identity issued by government authorities (like PAN Card, Driving License, Election Card, Passport) for student
8. Date of Birth Certificate for the student, issued by the Municipal or appropriate authority or by Secondary School Certificate (only if it contains the record of Date of Birth for the student)
9. Domicile Certificate (By Birth / Permanent Resident only) for the student, issued by the appropriate authority
10. Address Proof (like Electricity Bill, Telephone Bill, Bank Passbook or statement, Passport, etc)
11. Change of Name Proof (like Marriage Certificate), if applicable, as in case of married girl student.
12. Payment Proof like (1) Original university copy of the Bank Challan, which is duly stamped by any branch of Bank of Maharashtra, for the receipt of specified amount along with transaction reference ID must be attached.

WHERE TO SUBMIT
1. Where to Submit: Student should submit "Admission Form" (either for Fresh or Further Admission) only to the "First Choice of Study Center" (which is chosen by the student on the "Admission Form") for scrutiny and verification by the “Admission Committee” at the study center. Only after successful scrutiny and verification by the “Admission Committee” at the study center, the Programme Coordinator at the study center shall provide stamp and signature on the "Admission Form".
2. Only after successful scrutiny and verification at the study center, student should pay specified amount for University Fee (UF) and Exam Fee (EF) for 2 semesters in an academic year (or only for single semester, in case of Online or Learn and Earn scheme programmes), along with the original copy of the 3-part Bank Challan (No photocopy) to any branch of the Bank specified by university. Only after the receipt of the specified amount, bank shall provide stamp and signature on each part of the 3-part Bank Challan along with the transaction reference ID. Student must check and verify that same transaction ID is written on all 3 parts of the bank challan by the bank staff in clear and legible way.
3. After stamp and signature along with the transaction reference ID, as a token of the receipt of the specified fees, bank shall retain the ‘single part for the bank’ of the 3-part Bank Challan and the bank shall returned back to the student, the “Admission Form” along with the remaining 2 (Two) parts, first with application form which is to be submitted to study center and second for the student.
4. Student is required to submit the “Admission Form” along with the one part of challan out of 3-part Bank Challan to the "First Choice of Study Center" (which is chosen by the student on the "Admission Form"). Students should not submit “Admission Form” at the bank.
5. Student must keep photocopy of (1) the admission form, (2) All the documents submitted along with Admission Form and (3) "Payment Proof" as an "Acknowledgement Copy".
6. Student Responsibility: Submission of all the specified documents along with admission form is the responsibility of the student. If the student along with the admission form does not submit any of these documents, then university may reject the admission. No further chance is given to any student for resubmission of the missing document. Students are expected to attach attested photocopies of following all documents in the same order, along with appropriate tags, identifying each one of them. Student should not attach attested photocopies of any other document, which are not specified. A student should properly preserve photocopies of all correspondence, Admission Forms, DACECT Form, Demand Drafts, Exam Forms and university or Study Centre fee receipts in a single file until successful completion of the programme.