Application and Admission Policy

Application Policies

• An applicant can apply in any of the four rounds, but only once within the Admissions Cycle. Duplicate applications will not be considered and might lead to termination of the applicant’s candidature
• The round in which an applicant applies does not affect their chances of being shortlisted for the Interview Round or for admission to Ashoka University
• Misrepresentation of facts or any information in an applicant’s application form will result in cancellation of their candidature or withdrawal of their Offer of Admission
• All decisions taken by the Admissions Committee are final. No request for re-evaluation of the final decision received by the applicant will be considered
• The choice of preferred Majors specified in the application form is only indicative in nature. Undergraduate students at Ashoka University will have to declare their Major at the end of the third semester
• The admissions process will be followed in its entirety on the basis of the merit of the applicant. No other formal or informal recommendations from any individual(s) will be entertained or considered
• Application Forms for Financial Aid will be open to candidates only post receiving a Firm Offer of Admission from Ashoka University. Candidates who have been made a Conditional Offer of Admission or have been waitlisted will have access to the Financial Aid Application Form only if they receive a Firm Offer of Admission.

Admission Policies

Once an applicant has completed all the components of the application process, the Admissions Committee will evaluate their candidature to shortlist them for the Interview Round. The Office of Admissions follows the policies given below:

• Ashoka University does not have a policy of deferral of admission. An Offer of Admission is only valid for the academic session commencing at the end of the Admissions cycle in which the candidate has applied. If a candidate wishes to delay their joining by a year or more, they will have to re-apply and go through the entire admissions process within the Admissions Cycle for the academic session they wish to join
• Ashoka University does not accept credits transfer from other universities at the time of admission towards either specific courses or the Undergraduate Programme. If a candidate is offered admission to Ashoka University, they will have to begin their academic degree as a first-year. Undergraduate student at Ashoka University, regardless of any prior time spent at another educational institution
• A candidate is eligible to receive a firm offer of admission from Ashoka University based on their overall performance in their academic and non-academic pursuits as well as their performance in the Interview Round process. The academic parameters requires a candidate to submit grades/scores from Grades IX to XII. In the absence of Grade XII/Equivalent examination final scores, a candidate is required to submit Predicted Grades, which is considered as an indicative of their performance in their final Grade XII/Equivalent examination results. However, no firm offers or decisions will be taken based on the Predicted Grades of the candidate
• For applicants whose final Grade XII/Equivalent examination scores are not available at the time of evaluation, the SAT/ACT or the Ashoka Aptitude Test (AAT) may be used to make a firm offer of admission. This is especially helpful for the first and second rounds of admission where most applicants may not have their final Grade XII/Equivalent examination results
• If a candidate is eligible to receive a Firm Offer of Admission from Ashoka University based on their overall performance and given parameters, in the absence of their final Grade XII/Equivalent examination scores, the candidate needs to have taken the SAT or ACT or Ashoka Aptitude Test (AAT). Our DI Code for SAT applicants is – 7343. All applicants applying with SAT/ ACT scores need to send us their official transcripts.
• The highest score out of the final Grade XII/Equivalent examination results or Ashoka Aptitude Test (AAT) or ACT or SAT will be considered while taking a decision on the applicant’s candidature
• Applicants who participate in the Interview Round but do not have any one of the following: final Grade XII or Equivalent examination scores/SAT/ACT/AAT, are not eligible for a Firm Offer of Admission
• No applicant who has participated in the Interview Round will be denied admission before receiving their final Grade XII/Equivalent Examination scores
• Admissions decisions are rolled out at the end of each of the four rounds within the Admissions cycle. Once a candidate has gone through the Interview Round, they can expect to receive one of following decisions/notifications mentioned in the table below:

Education Board Specific Policies

Please Click here to read Ashoka University’s Educational Board- specific policies. (As the attachment is a downloadable PDF file, this can just go as a link with meta-tag of the link)

Discipline-Specific Policies

Ashoka University has specific policies for particular disciplines/courses for students who wish to Major or Minor in any of the disciplines listed below: