Why Delhi University’s Four-Year Undergraduate Programme Has Left Students in Panic
Johanna Deeksha | 01 June 2026 | Scroll.in
In June 2025, Andrea M had an important decision to make.
She had finished three years of an undergraduate programme at a college affiliated to Delhi University. Now, she had to decide whether to exit the programme with a three-year degree, or to continue for a fourth year – students in her batch would be the first who could choose to register for the extra year under the newly introduced four-year undergraduate programme.
The university introduced the programme in 2022, following through on the New Education Policy, 2020. The policy recommended that universities give undergraduate students the option of both a three-year and a four-year-degree programme….