Delhi University has issued a notification for the Multiple Entry and Exit (MEME) scheme, which allows multiple entry and exit points in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. The scheme has been in place since 2022, when the university adopted the undergraduate curriculum framework based on the National Education Policy 2020, said an official, adding that no changes have been proposed in MEME this year.

However, this year’s notification, issued by Registrar Vikas Gupta on Tuesday, contains detailed information about credits one needs to earn at every entry and exit point.

Diploma after 2 years

According to the MEME framework, undergraduate students can receive an undergraduate certificate after completing the first year and earning 44 credits; an undergraduate diploma after finishing two years and earning 88 credits; a bachelor’s degree after three years with 132 credits; and a bachelor’s degree with honours or research specialisation after four years with 176 mandatory credits.

Similarly, postgraduate students can receive a diploma if they exit after the first year of a two-year programme and a master’s degree after finishing a two-year course. Students who have completed a four-year bachelor’s degree can get a master’s degree after completing a year of the postgraduate course, states the notification.

It adds that students who exit a DU programme will be allowed to “re-enter the same college and the same programme of the relevant semester”. It states that students are required to have a certain number of credits in order to re-enter at each level.

The notification added that a detailed guideline for lateral entry of students from other universities shall be issued later.