Delhi University has rejected University Grants Commission's directive to scrap the four-year undergraduate programme, FYUP. In a statement, the university said, its Academic Council passed a resolution in this regard yesterday.

The resolution was passed with 81 votes in favour and 10 against it. The statement said, students seeking admission to undergraduate programmes will be admitted in 3-year Bachelor's Programme – BA/B.Sc./B.Com – in their Discipline 1 (major subject) and will graduate with the corresponding degree in three years in conformity with the National Education Policy. It said, the fourth year is an optional year for those students who wish to obtain a BA Honours/B.Sc. Honours/B.Com Honours or B.Tech degree.

The Academic Council which had met to discuss changes and introduction of syllabi under the four-year undergraduate programme had to take up the issue of its continuation after a section of members asked the administration to place the UGC order for discussion.

The UGC had on Friday sent an e-mail communication to Vice-Chancellor Dinesh Singh, asking him to scrap the FYUP programme as it violated the 10+2+3 structure proposed in National Education Policy.