Policy on Non-discriminatory admissions

Policy Adopted in: 2011

Last Updated in: 2023

Application

This policy applies to all students and visitors

Purpose

To admit qualified students, gender, sexual orientation, race, disability, color, religion, and national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.

Policy

• Admission to different programmes of the University are based on merit, providing equal opportunity to all without any prejudice towards gender, religion, caste, creed or nationality of a candidate.
• The University hassuitable provisions of reservation for the students belonging to weaker section(s) of the society and others in accordance with the provisions of the Act of the University and decision of the Executive Council.
• The admission criterion recommended by the Admission Committee and approved by the Academic Council isfollowed for admission in all the Programmes of studies. Provided that the number of seats in each programme of study, as determined by the Admission Committee and approved by Academic Council may, at the discretion of the Vice Chancellor in his capacity as the Chairman of the Academic Council, be increased by a maximum of 15% of the approved seats for additional intake of students in the said program.
• GU admits qualified students without race, disability, color, religion, and national or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, disability, color, religion, or national or ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school administered programs. GU does not tolerate any form of sexual misconduct.