Delhi University announces short foreign language courses for 2025–26 session

The Centre for Indian and Foreign Languages (CIFL), Delhi University, has commenced its admissions for its highly sought-after part-time certificate foreign language courses for the academic year 2025–26.

The short courses, open to students as well as working professionals, provide intensive training in eight key international languages: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Italian, Spanish, French, German, and Portuguese.

Conducted by Open Learning Development Centre (OLDC), CIFL courses are in collaboration with the Germanic and Romance Studies and East Asian Studies Departments of the university. After successful completion, the students will be awarded a certificate issued by the University of Delhi itself.

ADMISSIONS NOW OP

The online application time is June 16 to July 12, 2025, and the whole admissions process will be online at cifl.oldcdu.ac.in. The applicant should have passed Class 12 or equivalent degree. Admissions would be based on merit, computed on marks obtained in the top four subjects (English or Hindi included).

General category applicants have to have scored a minimum of 50 percent aggregate marks and 45 percent in English or Hindi. Reserved category has relaxation, whereby the cutoff is lower, i.e., 45 percent. Graduates and postgraduates are also given bonus weightage—10 percent and 15 percent respectively—which will be added to their merit score.

Every candidate is entitled to one language course, and the application cost is Rs 200 per course. Every supporting document, including a recent passport photo, 10+2 mark sheets, and scanned signature, must be uploaded while registering.

COURSE DURATION AND FEES

The part-time courses will begin in mid-August 2025 and extend to March 2026. There will be on-campus classes in person, and specific schedules will be provided a week prior to starting.

The course fee is Rs 10,000 with a one-time examination fee of Rs 510. The student must pay a one-time university registration fee of Rs 300 also if he or she is not previously enrolled with DU. Fees paid are non-refundable barring the unlikely scenario of cancellation of the course by the university.

MERIT LISTS AND COUNSELLING

Admissions will be conducted in three rounds:

• First Merit List: July 17 (Counselling: July 18,20)
• Second Merit List: 22 Jul (Counselling: 23 Jul,25 Jul)
• Third Merit List: 27 Jul (Counselling: 28 Jul,30 Jul)

Shortlisted candidates have to accept admission and pay fees within three days of their respective counselling. CIFL has stressed strict compliance with guidelines. The applicants will be made to ensure all the information submitted is a copy of their original documents, and once submitted, no modification is permitted. Change of courses after admission is not permitted, and admission is provisional pending receipt of original documents.

Such students shall be provided with a formal DU student ID card but shall not be eligible to utilize central DU facilities like library usage or hostel accommodation.