B.A. (Hons) in Chinese 

at Doon University, Dehradun

Doon University is established as a university by an Act of the Uttrakhand Government, and it is also recognised under section 12 (B) of the University Grant Commission (UGC) Act 1956. Hence, all the courses and specialisations offered at Doon University are valid all over India.

Candidates who want to opt for higher studies after their BA or if they want to do a job after the completion of their BA course can do both as the degree awarded to them by Doon University is valid.

At Doon University, students are offered various specialisations for the BA programme. The university offers BA (Hons) and BA research course. The eligibility and selection criteria is same across all of the BA courses. The university provides the course through its School of Languages. Eligible students can pursue the following BA specialisations at Doon University:

• BA (Hons) in Psychology
• BA (Hons) in French
• BA (Hons) in English
• BA (Hons) in Japanese
• BA (Hons) in German
• BA (Hons) in Spanish
• BA (Hons) in Chinsese

The candidate should have passed Class 12 in any stream with a minimum of 50% (45% for reserved categories from Uttarakhand). Those candidates who have the aforesaid aggregate in their Class 12 marksheet can appear for the entrance test conducted by Doon University for admission in any of the BA domains. Candidates whose names will appear in the selected candidate's list published on the official website of the university can register for the counselling process, where they can fill in their branch preferences. The final step to complete the counselling and admission process is to get the document verified and tuition fees paid.

According to Doon University’s rule, students must maintain a minimum of 75% attendance to appear in the end-semester examinations.

In exceptional cases, the Vice-Chancellor may allow the shortage of attendance to the extent of 5% and that too on the recommendation of the HoD concerned according to the conditions laid down by the Academic Council.

Students whose total attendance is less than 75% will not be allowed to appear in the end semester examination and will be declared fail for that semester and year accordingly.

Yes, Doon University conducts its own entrance exam based on which it selects candidates in various disciplines of the BA programme. Candidates seeking admission to BA courses offered at Doon University must take the aforesaid exam.

Based on their Doon University entrance exam performance, candidates will get selected and become eligible for the counselling round followed by document verification and fee payment, which will finalise their BA admission process at Doon University.

Doon University accepts admission for most of its UG, PG, certificate and doctoral level courses under various specialisations based on the candidate’s performance in the entrance test conducted by Doon University.

The Doon University entrance test application generally gets concluded in May and June. Aspiring candidates must apply and appear for the university’s entrance test to get eligible for the counselling process, followed by document verification and fee payment.

The 2023 placement session concluded with 71 UG (3-year), 4 UG (4-year) and 80 PG (2-year) students placed. The median package offered to PG (2-year) students was the highest, which stood at INR 6.50 PA. Check the complete insights of Doon University placements 2023 from the table below:

NOTE: The aforementioned details are fetched from the NIRF report 2024.

The Doon University highest package details are yet to be released. However, the median package has been released. The highest median package offered during 2023 placements was INR 6.50 LPA and was made to PG (2-year) students. Tabulated below are the course-wise Doon University packages for 2023:

NOTE: The above salary data is collated from the NIRF report 2024.

No, there is no such provision for getting direct admission in any courses at Doon University. Aspiring candidates must take the Doon University Entrance test to get eligible for the admission process for programmes offered at Doon University. Selected candidates can register further for the counselling process after submitting the counselling fees; during this round, candidates will be required to report to the admission cell at Doon University for document verification and other admission formalities along with fee payment.

Out of 425 UG (3-year) graduates 71 were placed in the 2023 drive. Additionally, 4 out of 11 UG (4-year) and 80 out of 308 PG (2-year) students were placed during 2023 placements. Take a look at the table below depicting the Doon University placement trends for UG and PG courses:

NOTE: The above statistics are fetched from the NIRF report 2024.