{"id":20547,"date":"2025-10-22T14:42:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T14:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/direkart.com\/ddu\/?page_id=20547"},"modified":"2026-05-26T14:11:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:11:58","slug":"admission-overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/direkart.com\/ddu\/admission-overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Admission Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"20547\" class=\"elementor elementor-20547\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ab88b1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7ab88b1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c49b75d elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"c49b75d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"admission-hero-left\">\n  <div class=\"admission-overlay\"><\/div>\n  <div class=\"admission-content\">\n\n\n    <!-- Title -->\n    <h1 class=\"admission-title\">Admission<\/h1>\n\n    <!-- Underline decoration -->\n    <div class=\"title-underline\">\n      <span class=\"line red\"><\/span>\n      <span class=\"line blue\"><\/span>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- Description -->\n    <p class=\"admission-description\">\n      The Office of the University Registrar oversees student admissions, enrollment, academic records, class scheduling, and graduation processes. 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The University emphasizes applied learning, industry relevance, innovation, research, and community engagement.<\/p>\r\n\r\n          <p>Its academic focus areas include Engineering and Technology, Health Sciences, and Business and Economics, designed to address national development priorities and labor market needs. The University also offers programs in Natural and Computational Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities, Law, and related disciplines.<\/p>\r\n\r\n          <p>The University provides undergraduate and postgraduate (Master's and PhD) education through multiple study modalities. 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