IPU offers an opportunity to complete your degree; students who left their studies will get a 'mercy chance'..

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (IPU) has offered significant relief to former students who enrolled in undergraduate or postgraduate programs but were unable to complete their studies for various reasons. IPU is providing a "mercy chance" to these students, allowing them to appear for examinations and complete their degrees. This additional final opportunity is being extended to students across various undergraduate and postgraduate programs under IPU Ordinances 10, 11, and 25.

Let us look at the details of this "mercy chance" offered by IPU, including the application deadline, eligibility criteria, and the applicable fees.

**Who is eligible for this opportunity?**
According to information released by IPU, this opportunity to complete an unfinished degree is available to students who could not complete their course within the prescribed duration and have exhausted all their permitted examination attempts. Specifically, those whose maximum examination attempts have been exhausted by June 2026 are eligible to avail of this facility. This includes examinations for both odd and even semesters.

IPU has clarified that students who still have regular examination attempts remaining to complete their degrees are not eligible for this opportunity. Interested students must submit an application to avail of this additional final chance.

**Application deadline: November 6**
IPU has invited applications from students to complete their unfinished degrees. The application process is now open, with a deadline of November 6, 2026. Applications can be submitted through the official IPU website. The university has also clarified that the examinations under this additional final opportunity will be conducted exclusively in an offline mode. According to the information shared by IPU, students must submit a list of the papers (subjects) for which they wish to appear for the examination along with their application. IPU has clarified that the application must bear the signature of the concerned Dean, Director, or Principal.

Applicable Fees
As per the information provided by IPU, students appearing for examinations under this 'additional final opportunity' are required to pay the prescribed fees. They must pay a fee of ₹25,000 to continue their studies. Additionally, a fee of ₹1,200 per subject must be paid to reappear for the examination. The 'additional final opportunity' examinations for odd semesters will be held in December 2026–January 2027, while the examinations for even semesters will be conducted in May–June 2027.

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