Updated on: Saturday, March 24, 2012
Oxford University has decided to allow the toppers of ISC and CBSE exams entry to its undergraduate courses from 2013, an university official said.
Andrew Hamilton, the vice chancellor professor of Oxford, on Friday expressed his happiness over the decision.
He told reporters "We want to draw the best students from India to Oxford. It has been decided that we will accept Class 12 examination results for all undergraduate courses at Oxford."
Indian students earlier needed to appear for their A-levels, SATs or the International Baccalaureate as the criteria for getting admitted in the undergraduate courses at Oxford.
The university will now make conditional offers of entrance to those students who get more than 90 percent in CBSE and ISC exams under the new rule.
An Indian aspirant who opts for the science course in Oxford may also need to take the Indian IIT entrance examination.