Saturday, 12 August 2006

It's never to late for higher studies. (Or is it?)

This from a friend at the Limca Book of records.
I got a claim from someone who said he was the oldest person to get a tech degree so i asked him to send his details thinking he was 70+. But no, he got his degree at 35 and i keep telling him that that is NOT old by any stretch of imagination! He insists that no one can get admission to regular courses in universities if you are over the permitted age limit. I don't think that's true.

I have pointed out to him instances of people who have got Ph.Ds, Masters' degrees but he is not satsified.

That is the preamble. Could your networking find out if anyone has actually been admitted to regular courses (not distance education but on campus) when s/he was 30+?
Anything or anyone you know who could shed some light on this?
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5 comments:

  1. Shilpa BhatnagarSunday, 13 August 2006 at 11:04:00 GMT+5:30

    Yep, Zig - it was fairly common in the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi where i did my undergraduate studies from. There were a few PGs and PhD students with grey hair and wrinkles! But sadly I can't provide you with their names - don't remember now.

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  2. kmSunday, 13 August 2006 at 22:32:00 GMT+5:30

    As far as I remember, the All India Council for Technical Education in India does not have an "across-the-board" maximum age for technical education. Some colleges have it, others don't.

    IITs have an upper age limit (25) but not all RECs have it (I think.)

    (AICTE's website is down. They should start looking for an older, more experienced webmaster.)

    HTH.

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  3. AnonymousMonday, 14 August 2006 at 18:39:00 GMT+5:30

    In the late 1990s, JNU had a 60 something man from Rajasthan in the School of Languages.

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  4. flygirlWednesday, 16 August 2006 at 07:11:00 GMT+5:30

    i don't think there is a limit on entry age to undergraduate courses, and certainly not for postgraduate courses. but there tend to be more age limits for receiving scholarships. many won't accept applications from people over 25, international ones some times allow you to go up to 30 or 35.

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  5. zigzacklyThursday, 17 August 2006 at 03:20:00 GMT+5:30

    Thanks all. The LBoR editor has the link to this post and will be tracking it. So more info is welcome.

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