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15 Questions
& Answers
Q. Who are we?
A. The School opened in 1935, as a complete boarding school
for boys of Indian origin aged between the age of 12 and 18.
Home to approximately 525 boys, the School is situated at
the foothills of the Himalayas, north of Delhi, in a campus
of seventy acres on the site of the original Forest Research
Institute, with a variety of flora and fauna and trees of many
different species. The environment enables the boys to be truly
inspired and creative at every stage of their school life.

wealthy elite. The Doon School was envisioned as an all boys,

non-denominational school for boys from all sections of Indian
society. It was to specialise in the education of boys, providing
them with opportunities to attain academic excellence and
become honourable citizens.

Q. What is the Schools aim for the boys?

A. The Doon School aims for each and every boy to become
an open-minded, knowledgeable and critical thinker, who

Q. Where are we?

A. The Doon School
Address: Mall Road, Dehradun, India 248001
The School is easily accessible by train, road and aeroplane with
multiple direct flights from Delhi, Bangalore and Trivandrum
to Jolly Grant airport. For further information please view the
website: www.doonschool.com

Q. How do you contact us?

A. General enquiries - Tel: +91-135-252-6490, email:
info@doonschool.com. For all admissions enquiries: The
Head of Admissions, Mr Madan Kothari: admissions@
doonschool.com, Direct Telephone Numbers for Admissions:
+91+135+2526406, +91 8979639477. Office hours in the
term time: 9am to 5pm (Monday to Friday) Saturdays: 9am to
1pm. More information is available at www.doonschool.com

Q. What is the history of The Doon School?

A. In 1928, S. R. Das, a barrister in
Manchester, United Kingdom, visited
Manchester Grammar School, a highly
academic and prestigious all boys
school. Upon his return to India, he
began plans to create for boys in India
a school based on the British Public School boarding model,
to ensure that boys in India would have the same educational
opportunities as the boys he saw in Manchester but without
having to leave their home country. He envisioned a school
which was open to all, unlike the existing boarding schools that
were open only to British pupils and Christians, and to Indias

can express himself in a variety of ways. The School seeks to

develop principled, reflective, and balanced risk-takers. Each
boy is expected to aspire to genuine intellectual achievement.
He is also expected to develop and acquire leadership and
entrepreneurial skills in school in preparation for the rest of
his professional life. Each boy is also taught to be proud of his
culture, history and place in the world, and to acquire a refined
aesthetic sense.
The School offers a broad-based curriculum culminating with
the ISC and IGSE board examinations and more recently,
the IB Diploma Programme. The curriculum at The Doon
School seeks to prepare each and every boy to understand his
unique abilities, to define goals which are both idealistic and
obtainable, and to achieve them. The Doon School operates
a seven-day-week traditional timetable with morning only
sessions on Saturdays.The curriculum is balanced and features
the full range of academic subjects at D form to SC form (Class
7-12). There is a good balance between maths and the sciences,
the humanities and the languages as well as the arts.
PLEASE NOTE THAT BOYS CAN APPLY TO
UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES OUTSIDE OF INDIA
WITH EITHER THE ISC OR THE IB.

Q. What is the pupil background?

A. Boys are admitted regardless of caste, colour or religion from
all over India. In recent years, the School has had boys also
from overseas and from Non-Resident Indian families (NRIs).

Q. What is the Schools admissions policy?

A. The School offers a six-year education, the entry level
being Class 7. A few admissions are taken in Class 8 also.
The School is academically selective, but pupils are not hothoused academically. For admission, boys are required to sit
for an examination in English, Mathematics, Hindi, Verbal and
Non- Verbal Reasoning. The ratio of prospective applicants to
successful applicants is approximately 6:1. It rises in Class 8.
Boys who pass the written part of the entrance examination
are also then interviewed. Parents are not part of that process.
The School does not have an international pupil body and thus
recruits from a much narrower pupil base in number terms
than schools internationally as well as comparable boarding
schools all over the world.PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS
NO ENTRY IN TO THE SCHOOL AFTER CLASS 8
To be eligible for admission, a boy :
(a) must be over 11 years and below 12 years in September of
the year of the entrance test to Class VII and over 12 years and
below 13 years in September of the year of the entrance test to
Class VIII. If a boy appears for Class VII in one year it follows
that he is eligible for a second attempt, in Class VIII, in the
following year.
(b) must qualify in the written test in English, Mathematics,
Hindi and two abstract reasoning tests (Verbal Reasoning and
Non-verbal Reasoning) and an interview which follows.
No boy can be considered for admission unless he has been
registered and qualifies in our Entrance Test and Interview. We
do not take into account previous school reports.
The School fee presently is Rs.
per annum and
incidental expenses are estimated at around Rs.
per
term. A refundable security deposit of Rs.
is
required at the time of admission. A one time Admission Fee of
Rs.
is also charged.

For NRIs / Foreign Nationals the School fee is applicable as

follows:
School fee:Rs.
per annum
Admission fee : Rs.
at the time of admission
(equal to one terms fee)
A security deposit: Rs.
at the time of
admission (equal to one terms fee)
Advance for incidentals: Rs.
per term

You may register your son any time after his birth and before
the date of the entrance test of the relevant year.

Registration is completed on : (i) submission of a certified copy

of the boys birth certificate and (ii) payment of the Registration
fee, by Demand Draft according to the schedule given below:

Age
Indian Overseas
Up to 3 years
Rs.11000
USD 600
3 5 years
Rs.14000
USD 850
5 7 years
Rs. 17500
USD 1000
7 9 years
Rs. 21000
USD 1300
9 - 11 year
Rs.28000
USD 1500
11 - 13 years
Rs. 35000
USD1800
Registration does not guarantee admission. For further
information please view the website: www.doonschool.com/
admissions

Q Do prospective parents require a letter of

recommendation from their current school, past
parent, past pupil or current parent or current pupil
as part of their registration?
A. No

Q. Do we recommend that you visit the school and

bring your son?
A. Absolutely yes! The school welcomes prospective parents
throughout the academic year and especially in term time
when you can see the school for yourself and so can your
son! We organize individual tours and also advertised Open
Mornings. The details of these are always sent to parents who
have registered and enquired and are on the school website.
Please register your interest by contacting the school in advance
to arrange a tour by going directly to Mr Madan Kothari e:
admissions@doonschool.com or telephone him tel: +91 135
2526406 or call the departments mobile: +91 8979639477 or
view the school website:www.doonschool.com

Q. If we live outside of India can we choose to sit the

entrance examination in school and then have our son
be interviewed on the following Monday?
A. You certainly can opt to do this as we are very aware that
many parents have made long flights to get to us so it makes
perfect sense. Please just inform us in advance. Again Mr
Madan Kothari is your man!

Q. If we would rather our son remained at home to sit

the examination in his country of residence?
A. Depending upon where you live and the facilities available,
this is certainly possible. Please contact Mr Madan Kothari for
further details.
Please view the interviews that are with the Headmaster,
Dr Peter McLaughlin at www.doonschool.com/about-us/
welcome-headmaster/ and http://www.doonschool.com/hmon-talk-time/

boys have been pioneers in establishing NGOs. It is the Schools

alumnis consistent commitment to public service throughout
the world that marks the School out from any other school
in India and compares so favourably with the other boarding
schools of its type across the world. The alumni have a thriving
series of proactive and dynamic associations throughout the
world.

Q. How does boarding work at The Doon School?

A. Boarding is at the very heart of what makes The Doon
Schools approach to boys education so unique. There are two
junior houses, Foot and Martyn, which house boys in their
first year and where the new 12+ boys also spend their first six
weeks, whilst they settle into their new school lives, adjust and
make friends. There are approximately 40 boys in each junior
house.
There are five main houses and approximately 80 boys live in
each house. Good pastoral care at The Doon School is central
to each and every individual boys intellectual, spiritual and
emotional development. It is his home, his place of work, for toye
(prep) and his group identity in terms of the incredibly strong
and highly developed inter-house system of competition.The
pastoral care is part of the taught curriculum and support by
the School Counsellors, Dames, Tutors and Housemasters as
well as the Wellness Centre and Central Dining Hall.

Q. What is the Schools discipline policy?

Q. What bursaries(financial aid) is available?

A. Approximately 40% boys are offered a means-tested bursary.
All professions are represented in the School by the parent body.
The Schools current fundraising programme seeks to increase
the number and size of bursaries and scholarships.

Q. What sort of alumni does the School have?

A. This is a schools ultimate destination list. The Doon School
alumni association has been named in recent global surveys
as one of the top five worldwide in terms of desirability of
membership. In every profession throughout India, and
globally, Doscos (Doon School alumni) have made their
mark and shown that unique combination of leadership and
accomplishment so highly valued by all secondary schools.
Doons alumni include Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Whether
it is in politics, the armed forces, the Indian civil service,
medicine, sport, the arts, entrepreneurship, or as innovators,
economists, academics and journalists, Doscos are represented
at the highest levels year after year after year. Twenty-two old
boys have served as Ambassadors from India. Numerous old

A. The Doon School creates an environment of mutual respect

between the teacher and the taught, where each and every boys
health and welfare are of paramount importance. The School
works with the universities on this matter.

Q. How is the Masterss Common Room comprised?

A. 73 full time staff, 15 of whom are women. The majority of
staff lives on campus. Highest Degrees:
PhDs: 8
Masters degrees: 57
All teaching staff have undergraduate degrees.

Q. What are the examination results?

A. The School had record results in 2015. For details of these
and all university and college offers in India and internationally
please log on to the Schools website www.doonschool.com.
Boys each year receive first class offers from India and abroad at
undergraduate level.(please see the list below)
Globally, The Doon School is now the best value for
money, a full boarding school offering the ISC and IB with
accompanying university and college offers.

In the last five years, boys at The Doon

School have had offers and in most cases
attended the following universities at
undergraduate level from Class 12 at
School:
INDIA
AIIMS, Patna
Army Dental College, Secunderabad
Amity College, Delhi
Amity Law School, Delhi
Birla Institute of Technology and
Science (BITS), Pilani
College of Vocational Studies, Delhi
Christ College, Bangalore
Flame, Pune
Government Law College, Mumbai
Galgotia University, Noida
Hansraj College, Delhi
HR College, Mumbai
Indian Institute of Management (IIM),
Indore
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT),
Kharagpur
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Roorkee
Indian Institute of Medical Sciences
(IMS)-BHU- Banaras
Indian School of Business and Finance
(ISBF), Delhi
Institute of Hotel Management,
Catering and Nutrition (IHM)-Pusa
ILS Law College-Pune
Jai Hind College, Mumbai
Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
Keshav Chand College, Delhi
Kings George College, Lucknow
Kirorimal College, Delhi
Lloyd Law College, Delhi
Kalinga Institute of Industrial
Technology (KIT), Bhubhaneshwar
Guru Ram Rai College, Dehradun
Mahant Indresh Medical College,
Dehradun
Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical
Sciences, Mumbai
MVJ College of Engineering,
Bangalore
Manipal University, Karnataka
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management
Studies, Bangalore
National Law University, Raipur
National Law Institute University

(NLIU), Bhopal
National Law University, Jodhpur
The WB National University of Juridical
Sciences (NUJS), Kolkata
National University of Study and
Research in Law (NUSRL), Ranchi
Ramjas College, Delhi
Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business
Studies, Delhi
Shriram College of Commerce, Delhi
St Xaviers College, Mumbai
St Xaviers College, Kolkata
Sri Venkateshwara College, Delhi
Symbiosis Centre of Management
Studies, Noida
Symbiosis Institute of Business
Management, Pune
AUSTRALIA
University of Melbourne
Monash University
CANADA
Brock University
Carleton University
McGill University
McMaster University
Queens University
Ryerson University
University of Alberta
University of British Columbia
University of Calgary
University of Guelph
University of Saskatchewan
University of Toronto
University of Victoria
University of Waterloo
York University
CHINA
Southern Medical University,
Guangzhou
HONG KONG
Hong Kong university
Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology (HKUST)
NEW ZEALAND
Massey University

SINGAPORE
Singapore Management University
Lassalle College of Music and Art
National University of Singapore
Nanyang Technological University
SWITZERLAND
Glion Institute of Higher Education,
Switzerland
UK
Cardiff University
City University, London
Coventry University
Durham University
Imperial College, London
Kings College London
London School of Economics
Loughborough University
Leeds Metropolitan University
Manchester Metropolitan University
Queen Mary, University of London
Royal Holloway, UK
Sheffield Hallam University
Southampton Solent University
Southampton University
School of Oriental and African Studies
(SOAS)
The Arts University College at
Bournemouth
University of Bath
University of Birmingham
University of Bristol
University of Cardiff
University of Edinburgh
University of Exeter
University of Glasgow
University of Kent
University of Lancaster
University of Liverpool
University of Leicester
University of New Castle
University of Nottingham
University of Manchester
University of Sheffield
University of St. Andrews
University of Surrey
University of Warwick
University of York
Queen Mary, University of London

USA
Adelphi University
American University
Babson College
Bard College
Bentley College
Berklee College of Music
Boston University
Boston College
Brandeis University
Brown University
Bryant University
Bucknell University
California College of the Arts
Carleton College
Carnegie Melon University
Chapman University
Claremont McKenna College
Colby College
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Denison University
DePaul University
Depauw University
Drexel University
Duke University
Emory University
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Florida institute of Technology
Franklin & Marshall College
Furman University
Georgia Institute of Technology
Georgetown University
George Washington University

Guilford College
State University of New York,
Geneseo
Grinnell College
Haverford College
Harvard College
Hamilton University
Knox College
Indiana University-Bloomington
Ithaca College
Johns Hopkins University
Lafayette College
Loyola Marymount University
Manhattan College, New York
Macalester College
Middlebury College
New York Institute of Technology
New York University
New York Film Academy
North Carolina State University
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
Oberlin College
Ohio State University
Pennsylvania State University
Pomona College
Princeton University
Pitzer College
Purdue University
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology
Rollins College
Santa Clara University
Skidmore College
Suffolk University

SAT Averages
Critical reading: 610
Writing: 660
Mathematics: 710
Subject tests: Maths, Physics and Chemistry scores range from
700-800, English Literature 600 700, Biology 550 720,
World History 600 700 , US History 600- 700.
The School also offers PSAT, ACT, CLAAT and IIT coaching.
Each of these(apart from PSAT) are university and college
entrance examinations.

Q. What is the Schools co-curricular life?

A. This is highly valued as a critical part of the Schools
educational philosophy. Everything about the curriculum
is inter-connected. It is all curriculum at The Doon School.

Syracuse University
Texas Christian University
Trinity College
Tufts University
Union College
University of Chicago
University of California- Berkeley
University of California -Los Angeles
University of California- San Diego
University of Illinois, Urbana
ChampaignUniversity of Maryland
University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Massachusetts Boston
University of Michigan
University of Minnesota
University of Miami
University of North Carolina- Chapel
Hill
University of Pennsylvania
University of Rochester
University of Richmond
University of Southern California
University of Texas- Austin
University of Washington-Seattle
University of Virginia
Vanderbilt University
Vassar College
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest University
Washington University in St. Louis
Williams College
Wesleyan University
Wittenberg University
Yale-NUS

Learning in the classroom is supported by the wide clubs and

societies. Sport is played at the team and individual levels. But
sporting success is not the only aspect of the co-curriculum. The
performing and creative arts enrich the education of each and
every boy on campus. There are over ten annual publications
featuring all aspects of School life in addition to a weekly
newspaper which boys have produced every week for 75 years.
The Doon School: national pioneers in Social Service and
Social Responsibility:
Social service has been an integral part of The Doon School
since its inception. The first Headmaster, Mr. Arthur Foot
believed that the boys should leave Doon School as members
of an aristocracy, but it must be an aristocracy of service
inspired by ideas of unselfishness, not one of privilege, wealth or

position. For the decades since then, this has remained one of
the founding principles of the School. This was long before the
Indian Council for School Education (ICSE Board) structured
Socially Useful Productive Work (S.U.P.W) as an ancillary, but
mandatory part of its curriculum. Every boy is involved in a
wide variety of projects near and far as well as internationally
through the Round Square Association. Building, teaching and
medical aid are some of the examples of the work being done in
urban slum areas and villages. In 2013, the School established
a comprehensive and sustainable programme of assistance for
the disaster stricken area of Uttarkashi.

The Doon School

Mall Road
Dehradun
India
Pin: 248001

Q. What are the facilties available?

The School has launched an extensive building programme in
recent years. This includes faculty housing, a cricket pavilion,
music school, library, Foot and Martyn Houses, squash, tennis
and basketball courts, and a world-class Art and Media Centre
that has been nominated for international architectural awards.
The next phase of building projects has begun with the building
of staff housing.Brand new academic teaching spaces, a sports
hall and science facilities are all part of the Schools ten year
development plan.

Copyright : The Doon School Dehradun 2015

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to press. The school reserved the right to make any
amendments.

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