Delhi University Hostel

As one of the top universities in our nation, Delhi University enrolls many students from across India as well as from other countries. After receiving acceptance, the out-of-town students' first concern is finding a secure, welcoming place to stay. Delhi University provides both male and female students with separate hostel accommodations in order to meet their needs.

Eligibility for Admission into a Delhi University Hostel

Candidates meeting the following eligibility requirements will be taken into consideration for the access hostel facilities of Delhi University:

1. The applicant must be enrolled as a regular Postgraduate student in a University Department, Center, or Faculty.
2. The candidate's parents shouldn't live in the National Capital Territory (NCT).
3. The candidate should not be working full-time, part-time, irregularly, or temporarily somewhere.
4. All of the chosen out-of-town candidates may not be able to acquire hostel housing due to the large number of students applying. Therefore, the applicants must be aware that acceptance into a programme does not guarantee the allocation of dorm space. Accommodation will be provided to qualified candidates based on their merit and the availability of a hostel bed. A student who is admitted to a hostel is permitted to stay there until the final exam date for the specific degree they are pursuing.
5. If admittance to a programme is determined by a written exam, merit list, or interview in the faculty, department, or center, the prepared merit is used for hostel admission.
6. Other than the aforementioned, no other parameter or factor is given any weight.

Every hostel has an admissions committee, which is made up of the resident tutors, the provost, and the warden. Admission to the hostel is solely determined by the merit list provided by the relevant faculty or department and the admission committee's established policy. On the basis of the merit list, the candidates are initially shortlisted. The candidates on the shortlist are interviewed by the hostel admissions committee, and then the chosen individuals are admitted. Reservations are available in accordance with university regulations.

However, there are only 20 hostels in DU colleges, collectively. Even in colleges with hostels, there are just a few available beds. The majority of remote students are forced to find lodging in hotels or rented apartments. In the past, the majority of universities with dorms chose their students based on "merit" or their class XII grades, with some also conducting interviews.

Here is a list of all the DU colleges which have hostel facilities:

North Campus:

– Daulat Ram College: This is a women’s college and has a 200 seater capacity hostel for students of all three years.

– Hansraj College: It is a co-educational college but does not have a women’s hostel. It has a men’s hostel with a capacity for around 200 students across all three years.

– Hindu College: It has a men’s hostel with a capacity for 200 students and a women’s hostel with a capacity for 156.

– Indraprastha College for Women: It has two hostels, one with a capacity for 280 students and another with a capacity for 170.

– Kirori Mal College: It does not have a women’s hostel but has a men’s hostel with a capacity for around 170 students across all three years.

– Ramjas College: It has a women’s hostel with a capacity for 80 students and a men’s hostel with a capacity of 130.

– Shri Ram College of Commerce: It has a men’s hostel with a capacity for 150 students and a women’s hostel with a capacity for 50.

– Shri Guru Teg Bahadur Khalsa College: It has a women’s hostel with a capacity for 147 students.

– St. Stephen’s College: It has three hostel blocks for women and three hostel blocks for men, which have a combined capacity of around 380.

South Campus

– Sri Venkateswara College: It has a women’s hostel with a capacity for 72 students and a men’s hostel with a capacity for 72 students.

– Lady Shri Ram College for Women: It has a hostel with a capacity for around 200 students. The hostel is only available to first-year students.

Off-Campus

– Bharati College: This is a women’s college located in West Delhi’s Janakpuri. It has a hostel with a capacity of around 68.

– Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College: It is located in Dwarka and has both a men’s hostel and a women’s hostel, each with a capacity of 90.

– Janki Devi Memorial College: This is a women’s college located in Central Delhi’s Rajinder Nagar and has a hostel with a capacity for 105 students.

– Keshav Mahavidyalaya: This is a co-educational college located in North West Delhi’s Pitampura. It does not have a men’s hostel but has a women’s hostel with a capacity for 78 students.

These are the charges for DU undergraduate hostel 2019–2020:

Caution Money: Rs. 5000/- (Refundable)

Annual Charges:
17900/-

Semester Charges:
14500/-

The total amount payable at the time of admission:

Fees = 5000 + 17900 + 14500 + 14500 = Rs. 51,900/-

Mess charges (D) = 30,375/-

 

 About the Author: Abhijeet Singh is pursuing B.Tech in Computer Science from AIET Jaipur. He delves into various field and believes to be a jack of all trades.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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