Institute of Home Economics Admission 2024: Eligibility, Fee, Application & Selection Criteria

The following table provides the admission criteria for all the popular Institute of Home Economics courses along with their total tuition fee. This fee, however, is collated from various sources on the internet. Hence, is indicative.

In 2022, Institute of Home Economics (like all DU affiliated colleges) adopted CUET UG exam for admission to its undergraduate courses. Institute of Home Economics admission 2023 for UG courses (as per DU) will be through Common Seat Allocation System of the University of Delhi. But, at first, it is necessary that aspirants opt for DU during CUET form filling and later apply on the CSAS portal to be eligible for admission. The admission process after CUET result declaration is explained below:

Step 1: After the declaration of the CUET UG exam, register on the DU CSAS portal in multiple phases.

Step 2: Submit Institute of Home Economics + Course combination preferences in the order of priority on the CSAS dashboard. Here student must select their preferred course and college as the option. 

Step 3: The University has released the dates for three DU CSAS Seat Allocation Lists which will be out on August 1, August 10 and August 22, 2023, respectively for all categories. 

Step 4: Once the candidate "Accept" the provisionally allocated seat, the Institute of Home Economics will verify the eligibility and documents uploaded by the candidate online. The college has an option to 'Accept' or 'Reject' the admission of the student basis the verification. 

Step 5: Once Institute of Home Economics accords the approval, candidates will have to pay the 'Admission Fee' to confirm their seat. 

No, there is no offline method of application at Institute of Home Economics. All the candidates must apply through the centralised entrance exam's official website, i.e., the official websites of CUET UG and CUET PG exam. After the COVID years and after the introduction of CUET UG and CUET PG for admission to Institute of Home Economics and other DU-affiliated colleges, the application process has shifted full-time to the online mode. Candidates can register on the official websites of the respective exam, fill out the online application forms, pay the course-wise application fee and appear for the exam to become eligible. For final admission, shortlisted and pass-out students of CUET UG and CUET PG are required to register on the CSAS portal for final admission and seat allocation process.  

Admission to all the Institute of Home Economics courses is entrance-based. While Institute of Home Economics accepts CUET UG exam for admission to its undergraduate courses, admission to all the PG programmes will be subject to the CUET- PG exam starting admission 2023. The institute along with DU started accepting CUET UG starting 2022 and the CUET PG from 2023 session onward. Before this, admission to UG was based on merit in Class 12 and PG admission was mostly subject to DUET exam previously conducted by DU. The eligibility requirements for all the popular programmes offered by the college are tabulated below:

No, Institute of Home Economics admission to all the courses, i.e., undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, is entrance-based. While this DU-affiliated college accepts CUET UG exam for admission to its undergraduate courses, such as BSc, MSc, BA, etc., admission to all the postgraduate courses is subject to the CUET- PG exam starting admission 2023. Institute of Home Economics along with DU started accepting CUET UG starting 2022 and the CUET PG from 2023 session onward. Before this, admission to undergraduate was based on merit in Class 12 and PG admission was mostly subject to DUET exam previously conducted by DU.

At Institute of Home Economics, more than 70% of seats are reserved for various reserved category students. A breakup for the same is mentioned in the below table:

No, an applicant can choose a maximum of 10 courses of each university for the CUET UG test. The application fee also varies according to the number of programmes selected. The different slabs of CUET UG 2024 application fees are three programmes, seven programmes and 10 programmes. During the CUET 2024 application correction window, students can change the courses or increase or decrease the selected courses.

As per guidelines released by DU (affiliating university of Institute of Home Economics, candidates must take DU CUET 2024 only in subjects that they have cleared in Class 12. There are a total of 13 languages in which a student can appear for CUET UG 2024. These include Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Odiya, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, English, Hindi and Urdu. The subject choice of student seeking to get into Institute of Home Economics must be in accordance with the interested courses a student wants to pursue.

Candidates can check the step-by-step process for Institute of Home Economics DU UG and PG CSAS registration mentioned below:

Step 1: Visit the official CSAS portal of DU (UG or PG depending on the course level a student is seeking to get into) and register as a new user. 

Step 2: Fill out the preference of Institute of Home Economics and course combinations. This portal will be used until the admission process of the candidate is not completed. 

Step 3: There is a one-time CSAS UG and CUET PG-2024 application fee that students are required to pay to get into any DU affiliated college, such as Institute of Home Economics. This fee is non-refundable.