DU Admissions 2015: FAQs

Earlier, there were talks that the DU UG programme admission process may go completely online for the academic session commencing in 2015. However, after much deliberation it was decided that the DU admissions would be conducted in a similar fashion as last year. Read on to know why DU UG programme admission process 2015 was not made completely online.

We know that you must have many questions in mind before you apply for admissions at DU and to help you in this hour of need, we are listing some frequently asked questions  on DU admissions below:

Q. What are the criteria for calculating best-of-four aggregate?

The best-of-four aggregate for admissions in UG programmes offered at DU will be formed by calculating the marks scores by students in one language, two academic or elective subjects and the subject in which the candidate is seeking admissions.

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Q. Are vocational subjects taken into consideration while calculating the best-of-four-subjects’ percentage?

Yes, this is done but there are many conditions attached to it. Here, first of all it is stated that only a single vocational subject will be considered for admission into honours programmes. However, for other programmes even two vocational courses (which are approved by CBSE) can be considered for admissions. Thus, the basic way to calculate the best of four aggregate will be as follows:

For honours programme= Vocational + English (or any other language) + two electives

For a non-honours programme= First vocational + second vocational + English + one elective

Q. Does DU offer BA Pass or BCom Pass programmes?

DU offers Pass programmes. However, some of the colleges have stopped offering these courses.

Q. Do I need to fill only one centralised form for applying to any number of programmes in any number of colleges?

Yes.

Q. Can I only apply online for DU admissions 2015?

No, you can also apply for admissions at DU through the offline mode. Here, you can purchase and submit the application form for admissions from any of these centres: ARSD College (Dhaula Kaun), Dyal Singh College (Lodhi Road), Gargi College (Siri Fort Road), Maharaja Agrasen College (Vasundhara Enclave), PGDAV College (Ring Road, Nehru Nagar), Rajdhani College (Ring Road, Raja Garden), Shyam Lal College (GT Road, Shahadra) and Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce (Pitampura).

Q. Eligibility criteria for Sports and ECA admissions?

DU has a provision of having not more than 5% of total intake in each course for Sports and ECA quota.  Admissions under Sports and ECA categories shall be done in accordance with guidelines issued by the University. Candidates seeking admission under these categories need to register at the respective colleges of their choice.

Trials for admissions will be conducted at two levels which are:

(a) Preliminary Trials

(b) Final Trials.

The dates and details for Preliminary as well as Final Trials will be displayed on the official website of the (respective) colleges. The same details will also be put up on the College notice board.

Candidates will be allowed to appear in the preliminary trails only once in an event.

Any candidate who is seeking benefit of any participation/winning certificate will have to submit evidence of taking part in the activity not earlier than the previous three years.

Due weightage will be given to Certificates of Winners/ Participation as submitted by the candidate at International, National, State, Zonal and School level and trials as per the following manner:

• Weightage of 25% will be given to the Certificates/achievements of the candidate's best performance of the last three years as submitted by the student
• Weightage of 75% shall be given to on-field trials.

Q. For which courses entrance tests are conducted for admissions at DU?

Delhi University will hold entrance examination for admission in courses such as: Bachelor of Management Studies, Bachelor of Business Administration (Financial Investment Analysis) and BA (Honours) Business Economics.

Q. Do I need to fill forms at respective colleges or I can fill a centralised from for admissions in various courses offered at different colleges?

You can fill a centralised form for admissions in various courses offered at different college. The form is known as Centralised Admission Form or OMR Form.

Q. I am an Outside Delhi student. How can I apply for admissions at DU?

You can apply for admissions by filling the Delhi University Admission Form. DU offers both the offline as well as online mode to fill and submit your applications.

Q. How can I apply for hostel at DU?

You can purchase the application form along with the prospectus from the office of the Hostel at a cost of Rs 150 for general category/ Other backward classes students or Rs 100 for SC/ ST/ PwD students (Rs 50 extra is charged if a candidate requests delivery of the form by post. This amount needs to be paid by furnishing a demand draft drawn in favour of Provost, Under Graduate Hostel for Girls, payable at Delhi, along with a self-addressed A4 size envelope).

All applications for requesting hostel in a college must be duly signed as well as forwarded by the Principal /Head of Department of the respective College or Department/ Director - CIC.

Candidates need to submit self-attested photocopies of the below mention documents along with their application form:

• College admission fee receipt
• Class XII marks sheet/ Marks sheet of the last qualifying examination passed
• Proof of residence certificate issued by a competent (local) authority as per Annexure A & B of the Application Form
• Medical certificate as per the Performa given in the Bulletin
• Anti-ragging and anti-sexual harassment affidavits from student and parents

Candidates applying for hostel accomodation under reserved categories are required to submit additional documents as mentioned below:

• Photocopy of the University SC/ST registration slip
• Certificate of physical disability for students under PwD category.
• Caste certificate for students applying under OBC category (Non creamy layer)
• Certificate from a competent authority for WWW and Sports Quota

Q. If I have a compartment in Class XII, can I still apply for admissions at DU?

Candidates having compartment in only one subject can apply for admission in colleges under University of Delhi. However, if a candidate has a compartment in the subject for which he is seeking admissions then he/she will not be eligible for admissions.

Q. Can I select the college as well as course in my DU application form?

Yes.

Q. If I secure admission in a DU college in the first list but later I am eligible for admission in a better course/college then can I take admission in the second college?

Yes.

Q. Are BA (Hons) Journalism and Bachelor of Mass Media and Mass communication (BMMMC) the same course?

The two courses are different from each other. BMMMC covers all modes of mass communication and is a broad based course which covers all mediums and modes of communication. BMMMC is available only in Indraprastha College for women. On the other hand, BA(Hons) Journalism is centric to only journalism as a stream and does not cover event management, advertising and PR as subjects.

Q. I am from the science stream; can I apply for Bachelor of Mass Media and Mass communication or the BA (Hons) Journalism programme?

Yes, you can apply for both the courses.

Q. Can more than one Language be included in best of four?

No.

Q. I took a gap year. How can I secure admissions at DU?

University of Delhi considers gap year students at par with other current year students with regard to their cut-off percentages unless any particular college has stated any particular rule in their prospectus.

Q. Is it mandatory for the candidate (seeking admission) to be physically present at the time of form submission?

It is not mandatory because guardians can also fill the form on behalf of the concerned candidate who is seeking admission. However, students should consider being present for the submission of their application forms because many a times they can be called for verification of their identity or for signing some declarations which they may have not done before.

Q. What’s the difference between Economics (Hons), B.Com (Hons) and BBE?

BBE stands for Bachelor in Business Economics. This is specially designed to develop your skills in both economics and in business. Economics is a foundational discipline for the conduct of business. The emphasis is on planning and organising resources, related to the three business functions of finance, personnel and marketing.

Whereas, a BA (Economics) course offers you only core economics studies and subjects taught revolve around microeconomics theory, macroeconomics theory, idependent dissertation etc.

Q. I have already submitted my application form for DU admissions but forgot to mention some courses. Can I submit a second form for admissions? 

No.

Q. What is the admission process for St Stephens?

The admissions process for St Stephen's College is different from the rest of the DU colleges. You will need to purchase a separate admission form from the college. Here, the admissions are based on Class XII marks (85% weightage), Interview and test (15% weightage).

 The Application Process is both online and offline.

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Q. How can one apply for admissions at Jesus and Mary College?

Admissions at the college are done only through the Jesus and Mary College online admission forms which will be available at official website from May 28, 2015 to June 15, 2015.

Q. Do all the colleges at DU have the same admission process?

Yes, except for St Stephen’s College and Jesus and Mary College.

Q. How many colleges form a part of DU?

Around 77 colleges which are:

• Acharya Narendra Dev College
• Aditi Mahavidyalaya
• Atma Ram Sanatan Dharam College
• Ayurvedic & Unani Tibbia College
• Bhagini Nivedita College
• Bharati College
• Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences
• Bhim Rao Ambedkar College
• College of Art
• College of Vocational Studies
• Daulat Ram College
• Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College
• Delhi College of Arts & Commerce
• Delhi Technological University
• Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences & Research
• Deshbandhu College
• Dyal Singh College
• Dyal Singh College (Evening)
• Gargi College
• Hans Raj College
• Hindu College
• Indira Gandhi Institute of Physical Education & Sports Sciences
• Indraprastha College for Women
• Institute of Home Economics
• Janki Devi Memorial College
• Jesus & Mary College
• Kalindi College
• Kamala Nehru College
• Keshav Mahavidyalaya
• Kirori Mal College
• Lady Hardinge Medical College
• Lady Irwin College
• Lady Shri Ram College for Women
• Lakshmibai College
• Maharaja Agrasen College
• Maharshi Valmiki College of Education
• Maitreyi College
• Mata Sundri College for Women
• Maulana Azad Medical College
• Miranda House
• Motilal Nehru College
• Motilal Nehru College (Evening)
• Nehru Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital
• Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology
• P.G.D.A.V. College
• P.G.D.A.V. College (Evening)
• Rajdhani College
• Rajkumari Amrit Kaur College of Nursing
• Ram Lal Anand College
• Aryabhatta College
• Ramanujan College
• Ramjas College
• Satyawati College
• Satyawati College (Evening)
• School of Open Learning
• Shaheed Bhagat Singh College
• Shaheed Bhagat Singh College (Evening)
• Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women
• Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies
• Shivaji College
• Shri Ram College of Commerce
• Shyam Lal College
• Shyam Lal College (Evening)
• Shyama Prasad Mukherji College for Women
• Sri Aurobindo College
• Sri Aurobindo College (Evening)
• Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce
• Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
• Sri Guru Teg Bahadur Khalsa College
• Sri Venkateswara College
• St Stephen's College
• Swami Shraddhanand College
• University College of Medical Sciences & Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital
• Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute
• Vivekananda College
• Zakir Husain Delhi College
• Zakir Husain Post Graduate Evening College

 

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Q. Does DU offer any course in Bio-technology (Hons)?

No, there is no Bio-techonology course at DU but the University offers Bachelor with Honours in Biochemistry, Bachelor with Honours in Biomedical Science and Bachelor with Honours in Microbiology.

Q. If I get admission in Bio-chemistry (Hons), will I be able to pursue MSc in Bio-technology later?  

Yes.

Q. How can I secure admissions into BBE, BBA (BFIA) and Bachelor in Management Studies courses offered at DU?

You will have to appear for an entrance exam to secure admissions into BBE, BBA (BFIA) and Bachelor in Management Studies course. The registration process for admissions into these courses will be from May 20 to June 5, 2015. The entrance exam for the same would be held on June 14, 2015.

Q. Has FYUP been scrapped at DU?

Yes.

Q. I am a SC student how can I apply for admissions at DU?

Kindly see the cut-off for SC quota students.

Q. I am an OBC student how can I apply for admissions at DU?

Kindly see the cut-off for OBC quota.

Q: Tell me about the prospects of BSc maths, physics and chemistry as I am good at all of these but don’t know which one to take up.

If you have interest in Maths, you can also go for Computer Sc (Hons), Statistics (Hons). The prospects after mathematics are: Actuarial science (insurance), banking, finance & investment, civil aviation, computer science, artificial intelligence, software engineering, defence services etc.

Prospects after physics are: applied physics, astronomy, astrophysics, biophysics, chemical physics, civil aviation, defence services and teaching.

The prospects after chemistry are: biochemistry, biomedical sciences, biotechnology, forensic sciences, genetics, hospital management, medical, neuroscience, etc.

However, you should opt for the course that interests you.

Q. Are we supposed to fill the application form for hostel, along with the college admission form? How much time does it take for a college to declare their hostel allotment list?

Hostel accommodation forms are available in colleges that provide these facilities, allotment is done on the basis of merit and the forms are released either when the cut-offs are declared or might be available in some colleges after admissions are over. The hostel list is notified before the academic session starts.

Q. There is only one seat in the ECA category. If I apply under this category, but don’t get a seat, would I still be considered in the general category?

There’s a 5% seat provision for ECA as well as Sports (together). It depends on the college to further split the number of seats between ECA/Sports. If you don’t get through either of these, you are still eligible for general category.

Q. I am currently pursuing Economics (Hons) and have given my 1^st year exams. Can you please tell me the procedure for migrating to another college?

Migration is generally possible with the consent of the colleges. Permission from your current college and the college where you want to migrate is required. Moreover, it also depends on your percentage in the first year.

Q. Can I migrate from SOL to a regular college?

No, courses taught in SOL are annual in nature while in colleges offer semester based programmes. So, it will be difficult to migrate either way.

With inputs from Savita Verma, DU student.

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