DU

Delhi University

Delhi University The Delhi University, commonly known as DU, is one of the most sought-after central universities in India, with hundreds of thousands of students from across the country and abroad flocking to the university every year.

Having started in 1922 quite modestly with only three colleges, DU today has as many as 77 affiliated colleges across the national capital and is highly respected as one of the country's premier higher-education institutions. In about 100 years since it was founded, the university has grown from the strength of just 750 students to being one of India’s largest universities with 16 faculties, over 80 academic departments, and more than 700,000 students.

Delhi University campuses

As of date, DU has 90 affiliated, constituent and recognised colleges, and 16 faculties across Delhi, with two main campuses — North Campus and South Campus. Besides, there are several off-campus colleges, too.

Colleges in Delhi University North Campus

Among the most popular North Campus colleges in Delhi University are:

1. St Stephen’s College
2. Hindu College
3. Sri Ram College of Commerce
4. Hansraj College
5. Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies
6. Miranda House
6. Ramjas College
7. Kirori Mal College
8. Daulat Ram College
9. Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College

Colleges in Delhi University South Campus

Among the most popular South Campus colleges in Delhi University are:

1. Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR)
2. Sri Venkateswara College
3. Kamala Nehru College
4. Gargi College
5. Delhi College of Arts and Commerce (DCAC)
6. Shaheed Bhagat Singh College
7. College of Vocational Studies (CVS)
8. Maitreyi College
9. Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College (ARSD)

Courses offered by Delhi University

Here are the various undergraduate courses offered across colleges and departments of Delhi University:

Bachelor of Arts (Hons) courses
BA (Hons) Applied Psychology	BA (Hons) Arabic	BA (Hons) Bengali
BA (Hons) Business Economics (BBE)	BA (Hons) Economics	BA (Hons) English
BA (Hons) French	BA (Hons) Geography	BA (Hons) German
BA (Hons) Hindi	BA (Hons) History	BA (Hons) Patrakarita Evam Jansanchar
BA (Hons) Italian	BA (Hons) Journalism	BA (Hons) Music
BA (Hons) Persian	BA (Hons) Philosophy	BA (Hons) Political Science
BA (Hons) Psychology	BA (Hons) Punjabi	BA (Hons) Sanskrit
BA (Hons) Social Work	BA (Hons) Sociology	BA (Hons) Spanish
BA (Hons) Urdu	BA (Hons) Hindi Journalism and Mass Communication	BA (Hons)

Other Bachelor of Arts (BA) courses
BA Functional Hindi	BA Vocational Studies	Bachelor of Education (BEd)
BEd Home Science	BEd Special Education MR	B El Ed
BLIS	BPEd	BA Programme

Bachelor of Science (Hons) courses
BSc (Hons) Instrumentation	BSc (Hons) Anthropology	BSc (Hons) Bio-Chemistry
BSc (Hons) Biomedical Science	BSc (Hons) Botany	BSc (Hons) Chemistry
BSc (Hons) Computer Science	BSc (Hons) Electronics	BSc (Hons) Food Technology
BSc (Hons) Geology	BSc (Hons) Home Science	BSc (Hons) Mathematics
BSc (Hons) Microbiology	BSc (Hons) Physics	BSc (Hons) Polymer Science
BSc (Hons) Statistics	BSc (Hons) Zoology	BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences

Other BSc courses
BSc (Genl) Mathematical Science	BSc (MT) Radiography	BSc (PEHES)
BSc Applied Life Sciences	BSc Applied Life Sciences with Agro-Chemical & Pest Management	BSc Applied Physical Science
BSc Applied Physical Science (Analytical Chemistry)	BSc Applied Physical Sciences (Industrial Chemistry)	BSc Home Science (Pass)
BSc Industrial Chemistry	BSc Life Sciences	BSc Physical Sciences
BSc Physical Education & Sports Sciences	BSc Physical Science Computer Science	BSc Physical Science with Chemistry
BSc Physical Science with Computer

Bachelor of Commerce and other courses
Bachelor of Business Studies	Bachelor of Elementary Education	Bachelor of Financial & Investment Analysis
BFA Fine Arts	BCom Programme	BCom (Hons)

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Delhi University departments

Here are the departments under various faculties at Delhi University North Campus.

Faculty of Arts
1. Department of Arabic
2. Department of Buddhist Studies
3. Department of English
4. Department of Germanic & Romance Studies
5. Department of Hindi
6. Department of Library & Information Science
7. Department of Linguistics
8. Department of Modern Indian Languages and Literary Studies
9. Department of Persian
10. Department of Philosophy
11. Department of Psychology
12. Department of Punjabi
13. Department of Sanskrit
14. Department of Slavonic & Finno-Ugrian Studies
15. Department of Urdu

Faculty of Commerce & Business Studies
1. Department of Commerce

Faculty of Education
1. Department of Education

Faculty of Law
1. Department of Law

Faculty of Management Studies
1. Department of Business Management & Industrial Administration

Faculty of Mathematical Sciences
1. Department of Computer Science
2. Department of Mathematics
3. Department of Operational Research
4. Department of Statistics

Faculty of Medical Sciences
1. Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care
2. Department of Anatomy
3. Department of Medical Bio-Chemistry
4. Department of Community Medicine
5. Department of Dermatology, Venereology & Leprosy
6. Department of Dental Sciences
7. Department of Forensic Medicine
8. Department of Obstetrics & Gyanaecology
9. Department of Medicine
10. Department of Medical Microbiology
11. Department of Opthalmology
12. Department of Orthopaedics
13. Department of Otolaryngology
14. Department of Paediatrics
15. Department of Pathology
16. Department of Pharmacology
17. Department of Physiology
18. Department of Pulmonary Medicine
19. Department of Radiology, Radiotherapy, Radiodiagnosis & Radiation Medicine
20. Department of Surgery

Faculty of Music
1. Department of Fine Arts
2. Department of Music

Faculty of Open Learning
1. Distance & Continuing Education

Faculty of Science
1. Department of Anthropology
2. Department of Botany
3. Department of Chemistry
4. Department of Environmental Studies
5. Department of Geology
6. Department of Home Science
7. Department of Nursing
8. Department of Pharmacy
9. Department of Physics & Astrophysics
10. Department of Zoology

Faculty of Social Sciences
1. Department of Adult, Continuing Education & Extension
2. Department of African Studies
3. Delhi School of Journalism
4. Department of East Asian Studies
5. Department of Economics
6. Department of Geography
7. Department of History
8. Department of Political Science
9. Department of Social Work
10. Department of Sociology

Faculty of Technology
1. Department of Applied Sciences & Humanities
2. Department of Architecture & Planning
3. Department of Civil Engineering
4. Department of Computer Engineering
5. Department of Electrical Engineering
6. Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering
7. Department of Instrumentation & Control Engineering
8. Department of Mechanical Engineering
9. Department of Production & Industrial Engineering

Affiliated Faculties
1. Department of Ayurvedic & Unani Medicine
2. Department of Homeopathic Medicine

Here are the different departments under South Campus of Delhi University:

Departments:

1. Biochemistry
2. Biophysics
3. Business Economics
4. Electronic Science
5. English
6. Financial Studies
7. Genetics
8. Hindi
9. History
10. Informatics
11. Management Studies
12. Mathematics
13. Microbiology
14. Operational Research
15. Philosophy
16. Plant Molecular Biology
17. Political Science
18. Psychology
19. Sanskrit

Delhi University School of Open Learning (SOL)

At present, SOL of Delhi University offers BA, BA (Hons), BCom (Hons) at the undergraduate (UG) level and MCom & MA under various disciplines at the postgraduate (PG) level. For admission to the SOL of DU, candidates can collect form-cum-prospectus either from the main North Campus centre or South Campus.

Here is a list of courses offered by DU campus of open learning:

Course name	In association with	Duration	Full course fee (Rs)
Medical Transcription	MT Forum	6 months (+2 months of internship)	30,000
Soft Skills	Delhi University	2 months	7,000
Web Design and Animation for Interacitve Media (Under UKIERI Program)	Edinburgh's Telford College, Scotland, UK	6 months	25,000
3D Animation and Modeling (Under UKIERI Program)	Edinburgh's Telford College, Scotland, UK	6 months	25,000
Mass Communication	Masscomedia	6 months	30,000
TV Journalism, Anchoring & Broadcast Production	Masscomedia	3 months	20,000
Photography	Masscomedia	2 months	12,000
Production & Film Making	Masscomedia	6 months	25,000
Advertising, PR and Event Management	Masscomedia	6 months	25,000
Radio Jockeying and TV News Reading	RK Films and Media Academy	3 months	20,000
Theatre Acting and Presentation	RK Films and Media Academy	2 months	10,000
2D Animation	RK Films and Media Academy	6 months	20,000
3D Animation	RK Films and Media Academy	6 months	20,000
Digital & Social Media Marketing	RK Films and Media Academy	6 months	20,000
Graphics Designing & Advertising	RK Films and Media Academy	6 months	20,000
Interior Designing	RK Films and Media Academy	6 months	20,000
Fine Arts	RK Films and Media Academy	6 months	20,000
Travel and Tourism	Bird Academy	4 months	22,000
Airfare and Ticketing	Bird Academy	2 months	7,000
CRS (Computerised Reservation System)	Bird Academy	1.5 months	5,000
Airport Management	Bird Academy	2 months	25,000
Fashion Styling	Design Zone Academy(Versatile Network Pvt Ltd)	6 months	26,000
Diploma in Drafting & pattern making (Manual & computerised)	Design Zone Academy (Versatile Network Pvt Ltd)	3 months	15,000
Certificate Course in IAD Graphics	Design Zone Academy (Versatile Network Pvt Ltd)	6 months	20,000
Travel Operations programme	KUONI Academy (Versatile Network Pvt Ltd)	6 months	26,000
MICE Management (Meeting, Incentives, Conferences, Exhibitions)	KUONI Academy (Versatile Network Pvt Ltd)	6 months	26,000

List of main hostels at Delhi University North Campus

1. Rajiv Gandhi Hostel for Girls
2. Under Graduate Hostel for Girls
3. Ambedkar-Ganguly Students House for Women
4. D S Kothari Hostel
5. Gwyer Hall
6. International Student's House
7. International Students House for Women
8. Jubilee Hall
9. Mansarover Hostel
10. Meghdoot Hostel
11. North Eastern Students House for Women
12. Post-Graduate Men's Hostel
13. University Hostel for Women
14. V K R V Rao Hostel
15. WUS University Hostel
16. Centre Institute of Education Hostel
17. Department of Social Work Hostel

List of main hostels at Delhi University South Campus:

1. Geetanjali Hostel for Women
2. Saramati Hostel for Men
3. Aravalli P G Men’s Hostel

Reservation of seats in Delhi University

SC/ST reservation at DU: Candidates falling under the scheduled caste (SC) or schedule tribes (ST) categories have a total 22.5 per cent reserved seats for them in Delhi University colleges. Of these, 15 per cent seats are reserved for SCs and 7.5 per cent for STs.

OBC reservation at DU: Candidates under the other backward classes (OBC) category get 27 per cent reserved seats, and a 10 per cent relaxation on marks.

PwD: There is also a reservation of 3 per cent seats for students with 40 per cent disability.

Wards of Armed Force personnel: There also are reserved seats Delhi University colleges for children/widows of officers, folks of armed forces and para-military personnel.

Foreign students: 5 per cent of all seats in various courses at Delhi University are reserved for students from foreign countries. These candidates are required to apply directly to the Foreign Students Advisor at DU.

Sports quota/ECA Students: A maximum of 5 per cent of seats in courses are reserved for students under the sports/ECA quota at all DU colleges.

Kashmiri migrants: Candidates from this category get a 5 per cent reservation, besides a 10 per cent relaxation in the last cut-off marks fixed for admission of students from the general category.

Minorities: Some of the DU colleges that provide 50 per cent reservation seats for certain communities are SGTB Khalsa, Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa, Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce, Mata Sundri Devi College, St Stephens College, and Jesus and Mary College.

Entrance exams

For admission to some of the undergraduate courses like BCom, BTech, BSc, etc, at Delhi University, candidates have to take an entrance test. However, different academic programmes offered by the University have different exam patterns. For postgraduate courses, there are OMR-based examinations. For merit-based undergraduate courses, however, there are no entrance examinations.

DU application process

The application process for Delhi University undergraduate and postgraduate courses commences in the month of May every year. For the 2019-20 session, the admission process was initially expected to begin from May 20. However, the date was deferred in view of the Lok Sabha elections 2019. Registration for the admission process for undergraduate students began at 8 pm on May 30. The application process for postgraduate courses is likely to begin soon after. The application process for postgraduate courses began on June 3, 2019.