Delhi University Admissions 2010

The admission process to University of Delhi (DU) colleges will begin from May 28th, 2010. Sale and receipt of Common Admission forms are from May 28 to June 11, 2010. Like previous years, this year too National Network of Education (NNE) attempts to provide detailed information to the students so that they feel at ease to apply in their preferred colleges and favorite courses.

If you have passed the Senior Secondary Schools Certificate Examination of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) or any other 10 2 standard examinations and aspire to take admission in the under graduate and Post Graduate courses of the colleges and faculty departments under Delhi University, you will get all information on admission scenario, academic session, eligibility for the courses, reservation scheme, documents required for admission and important dates of Delhi University.

DU conducts Open Days where students and parents can clear their doubts, ask questions and get all vital information on DU admission, courses and colleges. The Open Days will be held from 10 AM to 3 PM at the following centres:

SGTB Khalsa	May 15
S.P.Jain Cente, South Campus	May 16, 17
DDU College	May 18
Zakir Hussain	May 19
SPM College	May 20
Shyam Lal	May 21
Acharya Narendra Dev College	May 22
Keshav Mahavidyalaya	May 23

ACADEMIC SESSION:
The University academic year is divided into 3 terms:

First Term: July 16 - September 30
Second Term: October 16 - December 23
Third Term: January 8 - March 24

Annual Examinations:
1) Undergraduate Courses {Formal Stream/Category ‘A’} - First week of April.
2) Undergraduate Courses {Non Formal Stream/Category ‘B’} - Delhi Centres - Second week of May / Other than Delhi Centres - Third week of August
3) Post Graduate Courses - Last Week of March / First week of April

Internal Assessment: The main examination is of 75 marks while the 25 marks are for the internal assessment. For internal assessment the 25 percent marks are divided into three parts : 10 percent weightage is given to the written assignments/tutorials/project reports/seminars; 10 percent weightage is assigned to the house examinations conducted by each college and departments for the main subjects in honours courses and all papers in pass courses; 5 percent weightage for attendance which will take into count the regularity in attending lectures, tutorials which is :

More than 67% but less than 70% - 1 marks
70% or more but less than 75% - 2 marks
75% or more but less than 80% - 3 marks
80% or more but less than 85% - 4 marks
85% and above - 5 marks

ELIGIBILITY:
In order to take admission under the colleges of DU you are required to pass the qualifying examinations, that is, the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination of CBSE Board or any other examination of its equivalent standard. If you want to get admitted to the first year of undergraduate courses under the colleges of DU, then you have to obtain minimum marks as per the requirement of admission process of respective courses.

Minimum percentage of marks for the students seeking admission to Arts, Commerce /Mathematical Sciences who have passed the qualifying examinations and are seeking admission in regular colleges are provided in the table below:

Courses	Minimum Percentage
B.A B.A (Vocational) B.Com B.Sc (General) - Mathematical Sciences	40%
BA (Hons.) B.Com (Hons)	45%
BA (Hons.) Arabic, Hindi, Bengali, Persian, Sanskrit, Punjabi and Urdu	45% in aggregate or 40% in aggregate and 50% in the concerned subject
B.Sc (H) Maths B.SC. (H) Statistics	50% marks in mathematics and 45% in aggregate
BA (H)German, Italian, Spanish, French	45% in aggregate

Age Limit: For admission to under graduate courses there is no minimum age bar. But in the professional courses, which are regulated by regulatory bodies like MCI, AICTE, etc, you are needed to fulfill the prescribed minimum age limit criteria.

If your application for admission to the under graduate courses under the Delhi University belongs to any of the categories, such as, Examining bodies of Boards or Association of Indian University or University Grants Commission or Ministry of Human Resource Development then it will be considered by the respective college or department in terms of various recommendations which are as follows:

If you have obtained a degree from any of the university, which is recognized by the Association of Indian Universities or University Grants Commission or Ministry of Human Resource Development or if your degree is recognized by any bilateral agreement, which is considered equivalent to corresponding degrees of DU, the respective admission committee will consider it accordingly for further evolvement procedure.

If you have passed the qualifying examination from any other Board, which is recognized by the Association of Indian Universities or Central Board of Education, you will get equal value for getting admission to the Senior School Certificate of Central Board.

If you have passed different school examination of foreign universities or Boards and if they are recognized by the Equivalence Committee, then you will be considered equally competent for taking admission in the undergraduate level.


Delhi University (DU) has added several new features to its admission process

• To ensure greater transparency in admission to DU colleges through sports quota, DU is centralizing the trial procedure of students seeking admission through sports quota. In other words, candidates need not appear for trials in individual colleges but before the university committee. The trials are supposed to take place in the third week of June.
  
  
• A real-time web chat has been introduced for students on Tuesdays and Fridays from 4pm to 5pm. 2000 questions and answers have already been framed and would be made online shortly.
  
  
• A detailed copy of availability of seats course-wise and college-wise has been made. Click here to check the number of seats available for each stream.
  
  
• DU has also increased its number of seats in its colleges. It will now offer 54,000 seats out of which 27,000 are general, 14, 000 OBC, 12,150 SC/ST and the remaining in different categories like sports and physically challenged. Read more...
  

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED:

• Character and migration certificates from the institution last attended
• Certificate of date of birth (normally the secondary school certificate)
• Subject-wise mark-sheet of the last public examination
• SC/ST certificate where applicable
• Certificate of having passed the lower Hindi test (if exemption from compulsory test in Hindi is sought)
• Medical fitness and participation certificates for admissions on the basis of sports and extra-curricular activities
• Three copies of a recent passport-size photograph

Click Here for - Delhi University (DU) - COMMON ADMISSION FORMS