INTRODUCTION.. 1

Admission Process. 3

 

INTRODUCTION

Delhi University has been one of the most sought – after educational hubs for students across the country. Offering a plethora of courses, the University has given shape to the dreams of millions who throng its portals.

Delhi University was established in 1922 as a unitary, teaching and residential university by an act of then Central Legislative Assembly. Delhi University began with just three colleges – St. Stephen’s (Established 1881), Hindu (Established 1889) and Ramjas (Established 1917), two faculties (Science and Arts) and just 750 students. Today, it has 14 faculties, 86 academic departments and 81 colleges spread all over the city with about 3,00,000 students and 10,000 teachers. The 81 colleges include 11 evening colleges and 15 purely professional. It is a central university - the President of India is the visitor of the university and Vice – President the Chancellor. About 1100 foreign student representing over fifty countries attend the university providing a contemporary global perspective. In 1933, the University office was shifted to the Viceregal Lodge Estate.

The University of Delhi is made up of four campuses, fifteen faculties, eighty – two departments and seventy – eight colleges spread all over Delhi. The main campus of the University of Delhi is situated in the northern part of the city adjoining the Ridge in a picturesque surrounding. Some of the administrative offices of the university are housed in the old Viceregal Lodge. The main (North) campus with its thirty – nine post graduate departments concentrates on the basic disciplines such as Arts, Social Sciences, Mathematical Sciences and others like Law, Music, Education, management etc.  

The South Campus, which made a beginning in 1973 by offering Post Graduate programmes in Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences in rented building. Today it is organised into ten academic departments which offer teaching and research programmes with an inter – disciplinary and applied orientation especially in newly emerging areas like Biotechnology, Electronic sciences, Biochemistry, molecular biology, Bio – Physics, Genetics, Environment, Financial Control and Public Systems Management. A beginning has been made to establish the East and West Campuses. The East Campus is being developed with the University college of Medical Sciences as its nucleus, while the West Campus will have its focus on Sciences related to Engineering and Technology.

Delhi University made it to the list of World University Rankings 2007 carried out by Times Higher Education Supplement (THES). It ranks 254, is the only traditional university from India. In 2006, it had ranked 75 in the world’s top universities in Arts and Humanities and 86 on the list of social sciences. In 2009 QS Asian Universities Rankings has ranked Delhi University 60, in Asia.

Academic Faculties: The faculties located both in the Main and South Campus offer a wide spectrum of undergraduate, post graduate and doctoral education programmes.

Department of Physical Education and Sports Science

Faculty of Arts offers Arabic, Buddhist Studies, English, Hindi, Library and Information Science, Linguistics, German and Romance studies, modern Indian languages, Persian, Philosophy, Punjabi, Sanskrit & Urdu.

Faculty of Social Sciences offers Adult and continuing Education, African Studies, Chinese and Japanese Studies, Economics, Geography, History, Political Sciences, social Work, Sociology, Commerce and Business.

Faculty of Applied Social Sciences & Humanities offers Business Economics, Slavonic and Finno – Ugrian Studies, Financial Studies.

Faculty of Law offers Constitution Law, Commercial Law & International law. Faculty of mathematical Sciences offers computer Science, Operations Research, mathematics and Statistics.

Faculty of Medical Sciences offers Anatomy, Medical Bio – chemistry, Medical Microbiology, Forensic Medicine, Paediatrics, social and Preventive medicine, Radiology, Radio diagnosis Engineering, Dermatology & Venereology, Orthopaedics, Anaesthesiology & Critical Care, Physiology, Pathology, Pharmacology, Medicine Psychiatry, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Radiotherapy, Radiation Medicine, Surgery, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology, Tuberculosis & Respiratory diseases.

Faculty of Music & Fine Arts offers Hindustan & Carnatic.

Faculty of management studies offers Business Administration, Public systems management & Health Care Administration.

Faculty of Science offers Anthropology, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Physics & Astro Physics, Nursing, Pharmacy, Home Science, Agrochemical & Pest Management.

Faculty of Technology offers Electrical, Mechanical, Civil, Architecture and Planning, Elect, & Comm. Engg, Comp Engineering Production & Industrial Engineering, Applied Sciences and Humanities, Instrumentation and Control.

Faculty of Ayurvedic & Unani Medicine offers Unani & Ayurvedic medicine.

Faculty of Commerce and Business offers Commerce, International Business.

Faculty of Inter disciplinary & Applied Sciences offers Biochemistry, Genetics, Electronics, Bio – Physics, Micro - Biology, Plant Molecular Biology & Environmental Biology.

Faculty of Education offers Teacher Education, School Education & Educational Psychology.

Centres of Advanced Studies: These centres are in the fields of Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology, Economics and sociology. Departments of Philosophy, Commerce, Linguistics, Psychology, Mathematics, Anthropology, Geology, Social Work, Political Science, Buddhist Studies, Law, Chemistry and English have been the recipients of Special Assistance Programmes Granted by UGC in view of their outstanding academic accomplishments. Departments of Botany, Zoology, Chemistry, Physics and Mathematics have been selected for providing assistance under COSIST programmes.

SP Jain Centre for Advanced management Research: Established in 1982 in South Campus is engaged in management research (in public systems management, private sector industries and transnational management), education and training of managers, executives and management teachers and provides forum for exchange of ideas and experiences among the management educators, practicing managers and Government administrators.

Agricultural Economic Centre: A University maintained centre it undertakes research on several projects for the Ministry of Agriculture, National Land Development Board and other organizations.

Patel Chest Institute: Specialises in conducting medical research especially relating to chest diseases. In addition to conducting clinical research the institute has a hospital where medical treatment is also offered.

The Centre for Science & Communication: The centre promotes active interaction with the School System of Education so as to establish rapport and links with School Teachers and undertake programmes like workshops on curricula appraisal development etc with the idea of providing community service.

The Centres for Inter Disciplinary Research are Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystems; Centre for Inter Disciplinary Studies of Mountain and Hill Environment: Centre for Genetic Manipulation  of Crop Plants; Centre for Geo Resources; Centre for Psycho analytic Studies, Institute of Humanities; Centre for Urban Studies, Professor DS Kothari Centre for Science, Ethics, and Education; Women’s Studies and Development Centre; Centre for Brain Research and Human Development; Centre for Comparative study of Indian Literature; Developing Countries Research Centre; Centre for Applied Behavioural Science Studies and Action Research; Centre for Canadian studies; Centre for Detector  and Related Software Technology.

Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education (CPDHE): Set up in 1987 it organizes periodic orientation programmes for the faculty members of D.U., and produces instruction manuals and reading materials to support the courses.

Centre for Human Resource Development: The Centre organizes training and management development programmes for the officials of the University of Delhi and also of other higher educational institutions in the country.

University Service Instrumentation Centre (USIC): The Centre caters to the needs of Science Departments. It has three basic workshops, Electronics, Mechanical and Glass blowing for maintenance and repair of scientific equipment’s and is also having an Instrumentation centre.

Distance Education: The School of Correspondence Courses and Continuing Education, Non Collegiate Women’s Education Board and External Candidates Cell play a major role in offering non-formal educational programmes in several arts and social science disciplines.

University Library: Delhi University Library, one of the largest libraries, comprises of 24 libraries with a total books collection of over 13, 00,000 volumes and 1,000 periodicals. Besides the University have 78 college libraries to meet the needs of undergraduate students. The collection of college libraries is about 3 million volumes. Braille Library has been opened at Central Reference Library.

Computing Resources: There are several small computing clusters located in various individual departments located throughout the Main and South campus. The largest cluster is in the main campus Computer Centre and Delhi School of Economics.

Hostel: The hostel facilities available for postgraduate students and doctoral students are on the main campus. For undergraduate students the colleges provide Hostel Facilities

Faculty: The Faculty of the University includes individuals who have earned national and international distinctions in their disciplines - outstanding teachers, researchers and leaders of national and international professional organisations. A lively exchange exists among the faculty and students in various departments and also there is constant interaction between the University and business, industry, government and the community at large.

Admission Process

Anxiety, aspiration, expectation, apprehension, elation, exhilaration – some of the emotions felt by a fresher while filling application forms in various colleges. The time has come for you to choose your career. The university offers more than 5000 seats in professional courses and about 50000 seats in regular courses. Besides, there are about 70000 seats in non-formal stream, including those in the School of Open Learning courses. Delhi University sets up various information centres all around Delhi for disseminating information on admission and for the sale of centralised forms. Last year they had set up 11 admission information centres at various colleges across the campus. The Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) had put up nearly 20 centres. Political parties had set up their own information centres. These information centres provide information regarding condition of eligibility, availability of courses, cut off percentages of last year and other relevant matters.

Admissions will be merit based and most colleges bring out at least three admission lists (one after the other) or till the seats in a particular course are filled up. Each phase lasts for three days during which you pay your fees.

It is imperative that both parents and students check out the previous year’s cut-off lists of different colleges before applying for admission. One can certainly estimate the current cut-off list on the basis of the previous one - Give or take 5 percent.

Students should not at all get carried in the initial rush for admissions but apply to only those colleges where your percentages match. Never apply in a college where the cut-off is 85% while, you have only 70%. Study the cut-off list carefully; there are instances where colleges hike up their first cut-off percentages to match the most sought-after ones. Do not get depressed, as it is inflated, carefully list the colleges according to your cut-off and your preference. The cut off percentage comes down considerably till the final list.

Many colleges give relaxation in cut – off for women students. Therefore it is important to check up with the college if any concession is available in particular course. The concession can range from 1 - 5% of the cut off.

If your name comes in the first cut-off then apply for it, don’t wait for the second or third cut - off, you might end up with nothing in your hand. Remember, a bird in hand is worth two in bush. Besides, if you get a better offer you can cancel your admission. All your original mark sheets will be returned, as also the fees. It might entail a little more running around but this is definitely worth it, if risks are to be eliminated. Also remember that a college has a right to deny you admission if you have marks above the cut-off in the list announced, but fail to take admission before the next list is out.

Do not get misled by information that there is going to be a shortage of forms, the university has ample forms for every body. Do not buy forms from outsiders, in black. Every college accepts the ICR forms, but you may miss finer points like combination of subjects acceptable for a particular course. Fill your forms very patiently and carefully. Students often fail to fill forms properly and in the end mess up their admission chances.

Students seeking hostel accommodation should first find out when and where the hostel applications forms are available, and where are they to be submitted. In some cases both the forms are to be submitted together, so students should be careful, and should check all this beforehand from the college concerned. Once the forms are duly filled and submitted, it is important to keep the counterfoil carefully, as it is the only proof of your submission of the form and can be readily used in case of any lapses by the authorities.

Admission in professional course, including courses in English Journalism and Hindi Journalism, is based on the achievement of the candidate in the entrance test and interview. All the information regarding entrance tests in any course will be given in the prospectus of that college.  

Due to the tug of war for the limited seats, the challenge is of matching expectations with the options available, changing streams where the expectations do not match, redefining success and above all, keeping one’s head above the water despite the pull of the choppy waters.

Delhi University had sold more than 1 lakh forms last year. Almost four candidates are vying for every single seat.

There is no short-cut method of admission so do not get carried away by people who offer admission in exchange of money. Admissions promised by student leaders and touts are chancy affairs. They have little say in the actual admission process. Sometimes, these touts and student leader exhort money too. Beware of them. They are out to swindle you. As are some of the newly sprung institutes offering professional degrees in collaboration with foreign universities of dubious distinction. Don’t fall prey to their tall claims sales talk. For a degree to be valid it must be recognised either by UGC or AICTE.

Finally, if you don’t get admission into a regular course, don’t give up. You may have lost a battle but not the campaign for a bright future. Enrol for any course of your interest as an evening, correspondence, non-collegiate or external student. Work your guts out and aim to excel in your first-year exams. An outstanding result could get you into the college of your choice one-year down the line. Best of Luck!

OMR/ ICR forms

Students can deposit a OMR/ ICR form also known as ‘Pre Admission form’ at one centre for all courses they opt for. All they have to do is fill in one common form – marking their preferences of colleges and courses – and drop it at one counter. Students can mark any number of choices – both of courses and colleges – in one form.

The form will ask only for details such as name, gender, exam taken, marks and the courses and colleges that the student wishes to opt for. They can opt for all 49 courses in the 60 odd colleges and see their names on every list depending upon cut off. In a single OMR/ ICR form, an applicant can apply to as many colleges and for as many courses as they wish.

Steps

·         Students will have to buy one form from any of the designated centres. He should also his hand on college prospectus for more details.

·         Student fills up common form. They will have to highlight the courses and colleges of their choices. Can indicate as many choices in as many colleges as he chooses. Submits it at one centre.

The pre admission form will consist of:

·   OMR/ ICR form along with the carbonless copy. The copy must be stamped and returned to the student after submission of the form as proof of form submission.

·   A specimen copy of the form to allow the student to practise before filling the actual form.

·   Information about courses available in D.U. colleges.

·   Information on filling the form.

·   Codes for filling the OMR/ ICR forms. On the reverse side of the form, subject combinations for different categories of courses would be given.

Points in filling in the ICR form:

·   Don’t fill the form in anxiety. Before filling up the form, read the information bulletin carefully. Act according to the instructions given in the form.

·   Don’t bother to list colleges in order of preference. Data will go to all colleges you list, irrespective of order. You don’t know where cut – offs will stop, so name a clutch of colleges to be very safe.

·   Place it on a hard surface else their won’t be any impression on the carbon – less copy beneath. Don’t write on your lap. Weak impressions are difficult to scan.

·   Do not start to fill it while it is still folded, the second part will be spoilt due to the carbon – less copy

·   Fill the specimen copy before going to the actual form.

·   Darken the circle fields till they are solidly filled. Do not put tick marks or dots in these circles.

·   Use the subject codes given in the sheet.

·   Do not apply for courses for which you are not eligible.

·   Ensure that the course for which you apply is available in the colleges of your choice.

·   OMR/ ICR form is to be filled by ball point (preferably black/ blue) pen only. Do not use gel/ ink pens or pencil.

·   Many students do not mark on some columns thinking that information is not important. Mark each and every information asked. Mark each and every piece of information asked, otherwise your form could be rejected.

·   Leave one blank box each after first, middle and last name of applicant.

·   Remember to specify the gender.

·   State the year of passing your class XII.

·   Start writing from the first box while stating the roll number and don’t leave any blank boxes in the beginning.

·   Do not write out signs the dots, hyphens, slashes or any alphabet in the boxes given for stating your roll number. Write only the digits of the roll number.

·   Do not write board subject codes in the OMR from. The information bulletin of the university has provided specific subject codes for all papers the students had appeared for in the Class XII exams.

·   Guys watch out for the ‘W’ in parentheses after the name of the college. it stands for women’s college.

·   Go through college-specific additional information on eligibility in the prospectus before filling in your options.

·   St Stephen’s and Jesus and Mary do not accept common pre-admission forms.

·   Be careful whole circling your options, use the sample form if necessary.

·   For courses with an entrance test, or for admission through the sports and ECA quotas, fill in the individual college forms.

·   Be patient. Volunteers/ counsellors too have been dealing with too many queries.

·   Carry your original class XII certificate, marksheet and SC/ST certificate along with sufficient copies of each, a pen and plenty of passport sized photographs.

·   Read the fine print before filling up forms. Read the prospectus carefully and important points.

·   Memorise the class XII and best of four percentages. Better than calculating it.

·   Speak to friends who are already in the varsity.

·   If a car is an option, organise a pool with friends to avoid unnecessary traffic congestion on the campus.

·   At north campus, rickshaws are a good way to go college-hopping. But if you want to get a feel of the campus, simply take a walk.

·   Wear light cotton clothes and comfortable walking shoes.

·   Avoid gorging on Banta, Pakoras and burgers. You don’t want to fall ill during the admission season.

·   PCR vans are posted at strategic points inside the campus. Ask for help if in trouble.

·   Generally students need to apply to individual colleges through their own forms for courses with entrance examinations, ECA and sports quota. Check with the college.

Students should not be too choosy. They should not keep their options limited to only a handful of courses and colleges. They should utilise the unlimited options available in the OMR forms fully and even opt for courses, which they didn’t prioritise initially.