Two Delhi University colleges released the first cut-off for admission to various undergraduate courses.
Two Delhi University colleges - Bhagini Nivedita and Shivaji College - released the first cut-off list for admission to various undergraduate courses on Thursday, a day before the varsity's official date for the announcement of the first cut-off.
The Delhi University had announced that its colleges would release the first cut-off for admission on June 28.
DU had earlier extended its registration date to June 22 after the Delhi High Court ordered it to follow the last year's eligibility criteria for granting admission.
The varsity announced its admission schedule earlier this month and said the first cut-off will be released on June 28, second on July 4, third on July 9, fourth on July 15 and fifth on July 20 for undergraduate courses.
The first admission list will be put up on July 17 for postgraduate courses, second one July 22, third on July 27 and fourth on August 2.
Here is the first cut-off for admission to various undergraduate courses in Shivaji College
The highest cut-off percentage in Shivaji Colleges is for B.Com (Hons.) course - 97% (Gen category). There is 1% relaxation for girl candidates.
Follow these steps to check cut-off for all courses in Shivaji College:
Step - 1: Log on to the official website of the college - shivajicollege.ac.in
Step - 2: Click on "ADMISSIONS" tab on the home page
Step - 3: On left hand site, below the section "Cut-Offs", click on "Cut-Off Percentage 2019-20"
Step - 4: A new window will open where you can see a Download link. Click on the link and PDF file will open.
Step - 5: Check cut-off for different courses and categories.
Here is the first cut-off for admission to various undergraduate courses in Bhagini Nivedita College
The highest cut-off percentage in Bhagini Nivedita College (W) is for B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics - 90% (Gen category). There is 1% relaxation for girl candidates.
Follow these steps to check cut-off for all courses in Bhagini Nivedita College (W):
Step - 1: Log on to the official website of the college - bhagininiveditacollege.in
Step - 2: Below "News and Updates" section, you can see a tab "First cut-off list for 2019-20 Admissions Announced". Click on "more" next to it.
Step - 3: A new window will open where you can see a highlighted link "First cut-off list for 2019-20". Click on it
Step - 4: You can see a table cut-offs for different courses and categories.
2,58,388 valid candidates, just one transgender applicant
The registrations process for DU, that culminated on June 22, saw a total of 3,67,895 registrations on the university's portal, of whom 2,58,388 candidates actually proceeded and made payment.
According to the data, 84,021 female candidates and 68,457 male candidates applied for admission under the unreserved category.
Under the Scheduled Tribe category, 4,044 male applicants and 3,056 female applicants applied for admission. Over 17,000 male candidates and over 16,000 female candidates applied for admission under the SC quota.
As many as 32,926 male candidates and 22,531 female candidates applied for admission under the Other Backward Class (OBC) non-creamy layer quota.
Under the newly-introduced EWS quota, 5,528 male candidates, 3,562 female candidates and one candidate from the third gender applied for admission. This year, the varsity has effected a 10 per cent increase in seats for the EWS category under postgraduate and undergraduate courses. The number of seats for undergraduate courses has increased to 62,000. There will also be separate cut-offs for the EWS category.
Humanities a hit among DU aspirants
Humanities courses have emerged as the most sought after among the students seeking admission in the Delhi University, with BA (Hons) English drawing the maximum number of applications this year.
The BA(Hons) English course saw the maximum number of applications at 1,42,979, followed by BA(Hons) Political Science at 1,30,240 and BA Programme at 1,25,519, as per data available on DU admission website.
The BA (Hons) Economics was the fourth most popular course with 1,24,538 applications.
Changed criteria struck down by HC
The changed criteria for BA(Hons) Economics had come in for criticism from candidates. Till last year, students who had 50% in Mathematics could apply for BA (Hons) in Economics, but this year it had been made mandatory for 'Best of Four', which meant it had to be part of the top four subjects, aggregate of which will be considered for admission.
However, the Delhi High Court had intervened and directed that the varsity follow last year's criteria. The High Court directed Delhi University and the University Grants Commission (UGC) to allow students to apply for admission to undergraduate (UG) courses at the varsity for the current academic session based on the eligibility criteria of 2018-19.
A bench of justices Anu Malhotra and Talwant Singh extended the deadline from June 14 to June 22 for students to apply for the undergraduate courses in DU.
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