DU Cut-Off List 2021 Updates: Third list released, cut-off remains high

Most courses closed for admissions in Delhi University’s third cut-off list announced Saturday. Overall, over 80 per cent seats have already been filled after the second round of admission. Courses which remain open have not seen major drops in percentage.

Admissions to all other courses except BCom (H) and Economics (H) are now closed at Hindu College. The cut-off for Hindu College is at 99 per cent whereas for Bcom (H) the cut-off is at 98.75 per cent.

Admissions to these courses are open at Hansraj college

Economics (H) - 99%

English (H) - 98%

Hindi (H) - 94%

BCom (H). -98.75%

Miranda House college has closed the admission process for various courses including -- English (H), Hindi (H), Geography (H), Pol Science (H) and Sanskrit (H)

in the third cut-off list released by SRCC, the admissions are open for Economics (H) at 98.98.54 per cent and BCom (H) at 99.50 per cent

In the third cut-off list released by Delhi University, Deen Dayal Upadhyay College has closed the admissions on all the courses for unreserved category. Admissions to Bcom (H) is now closed for all categories except for PwD candidates

Last year, by third cut-off admissions to Eco (H) was only available in these colleges:

Aryabhatta College - 95.75%
Deshbandhu College - 94.75%
Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar College - 94.75%
Hansraj College - 97.75%
Hindu College - 98%
Janki Devi Memorial College - 95%
Kalindi College - 93.50%
Kirori Mal College - 97.5%
Lady Shri Ram College for Wome - 98.25%
Lakshmibai College - 95.25%
Miranda House - 98%
Motilal Nehru college - 95.50%
PGDAV College - 95%
Rajdhani College - 95%
Ramjas College - 98%
Shaheed Bhagat Singh College - 96.50%
Shri Ram College of Commerce - 98.75%
Shyam Lal College - 93.50%
Shyam Lal College (evening) - 94.50%
Sri Aurobindo College - 92.50%
Sri Venketeswara College - 97.75%

Kirorimal College third cut-off for popular courses

English (H) - 98-98.50%

Hindi (H) - 93.5-94%

Pol. Science (H) - 98.75-99.25%

Physics (H) - 97.66-98.33%

Kirori mal College has released the third cut-off list and admission to popular courses --  BCom (H), BCom, Eco (H), History (H) have been closed. Admissions have also been closed for Sankrit and Urdu honours programmes.

Several colleges have started releasing cut-offs. Students who have marks equal to or more than the cut0off can apply for these courses from Monday. A student can log-in to their dashboard and select course and college they wish to apply for among the ones that are available based on eligibility. Once the application is accepted by the college, students will have to pay fees to reserve seats. The admission this year is being held online due to the pandemic.

The cut-off is counted on the basis of the ‘best of four’ formulae. Thus, the percentage of the top four scoring subjects in class 12 are considered for admission. As a thumb rule, one language paper and the rest best of three courses are considered but when a student opts for a specialisation, they must have a specific course in class 12 for which they are applying. For instance, for BA (H) Economics, economics is a must subject

Aryabhatta College - 94%
Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College - 96%
Deshbandhu College - 92%
Dyal Singh College (evening) - 92%
Gargi College - 96.75%
Indraprastha College for Women - 97%
Janki Devi Memorial College - 93.5%
Kirori Mal College - 98%
Lady Shri Ram College for Women - 99.25%
Lakshmibai College - 92%
Ramanujan College - 94%
Ramjas College - 98.50%
Satyawati College (evening) - 89.75%
Shaheed Bhagat Singh College (evening) - 91.25%
Shyam Lal College (evening) - 90%
Shyama Prasad Mukherji College for Women - 90.5%
Zakir Husain Delhi College - 93%

As many as 11 colleges under the University of Delhi (DU) offer BA (Hons) Psychology course, of which seven are all-women institutes. The remaining four are co-education colleges, which means that boys have to compete further with girls to secure a seat. Along with the sky-high cut-offs, male candidates who aspire to pursue a career in psychology face a tough fight to get admission. Read more

Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University (DSEU) has released the first cut-off list for admission in full time diploma, full time diploma in pharmacy, part time diploma, lateral entry and undergraduate programs. The cut-off is available at official website - dseu.ac.in

Maharaja Agarsen College has released the third cut-off list and admissions to most courses are still open. The college has closed admissions on Economics (H) and Computer Applications + Economics courses.

Third cut-off list
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The admissions to various courses against the DU third cut-off will begin from October 18 and end on October 21. The university will release five cut-offs for admissions to various UG courses. 

At Hindu College, 1,858 students have secured their admission to date.

“The third cut-off list is likely to see a decline of up to one per cent for courses. We have already filled up the unreserved seats for B.Com(Honours) while OBC is almost filled up. There will be vacant seats in the reserved categories and there is likely to be a reduction of up to one per cent in the third list. A meeting will be held on Saturday to decide on the cut-offs,” said Manish Kansal, admission convener at the college. 

Yogesh Singh has taken over the charge as the new Vice-Chancellor of Delhi University. He was Thursday given a farewell at Delhi Technology University (DTU) from where he has been as relieved as V-C to assume his new role. 

CVS college has released the third cut-off list and the admissions to all courses but one has been closed for the unreserved category. The college has released the third cut-off for English (H) at 96-96.25.

A total of 5 cut off lists would be released by the varsity on the official website du.ac.in. Special cut-off lists would also be released on October 25, after the first three cut off lists. Besides, the fourth and fifth cut-offs will be released only if there are vacant seats. The entire admission process is likely to complete by November 16, 2021.

If students took admission to a college in the first and second cut-off list and qualify for a more preferred college in the third list, they will have to withdraw their admission from the first college and apply to the second. 

Jesus and Mary college has released the third cut-off list with admissions to all top courses closed. The third-cut off list has been released for admissions to Hindi (H), B Vocational (Retail & Mgt) and B Voc Healthcare management

Once the cut-off is declared by all DU colleges, the admission process against the third cut-off will begin. Here's a list of documents needed for the admissions process.

Class 10 mark sheet
Class 10 Board examination certificate
Class 12 mark sheet
Class 12 provisional certificate/original certificate
Conduct certificate
Category (SC/ST/PWD/CW/KM) certificate
OBC (non-creamy layer) certificate
Migration certificate
Transfer certificate
Two passport size self-attested photographs

DU has issued guidelines on the inclusion of subjects from other state boards equivalent to ones taught under the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in the calculation of cut-off marks. A meeting was held on Tuesday with colleges and a list was shared with them.

The University of Delhi (DU) colleges have seen an increased interest in BA (Honours) Philosophy this year, with nearly half of the colleges that offer the course seeing seats filling up in the unreserved category in the first list itself, something that did not happen in earlier years. College principals and teachers have attributed the rise in the course’s popularity to lower cut-offs, an increase in interest in the subject due to the uncertain situation prevailing in wake of the Covid pandemic. Read more

The chances of admission to top courses like Economics (H), BCom (H), English (H) under the third cut-off list is slim as many colleges had filled the seats in these courses in first cut-off itself. There was also a marginal changes in the cut-offs of there courses among the first two cut-off lists. 

The university received a total of 1,18,878 applications under the two cut-offs, while 48,582 students have paid the fees. The university is taking admissions on 70,000 seats in various colleges of the university. The first cut-off list was released by the university on September 30 and as many as 36,130 students had successfully completed their admission process under the first cut-off list. 

The University of Delhi has released two cut-offs yet for admissions to the undergraduate courses. Over 51,000 students have secured their admission at the university under the two cut-off lists, while the varsity has received more than 1.18 lakh applications till now, according to official data. Read more

Delhi University will release the third cut off list today for admissions to various undergraduate courses offered by the university. The first and second cut off lists were released on September 30 and October 9 respectively.