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DU admissions: Seventh cut-off list out, seats available in popular courses
The admission in general category is closed at most colleges, however in SC/ ST and other reserved categories, there are seats available in popular courses.
Written by Neeti Nigam
New Delhi | August 24, 2016 10:26 AM IST
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A parent helping her daughter to fill the admission form at the Delhi University. (Express photo)
The Delhi University has released its seventh cut-off list for admissions to UG courses for the academic year 2016-17. The new academic session has already commenced but seats in few courses are still vacant.
According to reports, the varsity plans to release two more cut-off lists to fill various vacant seats. The admission process for the seventh list will be held from August 24, 2016. Admission in general category is closed at most colleges, however in SC/ ST and other reserved categories, there are seats available in popular courses.
At ARSD, South Campus, BA English (Hons) is available at 89.5 per cent while in Ramjas College, North Campus, it is at 93.50 per cent.
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In few colleges, seats in BA History (Hons) is still vacant though the cut-off is still above 90 per cent. In Hindu college, BA History (Hons) is at 95.50 while at Miranda College seats are available in 94.50 per cent.
In South Campus’s Gargi college admissions are open BA History (Hons) at 88.50 per cent while in Dyal Singh College it is 84 per cent. In Maitreyi college, 87 per cent is required for BA (Hons) Political Science.
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In science courses, seats are open in Zoology Hons in few colleges. BSc (Hons) Chemistry is available at Daulat Ram College at 92 per cent and BSc (Hons) Physics is at 95.66 per cent at the Hansraj college and Hindu college.
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The total number of seats the varsity has is 54,000, out of which admissions have not been claimed for almost 6,500 seats. The last and final list will be released on August 29.
Neeti Nigam leads the education department at indianexpress.com. She joined the Indian Express in 2015 and has set up the education and job sections in the online department. She covers schools and higher education, entrance and board exams, study abroad, civil services and other career-related news. Prior to that, she worked as a lifestyle and entertainment journalist in The Pioneer newspaper's magazine division. Besides working in the in-flight Air India (Namaskaar) magazine, she was part of the launch team of Indian Railways on-board magazine Rail Bandhu. She has also worked as a city reporter covering north Delhi in Hindustan Times. In 2012, she covered the MCD elections. You can write to her at neeti.nigam@indianexpress.com ... Read More