BCom at Ramjas, English at Hindu: Courses, colleges with most applicants on DU CSAS portal

NEW DELHI: As Delhi University closes the first phase of the application process in its Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS) for undergraduate programmes, BCom (H) has emerged as the most preferred course for the second year in a row.

In the first phase, the preferences of college and courses of students were locked on Thursday; DU will release the first allocation list on August 1.

According to the CSAS data, Ramjas College, Kirori Mal College, Sri Venkateswara College are the top three preferences of students opting for BCom course this year. In popular courses like English, political science and economics, Hindu College has been marked as one of the preferences by most students. Similarly, Hindu College, Hansraj College and St. Stephen's College are the top three preferred colleges for English (H).

Based on students’ preferences and the CUET 2023 scores, DU will release a simulated rank list on Saturday after which applicants can re-shuffle their preferences for colleges. This year, instead of one combined simulated rank list, DU plans to release a category-wise simulated list.

“With every list, we are going to add a few more features that we could not provide last year. Like last year, we put out only one common simulated list, this year we are going to publish a category-wise simulated list. This is going to be very helpful for students,” Haneet Gandhi, dean of admissions, Delhi University told Careers360. “This is a new change we are upgrading based on our last year’s experience.”

There are 70,000 seats in DU for 78 programmes in 68 colleges. So far, 2,45,235 students have submitted the CSAS DU application form 2023.

DU CSAS Portal: Popular courses, colleges

By July 27, as many as 57,642 students had opted for Ramjas College’s BCom course as one of their preferences followed by Kirori Mal College with 57,615 for the same course. Similarly, more than 55,000 students are interested in BCom at Sri Venkateswara College.

Delhi University Admission: BCom applicants

For English, a total of 51,019 students marked Hindu College as one of the preferences while Hansraj College was marked by 50,671 DU aspirants. St. Stephen's College, which will admit students based on not just CUET 2023 scores but also personal interviews, was chosen as a preference by 49,105 students in the first round.

DU Admission 2023: BA (H) English applicants

For Economics, 27, 357 students marked Hindu College as their preference. In addition, Hans Raj College, St Stephen’s College, Shri Ram College of Commerce and Kirori Mal College are some of the top preferences marked by students for BA (H) Economics course.

UG Admission DU: BA (H) Economics applicants

Similarly, in Political Science, apart from Hindu College, KMC, Ramjas College, Sri Venkateshwara College and Delhi College of Arts and Commerce have been popularly marked as one of the preferences by students.

DU UG Admission 2023: BA (H) Political Science applicants

Once a seat has been allocated in a particular round, the candidate needs to “accept” the seat before the stipulated time. The concerned college will then check the eligibility of the candidate and documents uploaded by him or her. Once the college accords the approval, the candidate will have to pay the admission fee.