DU revises eligibility criteria for BA (Hons) English, allows 2 CUET subject combinations
Delhi University has notified the seat matrix for BA (Hons) English in 47 DU colleges. It has also announced that it will admit students for BA (Hons) English based on 2 CUET subject combinations.
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Anu Parthiban | March 18, 2025 | 08:06 PM IST
NEW DELHI: The University of Delhi has revised the program-specific eligibility for admission to BA (Hons) English through the CUET UG 2025 score. Students should have appeared for the English paper in the Common University Entrance Test (CUET 2025) and any three domain-specific subjects from ‘List B’, as per the DU admission brochure 2025.
BA English (Hons) is one of the most popular courses at Delhi University with more than 50,000 students applying for admission. BCom received the highest number of applications, followed by English and Economics, as per the previous year’s DU CSAS data.
The Delhi University published the UG admission 2025 brochure on the Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS) portal, admission.uod.ac.in. The university will admit students at DU colleges based on CUET scores, except for admissions to the School of Open Learning (SOL), Non-Collegiate Women Education Board (NCWEB), and foreign nationals.
Explainer: How to get admission in DU for English (Hons)?
As per the available DU admission data, over 50,000 students preferred to study BA (Hons) English at Hindu College in the previous years. Hans Raj College received the second-highest number of applications for this course. St Stephen's College, Kirori Mal College, and Ramjas College were also among the top choices for English aspirants.
Candidates aspiring to study English from Delhi University will have to appear in the English paper in CUET, in addition to any three subjects from List B, OR one language from List A and any two subjects from List B. Earlier, the subject combination allowed for BA (Hons) English was "English from List A + any two subjects from List B1 + any one subject from either List B1 or List B2".
“For the purpose of ascertaining Program Specific Eligibility and for mapping the CUET subject(s) with Class XII subject(s), marksheet of more than one recognized board may be considered provided the candidate has passed those subjects in Class XII,” the DU brochure read.
Also read DU removes 5 subjects from ‘List-B’; How to opt for CUET subject combinations?
DU Admissions 2025: Domain specific subjects
Subjects are categorized into two - List A covers 14 languages and List B covers 22 domain specific subjects. Candidates are required to appear in one language paper that they studied in Class 12 and any three subjects specified in List B. A total of 5 subjects namely - legal studies, engineering graphics, teacher training, entrepreneurship, and knowledge tradition and practices of India - has been removed from the domain-specific subject list.
List A covers 14 languages subjects - Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu, and Urdu.
List B has 22 domain-specific subjects -
- Accountancy / Book Keeping
- Agriculture
- Anthropology
- 4 Biology / Biological Science / Biotechnology / Biochemistry
- Business Studies
- Chemistry
- Computer Science / Information Practices
- Economics / Business Economics
- Environmental Studies/Environmental Science
- Fine Arts / Visual Arts (Sculpture/Painting) /Commercial Arts
- Geography / Geology
- History
- Home Science
- Knowledge Tradition and Practices in India
- Mass Media / Mass Communication
- Mathematics/ Applied Mathematics
- Performing Arts (Dance, Drama, Music)
- Physical Education (Yoga, Sports)
- Physics
- Political Science
- Psychology
- Sociology.
Subject combinations for BA English
To get admission in DU for BA (Hons) English, candidates should appear in any of the following subject combinations.
DU BA (Hons) English | Subject combination |
BA (Hons) English | Combination 1: English from List A + Any three subjects from List B |
Combination 2: English and one language from List A + any two subjects from List B (Merit will be based on the best CUET score obtained from any of the above-mentioned combinations of subjects) |
The domain-specific subject list has been revised for DU UG admission 2025. (Source: CSAS portal)
DU Admissions 2025: BA English seat matrix
Delhi University has notified the seat matrix for BA (Hons) English in 47 DU colleges. The details of seat availability in Aryabhatta College will be announced later, it said. Category-wise number of seats available for BA (Hons) English at DU colleges are given below.
College Name | UR | OBCNCL | SC | ST | EWS | Sikh | Christian | PwBD | CW | KM |
Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College | 19 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Bharati College (W) | 31 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
College of Vocational Studies | 23 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Daulat Ram College (W) | 31 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Delhi College of Arts and Commerce | 24 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Deshbandhu College | 31 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Dyal Singh College | 31 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Dyal Singh College (Evening) | 39 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Gargi College (W) | 24 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Hansraj College | 27 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Hindu College | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
lndraprastha College for Women (W) | 26 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Janki Devi Memorial College (W) | 27 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Jesus & Mary College (W) | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Kalindi College (W) | 31 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Kamala Nehru College (W) | 23 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Kirori Mal College | 22 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Lady Shri Ram College for Women (W) | 43 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Lakshmibai College (W) | 23 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Maharaja Agrasen College | 23 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Maitreyi College (W) | 23 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Mata Sundri College for Women (W) | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Miranda House (W) | 31 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Motilal Nehru College | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Motilal Nehru College (Evening) | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
PGDAV College | 31 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Rajdhani College | 24 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Ram Lal Anand College | 31 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Ramanujan College | 25 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Ramjas College | 31 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
SatyawatiCollege | 23 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
SatyawatiCollege (Evening) | 24 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Shaheed Bhagat Singh College | 24 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Shivaji College | 23 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Shyam Lal College | 47 | 32 | 18 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Shyama Prasad Mukherji College For Women (W) | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Sri Aurobindo College | 23 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Sri Aurobindo College (Evening) | 24 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Sri Venketeswara College | 20 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
St Stephen's College | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
SwamiShardhanand College | 35 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Vivekananda College (W) | 23 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Zakir Husain Delhi College | 23 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Zakir Husain Delhi College (Evening) | 23 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
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