DU admissions: record 2.39 lakh applications received in Phase II
Delhi University (DU) has received a record 2.39 lakh completed applicationsin the second phase of its undergraduate admissions for the 2025-26 academic session, according to the data released by the varsity on Tuesday.
The university received applications for 71,642 seats across 79 programmes in 69 colleges and departments. DU Registrar Vikas Gupta said that 1.27 lakh female candidates (53.06%), 1.12 lakh males (49.63%), and three transgender candidates submitted their applications in the second phase, which closed at midnight on Monday.
While a total of 3.05 lakh candidates signed up, 2.39 lakh, the highest ever, completed the process. Officials attributed this gap to 'multiple reasons such as personal preferences'. In the second phase, candidates submitted their preferred combinations of courses and colleges. Shri Ram College of Commerce emerged as the top choice with 38,795 candidates listing it as their first preference. It was followed by Hindu College (31,901), Hansraj College (15,902), St. Stephen's College (12,413), and Miranda House (11,403).
B.Com (Honours) was the most popular programme with 48,336 students preferring it, followed by BA (Honours) Political Science (15,295), and B.Sc (Honours) Zoology (12,722), and B.Com (8,939), the university data showed.
Candidates could choose multiple course-college combinations, resulting in 1.68 crore total preferences submitted. Apart from B.Com (Honours) and B.Com, other frequently listed programmes included BA (Honours) in English, Political Science, and History.
Simulated ranks
On Tuesday, DU released simulated ranks on candidates' dashboards, allowing them to reorder, add, or delete their preferences until July 16. 'Simulated ranks are purely tentative and based on the scores and preferences submitted by the candidates at the end of Phase II,' the university said in a statement. These ranks are not final and should not be interpreted as a guarantee, it added.
A majority of applicants, 58.89%, opted for humanities-related programmes. Commerce and science streams drew 20.89% and 20.22% of applicants respectively. As in previous years, DU has reserved supernumerary seats under special quotas. A total of 512 students applied under the orphan quota, while 7,243 applied under the single girl child quota. Trials for the extra-curricular activities quota will begin on July 18, followed by the sports quota trials starting on July 25. The first merit list will be declared on July 19.
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