DU Admissions 2018: Over 11,000 admissions after DU’s first cut off list, 6 times more than 2017

Over 11,000 students took admission in various colleges of the Delhi University after the first cut-off list, almost six times the number last year. The last day of the admission process for the first-cut-offs finished today.

Over 11,000 students took admission in various colleges of the Delhi University after the first cut-off list, almost six times the number last year. The last day of the admission process for the first-cut-offs finished today.

Over 11,000 students took admission in various colleges of the Delhi University after the first cut-off list, almost six times the number last year, an official said. The last day of the admission process for the first-cut-offs finished today. According to a university official, out of over 56,000 seats, over 11,000 were filled which was a record-breaking number. Last year, around 2,000 seats were filled. The top five colleges where students took admission were Hindu College, where 785 seats were filled, followed by Gargi College, where 674 seats were filled, Miranda House, where 628 seats were filled, Lady Shri Ram College, where 579 seats were filled, and Shaheed Bhagat Singh College where 575 seats were filled, according to data shared by the varsity.

The top courses were BCom (Hons) in which 1401 seats were filled, followed by BA (Programme) in which 1,371 seats were filled, with the third most popular course being BA (Hons) Political Science where 1,004 seats were filled. The other top courses were BA (Hons) History where 819 seats were filled and BCom where 807 seats were filled, the data stated. On June 19, which was day one of admissions, the Delhi University’s server came under severe pressure and the DigiLocker, a government-owned public cloud storage where certificates and documents were stored, was not integrated with the varsity portal. The second day and the third day of the admissions went off smoothly, said officials.