Miranda House, University of Delhi

The course allows you to choose two major disciplines, I had economics and English, the course structure is such that it gives one an opportunity to explore subjects other than the disciplines with options of Generic Elective and Skill Enhancement Courses. The course curriculum doesn’t provide for as in depth study of the subjects as with the honours course.

We have an active placement cell in college, but I did not sit for placements so there isn’t much I can tell. There are placements and job opportunities but they are limited.

All year round different departments and societies organise various events. There are academic seminars organised by different departments multiple times in a month. Towards the end of the academic year apart from college annual fest, every department and society organises their individual fests which contains a host of cultural as well as academic events. There is a society for every possible co-curricular activity like dramatics, debate, music, fine arts as well as academic societies like Gandhi study circle etc.

The fee structure is feasible. It ranges between Rs7000-10,000 depending on the course. However, the expense of studying multiplies many fold as the hostel accommodation is limited and students have to arrange for private accommodations.

The university offers certain scholarships to students form disadvantaged backgrounds. The information is usually available on university as well as colleges website.

Hostel accommodation is extremely nice. The rooms are big and the services provided are also good. It’s cheap and great! For students residing in PGs the average rent for a month is 8000 atleast for a decent accommodation. It goes as high as 20000 depending on the PG and services they provide.

The aspirants are required to fill up a common registration form for Delhi University Colleges. One can select as many course as they wish to. The registration fee varies for students from different categories. Once the board results are out, the university releases a common cut off list for different colleges, for different courses. The students have to then go to the college with which their cut off matches with all the required documents to secure their admission. Apart from merit based admissions, DU has a provision for students to apply via ECA (Extra Curriculum Activities). The process for the same is explained in detail on the official site.

Faculty was mostly always extremely helpful and kind and do adopt creative means for dispensing knowledge. We were shown relevant movies and documentaries multiple times in classrooms. The faculty is responsive to students needs.