Central University: Delhi University (DU)

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Delhi University is a leading and premier university which is famous for its high standard of education, quality, faculties and state of the art research facilities that attracts a large number of students and scholars from all corners of the country.

About Delhi University

The Delhi University came into existence, as a result of an act past by the then Central Legislative Assembly in 1922. At the commencement, this University had started out with a modest 3 colleges operating under its management.

  1. St. Stephens College
  2. Hindu College
  3. Ramjas College These three clleges together comprised of around 750 students and two faculty sections related to the arts and science departments.In the year 1933, the Delhi University campus was shifted to the Viceregal Lodge Estate which became its permanent residence till date.

Courses at Delhi University

Delhi University offers programs and courses in the following fields:

  • Arts
  • Ayurvedic & Unani Medicine
  • Commerce & Business Studies
  • Education
  • Law
  • Management Studies
  • Mathematical Sciences
  • Medical Sciences
  • Music & Fine Arts, Science
  • Social Sciences
  • Technology and other Undergraduate courses.

Arts Courses at Delhi University

Some of the courses offered by the arts department in Delhi University are:

  • Linguistics
  • Germanic & Romance Studies
  • Urdu &
  • English

Education and Mathematical Sciences at Delhi University

Some of the leading programs offered by the education department at Delhi University are as follows:

  1. BEd
  2. BElEd
  3. MEd
  4. MPhil
  5. PhD Delhi University is also home to the Faculty of Mathematical Sciences which offers courses such as:
    1. Computer science
    2. Operations research
    3. Mathematics
    4. Statistics.

Law Courses at Delhi University

The faculty of law at Delhi University has been recognized as one of the leading law departments in the world.

Students graduating from the law department of the university have entered into a large number of fields such as civil service, politics, sports, journalism and publishing.

The department of law at Delhi University offers the following programs:

  • Master of Legislative Laws (LLM) 2yearsโŸ‹3years
  • Master of Civil Law (MCL) ; Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
  • Doctor of Civil Laws (DCL)

Medical Sciences at Delhi University

Delhi University has a very well known and recognized medical science faculty that houses departments such as:

  • Anaesthesiology & Critical Care
  • Anatomy
  • Community Medicine
  • Dermatology and STD
  • Forensic Medicine
  • Medical Biochemistry
  • Medical Microbiology
  • Medicine
  • Obstetrics, Gyanaecology
  • Opthamology
  • Orthopaedics
  • ENT
  • Paediatrics
  • Pathology
  • Pharmacology
  • Physiology
  • Psychiatry
  • Radiology
  • Surgery
  • TB and Respiratory Diseases.

Science Course at Delhi University

The science faculty at Delhi University have departments that offer programs in:

  1. Physics and astrophysics
  2. Chemistry
  3. Botany
  4. Zoology
  5. Nursing
  6. Anthropology
  7. Home science
  8. Pharmacy
  9. Agro-chemical and pest management
  10. Geology.

Social Science Course at Delhi University

The Social Science department at Delhi University offers courses in:

  1. Adult and continuing education
  2. African studies
  3. Chinese and Japanese studies
  4. History
  5. Economics
  6. Geography
  7. Political science
  8. Social work
  9. Sociology.

The technical department of Delhi University offers undergraduate and post graduate courses in various branches of Engineering through the Delhi College of Engineering and the Netaji Subhash Institute of Technology.

Delhi University Admissions

The below mentioned link will lead you to the details of undergraduate courses, postgraduate courses and other diploma courses at Delhi University. This link will also lead you to the results that Delhi University had declared of various courses.

Website: DU Admissions

Delhi University Colleges

These are discussed in Delhi University section with details on all colleges.