Eligibility Conditions

Eligibility conditions for seeking admission to B. A. (Hons.) Journalism

1. The aggregate marks scored in the four subjects* for the different categories should be as follows:
   
   

   Category	Minimum Percentage of marks	Minimum marks secured in English
   General	at least 60%	60%
   OBC	at least 54%	50%
   CW/PWD	at least 55%	50%
   SC/ST	passing in Class XII	50%

                
2. The candidate should have either passed or appeared in the Senior Secondary School Examination of CBSE or any other examination considered equivalent by the University of Delhi.
   
   * List of academic subjects as specified by the University of Delhi. All academic subjects specified by Delhi University Admission Bulletin, except fashion studies, shall be taken into consideration for calculating the best four. Academic subjects are: Hindi Core, English Core, Hindi Elective, English Elective/Functional English, Other languages, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Engineering Drawing, Economics, Political Science, History, Geography, Business Studies, Accountancy, Home Science, Fine Arts, Agriculture, Computer Science, Informatics Practices, Sociology, Psychology, Philosophy, Physical Education, Music, Dance, Entrepreneurship, Biotechnology, Web and Multi -Media Technology. No vocational subject will be taken for calculation in the best four. If a student has both English core and English Elective/Functional English both could be considered while calculating the best four.
3. The candidate should have obtained pass mark in each of the four papers considered for computing the aggregate in the above mentioned subjects.
4. The candidate must produce the confirmed result and mark sheet of the qualifying examination on the day of the Personal Interview to be eligible for the process of admission to the Journalism course. Candidates who do not have the confirmed mark sheet will not be entertained under any circumstances.
5. The reserved category certificates of OBC (of Central List & non creamy layer), SC, ST, PWD, and CW, as applicable, in the name of the candidate, must be produced on the day of the interview.
6. Compartment cases of current year will not be considered for admission.
7. Candidates who have appeared in the class XII examination in 2012 and who repeat a paper for improvement to gain eligibility shall not be considered for admission in the current year.
8. Foreign nationals seeking admission to B. A. (Hons.) Journalism against the prescribed quota of seats earmarked for them, shall have to apply through the Foreign Students Advisor, C/o Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, Delhi - 110 007 and are exempted from the written examination and Interview.
   
   Those foreign students who have acquired their minimum qualification for admission from any Indian Board, in India have to apply directly as General category candidate. They have to appear for the entrance test like general category candidates and follow the same selection process as applicable to general category and in addition fill up the foreign student application form of FSR office (downloadable from: http://www.du.ac.in/forms/ foreignstudents1.pdf). All admission of foreign students are channeled through the Foreign Students Registry (FSR) office of University of Delhi.