DU Admission Percentage Calculation – Best of Four

For Admission to Arts / Humanities Honours Courses

• One Language (Core / Elective / Functional)
• The subject in which admission is sought (If a candidate does not include the concerned subject whether studied or not in Best of Four in seeking admission in the honours course, then a disadvantage of 2.5% may be imposed on the calculated Best of Four percentage)
• Any two other academic/elective subjects.

Note:

• If a candidate doesn’t include the subjects in ‘Best Four’, then a deduction of 2.5% of maximum marks will be levied for each subject for the purpose of calculating ‘Best Four’
• All subjects to be included in the calculation of ‘Best Four’ must have at least 70% theory component of exam. In case, the subject to be considered does not have 70% theory component and 30% practical component, then the marks of theory and practical only shall be converted to 70% and 30%, respectively on pro rata basis. These new marks will then be considered for calculation of ‘Best Four’.

List A

The following Discipline subjects must be treated as Academic/ Elective subjects for the purpose of undergraduate admissions. All other subjects offered by different boards may be treated as non-elective.

Arabic	French	Legal Studies	Punjabi
Bengali	Geography	Mathematics	Sanskrit
Botany	Geology	Music	Sociology
Chemistry	German	Persian	Spanish
Commerce*	Hindi	Philosophy	Statistics
Computer Science	History	Physics	Urdu
Economics	Home Science	Political Science	Zoology
English	Italian	Psychology

• Accountancy/ Business Studies/ Commerce shall be treated at par with academic/ elective subjects.
• Biology/ Biotechnology and Business Studies will be treated as academic/ elective subjects
• Mass Media Studies will be treated as an academic subject for the purpose of admission to B.A. (H) Journalism (Hindi/ English).
• Admission to B.A. (Hons.) Hindi Patrakarita and B.A. (Hons.) Journalism will be based on ‘Best Four’ percentage as in B.A. (Hons.) Hindi and B.A. (Hons.) English, respectively.
• In case a candidate has studied both elective and core in a language, then core language subject will be treated as language, while elective language can be considered as academic/ elective subject.
• Admission to B.A. (Hons.) Applied Psychology will be based on ‘Best Four’ percentage as in B.A. (Hons.) Psychology
• Admission to B.A. (Hons.) Social Work and B.A. (Hons.) Philosophy will be based on ‘Best Four’ percentage including one language and three academic/elective subjects as per the above procedure.
• The subject ‘Informatics Practices’ will be equivalent to Computer Science for admission to B.Sc. (Hons.) Computer Science only
• The candidates must have studied and passed Mathematics at the qualifying exam for admission to B.A.(Honours) in Economics and Commerce.
• Business Mathematics will be treated as equivalent to Mathematics for admission to B.Com (H)/ B.Com only.
• For admission to Honours in any language course, advantage of 2% in the Best Four percentage may be given to those candidates who have studied that particular elective language.
• In case, a candidate has not studied a language at qualifying exam and is seeking admission to Honours in that language (except for Honours in English and Hindi, refer (c)), deduction of 5% will be imposed on ‘Best Four’ percentage
• For admission to Honours in English and Hindi, the candidate must have studied and passed the respective language in the qualifying exam and should include respective language for calculation of ‘Best Four’ percentage.
• University may define any other relevant subjects as an academic/ elective for a particular Honours course.

For Admission to BA /B.Com (Prog.)

• One Language (Core/Elective/Functional)
• Any three elective subjects can be chosen. A deduction of upto 5% on ‘Best Four’ percentage may be imposed if there is a change of stream.
• One non-listed (List A of Annexure-I) subject can be included in calculation of ‘Best Four’ without any deduction.
• For admission to B.A. (Vocational) only, related vocational subjects may be treated at par with academic/elective subjects and up to two vocational subjects which are in relationship with the course of study may be included for the calculation of ‘Best Four’
• If a candidate opts for MIL (Except Hindi) as a subject, an advantage of up to 10% may be given in ‘Best Four’ in those colleges where MIL is offered as a subject.

Note:

• The college will have to notify the actual deduction up to 5% for change of stream beforehand by uploading on their website and intimating the same to the University.
• If more than one non-listed subject is included for calculation of ‘Best Four’, a deduction of 2.5% each in ‘Best Four’ may be levied in addition to deduction due to change of stream, if any.
• All subjects to be included in the calculation of ‘Best Four’ must have at least 70% theory component of exam. In case, the subject to be considered does not have 70% theory component and 30% practical component, then the marks of theory and practical only shall be converted to 70% and 30%, respectively on pro rata basis. These new marks will then be considered for calculation of ‘Best Four’

For Admission to Science Courses

The Basis of Selection for Mathematical Sciences/Science/Home Science courses. All the subjects to be included for Basis of Selection (PCM/PCB/PCMB) must have at least 70% theory component of exam. In case, the subject to be considered does not have 70% theory component and 30% practical component, then the marks of theory and practical only must be converted to 70% and 30% , respectively on pro rata basis. These new marks will then be considered for calculation of PCM/PCB etc.

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