Admission Criteria & Rules

Eligibility Criteria and Calculation of Marks for Merit

Admission to the undergraduate (UG) programmes of Shri Ram College of Commerce is merit based.

The criteria for eligibility for the Undergraduate Courses of Shri Ram College of Commerce are listed below. Applicants must check these thoroughly to see if they satisfy the requirements.

Admission to UG courses is made through the criteria and procedures specified by the University in its Bulletin of Information for Admission to Undergraduate Courses (Available at: http://www.du.ac.in/du/uploads/COVID-19/admissions.html).

There are no additional eligibility criteria set by Shri Ram College of Commerce besides the ones stipulated by the University through the Bulletin of Information.

B. A. (Hons.) Economics

Minimum Eligibility Criteria:
- An aggregate of 45% marks in the qualifying examination.
- The applicant must have studied and passed Mathematics at the qualifying examination for admission to B. A. (Hons.) in Economics.
The merit shall be determined on the basis of the marks of one language and three best academic/elective subjects as specified in List A and List B below.
Out of three academic/elective subjects chosen above, one must be the concerned subject in which the admission is sought, failing which a deduction of 2.5% will be imposed on the aggregate “Best Four” percentage.
Inclusion of any subject other than those given in Lists A and B in the “best three” will lead to a deduction of 2.5% per subject on the aggregate of the Best Four.

B. Com. (Hons.)

Minimum Eligibility Criteria:
- An aggregate of 45% marks in the qualifying examination.
- The applicant must have studied and passed Mathematics/Business Mathematics/ equivalent paper* at the qualifying examination for admission to B. Com. (Hons.).
Selection shall be made on the basis of marks obtained in qualifying examination including one language and three best subjects as per the following:

An aggregate of 45% or more in English/Hindi and combination of best three among the following subjects: Mathematics, Accountancy, Economics and Business Studies/ Commerce.
Inclusion of any subject from List B other than mentioned above in the combination of best three will lead to a deduction of 1% per subject on the aggregate.
Inclusion of any subject other than those in List A and List B in the combination of best three will lead to a deduction of 2.5% per subject on the aggregate of the Best Four.

* As specified in Appendix VIII of the University's Bulletin of Information for Admission to Undergraduate Courses

List A: Language Subjects

List A1

List A2

Assamese Core/

Assamese Elective

Gujarati Core/

Gujarati Elective

Maithili Core/

Maithili Elective

Odia Core/

Odia Elective

Tamil Core/

Tamil Elective

Arabic Core/

Arabic Elective

Bengali Core/

Bengali Elective

Hindi Core/

Hindi Elective

Malayalam Core/

Malayalam Elective

Punjabi Core/

Punjabi Elective

Telugu Core/

Telugu Elective

French Core/

French Elective

Bodo Core/

Bodo Elective

Kannada Core/

Kannada Elective

Manipuri Core/

Manipuri Elective

Sanskrit Core/

Sanskrit Elective

Urdu Core/

Urdu Elective

German Core/

German Elective

Dogri Core/

Dogri Elective

Kashmiri Core/

Kashmiri Elective

Marathi Core/

Marathi Elective

Santhali Core/

Santhali Elective

Italian Core/

Italian Elective

English Core/ English Elective

Konkani Core/ Konkani Elective

Nepali Core/ Nepali Elective

Sindhi Core/ Sindhi Elective

Persian Core/ Persian Elective

Spanish Core/

Spanish Elective

List B: Elective Subjects
Accountancy	Computer Science/ Computer Applications/ Informatics Practices	Mathematics
Anthropology	Economics	Philosophy/Logic and Philosophy
Biology/ Biochemistry/ Biotechnology	Geography	Physics
Business Mathematics	Geology	Political Science
Chemistry	History	Psychology
Civics	Home Science	Sociology
Commerce/ Business Studies	Legal Studies	Statistics

Relaxations in Course-specific Eligibility Criteria

To determine their eligibility and merit, applicants from the SC/ST categories shall be given a relaxation to the extent of 5% in the respective eligibility criteria and merit for admission prescribed for applicants from the UR category. If, after giving 5% relaxation, these reserved seats still remain vacant, further relaxation would be given to the extent required in order to fill all the reserved seats in the course concerned. Eligibility in such cases is pass percentage.
To determine the eligibility and merit, applicants from the OBC category shall be given a relaxation in the respective eligibility in the qualifying examination to the extent of 10% of the eligibility marks prescribed for applicants from the UR Category. For example, if the minimum eligibility for admission to a course is 40% for the UR Category applicants, the minimum eligibility for the OBC category will be 36% (i.e. 40% minus 10% of 40%).
Applicants from the PwBD category shall be given a relaxation in the respective eligibility for the course concerned in the qualifying examination to the extent of 5%. For example, if the minimum eligibility for admission to a course is 40% for the UR Category applicants, the minimum eligibility for the PwBD category will be 38% (i.e. 40% minus 5% of 40%).
Applicants from the CW category shall be given a relaxation of 5% in the respective eligibility for the course concerned in the qualifying examination. For example, if the minimum eligibility for admission to a course is 40% for the UR Category applicants, the minimum eligibility for the CW category will be 38% (i.e. 40% minus 5% of 40%).
Eligibility Criteria for merit-based admissions under the EWS category shall be identical to that of UR category.

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