With more than 80 colleges under its umbrella, the University of Delhi, commonly known as DU, is definitely the most sought after university in the country today. The University of Delhi is a premier university of the country and is known for its high standards in teaching and research.

Personalities like Manmohan Singh, Amartya Sen, Shahrukh Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Rahul Gandhi, Amitabh Bachchan, Sheikh Hasina and Aung Sang Su Kyi, have only one thing in common - Delhi University!

Securing the right percentage to make the cut off of your dream college at DU might be the foremost step. The next most important step is filling the admission form correctly.

If you're applying to the colleges affiliated to Delhi University, there are two options available.

One, you can fill up the centralized pre-admission forms. The admission forms are available at the 17 centres specified by the University. The forms are available from June 1 to June 15, the last date of submission being June 15.

Any number of colleges and any number of courses can be applied for through these forms. The advantage of the common admission forms is that you don't waste money on the individual admission forms of colleges.

WATCH OUT: St. Stephen's College and Jesus & Mary College do not accept the Common admission form. Individual forms need to be filled for admission.

Two, you can fill up the individual admission forms of colleges.

Important instructions for filling the Common Admission Form:

1 In order to avoid rejection, the candidate must ensure that

a) The form is not folded, crumpled or mutilated in any manner.

b) No extra marks are made anywhere except wherever required.

c) The black marks on the margin are important. They should not be tampered with marker under any circumstance.

2. Use Blue or Black pen only.

3. Use the specimen copy for practice before filling up the actual Pre-admission Form.

4. The Pre-admission Form has two sides. After filling both sides, take photocopy of form on single page i.e. both sides, submit to any of the 17 centres and get it duly stamped on photocopy as acknowledgment.

5. Select the colleges you would like to study in and the course you would like to pursue by darkening appropriate bubble keeping in mind the cut-off percentages of the last academic year. Please remember that the cut-offs give only trends.

6. Information or data furnished on the Pre-admission Form is the sole responsibility of the applicant. Incomplete forms will be rejected.

7. All courses available in colleges for which registration is done through Pre-admission form are included in the form. However, courses for which entrance tests are held or done directly by colleges or students seeking admissions on sports or Extra Curricular Activities basis, candidates may contact the colleges concerned.

8. This is only a pre-admission form. Submission does not guarantee admission. Admission will be granted by colleges subject to fulfillment of prescribed eligibility criteria and is at the discretion of the colleges.

Filling the Common Admission Form

The following steps will help you to correctly fill in the Common Admission Form of DU and therefore avoid rejection.

Firstly, the form is to be filled on both the sides.

On the front page, the general information about the student is asked and on the second page all colleges with the courses offered are mentioned.

A total of 9 questions are mentioned in the Admission Form.

The First question is about the candidate's name. A candidate has to write his/her full name in Capital letters only and darken the circle below each letter containing that particular alphabet. Remember to leave one box blank between the two parts of name i.e. the first name and the surname.

The Second question is the newly added OBC status column. You have to fill in the admission form the category to which you belong i.e. General or OBC. Darken the circle in front of the category you belong to.

The Third question relates to the gender, male or female.

The next question is about the year in which you passed the class XII examinations i.e. 2007, 2006 or 2005 or before 2005.

The Fifth question contains the Date of Birth, wherein after mentioning the date of birth you also have to darken the circle below the number you have mentioned as your date of birth.

The Sixth question is about the name of the Board from which the Class XII or an equivalent examination was cleared, like CBSE, ISC (All India), Bihar Board, Haryana, Rajasthan, UP, Open School or any other board.

The all important Board roll number is mentioned in the Seventh question. The Common Admission Form has been prepared keeping the CBSE roll numbers as a benchmark. ISC students need not fill any box for parts of their roll numbers with letters like 'B', '/' or '-'.

The Eighth question enquires about the status of result, whether passed, awaited or a compartment.

And the Final question is about the subjects the student opted for in the Board Examination, the maximum marks and the marks obtained in the particular subject. The subject code is mentioned in the Information Bulletin (Table A).

BE CARFEUL: After filling in the subject code, the next column is of the Maximum Marks and not of the Marks Obtained in the subject.

The next step is to turn the Form for filling in the colleges and the courses to apply for.

On the left side of the form, the names of the colleges (abbreviations) are mentioned in alphabetical order. The first 19 colleges mentioned are only Women's colleges, guys watch out for those names! After the women's colleges, the co-educational colleges have been mentioned.

College names have been mentioned in an abbreviated form. To know the complete names of colleges, table B & C in the information bulletin can be referred to.

Students have to select their choice of college and then look up for the course they want to apply and thereafter darken the circle.

Some circles have contain letters like A, B, P, G, V, where A stands for Applied, B is for Biological, G is for Geology, P for Polymer, V for vocational.

At the bottom of this page, the student has to mention name and the application number.

NNE wishes all DU aspirants all the best!