58.9% DU Aspirants Choose Humanities; SRCC, Hindu Top Picks

The University of Delhi (DU) released the Common Simulated Ranks for undergraduate admissions on July 15 at 5:00 pm. The ranks are now available on candidates' dashboards and are based on the preferences submitted till July 14, 2025.

According to data shared by the university, BCom (Hons.) has emerged as the most sought-after programme, drawing 48,336 first preferences, followed by BA (Hons.) Political Science with 15,295 and B.Sc. (Hons.) Zoology with 12,722 preferences.

Among integrated technical programmes, BTech (Hons.) Mathematics and Humanities received 10,584 preferences, while BCom (general) followed with 8,939.

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In terms of colleges, Sri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) led the list, receiving 38,795 first preferences. It was followed by Hindu College with 31,901, Hansraj College with 15,902, St. Stephen's College with 12,413, and Miranda House with 11,403.

Among BA programmes, combinations of humanities subjects were the most preferred. BA (History + Political Science) topped the list with 7,60,233 preferences, followed by BA (Economics + Political Science) at 3,88,407, and BA (English + Economics) at 3,49,367.

Stream-wise, Humanities-based programmes were chosen by 58.89% of candidates, Commerce-based programmes by 20.89%, and Science-based programmes by 20.22%.

The university has recorded over 5.75 crore (5,75,80,700) total Programme + College preferences across 1,549 unique combinations, reflecting the scale of participation and competition in this year's admissions.

Following the announcement of Simulated Ranks, DU has re-opened the preference-editing window for candidates. Students can revise, reorder, delete, or add new preferences until 11:59 pm on Wednesday, July 16, 2025.