Miranda House Admission Info

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Miranda House Admission Info

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How to apply to Miranda House?

Application Information:

Admission Criteria: Selection is on the basis of marks secured in the Senior Secondary High School Examination of the CBSE or an equivalent Board. As the number of seats is limited, eligibility does not guarantee admission.
A limited number of seats are available on the basis of merit in sports and extracurricular activities as determined by a selection process carried out on announced date
Application Procedure

Application Form

The college accepts only the Centralized Pre-admission Form of the University of Delhi (for regular courses)
For admission on the basis of Excellence in Sports and Extracurricular Activities, candidates are encouraged to procure the Prospectus to obtain an overview of the college and details of the selection criteria which would form the basis of admission.
After the cut-off lists are announced, the candidates selected for admission to the college are required to fill the Miranda House Admission Form attached to the Prospectus before they can be admitted to the college. This form is available along with the Prospectus at the time of admission at the college counter

Eligibility

Age Requirement: As per University rules.
Candidates who want to reappear to improve their marks in order to satisfy the minimum eligibility criteria are not considered for admission

Reserved Category

15% of the total seats are reserved for scheduled class and 7.5 % of the total seats are reserved for scheduled tribes.
5% of the total seats are reserved for children/ widows/ wives of personnel of the Armed Forces and Paramilitary Forces killed or disabled in action or while on duty.
3% of the total seats are reserved for physically challenged students

Admissions in the reserved category are through the Office of Dean of Student Welfare. Reservation for OBC Category is in accordance with University directive.

Foreign Students
The admission of foreign students for all courses is centralized and students should approach

The Office of Foreign Students Advisor
c/o Faculty of Management Studies
University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007

Procedure for Admission:

Admission Form

All selected candidates are required to fill the College Admission Form attached to the Prospectus. Candidates who have applied using the Centralized Pre-admission Form or the College Online Admission Form are additionally required to procure the Prospectus and fill the Green Admission Form attached to it.

Submission of Original Certificates

All candidates, at the time of admission to the college, are required to submit the following certificates in original:

Mark Sheet giving details of marks secured in the qualifying Class XII Examination
Character Certificate issued by the Head of the school/college last attended
Date of Birth Certificate, preferably the Class X certificate issued by the Examination Board.
Certificate of having passed Hindi in those cases where the student has studied Hindi up to class VIIITwo recent passport sized photographs and one stamp sized photograph for the identity card, all unattested
One set of self-attested copies of all the above certificates

Candidates who are unable to produce any of the above mentioned certificates either because their university/ board has not issued the same till the last date of admission or because of any other reason are given provisional admission till 16 August 2008. If the candidate is unable to submit the requisite documents by the required date, her admission automatically stands cancelled.

SC/ ST Category candidates are admitted through the Office of the Dean of Students Welfare, University of Delhi. They are required to submit an attested copy of the SC/ ST certificate issued by anyone of the following competent authorities:

District Magistrate/ Additional District Magistrate/ Deputy Commissioner/ Deputy Collector/ 1st Class Stipendiary Magistrate/ City Magistrate (not below the rank of 1st Class Stipendiary Magistrate)/ Sub Divisional Magistrate/ Taluka Magistrate/ Executive Magistrate/ Extra- assistant Commissioner.
Chief Presidency Magistrate/ Additional Chief Presidency Magistrate/ Presidency Magistrate
Revenue Officer not below the rank of Tehsildar
Sub-Divisional Officer of the area where the candidate or her family normally resides
Administrator/ Secretary to Administrator/ Development Officer (Lakshadweep and Minicoy Islands).

The certificates should be in the name of the student and not in the name of the parent.
Widows/ Wives/ Children of the Personnel of the Armed Forces and Paramilitary Forces killed or disabled in action during the wars, 1947 onwards, or of those who have passed away while on duty, must submit a certificate to that effect from any of the following:

Secretary, Kendriya Sainik Board, Delhi
Secretary, Rajya/ Zila Sainik Board
Officer-in-Charge Record Office
First Class Stipendiary Magistrate

Foreign Students are admitted through the Office of the Foreign Students Advisor, in accordance with the University of Delhi procedures.
(i)In accordance with the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India directive, all foreign students are required to undergo a medical examination within a month of their admission. Initially, they will be admitted provisionally. Their admission will be confirmed only on production of valid medical fitness certificates.

The 1st, 2nd nd 3rd lists come out around the last week of may every year and the admission process begins in the 1st week of June.
Important Links: Link to college website is given below where admission updates can be checked:
Click here for admission

Trends:Cut offs(2008-2009)Cut-off List

Subject	General category	OBC Category
B.A. Programme	80% (Humanities) -	78% (H)84% (Sc and C)
B.A. Programme (Functional Hindi)	75% (Humanities)85% (Science and Commerce)- 60% in class XII hindi and 80% in class X hindi	73% (H)
B.A. (Honours) English	89% for humanities, 90% for science, 94% for commerce: with 85% in core/functional English OR 87% for humanities, 88% for science, 92% for commerce: with 80% in elective English	87% (H), 88% (Sc), 92% (C): with 83% in core/functional English OR science, 90 for commerce
B.A. (Honours) Hindi	67% for humanities	65% for humanities
B.A. (Honours) Economics	94% for commerce, 91.5% for science and humanities : with 60% in English and 70% in Maths excluding business Maths	90.5% for commerce, science and humanities : with 60% in English and 70% in Maths excluding business Maths
B.A. (Honours) History	78.5% for humanities, 81% for science* and 82% for commerce: with 68% in English	76.5% for humanities, 80% for science and 81% for commerce: with 60% in English
B.A. (Honours)Philosophy	77.5% (with 65% in English)	75% (with 65% in English)
B.A. (Honours) Geography	84% for humanities with 88% in geography and 85% for humanities without geography, science and commerce : 65% in English for all	82.5% for humanities with 84% in geography and 83% for humanities without geography, science and commerce :65% in English for all
B.A. (Honours) Political Science	82% for humanities with 80% in Pol. Science, 84% for humanities with or without Pol. Science, 87% for commerce and science : 65% in English for all categories	80.5% for humanities with 80% in Pol. Science, 82.5% for humanities with or without Pol. Science, 85.5% for commerce and science*
B.A. (Honours) Sociology	85.75% with 70% in English	84.25% with 65% in English
B.A. (Honours) Mathematics	85% with 90% in Maths	82% with 88% in Maths	B.A. (Honours) Sanskrit	50% - with 60% in class XII Sanskrit or with 70% in class X Sanskrit	49%
B.Sc. Applied Physical Science	75% in PMC/CS	73.33% in PMC/CS
B.Sc. Life Science	76.33% in PCB/BT	75% in PCB/BT
B.Sc. (Honours)	80.66% PCM	79.33%

Contact Information:

Address	MIRANDA HOUSE UNIVERSITY OF DELHI DELHI - 110007
Telephone Number	+91 - 11 - 27666983, 27667437, 27667367
Facsimile Number	+91 - 11 - 27667437
Email	mhouse@ndf.vsnl.net.in

Information on courses and academics

Under graduate Courses offered by the College

- B.A. Programme
- B.A. Programme with Functional Hindi
- B.A. Honours in

- B.Sc. Life Sciences
- B.Sc. Applied Physical Science
- B. El. Ed. (4 year course)

Post graduate courses offered by the college

M.A. Programme: The same subjects are offered as at the B. A. Honours level except for Political Science, Geography and Sociology.

M.Sc. Programme: The same subjects are offered as at the B. Sc. Honours level. Additionally, the college offers M. Sc. in Anthropology.

Add on Courses offered in the college

Bhasha Setu: A Translation Course in Hindi, English, Hindi

Foreign Language Center: Miranda House offers Certificate Courses in: French, German, Spanish, Russian
Green Chemistry and Environment:
Media Studies (Electronic Media and Television Patrakarita)
Television Journalism and Photography
Operations Research
Tourism