Hansraj College : An Overview

Author: Urmila Pokhriyal

Situated in the prime location of North campus Delhi, Hansraj college was established in 1948. It comes under University of Delhi. It is one of prominent and top level college of University of Delhi. Students have an option of opting for various courses offered by the college from arts, commerce, and science stream.

The UG and PG courses that are currently offered by the colleges are as follows :

UG Courses - BA (Hons), B.sc Life science, B.sc (Hons)

PG Courses - MA,M.Com, M.Sc in various subjects like Anthropology, Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Operational Research, Physics, Zoology. Along with this college also offers Integrated course for the students.

Besides these courses College also offers Diploma and certificate course in two foreign languages (French and German)

Eligibility for Under graduate courses is the 12th class percentage, Cut-off for the most famous courses of the Hansraj college like B.A (Economics) and B.A (English) is as high as 98% and 97% for year 2016. For post graduate studies the admissions are done through University/Faculty/Departments norms.

A separate Foreign adviser is assigned for all the admission queries related to foreign students admissions.

Following are list of examination accepted by Hansraj College:

  1. 10+2 from CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education), New Delhi, or equivalent.
  2. Pre-University Examination/ Pre-Medical Examination from an Indian University.
  3. 10+2 from any Indian University/ Board.
  4. Indian School Certificate Examination (12 years) of the Council of Indian School Certificate Examination, New Delhi.
  5. General Certificate of Education Examination of U.K. Pass in five subjects at ordinary level and at least two at the advanced level.

Hansraj College has always been ranked among Top colleges all over India in Science, Arts, and commerce by India today. It has been accredited by NAAC. It also has placement cell which take cares of all the placement related activities.

Some of the famous alumni of Hansraj College are Shahrukh Khan(famous Bollywood actor), Abhinav Kashyap (Director), Dr. Palash sen (Song writer, singer), politician Ajay Maken and many more.

Confluence is one of the famous Annual festival of Hansraj college, which has numerous features.Other than that Hansraj college has various societies also like Dramatics, music, dance etc.