Delhi School of Economics MA Courses & Fees 2025: Eligibility & Selection Criteria

The Delhi School of Economics has not disclosed the placement rates as of yet. Meanwhile, check out the key highlights of the DSE placements during seasons 2023-2025 from the table below:

According to unofficial online sources, the Delhi School of Economics alumni are primarily working in the Business Development sector with a 28% share. Refer to the below pie chart for a detailed sector-wise distribution of alumni:

No, Delhi School of Economics is primarily known for its excellence in economics and social sciences. It does not offer engineering programs, so it may not be the best option for those interested in pursuing engineering education. Considering its fielod of education, Delhi School of Economics is one of the best institutes to pursue economics and social sciences.

The median package offered to the MBA (IB) specialisation stood at INR 15.17 LPA during the Delhi School of Economics placements 2025. Check out the table for the median package offered at DSE placements 2023-2025 for MBA (IB) and MBA (HRD):

The Delhi School of Economics fees for MBA in HRD, IB, and MA course is around INR 97,540. Moreover, The Foreign Students would have to pay an annual fee of US$ 3,500. The total fee is subject to timely revisions by University of Delhi.

The following conditions must be followed in order to get Admission in the Campus

Delhi School of Economicshas a certain procedure for admission. For admission to different programs offered by the institute, the candidates are required to follow the minimum educational criteria defined by Delhi University.

• • Candidates with at least 40% marks in aggregate can apply for the undergraduate programs offered
  • Candidates, who are willing to pursue their career in a particular subject are required to have passed that subject in last qualifying examination
  • For admission to PG courses, the candidates are shortlisted either based on the merit list or entrance examination conducted by the university
  • The candidates seeking admission to Postgraduate courses are required to have secured at least 50% marks in aggregate in their undergraduate examination
  • Candidates seeking admission to M.Phil and Ph.D. are required to take the entrance examination followed by personal interview round
  • For admission to Ph.D. and M.Phil, the candidates must have studied the relevant subject in their last qualifying examination.

  • Delhi school of Engineering Courses in Arts with one-course specialisation in Economics.

    • The candidates seeking admission to Arts courses in Delhi School of Economics are required to have secured at least 40% marks in aggregate in senior secondary school
    • A merit list based on the marks obtained by the candidates in last qualifying examination is prepared, through which the candidates are shortlistedCandidates appearing in their final examinations are also eligible to apply for admission and the stream in which they completed their last qualifying examination is not considered
    • The candidates are required to visit the official website of Delhi University to fill the application form
    • While filling the application form they are required to make some payment as application fee
    • The payment is to made online through Credit card/ Debit card/ Net banking
    • The candidates are required to send the print out of application form along with the required documents to the respective college for verification of certificates
    • Documents required are mark sheets and passing certificates of 10^thand 12^thclass, recent character certificate, caste certificate (if required), transfer certificate from school and two passports sized self-attested photographs

DSE admission to MA course is based on the overall DUET cutoff. Analysing the previous year DSE cutoff 2022, the Round 1 closing percentage for M.A. in Economics was 7.62, for M.A. in Geography, it was 67.45 and for M.A. in Sociology, it was 8.38 for the General category. The DUET cutoff was concluded with the release of Round 4 Seat Allotment. The closing ranks for M.A. in Economics was same i.e 7.62, whereas for M.A. in Geography was 75.78 and for M.A. in Sociology was 55.07. If taken into consideration the trend analysis of DSE for M.A. in Geography has seen a decrease in closing percentage. Candidates seeking admission to Delhi School of Economics MA course can refer to the table given below to check out the DUET cutoff:

Delhi School of Economics MA admission 2023 will be conducted through the Common Seat Allocation System Portal (CSAS PG) by Delhi University based on the Common University Entrance Test (CUET PG) scores. 

Registrations for DSE MA Economics admission 2023 will begin after CUET PG result declaration of the official website –admission.uod.ac.in. As per the DU admission policy, 50% seats will be reserved for DU students, while admission to the 50% seats will be provided through CUET.

• Admission to the course is done on the basis of the candidate's performance in the past qualifying exam and entrance exam.
• Only the candidates who have qualified the entrance exam are eligible to apply for Merit seats. 
• The entrance exam will contain objective type questions and there will be negative marking for wrong answers. 
• The exam will evaluate candidates on the basis of microeconomic theory, macroeconomic theory, mathematical techniques and probability, statistics & elementary econometrics
• Students applying for MA Economics should score 40% (General Category), 36% (OBC) and 20% (SC/ST) in the entrance exam to qualify
• Separate merit lists will be put up for the reserved and general categories to be admitted through the Entrance Test and through Direct Admissions.
• The admission of students to the course will be provisional and will be confirmed by the Admission Committee of the University only after verification of the original certificates.