B.A. (Elective English, History) 

at Jesus and Mary College, Chanakya Puri

To be admitted to B.A. (Hons) English at Jesus and Mary College, the candidate must have at least 45% in class 12th in any stream from any recognized board. English from list A is compulsory in class 12th with any two subjects from list B1 and any one subject from either list B1 or list B2. 

Jesus and Mary College (JMC) is considered as one of the best colleges in the capital of the country. It offers a number of courses in the Bachelors Degree programme. The institute is affiliated to the prestigious University of Delhi. The programme is interdisciplinary offering the undergraduate students to study from fifteen combinations of different disciplines. 

Subjects such as Entrepreneurship, Economics, English, Mathematics, Computer Application, History, Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology, Spanish and French are combined in a manner that an undergraduate student has an array of choices to pursue the Course.

The college and more specifically the BA department believes in all-around development of every student. 

For all the 24 courses that Jesus and Mary College offers the tuition fees is within the bracket of 1.2 Lacs to 1.3 Lacs. The eligibility for the enrollment under any of the BA courses is successful completion of your 10 + 2 from any recognised educational board in the country. Post which you will be expected to take the CUET. The aggregate in both shall determine a successful admission in the college to your dream course. 

The total number of BA seats at JMC, DU is 966. This includes the reserved, unreserved and supernumerary seats available at the college. The college has seats reserved for Christian candidates, Kashmiri Migrants, PWD, foreign students, etc. The number of seats and the seat break-up have been sourced from the official website of the college/sanctioning body. It is still subject to change and hence, is indicative.

BA students at Jesus and Mary College are eligible to apply for various scholarships. The college provides course-wise scholarships based on their academic and extra-curricular performance. These scholarships include The M. Sethuraman Memorial Scholarship, Seema Nazarath Memorial Scholarship, Dr. Kamlesh Debi Singh Memorial Scholarship, etc. The college also provides scholarships for candidates admittied under the categories of Chrisitan Minority, or through sports/ward of staff quota.

BA graduates of JMC, DU can build a career in a variety of fields. They can find several job opportunities in the government sector, private sector and PSUs. Depending upon their specialisation, JMC BA graduates can find employment opportunities in various sectors including Media Organisations, Schools, Colleges and Social Work Organisations. Following graduation, a candidate can work as a Civil Administrator, Content Writer, Journalist, Economist, etc. Many candidates prefer to pursue an MA after BA to gain more knowledge in their specialisation and enhance their job prospects.

Over 31 in-campus drives were conducted during the academic year 2023-24. The highest package offered to the batch was INR 23.05 LPA and the average package stood at INR 6 LPA. Check the complete insights of Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi placements 2024 from the table below:

No, an applicant can choose a maximum of 10 courses of each university for the CUET UG test. The application fee also varies according to the number of programmes selected. The different slabs of CUET UG application fees are three programmes, seven programmes and 10 programmes. During the CUET application correction window, students can change the courses or increase or decrease the selected courses.

As per guidelines released by DU (affiliating university of Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi, candidates must take DU CUET only in subjects that they have cleared in Class 12. There are a total of 13 languages in which a student can appear for CUET UG. These include Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Odiya, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, English, Hindi and Urdu. The subject choice of student seeking to get into Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi must be in accordance with the interested courses a student wants to pursue.

Jesus and Mary College accepts entrance exam scores from the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for admission to both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. The CUET scores are used to determine admission to UG courses as well as PG courses at the college. Candidates need to register for the CUET exam and their scores will be considered for admission to their preferred programs at Jesus and Mary College.

At Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi, more than 70% of seats are reserved for various reserved category students. A breakup for the same is mentioned in the below table: