Humanities & Social Sciences

All candidates admitted through JAM should have a Bachelors degree. At least 55% aggregate marks, without rounding off, (taking into account all subjects, including Languages and Subsidiaries, all years combined) for
General/OBC-NCL Category Candidates and at least 50% aggregate marks, without rounding off, (taking into account all subjects, including languages and subsidiaries, all years combined) for SC/ST and PwD category candidates in the qualifying degree. For Candidates with letter grades/CGPA (instead of percentage of marks), the equivalence in percentage of marks will be decided by the Admitting Institute(s). Proof of having passed the Qualifying Degree with the Minimum Educational Qualifications (MEQ) as specified by the admitting institute should be submitted by September 30, 2016. At the time of admission, all admitted candidates will have to submit a physical fitness certificate from a registered medical practitioner in the prescribed form. At the time of
admission, the admitted candidates may also have to undergo a physical fitness test by a medical board constituted by the Admitting Institute. In case, a candidate is not found physically fit to pursue his/her chosen course of study, his/her admission is liable to be cancelled.

In short, BA is the regular undergraduate study programme which takes 3 years to complete. BA Hons is one extra year for extra studies. BA or BA (Hons).
A "Bachelors" or "Honours" Level covers degrees with titles such as Bachelor of Arts, BA (Hons), Bachelor of Science, B.Sc (Hons), Bachelor of Engineering, Being (Hons), Bachelor of Laws, and LLB (Hons). These are standard higher education qualifications recognized across the UK and Europe. Usually you will enroll on either a BA or a BA (Hons). The 'Hons' represents 360+ credits of study typically over three years full time and often contains a substantial project or dissertation during the final year of study. The standard BA is usually known as an 'Ordinary' BA and is equivalent to 300 credits usually omitting the project or dissertation in the final year.

Motilal Nehru College offers bachelors courses for candidates who hold Higher Senior Secondary Certificate with minimum 45% aggregate marks. Bachelors is offered in Economics, English, Political Science, History, Hindi, Sanskrit, Commerce, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics and Physical Science. While admitting students for a particular course, the candidates' score in top three subjects and one language subject will be considered. Admissions to all the undergraduate courses are merit based. A cut-off list will be published by DU. Candidates who score the given marks in the list are eligible to take admission. The annual intake for Bachelors courses is 1065 students.

All the eligible candidates would be required to fill in the college admission form available at the college office during the time of admission. All the applicants would be required to submit several documents including class X examination certificate, class X and XII mark sheets, character certificate, class XII provisional certificate, ST/SC certificate/OBC certificate, transfer certificate from school along with the migration certificate (in case the candidate has done their schooling from outside Delhi) and three passport size photographs self-attested by the student. Students can check the number of seats available as given below:
For admission into B.A Honors, a student has to pass their 10+2 from a recognized board and an aggregate of 45% marks. The merit list would be prepared on the basis of marks obtained in three best elective subjects and one language subject.