B. A. (Hons) in English 

at Doon University, Dehradun

Doon University is established as a university by an Act of the Uttrakhand Government, and it is also recognised under section 12 (B) of the University Grant Commission (UGC) Act 1956. Hence, all the courses and specialisations offered at Doon University are valid all over India.

Candidates who want to opt for higher studies after their BA or if they want to do a job after the completion of their BA course can do both as the degree awarded to them by Doon University is valid.

Yes, admission is open for the BA course at Doon University. The last date for BA application submission is May 31, 2024. BA course admission is conducted through an entrance test conducted by Doon University itself. Candidates must fill out the application form for the entrance test conducted at Doon University. The application process for Doon University BA admission is generally concluded between July and August.

Based on their performance in Doon University entrance test, candidates can register further for the counselling process and should verify their documents. The last step of the BA course admission process is to pay the tuition fee. 

According to Doon University’s rule, students must maintain a minimum of 75% attendance to appear in the end-semester examinations.

In exceptional cases, the Vice-Chancellor may allow the shortage of attendance to the extent of 5% and that too on the recommendation of the HoD concerned according to the conditions laid down by the Academic Council.

Students whose total attendance is less than 75% will not be allowed to appear in the end semester examination and will be declared fail for that semester and year accordingly.

The process of getting admission to the BA programme at Doon University is elaborated below:

• Candidates should have passed class 12 with a minimum of 50% aggregate (45% for reserved categories from Uttarakhand).
• Candidates should apply for the Doon University entrance test and qualify for the said entrance test.
• Selected candidates names whose names are in the Doon University entrance exam result should register for counselling through Doon University's official website, followed by document verification and fee payment.

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According to the information given in the Doon University admission prospectus:

• Students are required to maintain a minimum of 75% attendance for appearing in the end-semester examinations. The Vice-Chancellor may allow the shortage of attendance to the extent of 5% based on the recommendation of the HoD concerned under conditions prescribed by the Academic Council.
• Students whose total attendance is less than 75% will not be allowed to appear in the end semester examination and will be declared fail for that semester and year accordingly.

The candidate should have passed Class 12 in any stream with a minimum of 50% (45% for reserved categories from Uttarakhand). Those candidates who have the aforesaid aggregate in their Class 12 marksheet can appear for the entrance test conducted by Doon University for admission in any of the BA domains. Candidates whose names will appear in the selected candidate's list published on the official website of the university can register for the counselling process, where they can fill in their branch preferences. The final step to complete the counselling and admission process is to get the document verified and tuition fees paid.

Yes, Doon University indeed reserves a certain amount of seats for students who are residents of Uttarakhand. However, this reservation can only be availed by those who belong to the reserved categories. The university reserves 50% of the total seats for the reserved categories. Find below category-wise seat break-up below:

Note: This information is taken from the official source/ sanctioning body, and is subjective.

At Doon University, students are offered various specialisations for the BA programme. The university offers BA (Hons) and BA research course. The eligibility and selection criteria is same across all of the BA courses. The university provides the course through its School of Languages. Eligible students can pursue the following BA specialisations at Doon University:

• BA (Hons) in Psychology
• BA (Hons) in French
• BA (Hons) in English
• BA (Hons) in Japanese
• BA (Hons) in German
• BA (Hons) in Spanish
• BA (Hons) in Chinsese

Yes, Doon University conducts its own entrance exam based on which it selects candidates in various disciplines of the BA programme. Candidates seeking admission to BA courses offered at Doon University must take the aforesaid exam.

Based on their Doon University entrance exam performance, candidates will get selected and become eligible for the counselling round followed by document verification and fee payment, which will finalise their BA admission process at Doon University.

The 2023 placement session concluded with 71 UG (3-year), 4 UG (4-year) and 80 PG (2-year) students placed. The median package offered to PG (2-year) students was the highest, which stood at INR 6.50 PA. Check the complete insights of Doon University placements 2023 from the table below:

NOTE: The aforementioned details are fetched from the NIRF report 2024.