New Delhi: English is the most sought-after subject in Delhi University, according to the varsity.
As many as 1,26,327 students have applied for the BA (Hons) English programme, followed by 1,05,818 students for BA (Programme), as per data shared by the DU.
BA (Hons) Political Science course saw 1,05,590 applicants, while BA (Hons) Economics had 96,709 applicants.
The least number of applicants were for vocational courses — 49,378 applicants for BA (Vocational) Tourism Management, followed by 53,207 for BA (Vocational) Human Resource Management. BA (Hons) Applied Psychology was the third least popular with 57,584 applicants.
The DU threw open its admission portal for aspirants of various undergraduate courses on May 15. The registration for these courses ended on June 7. The university has, for now, announced a total of five cut-off lists with the notification for the first cut-off scheduled to be issued on June 19.
The total number of male applicants are 1,44,248, women 1,34,297 and other applicants 29, a DU official said.
