Though the colleges are all constituent to the University of Delhi, as it is a
collegiate university, depending upon the funding Delhi Colleges broadly fall into three categories: • Colleges established by Educational or Charitable Trusts. • Colleges are maintained by the Delhi Administration, which acts as a trust for them. • Colleges maintained by the University of Delhi. The colleges maintained by universities get 100% deficit maintenance grants while the colleges run by trusts get 95% deficit grants. The university has 65 colleges that offer liberal courses in humanities, social sciences, and science. Twenty-five of these colleges are affiliated with the South Campus while the others are to the North Campus. The total number of colleges under the university is 77 if the colleges that run professional courses are included. Some colleges also offer evening courses. The university includes an undergraduate management college 'Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, which is ranked as the best B-school in the country at this level, by India Today.
Faculties Main The University of Delhi's 86 academic departments are divided into 16 faculties. • Faculty of Applied Social Sciences & Humanities • Faculty of Arts • Faculty of Commerce and Business Studies • Faculty of Education • Faculty of Interdisciplinary and Applied Sciences •
Faculty of Law •
Faculty of Management Studies • Faculty of Mathematical Sciences • Faculty of Medical Sciences • Faculty of Music and Fine Arts • Faculty of Open Learning: The faculty is concerned with distance education. • Faculty of Science • Faculty of Social Sciences • Faculty of Technology In the past, the Faculty of Technology offered courses in Engineering and Technology. The faculty earlier included the Delhi College of Engineering, before it was transformed into the
Delhi Technological University and Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology before it was transformed into the
Netaji Subhas University of Technology. It was again established in 2023.
Affiliated faculties The University of Delhi has two affiliated faculties: • Faculty of Ayurvedic & Unani Medicine: The faculty awards degrees to its students in
Ayurvedic medicine and
Unani medicine. • Faculty of Homoeopathic Medicine: The faculty awards degrees to its students in
Homoepathic medicine.
Centres and institutes There are about 28 centres and institutes at DU. These are divided into four categories:
Postgraduate centres • Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centre For Biomedical Research — Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Centre for Biomedical Research is a centre where a multispecialty group of scientists participate in teaching and research in basic and applied biomedical sciences. •
Institute of Informatics and Communication – focuses on the field of communication and information technology. •
Delhi School of Economics: Commonly referred to as DSE, it is a centre of postgraduate learning. Starting in the year 1949, the campus of the Delhi School of Economics houses the University of Delhi's Departments of Economics, Commerce, Sociology and Geography. • Delhi School of Journalism - The University of Delhi established the Delhi School of Journalism (DSJ) in 2017 and introduced a Five-Year Integrated Course in Journalism. •
School of Open Learning - offer postgraduate courses, degrees and diplomas
Centres •
Cluster Innovation Centre (DU-CIC) presents its students with an interdisciplinary study system that involves hands-on projects and connects research with application in society. CIC is supported by the
National Innovation Council and aided by the
Ministry of Education. •
Design Innovation Centre (DIC or DUDIC) - A design centre in North Campus established under National Initiative for Design Innovation by
Ministry of Human Resource Development. It offers courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students in design thinking, innovation and entrepreneurship. The University of Delhi is the main hub and one of the 5 institutions to be granted the DIC project in the first round. • D.S. Kothari Centre for Science, Ethics and Education – The objective of Daulat Singh Kothari Centre for Science, Ethics and Education is to raise the standard of living of the people. It is based on science and technology, and education that determines the level of prosperity, welfare and security of the people. • Agricultural Economics Research Centre – The centre was established and is completely funded by the
Ministry of Agriculture of India to carry out research related to the rural economy and agriculture in India. Since then, the centre has completed more than hundreds of policy-oriented studies for the Ministry of Agriculture. • Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Ecosystem – The centre works towards strengthening awareness, research and training in priority areas of environmental management of degraded ecosystems. The centre coordinates with the other departments of SES, viz. Department of Environmental Biology and Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of Mountain & Hill Environment on issues of biodiversity conservation, habitat loss, pollution and rehabilitation of displaced people due to developmental activities. • Centre for Inter-disciplinary Studies of Mountain & Hill Environment – The concept of the centre revolves around the idea that the upland areas play a crucial role in the production and regeneration of natural resources like fresh water, and forests, besides sustaining a rich genetic diversity of plant and animal life. • The Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education provides opportunities for professional and career development to teachers across the universities of India. CPDHE helps build competence in research methodologies and pedagogy, and expands technologies in ICT, Science and Technology, Environment and Education. • The Centre For Science Education & Communication is for the pursuit and teaching of science. It is an autonomous institution in which studies can be carried out by teachers, students and other interested individuals, for the generation of ideas and materials for the improvement of science education at the university and school levels; and for the promotion of a wider interest in science and scientific issues, through all means of communications. • Developing Countries Research Centre – Its objective is to address political and intellectual issues that emerge from the study of the post-colonial world and integrate these insights into teaching at the undergraduate, postgraduate and research levels. Scholars in Political Science, Economics, Sociology, History, Education, philosophy, Psychology and Literature have been involved in the effort. • The Women's Study Development Centre is the focal point for women's and gender studies in the university. The activities of WSDC place women and gender at the centre of its inquiry focusing mostly on multidisciplinary perspectives of class, caste, race, ethnicity, sexuality, religion, and age. It also addresses other socio-political issues concerning women. • The University Science Instrumentation Centre (USIC) is a central facility and houses analytical instruments. Its objective is to provide services to all researchers and students of science departments in the university and the constituent colleges of the University of Delhi.
Recognised institutes • The Institute of Life Long Learning (ILLL) is dedicated to the cause of those who believe that learning is not age-bound nor classroom-bound, but it takes place throughout life and in a variety of situations. • The Ahilya Bai College of Nursing is a nursing institute. It provides practical exposure to their students, which helps them in acquiring in-depth knowledge of nursing. • The Amar Jyoti Institute of Physiotherapy offers degrees in physiotherapy. • The Durgabai Deshmukh College of Special Education is for blind students. The undergraduate course Special Education for Visually Impaired students has a motto to empower visually impaired pupils. • Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Institute for the Physically Handicapped is an autonomous organisation under the administrative and financial control of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India. It provides education to people with disabilities. • School of Rehabilitation Sciences – It aims to disseminate knowledge on developmental therapy and special education in rehabilitation sciences.
Affiliated institutions •
Army Hospital Research and Referral • Central Health Education Bureau • G.B. Pant Hospital • Hindu Rao Hospital •
Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences •
Institute of Nuclear Medicine & Allied Sciences • Kasturba Hospital • National Institute of Health & Family Welfare •
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