DU B.A. (Hons.) English: CUET subjects, colleges and cutoff
B.A. (Hons.) English at DU is filled on the CUET UG 2026 score, in any of 2 subject combinations. 48 colleges offer it, going by the latest allocation list.
DU admission 2027Coming soon
DU has not released its 2027 admission prospectus yet. The official notification is expected soon, and this page will carry the 2027 seats and fees the day it is out.
- CUET UG 2027: CUET UG 2027 Registration Expected in First Week of January
- CUET PG 2027: no registration date is announced yet; the NTA notification is expected soon.
- NCET/ITEP 2027: no registration date is announced yet; the NTA notification is expected soon.
Below is how 2026-27 went: seats, fees, eligibility and tests of the last cycle. It is the latest official base to plan for 2027.
B.A. (Hons.) English: CUET UG subject combination
- English from List A + Any three subjects from List B
- English and one Language from List A + Any two subjects from List B
Any one of these combinations is enough; merit is drawn on the best score among them.
List A and List B of CUET UG
The combinations are written with two lists. List A is the languages: Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu. List B is the domain subjects: Accountancy / Book Keeping; Agriculture; Anthropology; Biology / Biological Science / Biotechnology / Biochemistry; Business Studies; Chemistry; Computer Science / Information Practices; Economics / Business Economics; Environmental Studies / Environmental Science; Fine Arts / Visual Arts / Commercial Arts; Geography / Geology; History; Home Science; Knowledge Tradition and Practices in India; Mass Media / Mass Communication; Mathematics / Applied Mathematics; Performing Arts (Dance, Drama, Music); Physical Education (Yoga, Sports); Physics; Political Science; Psychology; Sociology. The General Aptitude Test is a separate CUET paper. You must sit CUET in the subjects you studied in Class XII.
Eligibility
Passed Class XII or an equivalent examination from a single recognised board, and appeared in CUET UG in one of the subject combinations given above. There is no minimum age, and a gap year is not a bar.
B.A. (Hons.) English: colleges and cutoff 2026
In Round 1 of 2026, 48 colleges allotted seats in B.A. (Hons.) English. The unreserved closing score ran from 917.47 at St. Stephen's College down to 571.39. A closing score is the lowest CUET UG score that was allotted a seat in that round.
CUET UG 2026, Round 1: closing score by college and category
| College | UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | PwD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Stephen's College | 917.47 | - | - | 866.02 | 859.07 | 789.45 |
| Hindu College | 889.42 | 845.53 | 823.83 | 803.1 | 798.22 | 717.14 |
| Miranda House (W) | 851.96 | 781.81 | 763.1 | 752.23 | 716.78 | 466.36 |
| Lady Shri Ram College for Women (W) | 845.02 | 758.21 | 743.22 | 701.83 | 682.8 | 480.63 |
| Hansraj College | 842.49 | 782.72 | 761.79 | 736.46 | 712.62 | 621.02 |
| Kirori Mal College | 826.95 | 759.81 | 742.85 | 718.36 | 684.48 | 578.43 |
| Ramjas College | 813.77 | 737.82 | 730.4 | 691.6 | 667.24 | 531.23 |
| Sri Venketeswara College | 807.17 | 723.16 | 720.02 | 681.48 | 630.58 | 480.04 |
| Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College | 784.43 | - | - | - | - | 512.01 |
| Daulat Ram College (W) | 772.64 | 695.92 | 679.03 | 629.54 | 641.94 | 182.3 |
| Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College | 772.6 | 708.21 | 682.88 | 642.09 | 571.42 | 367.7 |
| Jesus & Mary College (W) | 770.01 | - | - | - | - | 129.55 |
| Gargi College (W) | 766.68 | 680.25 | 661.18 | 619.12 | 618.14 | 299.59 |
| Indraprastha College for Women (W) | 765.21 | 672.76 | 666.83 | 609.32 | 594.22 | 262.09 |
| Maitreyi College (W) | 739.75 | 641.58 | 638.83 | 568.95 | 539.08 | - |
| Kamala Nehru College (W) | 735.28 | 607.86 | 621.88 | 573.21 | 565.32 | 152.82 |
| Delhi College of Arts and Commerce | 730.19 | 646.2 | 630.1 | 578.28 | 547.13 | 194.88 |
| Shaheed Bhagat Singh College | 724.26 | 659.41 | 627.47 | 568.08 | 537.28 | 246.4 |
| Motilal Nehru College | 697.98 | 600.04 | 604.35 | 548.84 | 507.22 | 259.3 |
| Dyal Singh College | 696.22 | 573.79 | 594.51 | 518.72 | 504.19 | 160.98 |
| Aryabhatta College | 690.17 | 568.13 | 562.32 | 518.72 | 471.47 | 245.63 |
| Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College | 687.68 | 566.17 | 554.59 | 516.08 | 482.16 | 168.08 |
| Ramanujan College | 686.74 | 547.7 | 543.77 | 512.54 | 444.11 | 374.17 |
| College of Vocational Studies | 686.4 | 551.23 | 557.53 | 501.22 | 414.59 | - |
| Ram Lal Anand College | 676.33 | 543.1 | 553.31 | 485.71 | 449.41 | - |
| Deshbandhu College | 668.45 | 526.79 | 540.47 | 492.34 | 444.7 | 349.36 |
| Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College | 666.56 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shivaji College | 658.65 | 522.16 | 523.02 | 495.05 | 435.2 | - |
| Maharaja Agrasen College | 657.03 | 529.44 | 529.63 | 484.79 | 427.95 | 227.76 |
| Zakir Husain Delhi College | 652.63 | 517.44 | 504.3 | 473.77 | 464.71 | 426.29 |
| Janki Devi Memorial College (W) | 647.72 | 499.1 | 476.03 | 445.67 | 382.19 | 208.67 |
| Sri Aurobindo College (Day) | 644.78 | 528.37 | 519.25 | 464.2 | 439.14 | - |
| P.G.D.A.V. College | 641.86 | 488.47 | 514.94 | 456.31 | 410.15 | 265.84 |
| Rajdhani College | 633.66 | 492.03 | 501.26 | 469 | 410.65 | - |
| Lakshmibai College (W) | 629.49 | 449.48 | 473.21 | 452.99 | 386.2 | - |
| Mata Sundri College for Women (W) | 628.54 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kalindi College (W) | 627.12 | 485.47 | 483.97 | 444.39 | 410.7 | - |
| Vivekananda College (W) | 626.8 | 446.09 | 464.38 | 437.77 | 386.15 | - |
| Bharati College (W) | 625.16 | 456.78 | 470.91 | 457.02 | 373.41 | 123.66 |
| Satyawati College | 624.13 | 471.01 | 492.17 | 451.27 | 394.71 | 304.15 |
| Shyama Prasad Mukherji College For Women (W) | 620.88 | 430.72 | 468.58 | 437.14 | 353.18 | - |
| Shyam Lal College | 614.41 | 434.59 | 458.98 | 437.33 | 352.91 | 265.88 |
| Motilal Nehru College (Evening) | 605.34 | 453.59 | 475.46 | 434.74 | 388.62 | - |
| Swami Shardhanand College | 598.42 | 433.74 | 442.28 | 414.85 | 319.72 | - |
| Dyal Singh College (Evening) | 595.95 | 461.26 | 442.02 | 411.79 | 321.15 | 421.66 |
| Satyawati College (Evening) | 576.26 | 431.05 | 427.24 | 373.66 | 284.47 | - |
| Sri Aurobindo College (Evening) | 573.57 | 409.08 | 420.01 | 371.31 | 286.2 | - |
| Zakir Husain Delhi College (Evening) | 571.39 | 401.07 | 416.86 | 359.25 | 321.73 | - |
CUET UG 2026, Round 3 (last regular round)
CUET UG 2026, Round 3: closing score by college and category
| College | UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | PwD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirori Mal College | 825.83 | - | 731.6 | - | - | 408.77 |
| Shaheed Bhagat Singh College | 807.93 | - | 676.56 | - | - | 220.53 |
| Janki Devi Memorial College (W) | 744.53 | 477.05 | - | - | 184.86 | - |
| Shyam Lal College | 686.74 | 355.28 | 415.98 | - | 181.1 | - |
| Aryabhatta College | - | - | - | - | - | 347.42 |
| Bharati College (W) | - | 324.41 | 453.63 | - | 246.09 | - |
| Dyal Singh College | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dyal Singh College (Evening) | - | 517.83 | 478.23 | - | 282.31 | - |
| Indraprastha College for Women (W) | - | - | - | - | - | 262.09 |
| Jesus & Mary College (W) | - | - | - | - | - | 194.88 |
| Kalindi College (W) | - | 312.4 | 512 | 491.7 | 198.15 | - |
| Lakshmibai College (W) | - | - | 499.41 | - | - | - |
| Maharaja Agrasen College | - | - | - | - | 297.76 | - |
| Mata Sundri College for Women (W) | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Miranda House (W) | - | - | 756.71 | - | 641.94 | 426.7 |
| Motilal Nehru College (Evening) | - | 334.65 | - | - | - | - |
| Rajdhani College | - | 483.69 | - | - | 381.85 | - |
| Ramanujan College | - | - | - | - | 397.82 | - |
| Satyawati College | - | 454.46 | 508.66 | - | 247.72 | - |
| Satyawati College (Evening) | - | 297.68 | 355.13 | 352.45 | 153.37 | - |
| Shivaji College | - | - | - | - | 267.6 | - |
| Shyama Prasad Mukherji College For Women (W) | - | 279.01 | 345.01 | 531.31 | - | - |
| Sri Aurobindo College (Day) | - | - | - | - | 371.76 | - |
| Sri Aurobindo College (Evening) | - | 265.28 | 331.8 | 349.01 | 125.38 | - |
| Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Swami Shardhanand College | - | 323.45 | 338.06 | 392.33 | 163.48 | - |
| Vivekananda College (W) | - | 298.92 | 386.24 | 512.62 | 252.59 | - |
| Zakir Husain Delhi College | - | 408.24 | - | - | - | - |
| Zakir Husain Delhi College (Evening) | - | 261.54 | 324.02 | 323.88 | 279.11 | - |
B.A. (Hons.) English cutoff 2025
CUET UG 2025, Round 1
CUET UG 2025, Round 1: closing score by college and category
| College | UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | PwD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Stephen's College | 926.93 | - | - | 819.75 | 852.52 | 739.75 |
| Hindu College | 885.76 | 854.94 | 827.6 | 783.16 | 785.01 | 637.58 |
| Miranda House (W) | 863.02 | 781.12 | 765.66 | 718.42 | 681.58 | 447.32 |
| Lady Shri Ram College for Women (W) | 856.58 | 761.43 | 726.95 | 677.54 | 679.21 | 398.34 |
| Hansraj College | 851.11 | 777.8 | 770.66 | 715.62 | 690.63 | 595.2 |
| Kirori Mal College | 840.79 | 763.74 | 746.97 | 694.27 | 705.26 | 532.35 |
| Ramjas College | 824.27 | 746.88 | 726.39 | 683.44 | 660.88 | 478.22 |
| Sri Venketeswara College | 816.26 | 738.77 | 712.58 | 663.31 | 624.34 | 473.15 |
| Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College | 792.34 | - | - | - | - | 446.41 |
| Indraprastha College for Women (W) | 786.06 | 684.66 | 669.15 | 628.53 | 595.47 | 286.24 |
| Daulat Ram College (W) | 782.13 | 708.52 | 681.48 | 635.89 | 612.81 | 201.02 |
| Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College | 776.72 | 700.96 | 675.45 | 614.28 | 598.38 | 364.79 |
| Gargi College (W) | 776.56 | 670.51 | 662.69 | 605.29 | 606.66 | 218.52 |
| Jesus & Mary College (W) | 768.06 | - | - | - | - | 462.69 |
| Maitreyi College (W) | 747.49 | 599.61 | 621.15 | 569.29 | 565.37 | 451.77 |
| Shaheed Bhagat Singh College | 743.9 | 634.96 | 622.52 | 585.64 | 551.23 | 397.56 |
| Delhi College of Arts and Commerce | 743.04 | 643.76 | 618.28 | 575.06 | 560.28 | 170.68 |
| Kamala Nehru College (W) | 742.68 | 626.95 | 614.45 | 546.05 | 540.73 | - |
| Motilal Nehru College | 710.37 | 544.62 | 602.7 | 547.63 | 517.34 | 234.08 |
| College of Vocational Studies | 708.68 | 553.53 | 584.29 | 506.84 | 472.52 | - |
| Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College | 707.06 | 555.02 | 568.03 | 521.08 | 510.74 | 175.88 |
| Dyal Singh College | 699.38 | 565.87 | 567.71 | 501.74 | 503.78 | - |
| Aryabhatta College | 696.03 | 547.64 | 557.11 | 501.55 | 495.86 | 253.34 |
| Ramanujan College | 693.57 | 499.85 | 527.2 | 485.47 | 485.22 | - |
| Maharaja Agrasen College | 677.56 | 506.07 | 533.49 | 483.05 | 438.26 | - |
| Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College | 676.15 | - | - | - | - | 347.77 |
| Deshbandhu College | 675.05 | 500.32 | 533.32 | 476.62 | 471.05 | - |
| Zakir Husain Delhi College | 670.34 | 493.22 | 506.2 | 468.61 | 508.21 | 164.47 |
| Ram Lal Anand College | 667.38 | 511.75 | 529.35 | 481.91 | 458.24 | - |
| Shivaji College | 661.22 | 485.53 | 520 | 468.05 | 461.19 | - |
| Sri Aurobindo College (Day) | 659.53 | 500.65 | 513.46 | 464.47 | 437.89 | - |
| Mata Sundri College for Women (W) | 658.41 | - | - | - | - | 366.02 |
| Kalindi College (W) | 655.49 | 468.99 | 501.77 | 451.87 | 384.54 | - |
| Janki Devi Memorial College (W) | 653.05 | 469.8 | 483.8 | 477.26 | 421.56 | 273.08 |
| Lakshmibai College (W) | 649.71 | 462.52 | 484.93 | 474.34 | 428.44 | - |
| Satyawati College | 647.21 | 468.72 | 500.28 | 453.53 | 477.13 | - |
| P.G.D.A.V. College | 646.68 | 457.73 | 482.71 | 453.51 | 422.48 | 278.46 |
| Rajdhani College | 646.66 | 480.33 | 492.67 | 461.97 | 413.57 | - |
| Shyama Prasad Mukherji College For Women (W) | 646.16 | 450.34 | 477.51 | 455.07 | 380.26 | 315.85 |
| Vivekananda College (W) | 645.69 | 460.85 | 472.64 | 451.42 | 457.38 | - |
| Bharati College (W) | 643.31 | 454.32 | 473.02 | 445.36 | 422.38 | - |
| Shyam Lal College | 636.62 | 451.31 | 469.94 | 433.88 | 387.97 | - |
| Swami Shardhanand College | 619.01 | 445.82 | 454.47 | 414.86 | 364.11 | 229.42 |
| Dyal Singh College (Evening) | 610.15 | 421.8 | 445.88 | 407.13 | 350.97 | - |
| Motilal Nehru College (Evening) | 608.12 | 429.21 | 459.4 | 425.53 | 406.35 | - |
| Sri Aurobindo College (Evening) | 596.62 | 398.09 | 426.51 | 380.48 | 327 | - |
| Satyawati College (Evening) | 593.25 | 408.75 | 431.38 | 383.31 | 337.21 | - |
| Zakir Husain Delhi College (Evening) | 591.45 | 400.59 | 431.86 | 376.52 | 392.33 | - |
CUET UG 2025, Round 3 (last regular round)
CUET UG 2025, Round 3: closing score by college and category
| College | UR | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | PwD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lady Shri Ram College for Women (W) | 856.19 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kirori Mal College | 828.28 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College | 822.67 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ramjas College | 821.68 | - | 741.72 | - | - | - |
| Gargi College (W) | 793.3 | - | 725.21 | - | - | - |
| Maharaja Agrasen College | 755.93 | - | 635.81 | - | - | - |
| Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College | 744.21 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Indraprastha College for Women (W) | 740.11 | - | 703.41 | - | - | - |
| Shaheed Bhagat Singh College | 732.78 | - | 656 | 590.8 | - | - |
| Satyawati College | 726.75 | - | 610.98 | - | 371.73 | - |
| Aryabhatta College | 718.12 | - | 623.77 | - | - | 282 |
| Shivaji College | 708.82 | - | - | - | 531.36 | - |
| Mata Sundri College for Women (W) | 707.21 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ram Lal Anand College | 706.72 | - | 616.48 | - | - | - |
| Kalindi College (W) | 693.86 | 446.72 | 662.69 | 555.31 | 245.67 | - |
| Dyal Singh College | 685.92 | - | 667.49 | - | - | - |
| P.G.D.A.V. College | 678.37 | - | - | - | 354.66 | - |
| Deshbandhu College | 667.76 | - | 607.82 | - | - | - |
| Ramanujan College | 664.32 | - | - | - | 555.33 | - |
| Bharati College (W) | 662.27 | 468.63 | 545.96 | - | 365.24 | - |
| Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College | 661.81 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shyama Prasad Mukherji College For Women (W) | 659.49 | - | 545.42 | 510.23 | 128.52 | - |
| Rajdhani College | 658.2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shyam Lal College | 628.7 | 479.98 | 546.07 | 547.72 | 289.32 | 435.62 |
| Satyawati College (Evening) | 628.49 | 466.92 | 534.13 | 485.28 | 97.1 | - |
| Swami Shardhanand College | 625.79 | 440 | 527.78 | 620.29 | 160.28 | - |
| Zakir Husain Delhi College (Evening) | 622.57 | 456.11 | - | - | - | - |
| College of Vocational Studies | - | 618.83 | 633.67 | - | - | - |
| Daulat Ram College (W) | - | - | 809.98 | - | - | 201.02 |
| Delhi College of Arts and Commerce | - | - | 697.19 | - | - | 227.75 |
| Dyal Singh College (Evening) | - | - | 591.96 | - | 383.01 | - |
| Hansraj College | - | - | - | - | 710.35 | - |
| Janki Devi Memorial College (W) | - | 460.85 | 633.11 | - | 241.32 | - |
| Lakshmibai College (W) | - | - | - | - | 245.51 | - |
| Maitreyi College (W) | - | - | - | - | - | 451.77 |
| Miranda House (W) | - | 817.45 | - | - | - | - |
| Motilal Nehru College (Evening) | - | 610.61 | - | - | - | - |
| Sri Aurobindo College (Day) | - | 605.34 | - | - | - | - |
| Sri Aurobindo College (Evening) | - | - | 513.18 | - | - | - |
| Sri Venketeswara College | - | - | - | 668.58 | - | - |
| Vivekananda College (W) | - | 427.52 | 555.83 | - | 457.38 | - |
| Zakir Husain Delhi College | - | - | 626.61 | - | 657.64 | - |
Colleges are in order of the unreserved score of the first round, highest first. A later round lists only the colleges that still had seats. (W) marks a women's college. Minority-quota scores, spot rounds are on the cutoff page.
All DU cutoffs, every round and category
Reservation, extra seats and how allocation works: DU admission rules.
More courses in Languages
B.A. (Hons.) ArabicB.A. (Hons.) BengaliB.A. (Hons.) FrenchB.A. (Hons.) GermanB.A. (Hons.) HindiB.A. (Hons.) ItalianB.A. (Hons.) PersianB.A. (Hons.) PunjabiB.A. (Hons.) RussianB.A. (Hons.) SanskritB.A. (Hons.) SpanishB.A. (Hons.) Urdu
Questions about DU B.A. (Hons.) English
Which CUET subjects are needed for DU B.A. (Hons.) English?
English from List A + Any three subjects from List B; or English and one Language from List A + Any two subjects from List B. Merit is drawn on the best score among them.
What was the cutoff for DU B.A. (Hons.) English in 2026?
In Round 1 of 2026, 48 colleges allotted seats in B.A. (Hons.) English. The unreserved closing score ran from 917.47 at St. Stephen's College down to 571.39. This is the lowest CUET UG score that was allotted a seat. Scores of the reserved categories and of the later rounds are in the table on this page.
How many colleges of DU offer B.A. (Hons.) English?
48 colleges appear against this programme in the latest allocation list. The table on this page names each one with its closing score.
College-wise seats and fees are not in the central admission documents. The university publishes the seat matrix on its admission website and each college publishes its own fee, so neither is shown on this page.
B.A. English at other Central Universities
20 Central Universities offer B.A. English, with 1,440 seats counted between them. Compare seats, fee and entrance of all 20
HNBGU 708 seatsAMU 92 seatsGGV 75 seatsJMI 60 seatsVBU 55 seatsDHSGU 50 seatsCUJ 43 seatsCUK 40 seatsEFLU 40 seatsIGNTU 38 seatsBBAU 36 seatsCUK 33 seatsCUJ 30 seatsMGAHV 30 seats+ 5 more
All B.A. coursesLanguages and LiteratureCourses through CUET (UG)M.A. EnglishIntegrated M.A. EnglishCourse Finder
Cutoff figures copied from the official lists by EduFarming, CC BY 4.0.
NAAC A++
NAAC A++
NAAC A++
NAAC A++
NAAC A
NAAC A+
NAAC A+
NAAC A++
