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📊 B.Com Hons vs B.Com Programme — Quick Comparison
🎓 B.Com (Hons)
📈Cutoff: 680–917 (Gen, out of 1000)
🏛️Available at SRCC, Hindu, LSR, Hansraj + 47 others
📚Maths or Economics required in CUET
Slightly preferred in some MBA shortlists
🎯Same DU degree, CA & MBA fully accessible
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📋 B.Com (Programme)
📈Cutoff: 550–884 (Gen, out of 1000)
🏛️Different college pool — NOT at SRCC, Hindu, LSR
📚Maths NOT mandatory in CUET
60–100 marks lower cutoffs at same colleges
🎯Same DU degree, CA & MBA fully accessible

In CSAS, you can add both Hons and Programme preferences for the same college — they are separate seat pools. Always list both.

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B.Com (Hons) CSAS Preference List — All 51 DU Colleges with 2025 Cutoffs

The order you fill your CSAS preferences matters as much as your score. This is the complete list — ranked by cutoff, with women's colleges clearly marked.

📊 ⚠️ 2025 reference data — 2026 official cutoffs release on ugadmission.uod.ac.in after CSAS opens

What Your Score Gets You

B.Com (Hons) at DU — General (Unreserved) category, score out of 1000 normalised CUET composite.

917+
SRCC, Hindu, LSR — top 3 in reach
900–917
Hansraj, Kirori Mal, Ramjas — strong North Campus
845–900
DCAC, Atma Ram, IP College, Gargi, Bhagat Singh range
800–845
Dyal Singh, CVS, Kamala Nehru, Maitreyi range
740–800
Keshav, Maharaja Agrasen, Satyawati, Rajdhani range
680–740
Janki Devi, Ambedkar, Mata Sundri, Bharati, Aditi range
Below 680
Evening colleges and B.Com Programme programmes

📌 CUET Subject Combination for B.Com (Hons) at DU

1 Language (List A)
Business Studies — 250 marks
Accountancy — 250 marks
Economics OR Maths — 250 marks
Language — 250 marks

How CUET scoring works: Every subject carries exactly 250 marks. DU considers your best 4 subject scores for B.Com (Hons), giving a maximum composite of 1000 marks. Scores are normalised across shifts. The cutoffs on this page are normalised composite scores.

⚠️ Punjab students: Panjab University Chandigarh does not participate in CUET — it runs its own PUCET exam. All colleges below are University of Delhi affiliated.

B.Com (Hons) — Complete CSAS Preference Guide — 2025 Reference Data

51 DU colleges offering B.Com (Hons), ranked by General category cutoff. Add every college you are eligible for — more preferences = more chances.

Legend: W Women's college only Minority Community quota governs most seats Eve Evening shift ~ Estimated
#CollegeZoneGeneral (UR)OBCSC
🏆 Top Tier — General cutoff 900+
1Shri Ram College of CommerceSouth917.43849.42792.49
2Hindu CollegeNorth912.22843.22784.10
3Lady Shri Ram College for WomenWSouth906.37831.82764.80
4Hansraj CollegeNorth901.71828.58764.02
⭐ Upper Mid Tier — General cutoff 860–900
5Kirori Mal CollegeNorth897.17821.54758.36
6Ramjas CollegeNorth889.39813.27745.21
7Sri Venkateswara CollegeSouth886.99805.37737.60
8Daulat Ram CollegeWNorth864.84785.36702.60
✅ Mid Tier — General cutoff 820–860
9Jesus & Mary CollegeWMinoritySouth848.56
10Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma CollegeSouth846.37768.17697.76
11Indraprastha College for WomenWNorth843.75755.94664.52
12Gargi CollegeWSouth838.83745.86653.47
13Shaheed Bhagat Singh CollegeSouth834.60750.82668.07
14Delhi College of Arts and CommerceSouth833.09748.56669.21
15Maitreyi CollegeWSouth823.64717.67610.49
📗 Lower Mid Tier — General cutoff 780–820
16College of Vocational StudiesSouth816.62717.35637.26
17Kamala Nehru CollegeWSouth816.18713.58612.32
18Dyal Singh CollegeSouth810.46709.54616.96
19Aryabhatta CollegeSouth808.25702.19614.62
20Motilal Nehru CollegeSouth803.56702.77607.90
21Deen Dayal Upadhyaya CollegeWest803.49690.59597.81
22Ram Lal Anand CollegeSouth795.27686.92593.56
23Shaheed Bhagat Singh College (Evening)EveSouth791.43687.86594.96
24Deshbandhu CollegeSouth785.43652.98564.51
25Ramanujan CollegeSouth785.26654.98564.27
26Keshav MahavidyalayaNorth779.20627.95528.12
📘 Accessible Tier — General cutoff 735–780
27Maharaja Agrasen CollegeWest767.66622.66532.92
28Kalindi CollegeWEast767.14615.50516.91
29Satyawati CollegeNorth763.69635.49533.69
30Shivaji CollegeWest762.00~635~535
31Rajdhani CollegeWest760.44633.35534.34
32P.G.D.A.V. CollegeEast756.99615.47523.97
33Lakshmibai CollegeWWest751.87594.07506.78
34Acharya Narendra Dev CollegeSouth741.74591.51509.74
35Dyal Singh College (Evening)EveSouth740.72613.57508.80
36Janki Devi Memorial CollegeWWest735.15561.66469.87
📙 Lower Accessible — General cutoff 680–735
37Shyam Lal CollegeEast~730~605~505
38Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar CollegeEast729.49576.04500.93
39Shyama Prasad Mukherji College for WomenWSouth~720~595~495
40Motilal Nehru College (Evening)EveSouth717.26577.10474.25
41Mata Sundri College for WomenWMinorityCentral708.16
42Bharati CollegeWWest707.38541.67448.65
43Satyawati College (Evening)EveNorth693.46535.20413.11
44Aditi MahavidyalayaWN-West692.95521.37442.97
45Vivekananda CollegeWWest~690~565~465
46P.G.D.A.V. College (Evening)EveEast685.57531.18436.43
47Zakir Husain Delhi CollegeCentral~680~555~455
48Swami Shraddhanand CollegeNorth~660~535~438
🔶 Minority Colleges — Open seats follow separate process
49Shri Guru Gobind Singh College of CommerceMinorityNorthSikh minority college. Open category seats: verify at college portal.
50Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa CollegeMinorityNorthSikh minority college. Open category seats available — check ugadmission.uod.ac.in.
51Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa CollegeMinorityN-WestSikh minority college. Open category seats available — check ugadmission.uod.ac.in.

Source: Ranks 1–46 from official DU CSAS UG 2025 Round 1 allotment data (ugadmission.uod.ac.in, July 2025). These are 2025 figures used as reference benchmarks for 2026 — not live 2026 cutoffs. Entries marked ~ are trend-based estimates. Always cross-verify on official portal before finalising preferences. [W] = Women's college. [Minority] = Community quota. [Eve] = Evening shift.

6 Rules for Filling Your CSAS Preferences

Most seat losses happen at the preference-filling stage, not the CUET stage.

Rule 1 — Dream College First, Always

List SRCC at #1 even if your score is at the edge. The CSAS system allocates you to the highest preference you qualify for. You cannot "waste" a preference by listing aspirational colleges first.

Rule 2 — Fill All 51 Preferences

DU's CSAS allows unlimited preferences. Students who fill only 10–15 colleges go seatless in Round 1 and have far fewer options in subsequent rounds. Fill every college in this list you're eligible for.

Rule 3 — Women's Colleges Are Separate Pools

If you're a woman, LSR, Gargi, Maitreyi, Kamala Nehru, Daulat Ram, IP College, Kalindi, Lakshmibai, Janki Devi, Bharati, Mata Sundri, Aditi, Vivekananda, and Shyama Prasad all give you additional chances in their own seat pools.

Rule 4 — Minority Colleges — Check Separately

SGGSCC, SGTB Khalsa, Jesus & Mary, and Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa follow their own admission norms. Their listed cutoffs apply only to open/general seats. Community quota seats have lower cutoffs but separate eligibility.

Rule 5 — Accept + Upgrade, Don't Float

If allotted a seat in Round 1 that you're not thrilled about, accept it AND select "upgrade." This keeps your current seat locked while you're considered for higher preferences in Round 2. Floating without accepting means risking everything.

Rule 6 — Add Evening Colleges and B.Com Programme

Evening shift colleges have lower cutoffs — still DU, still valid for most corporate hiring. Switch to the Programme tab above and add those preferences too — separate seat pools at the same college.

What B.Com (Hons) at DU Actually Opens

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Finance & Audit: SRCC and Hindu College graduates are directly recruited by Deloitte, KPMG, PwC, IIFL, and Axis Capital. Starting packages at top colleges: ₹6–10 LPA. CA alongside B.Com Hons pushes this to ₹15–20 LPA within 3 years.
📊
MBA pathway: B.Com Hons from DU is one of the strongest undergraduate profiles for CAT. The course builds Quant, VARC, and analytical foundations. IIM converts from DU commerce students are not uncommon.
🏛️
Not just Delhi: CUET participating universities now exceed 230. If DU allocations don't go as planned, BHU, University of Hyderabad, Pondicherry, and Jamia all accept the same score for Commerce programmes.
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Honest note: The DU syllabus for B.Com is identical across all 51 colleges. SRCC matters because of peer group, placement relationships, and the DU commerce network — not because of any difference in what you study. What you do with the degree matters more than rank 1 vs rank 20.

If DU Doesn't Work Out — Not Consolation Options

These universities accept CUET for Commerce. Genuine alternatives, not fallbacks.

BHU Varanasi

Strong national brand for BCom. Central university, significantly lower cutoffs. Banking and finance alumni network well-established.

University of Hyderabad

Central university. Economics-Commerce track with research strength. MBA pathway from here is solid.

Pondicherry University

Central university, CUET score accepted. Good for students who want quality education outside the metro pressure.

Jamia Millia Islamia

Delhi-based central university. Commerce and Economics available. Merit list based — separate from DU CSAS.

Christ University, Bangalore

Accepts CUET. Strong Finance and Accounting placements. Higher fees but good industry exposure.

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B.Com (Programme) CSAS Preference List — DU 2025 Reference Data

BCom Honours isn't the only Commerce degree at DU. BCom Programme offers the same DU tag at lower cutoffs — and the same career doors stay open. Here's the complete college list.

⚠️ 2025 reference data · Scores out of 1000 · Official 2026 cutoffs on ugadmission.uod.ac.in after CSAS opens

What Your Score Gets You in BCom Programme

BCom Programme at DU — General category. Cutoffs are meaningfully lower than Hons at the same college.

850+
Kirori Mal (884) — top Programme seat in DU
760–850
Sri Venkateswara, Daulat Ram, ARSD, Gargi range
690–760
Dyal Singh, Maitreyi, Kamala Nehru, CVS, DDU range
620–690
Deshbandhu, Keshav, Maharaja Agrasen, Satyawati range
550–620
Lower tier and evening colleges

Anshul's counselling observation: A student who gets BCom Programme at Kirori Mal College (cutoff ~884) is better placed than one who gets BCom Hons at Satyawati or Rajdhani (~760). The college brand carries more weight in early career than the Hons vs Programme distinction. Always list BCom Programme at top colleges alongside BCom Hons preferences — they are separate seat pools.

📌 CUET Subject Combination — BCom (Programme) 2026

TWO VALID COMBINATIONS — DU WILL PRORATE SCORES SINCE SCALES DIFFER

Combination I — 4 subjects → Max 1000 marks

1 Language (List A) Any 3 subjects from List B

Standard combination. Any 3 domain subjects from List B — no Maths mandatory. Examples: Business Studies + Accountancy + Economics. Maths is NOT required for BCom Programme unlike BCom Hons.

Combination II — 3 subjects → Max 750 marks (GAT route)

1 Language (List A) Any 1 subject from List B1 or B2 General Aptitude Test (GAT)

GAT-based route with only 3 subjects total, giving a maximum of 750 marks. DU prorates this to be comparable to Combination I candidates. Example: Language + Economics + GAT.

What "proration" means: DU scales Combination I (out of 1000) and Combination II (out of 750) to the same base before comparing on the merit list. You do not calculate this yourself. The exact formula is published on ugadmission.uod.ac.in. Both combinations are equally valid for BCom Programme.

Source: University of Delhi Bulletin of Information 2026-27 (official). You select Programme vs Hons during CSAS preference filling — not during CUET registration.

BCom Programme vs BCom Hons — What Actually Differs

Most students assume BCom Programme is a consolation prize. It isn't.

✅ What Stays The Same

  • University of Delhi degree certificate
  • Same NCERT-aligned syllabus foundation (first two years largely identical)
  • Eligibility for CA Foundation, CA Inter articleship
  • MBA entrance eligibility (CAT, XAT, SNAP, NMAT)
  • Corporate recruitment at most companies (DU brand is what they see)
  • PG admission eligibility at most central universities

⚠️ What's Different

  • Less specialised in third-year electives
  • NOT offered at SRCC, Hindu, Hansraj, LSR, St. Stephen's, Miranda House, Ramjas — those colleges offer Hons only
  • Some MBA shortlisting panels prefer BCom Hons — but DU name compensates at most B-Schools
  • Cutoffs 60–100 marks lower than Hons at the same college (out of 1000)
  • Maths is NOT mandatory for BCom Programme under either CUET combination
  • Slightly less peer group brand vs BCom Hons at top colleges

BCom (Programme) — Complete CSAS Preference List 2025

Colleges offering BCom Programme at DU, ranked by General category cutoff. BCom Programme is NOT available at SRCC, Hindu, Hansraj, LSR, Ramjas, St. Stephen's, or Miranda House.

Legend: W Women's college only Minority Community quota Eve Evening shift ~ Estimated
#CollegeZoneGeneral (UR)OBCSCNotes
⭐ Top Tier — General cutoff 850+
1Kirori Mal CollegeNorth883.99~800~720Highest BCom Pass cutoff in DU. Official R1 data.
✅ Upper Mid — General cutoff 760–850
2Sri Venkateswara CollegeSouth~800~715~628Strong South Campus college.
3Daulat Ram CollegeWNorth~790~705~618Women only.
4Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma CollegeSouth~778~692~605Popular South Campus option.
5Gargi CollegeWSouth~768~678~590Women only.
6Shaheed Bhagat Singh CollegeSouth~762~672~585
📗 Mid Tier — General cutoff 690–760
7Dyal Singh CollegeSouth~750~655~565
8Maitreyi CollegeWSouth~742~645~552Women only.
9Kamala Nehru CollegeWSouth~736~638~546Women only.
10College of Vocational StudiesSouth~728~628~540Also offers B.Voc programmes.
11Motilal Nehru CollegeSouth~720~620~530
12Deen Dayal Upadhyaya CollegeWest~714~615~524
13Aryabhatta CollegeSouth~708~608~518
14Sri Aurobindo CollegeSouth~700~600~510
15Ram Lal Anand CollegeSouth~694~594~504
📘 Accessible Tier — General cutoff 620–690
16Deshbandhu CollegeSouth~688~585~495
17Keshav MahavidyalayaNorth~682~578~488
18Maharaja Agrasen CollegeWest~675~570~480
19Rajdhani CollegeWest~668~562~472
20Kalindi CollegeWEast~660~554~464Women only.
21Satyawati CollegeNorth~654~546~456
22Shivaji CollegeWest~648~540~450
23Bharati CollegeWWest665.90~558~468Women only. Official 2025 data.
24P.G.D.A.V. CollegeEast~638~530~442
25Lakshmibai CollegeWWest~630~522~434Women only.
26Acharya Narendra Dev CollegeSouth~624~516~428
27Shyam Lal CollegeEast~618~510~422
28Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar CollegeEast649.00~542~452Official data confirmed.
📙 Lower Accessible — General cutoff 550–620 (evening included)
29Zakir Husain Delhi CollegeCentral~608~500~412
30Janki Devi Memorial CollegeWWest~602~494~406Women only.
31Aditi MahavidyalayaWN-West~598~488~398Women only.
32Swami Shraddhanand CollegeNorth~590~480~390
33Bhagini Nivedita CollegeWWest~580~472~382Women only.
34Mata Sundri College for WomenWMinorityCentral~572Sikh minority. Women only.
35Dyal Singh College (Evening)EveSouth~565~455~368Evening shift.
36P.G.D.A.V. College (Evening)EveEast~558~448~360Evening shift.
37Motilal Nehru College (Evening)EveSouth~550~440~352Evening shift.

Source: Kirori Mal (883.99), Bhim Rao Ambedkar (649), Bharati College (665.90) from official/verified 2025 data. All rows marked ~ are trend-based estimates using BCom Hons cutoffs minus observed 60–100 mark gap. Always verify on ugadmission.uod.ac.in before finalising. W = Women's college. Eve = Evening shift.

5 Rules for BCom Programme CSAS Filing

BCom Programme strategy is different from BCom Hons — different college pool, different scoring dynamic.

Rule 1 — List BCom Programme AND BCom Hons Together

In CSAS you fill both as separate preferences. A student with score 850 may not get BCom Hons at Gargi (838) but can comfortably get BCom Programme there. Add both — different seat pools at the same college.

Rule 2 — Kirori Mal First, Always

BCom Programme at Kirori Mal (883.99) is the highest-cutoff, most prestigious BCom Programme seat in DU. Even if you're at the edge, list it first. The system only allocates if you qualify.

Rule 3 — Women's Colleges Are Additional Slots

If you're a woman, Daulat Ram, Gargi, Maitreyi, Kamala Nehru, Kalindi, Lakshmibai, Bharati, Aditi, Bhagini Nivedita, and Mata Sundri all run separate seat pools. Add every one you're eligible for.

Rule 4 — Evening Colleges Are DU Degrees

Dyal Singh Evening, PGDAV Evening, Motilal Nehru Evening — these carry the exact same Delhi University degree as morning colleges. Cutoffs are meaningfully lower. Excellent safety net.

Rule 5 — CA Still Fully Works From BCom Programme

All three stages of CA (Foundation, Inter, Final) remain fully accessible from BCom Programme. If CA is your goal, BCom Programme at a good DU college is not a lesser path — it's the same one.

What BCom (Programme) at DU Actually Opens

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Finance & Audit: Big 4 firms (Deloitte, PwC, KPMG, EY) recruit from DU colleges for audit associate and analyst roles. Their HR teams do not systematically discriminate between BCom Hons and Programme — the DU college name is the filter.
📊
MBA pathway: IIM Ahmedabad, Bangalore, and Calcutta have admitted BCom Programme students from DU. CAT and MBA preparation is fully viable from Programme. Your CAT score, not your undergrad programme type, determines MBA outcomes.
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CA pathway: ICAI does not differentiate between BCom Hons and Programme for CA Foundation or articleship eligibility. The qualifying criterion is your Class 12 stream and CA exam performance — not the undergraduate programme type.
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The honest note: Some top MBA schools' shortlisting algorithms do weight BCom Hons more than Programme on paper profiles — but this is institution-specific. IIMs, SPJain, and similar top schools look at CAT percentile first. For pre-MBA filters at some private B-Schools, Hons is slightly favoured. This is a real but marginal consideration.

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