Pros and Cons of Shivaji College(University of Delhi)

I had interest in zoology and chemistry and i wanted to study both of these subjects and then do masters in a particular subject among these two. That's why i chose this course to study both of them in my undergraduation course. Here, in DU, as per the new curriculum, we also have to choose some additional subjects to study. They help us in increasing our knowledge.

2nd year students become eligible for campus placements. The placement cell of our college is not that good. It's quite okay for commerce and arts, but it's worse in science. It provides placements with average salary of INR 3.6 Lakhs per annum and that too only those students which have great CGPA can get it. Name of the companies visited are Sharekhan, India skill capital, Unnati, Livesberg technologies, Skillarena technologies, etc.

The fee structure is quite okay . It's high as compared to other colleges of DU. Like in North campus, the average fee structure is around ?13-14,000 per year. And here the fee structure is around ?21,970/- per year(complete cost including tuition fees,service fees,etc.). But some south campus colleges also have high fee structure, for eg. in Institute of home economics, the fee structure is ?32,000.

Overall campus life is good. The college societies are active. We have various societies like the fine arts society, music society, dance society, photography, etc. We also have Aranyam(the life sciences society of shivaji college) of which am a part of. We have annual fests of all the societies and a main annual fest which is conducted at the end of the year.

The admission process is through CUET entrance exam. After giving that exam, we have to fill our preferences in the CSAS portal and then wait for allotments which includes 3 rounds first and then spot rounds for those students which could not get seats in the first 3 rounds. After getting the seat, we have two options either to freeze that seat or to apply for upgrade.

The faculty-to-student ratio is good. We have experienced and qualified teachers. They are good and helping and provide us with all the necessary details and information regarding our exams. Classes are conducted on a regular basis and the teachers are punctual. We can easily approach them to ask doubts. We can ask doubts either in college during the class or on phone calls/messages i.e. they are easily approachable.