Which is better for UPSC CSE PREPARATION BA or BA Hons in political science from DU?

BA and BA Honors are both excellent choices for UPSC CSE. It will aid you in your preparation for the Prelims and Main exams. In BA course, you must study three different subjects, such as political science, history, and geography, which means that 50% of the syllabus has already been covered, and if you choose Political Science as an optional subject, another 40% has already been covered. So taking a BA course will improve your chances. Now, moving on to the BA (Hons), you will study political science in depth, which will help you in the Mains because, as we all know, the difficulty level of optional is higher than the Bachelor level but lower than the Master's level, so it will benefit you greatly. However, because you will only be studying two subjects in your bachelor's programme, you will have to study the third subject on your own. Thus, you should pursue a BA General course. However, as everyone knows, UPSC is all about extreme hard work, luck, proper planning, guidance, and several other factors. Make your own decision and put in your best effort.

Delhi University BA Political Science: Fees 2025, Course Duration, Dates, Eligibility

Fees (2025 - 2026)	Year 1 (in INR)	Year 2 (in INR)	Year 3 (in INR)
Tuition Fees	₹7130	₹7130	₹7130
Yearly Fees	₹7130	₹7130	₹7130

Course Highlights	Details
duration	3 Years (Full Time)
course level	UG (Degree)
mode of study	On Campus
total fees	₹ 21,390
eligibility	10+2
entrance test	CUET

Fee Type	Total Amount (INR)
tuition fee	₹21,390
total academic fee	₹21,390
hostel fee	₹31,350
total fee	₹52,740

Events	Dates
Last date of Online Payment of fees for SPOT Admission Round II [BA + B.Ed]	Oct 09, 2025
Department to Verify and Approve for SPOT Admission Round II [BA + B.Ed]	Oct 06, 2025 - Oct 08, 2025
Candidate to Accept of Allocated Seat for SPOT Admission Round II [BA + B.Ed]	Oct 06, 2025 - Oct 07, 2025

Admission to the University of Delhi is conducted online, focusing on merit through cut-off sheets without interviews, though a volunteer-based entrance exam is available. The faculty is highly qualified, with many holding PhDs, offering a robust academic environment despite some communication challenges. Faculty-to-student ratios vary from 1:15 to 1:150, providing adequate interaction. Exams occur each semester, with internal assessments contributing to final grades. The tuition fee ranges from 18,000 to 40,000 INR for three years, and students affected by COVID-19 can receive a full fee waiver.

Living expenses in Delhi and limited hostel availability may burden lower-middle-class students. Placements begin in the third year, with companies like Dell, HCl, and Amazon offering roles and packages up to 58 lakh INR. Average packages range from 2.5 to 8 lakh INR, with 60-70% placement success. Commerce and management fields have more opportunities, while arts courses see fewer placements. Internships are provided by companies like ICICI Bank and Tata, with stipends from 5,000 to 40,000 INR.

Scholarships are available for reserved categories and economically weaker sections, with options like Hamdard Education and Datia Darbar Scholarships. Annually, fees range from INR 3,000 to INR 25,000, with moderate increases and additional financial aid for needy students.

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Vanshika Gupta

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BA, Political Science

Reviewed on Nov 9, 2025(Enrolled 2023)

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Reviewed on Nov 8, 2025(Enrolled 2024)

MSCW is Magical!

I am a student of mata sundri college for women admitted under sports quota. I am in second year of ny course i have paid 24000 approx in my first year and for my second year i have paid something 26000 for my second year. There are soo many scholarships my college provide and have more quotas like sc, st , and sikh minority.

Amisha

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Reviewed on Nov 6, 2025(Enrolled 2024)

KNC - where academics meet opportunity

The fees are submitted yearly in Kamla Nehru college and all over Delhi University colleges and The yearly fees doesn't varies alot but the fees are almost same for all years little with a bit differences .For political science first year fees is around 13015 and second ,third year around first year fees .But for per semester ,examination forms have to be submitted separately and pay for that separately around 1100 . College have fee succession process also which is applied to only low income background families .

Piyush kumar

Reviewed on Oct 15, 2025(Enrolled 2025)

About college journey in delhi University

The details fee structure is more than 30000 but this is not a problem because many scholarship provided by college. Tution fee -5000 Hostel fee - 1510 Mess fee - 24000 Library fee :- 500 Registration fee :- 1380 Laboratory fee :- 1000

Krishika Rana

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Reviewed on Oct 9, 2025(Enrolled 2024)

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The things that I like my college is the first the fee structure. The fee structure is very affordable. The campus, the faculty here is very nice, very intelligent.

The first year fees I have paid was around 16,155 and the fees I have paid now in second year is 14,535. The tuition fees was about 400 questions fee was about thousand registration fee fees, 400 admission fees hundred rupees development fund is about 200 is about 350 and other compulsory charges during the completion of the course as my unreserved category was around 450 rupees examination form is around 1210 also, the fee of my batch mates for reserved category is around 5 to 7000 and the amount of scholarship of financial aid that are available for the student is is through the wise answer sponsorship given by the dairy University for Delhi University students and the single sponsorship given by the college itself, was to intern in the college or to help the staff, and you will get decrease in the upcoming fees or the fees that you were being paying

DARSHANA CHAUDHARY

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The infrastructure needs to be improved. Since the fees is higher than other north campus colleges, infrastructure needs to level up its game too.

I paid ?32100 for my first year. There was no registration fee for college specifically but I paid ?150 to delhi university. As far as I am aware, science courses have a bit higher course fee in daulat ram college, delhi university ( 37k per year approx). My friends in commece courses pay around 34-35k per year. Scholarships are available more for category students and students with family income below a certain amount. Even though there are merit based scholarships ( as told by my professors ), I haven't came across any ( maybe because it's just been a month since I started college) Fees of DRC is comparatively higher if you compare it with other du colleges.

Koshal Dhaka

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Reviewed on Sep 18, 2025(Enrolled 2025)

Kamala Nehru College Review

I am currently pursuing my degree in B.A. Political science (hons) from Kamala Nehru College of Delhi University. Being a 1st year student my fees is 16,450 INR per year. You can also apply for fee concessions if you have any financial problem or you are good in studies.There are few scholarships by the government to which you can apply. The fees is same every year as per my knowledge.Tuition fess is 180 rupees, university student welfare fund is 250 rupee , college student welfare fund is 2030 rupee , University Development fund is 1500 rupee, College Development Fund is 4360 rupee , University facilities and services charges is 1500 rupees, College facilities and services charges is 6380 rupee and economically weaker section support University. Fund is 250 rupee. The fees for all PWD students for all courses is 120 rupee per year. Apart from this We have been asked to submit rupees 100 for alumni meet etc of my department, which we have to submit once in the three years, but its totally upto the college and the department if they ask for it or not. One drawback is this college doesn't have any hostel and as it is South Delhi the prices for PG are very high like starting is from 15k or more which is not affordable for everyone.

OSHIN RATHORE

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Reviewed on Aug 24, 2025(Enrolled 2023)

Venky- the SRCC of south campus

Initially, my fees in the first year was around ?16,000, but apparently in the third year, it has increased to ?21,000. I would say that every year the fees is hiking by ?2000 at least. And the reason they give for this is that they are increasing the infrastructure and lab equipments so that is why the pieces hiking up but apart from this there is no other expenditure. You have except that for each semester exam, you have to pay some amount like ?1000 to ?1500 to sit in the examination. And the economically weaker sections do have some kind of fees relief after they have submitted their proof.

Suhani Minal

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Reviewed on Jun 24, 2025(Enrolled 2023)

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There is an yearly fees of 16450 for B.A(Hons) Political Science in University of Delhi overall. In addition, there are examination fees of 1210 in 1 semester and 1310 in alternate semester according to the course opted. There are extra lab charges 100 per lab paper. There are scholarship also available for economically weaker students with proper documentation and also the merit is seen and then only there are some students selected for the scholarship.

Ritika

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Reviewed on Jun 21, 2025(Enrolled 2024)

College E- Exploration

Fees for the course which i have opted is very reasonable it is 18000 per year, along with this some extra benefits in the reduction of fees is also given to reservation categories. There are certain scholarships are also provided to the student based on the academics, reservation, sports and other fields.