Is DU Good For BBA? BBA Ultimate Guide 2025

Delhi University offers a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), a three-year undergraduate course. The whole course is divided into six equal semesters. The UG course deals with and imparts the study of marginal insights of financial management, statistics, economics, business administration, etc. The university provides three types of core and elective disciplines Skill Enhancement Courses, Generic Electives, and Interdisciplinary Courses. For aspirants who are inclined towards making their career in the commerce sector, then pursuing this course from the University of Delhi, is the best choice to make their career in the respective business field.

The DU offers different specific specializations in BBA. Students can apply to BBA colleges and universities. After completing this undergraduate course, students can get excellent job opportunities in the business and administration field. Delhi University offers a quality of education, curriculum, and learning which makes the student stand out confidently with their knowledge and personality which a candidate can acquire into their practical life as well.

Eligibility Criteria

• Aspirants have to jump the eligibility criteria to pursue a BBA from Delhi University. Candidates who are planning to make their career in this field need to fill out and face the DU JAT (Delhi University Joint Admission Test) examination form as the first phase of selection is made by the JAT exam score.
• Admission to DU’s BBA colleges is done only by cracking the DU JAT examination. The JAT crackers can get a confirmed seat in Delhi University BBA-offered colleges.
• All aspiring candidates must have cleared their 12th board of examination from a recognized board of education. 
• Candidates with 60% or above aggregate marks in their best four subject percentages. English, Mathematics, and other two core or elective subjects of your highest percentage carry to apply for the JAT exam.
• Students with a compartment in their 12th board’s subjects are not entitled to sit in the JAT examination conducted by the Delhi University’s BBA course.
• Students who belong to the reserved categories (SC/ ST/ OBC/ PWD) can get a little relaxation in the percentage criteria of around 5%. Students are required to score 55% or above aggregate marks in their senior secondary board examinations.

Delhi University BBA Colleges

The below-mentioned table follow-ups with the undergraduate BBA Programme. Check out the details about the total number of seats available in the DU BBA course.

Name of the College	Number of seats	Seats for General Category	Seats for Scheduled Caste (SC)	Seats for Economically Weaker Section (EWS)	Seats for Scheduled Tribe (ST)	Seats for Other Backward Classes (OBC)
Saheed Sukhdev College Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS)	204	93	31	10	15	55
Saheed Sukhdev College Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)	99	45	15	05	07	27
Gargi College	51	23	08	02	04	14
Lakshmibai College	33	15	05	02	02	09
Maharaja Agrasen	46	23	07	01	03	12
College of Vocational Studies	62	31	09	01	05	17
Shivaji College	68	31	10	04	05	18
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College	40	31	06	02	03	–
Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce	–	31	06	–	03	–
Keshav Mahavidyalaya	52	24	08	02	04	154
Shivaji College	68	31	10	04	05	18
Deen Dayal Upadhayaya College	51	24	08	01	04	14

The Admission and Selection procedure of BBA at Delhi University

1. To gain admission to the BBA course from Delhi University, students have to prepare and crack for the Joint Admission Test, (JAT) Examination. The exam of JAT consists of four equal sections –
   • Quantitative Ability
   • English
   • Reasoning
   • Business and General Awareness
2. These are the main four subjects and the areas where students need to focus and study to crack the JAT examination.
3. Students need to score above 60% marks in the JAT exam.
4. The preliminary shortlisting of students will be based on the score they had secured in their DU JAT exam.
5. After shortlisting from the first stage, students will appear in the second stage of the DU JAT exam to go through the Group Discussion and Personal Interview rounds.
6. These two rounds will be conducted only for the BMS (Bachelor of Management Studies) and BBA- FIA (Bachelor of Business Administration (Financial Investment Analysis) courses.
7. For BBE, students don’t need to go through any GD and PI rounds.

How To Apply in Delhi University BBA Course

Students can check out the below-mentioned steps to apply to Delhi University to pursue a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) 3-year undergraduate course.

• Visit the official website of DU (http://www.du.ac.in/ )
• Browse on the registration form and fill it with your basic credentials by mentioning students’ Name, email address, contact number, etc.
• After completing the registration procedure, students will receive the confirmation registration popup on their given email address or contact number.
• Now move forward to the second stage of the form i.e. “Application form”. In this log in with your ID and password and begin to fill the application form.
• Fill in all your required academic qualifications and update your documents in the prescribed format along with it.
• Once it is done, lastly submit the course fee and save the confirmation file or slip for future reference.
• Congratulations! Your application for the seat is confirmed in the Delhi University of Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA) course.

Documents Required

• Current passport-size photograph of a candidate.
• Self-attested copy of identity card (Aadhar Card, Driving License, PAN Card, Voter’s ID, etc.)
• Scanned signature of the student
• Scanned copy of original certificates, (10th mark sheet & passing certificate, 12th mark sheet & passing certificate, migration certificate, transfer certificate, provisionals, or other relevant certificates)
• If a candidate belongs to a reserved category, they need to submit the caste certificate along with it such as, (SC/ST/OBC/EWS/ PWD/KM/CW certificates).
• Or, if a student is applying through the sports or activity, they need to submit their ECA (Extra Curricular Activities) while updating the documents.

Delhi University BBA Cutoff Marks

The DU JAT Cut Off for the previous year 2025 is tabulated below:

Round	Cutoff by rank
1	4492
2	113
3	16420

This table shows the cutoff marks of the previous year 2025, which is set by the admission committee of DU’s BBA department.

Delhi University BBA Syllabus Course Details

• In the first year of 1 & 2 semesters, a student has to read 3 core courses and 1 generic elective/ interdisciplinary courses.
• In the 3rd & 4th semesters, students need to study 3 core courses + 1 generic elective/ interdisciplinary courses and 1 skill enhancement courses (SEC)
• The University of Delhi, BBA department offers 8 discipline elective courses, 4 skill enhancement courses, and 5 generic elective/interdisciplinary courses. 
• In the DU BBA curriculum, a student will undergo a summer/ winter internship of six to eight weeks offered to all the students of the 3rd year.
• In the internship, a student needs to prepare a report of their experience, achievements, and fieldwork. 
• Here are some top recruiter companies that provide internships to final-year students, KPMG, Deloitte, Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey Knowledge Centre, Willis Towers Watson, AT Kearney, CBRE, Grant Thornton, Nielsen, etc.

Syllabus of DU BBA

The below tabulated will give a student overview of the subjects or topics they need to study in the whole 3-year undergraduate Bachelor of Business Administration course.

Semester 1	Semester 2
Financial Accounting & Analysis Managerial Economics Any one of the Generic Elective /Interdisciplinary Courses Environmental Science	Statistics for Business Decisions Cost and Management Accounting Any one of the Generic Elective /Interdisciplinary Courses Business communication
Semester 3	Semester 4
Financial Markets and Institutions Any one of the Generic Elective /Interdisciplinary Courses Any one of the Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC) Income tax & Corporate Finance	Financial Econometrics Any one of the Generic Elective /Interdisciplinary Courses Any one of the Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC) Macroeconomics & Quantitative Techniques
Semester 5	Semester 6
Financial Derivatives Elective – 1 Elective – 2 Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management.	International Finance Elective – 1 Elective – 2 Corporate Restructuring

In the Elective courses, a student needs to study their syllabus:

Discipline-specific Elective

• Business Tax Planning 
• Advanced Financial Econometrics 
• Behavioral Finances 
• Management of Financial Institutions 
• International Financial Architecture 
• Strategic Corporate Finance 

Generic Elective/ Interdisciplinary Courses

• Business Ethics and Corporate Governance 
• Operations Management
• Fundamentals of Econometrics 
• Fundamentals of Financial Management
• Entrepreneurship Theory and Practices

Skill Enhancement Subjects

• Financial Database
• Analysis Software 
• Information Tools for Business 
• Financial Analytics 
• Advanced Spreadsheets Tools for Financial Analysis

Scholarships offered to Students DU BBA Course

The Ministry of Minority Affairs of the Government of India provides three types of scholarship programs to their BBA students at Delhi University to the six minority communities. Students belonging to these respective religions (Muslims, Buddhists, Christians, Sikhs, Jains, and Zoroastrians) can enjoy the scholarship programs. The scholarships are:

• Pre Matric Scholarship 
• Post-Matric Scholarship 
• Merit Cum Means Basis Scholarship

Placements After DU BBA Degree

This Delhi University Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree provides 100% placements to their 3rd (final) year students by Delhi University Placement Drive. The average salary package offered to the pass-out BBA student is 23.20 LPA and the highest package is increased from 48 LPA to 54 LPA. Students need to fill tout he registration form on their study campus, which is available in the DU placement drive.