Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College (DDUC) is one of the top constituent college of the University of Delhi, Delhi, India. Located at Dwarka, Delhi near Netaji Subhas University of Technology. It is fully funded by Government of Delhi. It was established in August 1990 in the memory of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, a philosopher, thinker and social worker.

Academics

Academic programmes

The college, informally known as DDUC, offers many undergraduate courses, including BA, B.Sc., and B.Com Honours programs. In order to cater to business and management education at the undergraduate level, a three-year Bachelor of Business Studies was inaugurated on 18 July 2007.

Ranking

It is ranked 26th among colleges in India by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024.

Admissions

The admission process for all the courses are done through the Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS) in three phases. Admission for undergraduate courses is done through CUET scores conducted by National Testing Agency.

Student life

Cultural festivals

The college's student life includes various student organizations (both academic and cultural) which organize extra curricular activities. Kalrav is the annual festival of DDUC, usually organized in February–March each year. It is a conglomerate of the activities of all societies and departments of the college. Kalrav seeks participation of students pan-India and has events & competitions including those of Music, Dance, Drama, Debating, Model UN, Quizzes and many more informal events. The Star nights at Kalrav in the previous years have witnessed performances by youth icons like Mika, Indian Ocean, The Circus etc. Ecclesia is the annual convention of Department of Management Studies, DDUC. Zucitva is the Annual Commerce Festival of DDUC organized by the Department of Commerce every year and include events like Corporate Fashion Show, Forensic Accounting, Business Plan, Marketing Management Competition, Mock Stock, etc. The fest is organized every year by CommUnity, The Department Of Commerce. Tech Marathon is the Annual Computer Science Festival of DDUC organized by the Sanganika (The Computer Science Society). KALAMKAAR the Hindi kavi sammelan was organised in the college on 18 February on the behalf of silver jubilee year. Under the banner of KALAMKAR a literature festival named 'KLF' is organised every year, during this festival society also organised a mega Kavi-Sammelan.

Student societies

There are many academic and cultural societies that are open for all DDUC students to join. Some of them include: Independently organized TED-styled events by the students of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College.

Hostels

There are 2 hostels, boys and girls, having 90 limited seats each. The process of admission into the hostel is different, considering the aggregate of the 12th class of students along with their distance from homes. Candidates are required to fill out an application form with the Hostel within the scheduled dates as per Notification for Hostel Accommodation.