Maitreyi College: Ranking, Courses, Fees, Admission, Placements

Maitreyi College Overview

Maitreyi College, Delhi University, New Delhi was started at Netaji Nagar and presently situated in Chanakyapuri. The campus is spread over ten acres of land in a lush green area and has extensive playgrounds and open spaces. The college was started with the only BA (Pass) and Science (General) courses. Now the college offers Honors in Science, Commerce, and Humanities at the undergraduate level.

Maitreyi college also offers postgraduate courses in Mathematics and Political Science. And also offers certificate courses in Journalism, French, Spanish, and Web-designing as non-credit-on courses. The college also offers remedial coaching classes for the benefit of students.

The college has started awareness programs in health, fitness, legal and services, disaster management, and self-defense for the personality development of the students. It is the first college in Delhi University to offer PG Diploma in Nanotechnology and is the first to adopt an E-learning methodology. The college also has a successful tradition of continuous achievement in Sports, NSS, NCC, and cultural activities. 

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Maitri college aims to help the students and teachers to become excellent scholars, educators, researchers, and professionals. The college focuses on providing higher education to the students to get a degree in Science, Commerce, and Arts. The college help students to develop creativity and innovativeness.

Maitreyi College Departments:

Maitreyi college Delhi has various departments in Science, Commerce, and Humanities. The college was started with only B.A. (pass) and B.Sc (General) courses. Presently it offers Honors in Science, Commerce, and Humanities. It is the first college in Delhi University to offer PG Diploma in Nanotechnology. Given below  are the departments of the college:

1. Botany
2. Chemistry
3. Commerce
4. Computer Science
5. Economics
6. English
7. Hindi
8. History
9. Mathematics
10. Physical Education
11. Physics
12. Political Science
13. Punjabi
14. Sanskrit
15. Sociology
16. Zoology

Maitreyi College Courses:

Maitri College offers undergraduate, postgraduate, and certified courses as an add-on course. It offers honors in Science, Commerce and Humanities at UG level. It is the first college to offer postgraduate courses in Mathematics and Political Science. The courses offered are:

Maitreyi College Infrastructure:

Maitreyi College Delhi has a lush green campus with extensive playgrounds and open spaces. The campus is situated in ChanakyaPuri and spread over 10 acres of land. The infrastructural facilities provided by the college are:

• The new four-story science block comprises of well-equipped laboratories, lecture theatres, classrooms, faculty rooms.
• The college has 15 well-equipped laboratories for practical.
• The college has enabled wifi connection across the campus.
• Maitri college has also started career counseling to help students know their potential and purpose.
• The book store in the college has a wide range of text and other books and also various stationery items are available.
• The college canteen serves delicious food and a gathering for the students.
• Maitri college has a medical room consists of basic medicines, first-aid facilities. Doctor visits on the appointed days and a qualified nurse is also available.
• The college has a beautiful garden consists of beautiful lawns, plants, and flowers which frequently wins trophies from the University.
• An alumni association has been there in college that organizes a get-together for old students once a year in the college.

Maitreyi College Scholarships:

Delhi University conducts a competitive examination for the award of All India scholarship for the Hons courses. Maitreyi College Scholarships awarded are:

Scholarship to SC/ST students:

• Candidates who belong to SC/ST category are awarded a scholarship by the State.
• The candidates should fill the application form immediately after admission and submit it with the required certificates.
• The continuances of any scholarship depend on academic progress, regular classes, discipline, and good conduct, etc.

Academic Prizes:

• Prizes are awarded to college topper in each course with 55% aggregate marks.
• Radha Sairam Memorial Award to the Best Student of Chemistry (Hons) 1st Year.
• Durga Devi Memorial Prize to the Best Student of Chemistry (Hons) 2nd Year.
• O.P. Datta Memorial Prize to the Best Student of Physics (Hons) in all 3 Years.
• Dr. (Mrs.) Sita Srivastava Memorial Award of Rs.11,000/- along with a Trophy will be given to the Best All-Rounder student from the 3rd Year.

Maitreyi College Eligibility Criteria:

The admission of the students will be done on the basis of the criteria set by the college and University. The candidates must follow those criteria in order to get admission. If there is a change of stream a disadvantage of 5% on Best of Four percentage may be imposed. And an advantage of % to those who opt for MIL. The eligibility criteria are given below:

Maitreyi College Admission:

Maitreyi Admission is strictly based on merit and the marks scored by the candidates in their previous academics. There will be a cut-off percentage for admission to the courses decided by the college admission committee. The students who scored marks more than the notified percentage should visit the teacher-in-charge of admission for the course.

Eligible candidates as per the college cut-off percentage are advised to verify the dates and times of admission. Admissions are done by the college authorities. The candidates should first fill in the college application form.

Maitreyi College Hostel Details:

The foundation stone of the hostel has been recently laid by Professor Yogesh Tyagi, Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi. The residential facilities provided to the students by the college are:

• Maitreyi College facilities include a four-story residential building that houses 94 students.
• The building has a reading room, gymnasium, common room, dining hall, activity room, kitchen and warden's residence.
• The hostel accommodates both national and international students and rooms are allocated on the basis of merit and distance from the college.