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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION
RAJYA SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. 60
ANSWERED ON- 04/02/2026
STUDENT HOSTEL FACILITIES IN DELHI UNIVERSITY
60. Ms. Swati Maliwal:
Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:
(a) number of students enrolled in Delhi University during the last three years, college-wise, year-
wise, including a gender-wise breakup;
(b) total number of hostels available for students in Delhi University, along with their capacity and
actual occupancy, college-wise and hostel-wise and gender-wise;
(c) number of new hostels constructed in the last three years and number of proposals pending for
the construction of additional hostels, details of each proposal; and
(d) measures taken to ensure adequate hostel accommodation for students and whether any plan
exists to expand or modernize existing hostel facilities and if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF EDUCATION
(SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)
(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
****STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d) OF THE RAJYA SABHA
STARRED QUESTION No. 60 FOR 04.02.2026 ASKED BY MS. SWATI MALIWAL,
HON’BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMNET REGARDING STUDENT HOSTEL
FACILITIES IN DELHI UNIVERSITY.
(a) to (d): University of Delhi is a statutory autonomous organization established under an Act of
Parliament and governed by the Delhi University Act, 1922 and the Statutes and the Ordinances
made thereunder. DU provides quality and affordable education to the students from all over the
country with its colleges spread out all across the Delhi NCR region through its multidisciplinary
curriculum in UG, PG, PhD and diploma courses. The NIRF ranking of the university is 5th
amongst the educational institutions within the country: the University has achieved QS ranking
of 328 (globally) in 2025/26. As informed by University of Delhi, the details of total enrolments
in University of Delhi during last three years are given below: -
Year In Departments of University In Colleges of the University
Male Female Total Male Female Total
2022-23 14020 10771 24791 1,62,734 1,81,298 3,44,032
2023-24 16620 12363 28983 1,71,267 1,88,485 3,59,752
2024-25 17646 12772 30418 1,53,544 1,76,923 3,30467
Allotment of hostel accommodation is made to the student residing outside Delhi on the basis of
merit. The University has constructed hostel accommodations from time to time to cater to the
students. The Central Government is providing fund from Higher Education Financing Agency
(HEFA) from the year 2017-18 for development of university infrastructure including construction
of hostels. In the year 2023, an amount of Rs 938.33 crore has been approved to University of
Delhi for infrastructural projects including construction of Building for student’s accommodation.
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