St. Xavier's College is one of the prestigious colleges of Kolkata. This higher education institute has secured 7th position in the NIRF ranking, 2020. Hindu College ranked at 3 in the NIRF all India ranking 2020. Hindu college is accredited by NAAC with an A+ grade, and SXC is accredited by A++ grade.

Admission:

SXC:

• The required eligibility is +2 and the selection to the program is based on merit. English must be a compulsory subject at the +2 level.

• Applicants are selected based on the index calculated with their +2 marks. The index is calculated as the sum of the percentage in English and aggregate percentage. There should be a minimum of 60% in aggregate subjects.

• 1st-year fee for BA (Hons.) in Political Science is Rs.32,600.

Hindu College:

• Admissions to UG courses are entrance based or merit-based.

• The applicants should have a minimum of 60% in their +2 under a recognized board/university. Students should have passed in each subject individually, including the practicals.

• According to 2019, the cut off required for BA (Hons.) is 99%.

• 1st-year fee for BA (Hons.) in Political Science is Rs.17,560.

Placement Statistics:

SXC:

The placement cell enables the students to explore and utilize opportunities provided by different companies.

• Students got placed with salary packages ranging from 3 LPA to 20.5 LPA.

• The highest salary package offered is 14 Lakhs.

• The average package was 9.5 Lakhs.

• Tata Consultancy Services, Deloitte, KPMG, Ernst & Young, PWC, JP Morgan, Google, Zomato, United bank of Switzerland, Verity Solutions, Axis Bank, Citi Bank, ICICI Bank, HSBC, HDFC Bank, Infosys, etc. are the regular recruiter companies.

Hindu College:

The college has two cells namely “Disha”- The placement cell, and “Abhyas”- The internship cell to provide better career exposure to the students.

• The college holds 95% of the total placement record.

• Top recruiters are Google, Deloitte, HDFC, KPMG, Maruti, Jaypee, Ernst and Young, Protiviti, DE Shaw, Essar, and Royal Sundaram Alliance, among many others.

• Companies like Design Karkhana, Philip Morris International, Indiabulls, Teach for India, Make a Difference, Empower India, Outlook India, Youth Alliance, Thilo, etc. offer paid internships to the students.

These are the facts that you need to consider while comparing the two institutes. As for which institute will be better for you, you should decide that.

Here are the comparisons of both Dyal Singh College and Atma ram Sanatan Dharma College for political science honours.

• Fee structure:

Both colleges provide political science (hons.) courses in B.A with full duration of 3 years at undergraduate degree level. But the fee charges are some more in Dyal Singh college (39,500) than Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College (30,500) for the full course. The fee is different for different sections of the people.

• Placement:

Both colleges are public/government so they hold good placement records. Both colleges give nearly 90% placements in political science with a median salary of 4.5 lakh (Dyal Singh College) and 3.30 lakh (Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College).

• Faculty:

Teachers at A.R.S.D College are helpful. They will always try their best. Methods used by the teachers for teaching are impressive. They used deductive, inductive, and sometimes open debate to teach all students.If we talk about faculty members of D.S College they are also good and well-qualified, but just like other Delhi University colleges, they won't take the pain to initiate. So you have to study yourself finally.

• Total intake:

Total strength of the seats in political science of Dyal Singh College is nearly 70 and 77 for the Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College.

Qualification eligibility and duration of the course is the same for political science (hons.) of both the colleges. The qualification required for both colleges is 12th class pass out with a minimum of 45% marks. The total duration of the course is three years (full-time).