Daulat Ram College, a premier college for women is a constituent college of the University of Delhi, founded in 1960. Originally known as ‘Pramila College' it was renamed Daulat Ram College after the founder educationist Shri Daulat Ram Gupta, when the college shifted to its present location on Patel Marg in the North Campus of University of Delhi in the year 1964.

It is a prestigious women's college of the University of Delhi with a track record of distinction in academics, sports and co-curricular activities. With an enrolment of over 2000 students, it has nineteen departments engaged in offering undergraduate courses of the University of Delhi in Arts, Sciences and Commerce. Seven of these Departments register students at the Master's level for tutorial classes which supplement the M.A. lecture classes held at the University of Delhi. The faculty is highly qualified and experienced, a majority of them with doctoral qualifications and some of them guiding students at the post graduate and doctoral levels. A well equipped library and excellent facilities for sports, including gymnastics, are strong assets of the college. Academic and co-curricular activities are organized by different departments through Subject Associations and Societies both at inter class and inter college levels providing ample opportunities for participation and creative expression in both academic and co-curricular fields.

Apart from providing an arena for the intellectual and cultural expressions, life at Daulat Ram College is also an experience in development of democratic spirit, a sense of community and intellectual maturity. The secular and cosmopolitan character of the college is reflected in students of different communities and from different parts of India and abroad who join this college every year. Over the last few years, the college has had foreign students from countries including Mauritius, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, USA, Fiji, Korea, Indonesia, China and Greece.

The college has one of the best students' hostels for women in the entire Delhi University with an intake capacity of around 125 students. Open only to the undergraduate students, the hostel’s sylvan surroundings, well maintained interiors and homely atmosphere is a virtual home away from home for students coming from far off places.

The College offers Honours as well as Pass courses in Commerce, Science and Arts streams. Admissions are strictly on the basis of marks secured in the Senior Secondary High School examination as the college declares a cut-off list for admission to various undergraduate courses every year. The application forms for admissions to the current year are available at the moment.