kolkata colleges and universities across the city have received a deluge of applications for undergraduate courses this year due to various reasons but there are some subjects where the applications have exceeded even the expectations of the heads suggesting the popularity of these subjects among the applicantsonce the deadline to apply for ug courses expired on august 27 applications were segregated to publish provisional merit list the authorities then got a sense of how many applications they have received in each subject and how many times it is vis a vis intake capacity of that particular subject at jadavpur university maximum number of applications are for physics at 9405 followed by chemistry at 8715 and mathematics at 7855 seats for the three subjects are 81 72 and 110 respectively similarly for humanities highest number of applications are for political science 4447 followed by english at 4122 and history 3834 intake capacity in the subjects is 72 each in physics chemistry and mathematics applications are more or almost 100 times intake capacity similarly in political science english and history too applications are 60 to 70 times intake capacity said an official at presidency university the applications have surpassed all expectations in english sociology history physics economics and geography there will be online reporting to weed out fake candidatures and verify credentials before merit list is drawn up said a head of the department in bethune college maximum applications have been received in subjects like zoology physics chemistry computer science psychology and english said krishna roy principal at ramakrishna mission vidyamandira the most soughtafter subjects have been microbiology industrial chemistry zoology mathematics computer science english and economics we have raised seats in some of the subjects said swami ekachittananda in maulana azad college there have been over 42000 applications for 1032 seats the response has been very good in english economics commerce chemistry mathematics physics and zoology said subhasis dutta principal of the college in new alipore college applications for economics have been several times intake capacity while in bangabasi college applications have been very high in physics statistics english and geography most of our courses like food science and nutrition management commerce management and textile science and fashion studies are job oriented so the response is very good said deepali singhee principal of jd birla institute