DU opens its seat allocation portal, session starts Aug 16

Delhi University (DU) on Wednesday kicked off its undergraduate admissions process with the launch of an automatic seat allocation system that will assign applicants seats based on their Common University Entrance Test (CUET) scores and declared college-course preference.

- Jasjeev Gandhiok

The UG session will commence on August 16, said DU officials, nearly 2.5 months before it did last year.

Students vying for a seat at the sought-after university will need to register on the portal, called the Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS) — which was first used last year, when DU began admitting based on CUET scores — as part of the first phase of the entry process.

The portal was also launched for UG admissions to the School of Open Learning (SOL) and Non-Collegiate Women’s Education Board (NCWEB).

DU’s 68 colleges offer a total of 78 UG programmes and 198 BA programme combinations, its vice-chancellor Yogesh Singh said.

“DU offers around 1,550 unique programme and college combinations,” he said, adding that three new BTech programmes — computer science and engineering, electronics and communication engineering and electrical engineering have also been launched.

Till 2021, admissions to DU undergraduate courses were done on the basis of cutoff marks premised on Class 12 board exam scores.

All applicants who met the criteria announced by the varsity for a particular course were eligible for admission to that course.