Delhi University releases 1st UG seat allocation list

Delhi University (DU) on Saturday released its first seat allocation list for undergraduate admissions for the 2025-26 academic session, officially initiating the final phase of the Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS-UG).

Released at 5 pm, the list accounts for a total of 93,166 allocations, against 71,624 available seats across 79 undergraduate programmes offered by 69 colleges affiliated with the university.

Candidates must accept their allotted seats by 4.59 pm on July 21. Colleges will then verify and approve admissions by July 22, with the fee payment deadline set for July 23.

This follows the conclusion of phase-I (registration) and phase-II (preference-filling). A simulated rank list, released on July 15, allowed applicants to modify their preferences until July 16. DU has implemented several reforms this year, including an 'auto-accept' feature to streamline admissions. The eligibility criteria now considers the best CUET score from either one language and three other subjects or two languages and two other subjects, removing the previous 30 per cent minimum score requirement in the CUET language paper for BSc (honours).

The academic session is slated to begin on August 1.

A list of vacant seats will be displayed on July 24, and candidates can reorder their choices until July 25.

The second seat allocation list will be released at 5 pm on July 28.The Common University Entrance Test (UG) this year witnessed a record 13.5 lakh applications, with English, general test, and chemistry being the most popular subject choices.The first round of allocations for undergraduate admissions has been made live as per schedule. In the first round, allocations have been made under UR, OBC, EWS, SC, ST, Sikh minorities, PwBd, KM, single girl child and orphan (male and female) categories.

The total single girl child allocations stand at 1,325, while the total orphan allocations are 259 (127 females, 132 males).

Allocations to the certain performance-based courses will be done in the third round. These include BA (hons) in Hindustani music, carnatic music, percussion music; BSc in physical education, health education and sports; and bachelor of fine arts.Candidates have been advised to see trial schedules on the website of the college/department concerned in this regard.

Minimum allocation score and allocation ranks are available on the dashboard of every candidate. Minimum allocation scores will also be made available on the admission website.