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Over 13,000 seats remain vacant across 1,160 Delhi University programmes for the 2026-27 Spot Round, including for top colleges like Hindu, Hansraj, and SRCC. Find category breakdowns, college vacancies, and admission details.

After multiple rounds of a month-long admission process, over 13,000 seats still remain vacant across Delhi University. Vacancies are seen even in some of Delhi University’s most prominent colleges, including Hindu College, Hansraj College, and SRCC. The vacancies span 1,160 college-programme combinations and include several courses where dozens of seats remain unfilled.

As reported by the DU Admission Branch, the latest vacancy list shows that over 13,000 seats are available for the 2026-27 Spot Round. The data further reveals the breakdown of the category that currently holds the maximum number of vacant seats as the Other Backward Classes-Non-Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL) category at 4,133, followed by Scheduled Tribes (ST) with 2,476, unreserved with 2,113, Scheduled Caste (SC) with 2,038, and Economically Weaker Section (EWS) with 1,791 seats. There are also 566 Sikh and 316 Christian category seats vacant.

This year, the number of vacancies remains remarkable, as seats remained vacant not only in colleges or programmes that traditionally see lower demand, but also in some of the university’s renowned colleges.

For example, Hindu College still has 29 undergraduate seats vacant across 11 listed programmes, including Economics, B.Com (Hons.), Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology and Philosophy. Hansraj College has shown a greater vacancy with 79 vacant seats spread across 19 programmes, including Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany and Electronics. On the other hand, SRCC has only two seats left in Economics, one unreserved, and two seats in B.Com. (Hons.), one each in OBC-NCL and SC.

Some other notable colleges with vacant seats include Kirori Mal College, Gargi College, Daulat Ram College, Indraprastha College for Women and Dyal Singh College, among others.

As far as courses are concerned, home science and B.Com courses have a high number of seats still available for admission. Swami Shardhanand College has the highest single programme-level vacancy in the list, with 145 seats vacant in B.Com. This includes 66 OBC-NCL, 34 SC, 34 ST and 11 EWS seats. At the Institute of Home Economics, B.Sc. (Pass) Home Science has 131 vacant seats, while Lady Irwin College has 101 vacant seats in the same programme.

However, the vacancies do not limit themselves to only science and commerce courses. The courses in Humanities also show sizable vacancies. At Dyal Singh College, for instance, vacancies remain in Hindi, Sanskrit, Punjabi and Urdu programmes, alongside science and commerce courses. At Kalindi College, B.A. (Hons.) Sanskrit has 68 vacant seats, and Hindi has 54.

The university has strictly made it clear that these numbers are not final. These numbers are subject to change because of reconciliation, withdrawals, cancellations, and grievance redressal. Withdrawals will remain suspended during the Spot Round, according to the university.

With the commencement of the Spot Round Admissions, another chance will be given to the students aiming to get into the University of Delhi against seats that remain vacant after the earlier admission rounds.

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Delhi University 2026 admissions process faced document verification concerns; the university plans an AI verification tool to detect fake certificates and altered records.

After detecting multiple cases of AI-generated and digitally manipulated documents during the ongoing admissions process, the University of Delhi (UoD) is planning to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-based verification tool for the next admission cycle. The proposed system aims to strengthen document verification and detect forged certificates more efficiently.

In its advisory, the university asked applicants to avoid uploading AI-generated, digitally altered or heavily edited documents while applying for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. It said the admission branch had come across manipulated certificates, mark sheets and identity proofs during the verification process, prompting the warning.

Speaking to PTI on Monday, Dean of Admissions Prof. Haneet Gandhi said colleges have reported multiple cases of manipulated documents during the ongoing undergraduate admissions process. She noted that the university has come across digital certificates with QR codes that, upon verification, were found to be fake or AI-generated. In some instances, scanning the QR codes displayed the details of a different person, indicating that the digital records did not match the applicants’ information.

Gandhi told PTI that such cases have been reported across different categories of applications, including those submitted under the Extra-Curricular Activities (ECA) quota, category certificates and other admission documents across colleges. She added that while university and college teams have been identifying manipulated records, verifying documents for over 90,000 applicants is a challenging process.

We will certainly look at developing an AI tool for next year’s admissions so that such cases can be filtered out completely,” she said.

DU has instructed candidates to upload only scanned copies of their original documents. It also cautioned that anyone found submitting fraudulent or AI-altered records at any stage of the admission process could have their candidature or admission cancelled without prior notice, face legal action, and would not be eligible for a refund of the admission fee. The university has further urged applicants to review the documents they have uploaded and ensure they comply with the admission guidelines.

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