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Delhi University Announces CSAS PG Correction, Mid-Entry & Round 3 Schedule

By DU Beat June 30, 2026

Delhi University has released the detailed schedule for the next phase of the PG admissions process, including the correction window, mid-entry, and third-round admissions.

As part of its Postgraduate admission process, the University of Delhi has released the CSAS PG schedule for correction, mid-entry, and third-round admissions. The Delhi University CSAS PG admission registration process for the 2026–27 academic session officially began on May 16, 2026. The registration window closed on June 9, 2026.

The official notification states that the upgrade window will remain open from 10:00 AM on June 30 to 4:59 PM on July 1, allowing eligible candidates who have confirmed their admission in Round I or II to choose between the “Freeze” and “Upgrade” options.

As per the announcement, the mid-entry and correction window will be available from 10:00 AM on July 2 to 4:59 PM on July 4. Through the mid-entry provision, fresh candidates who either did not apply or could not complete their CSAS PG application will be able to participate by paying a non-refundable fee of Rs 1,000.

The correction window will allow already registered candidates to rectify any errors or update their eligibility information in the registration form.

The third round of CSAS PG seat allotment will be announced on July 6. This will also include Round I for the performance-based programmes (MFA, MA Music, B.P.Ed., and M.P.Ed.). Allocations under the CW, Sports, and Ward supernumerary quotas will be released on July 7.

The window to accept allotted seats will remain open until 4:59 PM on July 9. Departments and colleges will verify applications by July 10, while the last date for online fee payment is July 11. The university added that more rounds of seat allocation may be held if vacant seats remain.

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Over 41,473 register for DU UG admissions on the first day of CSAS Phase 1

By DU Beat June 29, 2026

In the first 24 hours after Delhi University activated its CSAS phase 1 portal, 41,473 students registered for undergraduate admission for the 2026-27 academic session. The university is expected to fill approximately 71,600 seats this admission cycle.

Delhi University has started the Phase 1 of the undergraduate admissions under the Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS UG-2026) for the academic year 2026-27 on 27th June 2026. According to officials, the portal has received over 41,473 unique registrations on the first day.

One of the most sought after universities in the country, it provides 71,600 UG seats across 73 programmes and 100 BA programme combinations in various streams of studies under different faculties, namely Arts, Applied Social Sciences & Humanities, Education, Interdisciplinary & Applied Sciences, Music, Commerce & Business Studies, Mathematical Sciences, Sciences and Social Sciences. For the academic year 2026-27, admission to all UG programmes of all the colleges of UoD will be done on the basis of Common University Entrance Test (Undergraduate) – 2026 (CUET-UG–2026) only. The eligibility criteria of specific programmes and procedures involving the admission process is specified in the Undergraduate Bulletin of Information–2026 (BoI(UG)-2026) available on the admission of the University (admission.uod.ac.in).

The CSAS-UG works in three stages. First you have to register; this is Phase 1. Then you have to fill in your preferences for programmes and colleges; this is Phase 2. Finally, you get to know which seat you have been allocated; this is Phase 3. You have to complete each stage to be able to go to the next one. Missing the registration deadline disqualifies a candidate from subsequent rounds. The university has stated that some Phase 2 and Phase 3 dates remain provisional and subject to confirmation via the admission portal.

Phase 1 of CSAS involves registering and providing academic information. Candidates also need to upload documents for verification. The first phase of the CSAS works with API Setu. API Setu is a central government platform that helps exchange data. The platform allows the university to verify candidate information, including CUET scores and academic records, directly from source databases rather than through manually uploaded certificates.

Phase 1 registration for the current cycle remains open, with the university directing candidates to its admission portal and registered email addresses for further communication regarding the schedule for Phase 2 and Phase 3. Seat allocation will be carried out based on CUET scores, programme-specific eligibility, reservation policies and the preferences filled by candidates.

The university has also announced that the new academic session will commence on July 21, provided the admission schedule progresses as planned.

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Delhi University Finalises Over 68,000 Undergraduate Admissions for 2025–26

By DU Beat August 25, 2025

Delhi University has confirmed 68,116 undergraduate admissions after the second round of upgradation under CSAS-UG 2025–26. Students can apply for the Spot Round until August 27, with the announcement of vacant seats expected on August 28.

Delhi University (DU) on Friday announced that a total of 68,116 students have secured admission to its undergraduate programmes after the completion of the second round of upgradation under the Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS-UG) for the academic year 2025–26.

According to official figures, 17,595 applicants had applied for an upgrade in this round. Out of them, 7,685 candidates successfully received an upgrade in their choice of course or college, while 46,257 applicants chose to freeze their allotted seats. In addition to this, 2,808 allocations were made under the performance-based and supernumerary categories. These include quotas for sports, extracurricular activities (ECA), Persons with Disabilities (PwD), Children/Widows of Armed Forces Personnel (CW), and international students. A DU official confirmed the figures to The Hindustan Times, noting that the second upgrade round marked a significant step towards completing this year’s undergraduate admission process.

As per the admission schedule released by the university, students allotted seats were required to accept them by 4:59 pm on August 23, while colleges were directed to verify and approve applications by 11:59 pm on the same day. The deadline for online fee payment is 4:59 pm today, August 24. Following the completion of these processes, DU will publish the list of vacant seats at 5 pm on August 25. Students who are not admitted to any college by today will be eligible to apply for the Spot Round until August 27, and allocations for the Spot Round will be declared at 5 pm on August 28.

The Spot Round is intended to fill seats that remain vacant after the initial rounds of allocation and upgradation. Students who wish to participate will only be able to apply to courses and colleges where vacancies exist, based on their category. The University has also notified students that admission in the Spot Round will be binding. Candidates must accept the seat offered, as failure to do so will forfeit their eligibility for any further admissions in this cycle.

With over 68,000 admissions already confirmed, the university is nearing the completion of its undergraduate admission process for 2025. The upcoming Spot Round is expected to provide the final chance for many aspiring students to secure a place in one of the country’s most sought-after universities.

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Candidate Files Petition in Delhi High Court Challenging the Omission of Lawn Tennis Under the Sports Quota at Hindu College

By DU Beat July 21, 2025

Aditi Rawat, a sports quota candidate, has challenged the alleged failure of the Hindu College administration to comply with Delhi University’s CSAS Policy 2025-26, which mandates a five per cent allocation to ECA/sports quota in each college for every program.

The Delhi High Court, in its hearing on Friday, had demanded an explanation and specifics of the supernumerary quota seat allocation done by the authorities of Hindu College after a petition by a candidate, Aditi Rawat, on the same.

The petitioner, a gold medalist at CBSE nationals, with the representation of advocate Jeentender Gupta, has argued that based on the number of seats currently offered in the college, it mandates at least 47 seats for ECA/sports quota under Delhi University’s Common Seat Allocation System policy for the session 2025-26, which makes it mandatory for every college to allocate five per cent of the seats in each program to ECA/sports quota.

However, only 20 seats (equally divided between the categories) were allocated by the college. Additionally, it allocated seats for only three sports, including basketball, cricket, and football.

The petition states, “Hindu College failed to release even a single seat for lawn tennis in this quota, denying the petitioner her right to be considered for admission in her preferred institution on merit.”

The plea further argues that the college and Delhi University’s authorities cannot unreasonably exclude an internationally recognised sport from the seat matrix.

Justice Vikas Mahajan has ordered the requisite college authorities to reserve a seat under the quota for its academic session of 2025-26 while it decides on the plea.

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Delhi University Faces Backlash For Linguistic Misrepresentation In CSAS UG Admission Form

By DU Beat June 20, 2025

Delhi University’s CSAS 2025 UG admission form has drawn criticism for listing “Muslim” as a mother tongue while omitting Urdu, a constitutionally recognized language. Academics condemned the move as communal, culturally reductive, and violative of constitutional linguistic rights.

Delhi University’s Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS) 2025 form for undergraduate admissions has sparked widespread criticism after it listed “Muslim” as a mother tongue. Meanwhile, Urdu, a constitutionally recognised language under the Eighth Schedule, is absent. Screenshots showed that DU’s online application form included terms like “Muslim”, “Bihari”, “Mochi”, “Kurmi”, and other caste/regional labels in the “Mother Tongue” dropdown while omitting Urdu. This negligent act has sparked outrage, as students and professors took to social media platforms to point out the underlying communal rhetoric.

This is not just a clerical error. It reflects a deep-rooted communal mindset that reduces an entire community to a religious label, stripping away linguistic, cultural and regional identities. Muslim is not a language. Muslims speak the same languages as others in their regions, be it Hindi, Punjabi, Bengali, Malayalam, Tamil, or Urdu.”

Said Professor Abha Dev Habib, Democratic Teachers’ Front general secretary

The academicians and students argued that the choice of replacing Urdu with Muslim, apart from being factually incorrect, also implies that Muslims are incapable of having any other mother tongue than Urdu. This not only erases the linguistic diversity of Indian Muslims but also reduces an entire community’s cultural identity to a single, inaccurate label.

….this act of the DU administration is a serious threat to the Constitution of India, as it violates the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution, and also it undermines the composite and the inclusive spirit of a central university! No administration of DU had been so overtly communal as the present one, and this recent assault on Urdu takes the cake!”

Stated Prof. Rudrashish Chakraborty, Associate Professor and DUTA Executive

He further stated that such a development is “a calculated act of communalism”. He added that DU seems to have mistakenly assumed that Urdu is exclusive to Muslims; it does not mean only erasing a language, but it also entails erasing a shared cultural and literary legacy.

It is sad that a premier university like Delhi University is committing such mistakes. These should be rectified immediately. Diversities and multilingualism need to be acknowledged and respected,” said Dr Mithuraaj Dhusiya, Executive Council member.

This exclusive stance from prominent central universities also raises questions about the larger ethos shaping the actions of the current administration as members of academia worry about its “rabidly communal” policies.

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St. Stephen’s College Faces Allegations over Minority Quota Violations in Admission Process

By DU Beat September 4, 2024

Amidst the haul of the college admissions season, as students scramble to secure seats and colleges navigate the complexities of selection, St. Stephen’s College is facing serious allegations from the university itself for exceeding seats for Christian candidates.

Delhi University has publicly accused St. Stephen’s of exceeding the permissible quota for Christian candidates during the admission process. While Principal Principal John Verghese has refused to comment on the given situation, the notifications on the official college website provide some clarifications.

According to one notification,

“St Stephen’s College has admitted this year, the sanctioned number of candidates, 5% over that number and special categories including that of the Single Girl Child in every programme of study offered in the College”.

It further mentions, conceding the allegation of exceeding the quota limit that,

“Despite a request that additional seats should not be allotted to the College this year (as in the previous two years the College had been allotted 20% and 10% respectively in excess to the sanctioned seats), it was finally agreed upon that only 5% extra seats will be allotted to College.”

Thus, the college asserts that its actions were in compliance with the agreed-upon guidelines.

In a separate notice dated 30th August, St. Stephen’s has requested speedy access to the Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS) portal for its admitted Christian candidates, a request that seems unlikely to be granted as the university’s further concerns remain unaddressed.

Delhi University in its review of the received college’s admission list, has pointed out that well-qualified candidates with sufficient Common University Entrance Test (CUET) scores have been unable to secure seats in popular courses, such as B.Sc. (Hons) programs. The university also highlighted that seats in popular programmes such as B.Sc (H) Chemistry and B.Sc (H) Physics, remain empty despite the availability of eligible candidates meeting the required criteria.

St Stephen’s responded by releasing a list of Christian candidates who have been offered admission into the college for the current academic year on their website.

St Stephen’s was also in the news earlier last week when 6 students were granted provisional admission to the college by the Delhi High Court after their admission was denied despite clearing the cut-off due to a “policy dispute” between the college and the university.

Such discrepancies have led to delays in proceeding with the allocation for the University. As tensions between the university and the college escalate, incoming students find themselves caught in the middle, facing uncertainty and missing out on crucial orientation days. The confusion has left many students questioning their efforts, as they navigate the complexities of the admission process, only to be stalled by bureaucratic delays and disputes before even stepping into their first college class.

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The Illusion of Equality: The Hidden Gender Imbalance in DU’s Equal Paradigm

By DU Beat September 22, 2023

At DU’s centenary celebration, the PM brought up the fact that there are more girls enrolled at DU than boys. However, the classrooms paint a rather different picture.

The University of Delhi recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. Large-scale events were organised, the Prime Minister and Education Minister were invited as chief guests. In his speech, the Prime Minister congratulated DU on its 100th anniversary and highlighted the fact that more girls than boys are enrolled in DU classes. But do our classrooms deliver an identical picture?

According to The Indian Express, DU’s enrolment has dropped to a five-year low, slipping from 73,374 students in 2018-2019 to 64,915 in 2022-2023. Girls’ enrolment in UG courses plunged by 37.75 percent this year, from 54,818 in 2021 to 34,120 in 2022-2023, whereas male enrollment fell by just 1,585, from 32,380 in 2021 to 30,795 this year. Overall, girls made up 52.5 percent of the entire undergraduate student body at DU this year, compared to 62.87 percent in 2021-22.

Even before the significant drop in enrollment, these figures demonstrate that “DU has more girls enrolled than boys”. However, what is crucial to note here is the concentration of female students. The majority of these 52.5% female students are enrolled in SOLs, or women’s colleges. If one focuses on regular courses in co-ed colleges, female students in some colleges account for less than one-third of the overall student population.

According to an All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) report, the gender gap in UG programmes worsened following the pandemic. In Kirori Mal College, there are 28 girls* in BSc. (H). Mathematics, 2021-2024, a batch of 104 students. The same is true for the majority of batches. In an interview, former principal of KMC Vibha Singh Chauhan blamed the absence of a girls’ hostel as a major reason for such a wide gap in the sex ratio.

However, the case of Hindu College presents a completely different scenario. Hindu College, which has a girl’s hostel, only has 39% female students. The administration fails to provide a valid explanation behind the skewed gender ratio. A number of DU colleges started to relax female student’s cut-offs by 1%. While Sri Aurobindo College saw a 10% rise in female student enrollment following its implementation, other institutions observed no substantial change.

However, with the introduction of CUET, the implementation of this relaxation is hidden. Not only that, but the puzzling cycle of CUET and admission via CSAS (Common Seat Allocation System) also plays a significant role. Most female students from marginalised backgrounds and smaller towns struggle to get a quality education. With new hurdles planted, many end up giving up on their dreams. In an article by Feminism In India (FII), Sharda Dixit, a retired school principal, said:

The problem was especially observed amongst students coming from financially weaker backgrounds, the ones who were not able to avail the pricey coaching and the preparation guidebooks. This led to the exclusion of these students from the race and crushed their dreams underfoot. The CUET is a device to deprive students of their basic right to education.

Another major issue is women’s safety in the city and on campus. Economist Girija Broker estimated in her paper that, “for a 3% annual decrease in the probability of being raped, women attending Delhi University are willing to go to a college in the bottom 50% rather than one in the top 20%”. Broker conducted a survey of 2,700 DU students and observed that most women prefer travelling by car or the metro, even if it costs more or takes more time. On the other hand, bus is the primary form of transportation for men.

All of these studies, articles, and interviews have one thing in common: the university’s acceptance of the existence of a gender gap for the sake of it. Instead of concentrating on the reasons for such a large gender gap, even after 100 years of existence, DU is preoccupied with crafting its own hazy gender equality image. With the gender gap widening as a result of CUET, the question grows, “Are we progressing forward or backward?”

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Spot Round Registrations Begin, Admission Process Explained

By DU Beat September 3, 2023

According to the official schedule, registration for Spot Round began on 29 August at 5 pm via the Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS) Portal under the ongoing admission process for Delhi University.

Delhi University administration started the registration for Spot Round of undergraduate admissions. Students can register on the admissions website, admission.uod.ac.in.

In the spot admissions round 1, declaration of allocations was done on 1^st September (5 pm), and candidates will have time till September 3, 4.59 pm to accept the allocated seats.

Following that colleges will have time from September 2 (10 am) till 4.59 pm September 4, to verify and approve online applications. Last date for online payment of admission fees is scheduled for September 5, 4.59 pm.

The steps for application process include first visiting the official website, admission.uod.ac.in. Then by clicking on the UG admission 2023 link, the page will be redirected. The next step is to fill in all the requirements, incorporating all personal details and educational qualifications. Next review the application and pay the application fee. Finally, submit the application and download the application for future use.

“In its first round, a total of 202416 eligible candidates were considered for allocation based on their preferences of programme and college combinations. A total of 85853 allocations have been done in the First CSAS round itself. This includes an allocation to all programmes in all colleges in UR, SC, ST, OBC(NCL), EWS and two supernumerary quotas, PwBD and Kashmiri Migrants. As many as 7042 candidates got their first preference. About 22000 candidates have been allocated a seat from their first five preferences.” -ANI Report

During the first round seat allotment round, over 3,04,699 students registered the CSAS 2023 portal, among those, 2,45,235 students submitted their CSAS DU 2023 application form and 59,464 didn’t submit their application forms.

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