DU releases admission schedule, first seat allotment list on July 19

A day after the declaration of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) results, Delhi University on Saturday released its admission schedule for undergraduate programmes.

The second phase of admissions on the Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS) portal will begin on July 8 and continue till July 14. The first allotment list will be declared on July 19, read a notification issued by Registrar Vikas Gupta.

This year, the university is offering 71,624 undergraduate seats across 79 courses in 69 colleges.

In the first phase, applicants have to register on the portal. In the second phase, candidates can mark their preferences for colleges and programmes on the CSAS dashboard. Those who have still not registered on the portal have until July 14 to finish the process as the initial two phases will run concurrently, stated the notification.

A one-time correction window will be open from July 6 to July 11 for the applicants who have completed the registration process. “Candidates must open the form and make the corrections in a single attempt. The form once submitted will not reopen,” it added. In an earlier notification, the university had said that it intends to start the academic session by August 1.

Last year, the admission process was delayed by nearly a month and the academic session began on August 29 due to the late declaration of the CUET results by the National Testing Agency.

In the notification on Saturday, the Registrar released dates for two seat allotment cycles, stating that “the university may announce more rounds subject to availability of seats”.

‘Sikh martyrdom’ course

Meanwhile, DU’s Academic Council on Saturday approved a general elective course — ‘Sikh Martyrdom in Indian History (c. 1500-1765)’ — even as some members termed the course content “reductive”.

The university said, “The objective of this course is to understand the historical context associated with the Sikh community and major historical examples of Sikh martyrdom, religious persecution and resistance against hegemonic state oppression.”