Delhi University launches UG CSAS admission portal
DU releases UG admission
policy for the academic year 2024-25
Admission process will
start from 28 May for NCWEB and from 3 June for SOL
Now there will be
reservation of one seat for single girl child under supernumerary quota:
Registrar Dr. Vikas Gupta
University of Delhi has
launched its Undergraduate (UG) admission policy for the academic session
2024-25. The first phase of undergraduate admissions in the university has
started with the launch of the UG admission portal “Common Seat Allocation
System (CSAS)” during a press conference held on Tuesday, May 28. Along with
this, admission policy was also released for School of Open Learning (SOL) and
NCWEB. While talking to the journalists on this occasion, DU Registrar Dr.
Vikas Gupta said that from the new academic session, one seat will be reserved
for single girl child in each class of all the colleges and departments under
the supernumerary quota. It is noteworthy that last year, for the first time in
the country, DU had made reservation arrangements for orphan students also.
After the press conference, Dean of Colleges Prof. Balram Pani formally
launched the CSAS portal by pressing the button on the laptop keyboard. A
bulletin of Information was also released on this occasion. During the press
conference, Director of South Campus, Prof. Shri Prakash Singh, Director of
SOL, Prof. Payal Mago and Dean Admission Prof. Haneet Gandhi was also present.
Registrar Dr. Vikas Gupta
said that on the basis of CUET score, admission will be done in 79 programs out
of about 71000 seats in undergraduate Programmes. He informed that a total of
183 combinations are available in BA programs of 69 colleges/departments. The
Registrar said that the second phase of CSAS will be started after the
declaration of CUET result. He informed that the admission process for SOL will
start from June 3rd while the admission process for “Non-Collegiate
Women's Education Board (NCWEB)” is starting from today itself. While sharing
the information so far regarding the registration process, Dr. Gupta said that
the registration process for Post Graduate (PG) programmes, B.Tech and
five-year law integrated programs was started from April 25. The first
allocation list of these programs may be released by June 20. He said that
according to the registrations done till May 27, 80,346 registrations have been
done in PG, 9052 in B.Tech and 7362 in five-year law integrated programs.
During the press conference, Dean Admission Prof. Haneet Gandhi presented
detailed information about UG admission and CSAS and Director of SOL, Prof.
Payal Mago presented detailed information about SOL through PPT.
Admission to Undergraduate Programs
The
University of Delhi offers 79 Undergraduate Programs and 183 B.A.
Program combinations through its 69 Colleges. There are close to 71,000
seats offered in the Colleges of UoD. About 1500 unique Program + College
Combinations are offered by the University of Delhi. Admission to all these
Programs and Colleges is based on the merit score obtained from the Common
University Entrance Test (CUET (UG)- 2023.
The
University of Delhi had announced the eligibility criteria for various programs
through its Bulletin of Information, in English and Hindi, on February 27,
2024. The Bulletin stated the requirements of minimum eligibility, CUET papers
to be selected as per the program-specific eligibility, and detailed seat
matrix of all the programs of all colleges of the University.
The
University has now launched its Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS(UG) -2024)
document that elaborates on the procedures that will be adopted for admissions.
The CSAS (UG) registration is divided into two phases. The first phase,
launched on May 28, 2024, is a simple registration process wherein the
candidates desirous of seeking admission will have to fill their personal
details and academic scores obtained in Class XII. CUET(UG) - 2024 Application
Number will be mandatory for applying to CSAS(UG)-2024. The name, signature,
and photograph of the candidate will be auto-integrated from the CUET(UG) -
2024 portal. These fields will be non-editable. There will be a
provision to enter an active email id and mobile number of the candidate. All
communication from University of Delhi will be made only on the email id
submitted in the CSAS-2024 Application
Form.
The
candidate will then be required to fill his/her personal details such as
Parent’s Name, Category / Sub-Category/ Caste/ Supernumerary Quotas, Gender,
Email id, Mobile number and Bank Account details will not be changed. The
candidates must take utmost care while filling in these details as they will be
able to change these details once the form gets submitted. In the Academic
section, the candidates will have to fill in the details of the marks obtained
in his/her class XII. For students who have passed Class XII from CBSE, the
marksheet will be auto-integrated through his/her DigiLocker. Subsequently, the
candidates will opt for the supernumerary category, if any and finally proceed
to pay the registration fees. The registration fees are Rupees 250/- for UR,
OBC-NCL and EWS candidates, while it is Rs. 100 for SC/ST/ and PwBD candidates.
This will complete the first phase of CSAS(UG) 2024.
The
second phase of the CSAS (UG) process will commence with the declaration of the
CUET (UG) results. To participate in the second phase, the candidates will have
to login to their CSAS dashboard and complete the Preference-Filling. In the
second phase, the candidates will have to map the subjects studied by them in
Class XII to the subjects in which they have appeared in CUET(UG). The
University of Delhi will consider only those CUET Language/Domain papers which
are same/similar to the subject studied by the candidate in his/her Class XII.
Based on the subject mapping provided by the candidate and the program-specific
eligibility requirements, the candidates will be able to see their cumulative
marks for every program they are eligible for admission. The University will
consider the scores provided by the NTA to calculate the merit scores of
candidates. The candidates will be able to choose the Programs he/she is
eligible for. It is advisable for the candidate to select the maximum number of
Program/s + College/s to avail of the maximum benefits of the CSAS admission
policies. Only the Programs
+ College Combinations selected by the candidate during the
Preference-Filling phase will be considered for allocation and upgradations (if
any). The order of
selection of the Program + College combination will also determine the
preference order for the allocation of seats. Hence, the candidate must
carefully prioritize the preference of Program + College combinations while
sequencing them. It is in the best interest of the candidate to fill the
maximum number of preferences so as to benefit optimally from the upgradation
in subsequent allocation rounds.
The
University will provide sufficient time for the candidates to fill in the preferences.
However, the candidates should start shortlisting the Programs and Colleges
they are interested in to avoid last-minute haste. Before submitting, the candidate must
ensure that the order of preferences is as per his/her choice. Editing of the
Program + College combination preference list after the deadline for the
Preference-Filling Phase will NOT be allowed, i.e., the candidate CANNOT change
the order of his/her preferences OR add/delete any more Program/s and/or
College/s after the deadline for Preference-Filling Phase.
According
to the CSAS policy, the University will also announce a Simulated Ranks on the
closure of the Preference-filling phase based on the data available at that
time. The candidates can again add/delete/reorder their preferences based on
the Simulated Rank. Henceforth, the addition/deletion of preferences will not
be allowed.
The
CSAS document released on May 28, 2024 also delineates the policies on
which allocations will be done. The
Highest Possible Preference will be provisionally allocated to a
candidate considering a) Program-Specific merit, b) Category (UR/OBC-NCL/ SC/ ST/ EWS/ Minority/ PwBD/
KM), c) Availability of seats, and d) any other allocation rules,
policies, or criteria as mentioned in the document (CSAS(UG)-2024), UG BOI – 2024, or published on the admission website of University
of Delhi.
Once
a seat has been allocated in a particular round, the candidate must 'Accept'
the Allocated Seat before the last date/time specified for the given allocation
round. The provision for
acceptance of a particular Allocated Seat will be valid only for the round in
which the seat was allocated to the candidate. Inactivity/no-action will be
taken as non-acceptance to the Allocated Seat. In case a
candidate is offered multiple seats in a particular round, s(he) must
"Accept" and take admission in only one Allocated seat. Once the candidate "Accept"
the provisionally Allocated Seat, the concerned College will check the
eligibility and validity of the documents uploaded
by the candidate. The College
will verify the
documents and accord its approval. Upon receiving the approval, the candidates
will have to pay the admission fees within the stipulated time.
After
the closure of each allocation round, the University of Delhi will publish the
details of the vacant seats in each program in all Colleges. All admitted
candidates will have the option to opt for “Upgrade” or “Freeze” at this stage.
The candidates who have secured their admission will be able to reorder the
preferences that are higher than the one in which he/she has taken the
admission. Candidates who opt for ‘Upgrade’ will be considered for upgradation
to a higher preference submitted by him/her. A candidate who gets upgraded will
have to 'Accept' the upgraded seat and complete the admission procedures on the
upgraded Allocated Seat/s. A
candidate who has taken admission on an Allocated Seat and desires
to continue with it should submit a 'Freeze' request
through his/her dashboard. On selecting 'Freeze',
such a candidate will never
be allowed to opt for "Upgradation”.
The following rules will be applied to break the tie - a
higher percentage of aggregate marks in the Best 3 subjects of Class XII; a
higher percentage of aggregate marks in the Best 4 subjects of Class XII; a
higher percentage of aggregate marks in the Best 5 subjects of Class XII; Age
of the candidate.
The University has also made a provision to accommodate the candidates
who fail to register themselves within the stipulated registration period. This
is the Mid-Entry provision. The University will open a Mid-Entry phase to give
an opportunity to the candidates who failed to apply for CSAS(UG)-2024 and are
desirous of participating in CSAS(UG)-2023. Such a candidate can enter midway
by paying a Mid-Entry fee of Rs. 1000.00 (non-refundable). However, the
mid-entrants will not hold any right to claim the seats allocated
to candidates who had applied to
CSAS(UG)-2024 during the initial Application Phase.
The
University also advises candidates to keep their certificates and other
documents updated and valid. Certificates belonging to OBC-NCL and EWS
categories must ensure their certificate
is issued after March 31, 2024. The
name of the candidate claiming
reservation under SC/ST/OBC -Non-Creamy Layer/EWS/PwBD/Minority must match with
the name as it appears on his/her
corresponding School Board qualifying certificate and in CUET(UG) – 2024. No undertaking in lieu of incomplete/non-availability of certificates/documents will be accepted.
The
University has taken umpteen steps to make the CSAS portal student-friendly. A
provision to seek clarification, if any, has been incorporated into the system
through which the Colleges can interact with the candidates. During
the online approval
process, if a college wishes to seek more clarity/information from the candidate,
it may raise a query to the
Candidate.
After completing regular CSAS(UG)-2024 rounds, UoD may announce Spot
round/s of admission if seats remain vacant.
To
achieve optimal seat allocation and to avoid the situation wherein seats become
vacant due to dropouts, in the initial round/s of allotment, 20% extra
allotments will be done in UR, OBC-NCL, EWS categories and 30% extra allotments
will be done in SC, ST and PwBD categories for all programs in all the College.
However, colleges where last year the withdrawals were less than 5% of the
sanctioned strength, 10% extra allotments may be done for UR/OBC(NCL)/EWS and
15% in SC/ST/PwBD categories.
The
University of Delhi advises candidates to refer to the website of the
University on a regular basis. CSAS is the only online platform through which
admission to all programs in all colleges will be done. The University will
recognise only the candidates who are admitted through the Common Seat
Allocation System of the University.