Delhi University academic calendar 2026-27 out for UG, PG courses; classes from July 28

Suviral Shukla | July 2, 2026 | 02:21 PM IST | 2 mins read

The Delhi University academic calendar 2026-27 includes the schedule for semester 1 to 8 including dates for classes, leaves, practical and theory exams, winter, autumn and summer vacation.

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The Delhi University will begin the theory examinations for UG and PG programmes for academic year 2026-27 on December 4. (Image source: Wikimedia Commons)

The University of Delhi (UoD) has announced the academic calendar for all its undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) programmes for the academic session 2026-27. The academic calendar is released for Semester 1, 3, 5 and 7, classes, scheduled to begin on July 28.

According to the Delhi University academic calendar, the Autumn vacation will be observed from October 18 to 25, after which the classes will resume on 26.

The university will begin the theory examinations on December 4, while the dispersal of classes, preparation leave and practical examination will begin from November 20, 2026, as per the schedule.

UG and PG students at Delhi University will be observing their winter vacation from December 25 to 31, 2026, the calendar states.

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DU Academic Calendar 2026 for Semester 2 to 8

Students can check the DU academic calendar for the remaining semesters 2, 4, 6, 8 from the table given below.

Particulars

Dates

Classes Begin

January 1, 2027

Mid semester vacation

March 21 to 28, 2027

Classes begin after mid-semester vacation

March 29, 2027

Dispersal of Classes, preparation leave, practical exam begin

April 30, 2027

Theory exam begin

May 13, 2027

Summer Vacation

June 3 to July 20, 2027

Furthermore, the central university has also issued the complete schedule for its PG admissions through the Common Seat Allocation System for Postgraduate Admissions (CSAS PG) 2026-27.

The Delhi University offers admission to over 71,000 UG seats across 79 programmes through CUET scores.

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DU Admissions 2026: Check colleges with low cut-offs

Securing a UG or PG seat at one of the top college at Delhi University could be challenging due to high cut-offs. Here is a list of DU colleges with the lowest cut-off marks for admissions.

College names

Motilal Nehru College

PGDAV College

Shyam Lal College

Satyawati College

Shaheed Bhagat SIngh College

Zakir Hussain College

Shivaji College

Keshav Mahavidyalaya

Maitreyi College

Kamala Nehru College

DU CUET PG cut-offs

Candidates aiming to secure PG seats at various DU colleges can check the expected DU CUET PG cut-offs from the table given below.


Category

Course name

General

OBC

EWS

SC

ST

MA English

205 - 225

165 - 205

165 - 185

155 - 185

155 - 180

MA Hindi

205 - 235

155 - 175

135 - 155

205 - 225

85 - 105

MA History

145 - 165

125 - 145

75 - 95

105 - 125

102 - 120

MA Sociology

138 - 157

112 - 125

127 - 136

100 - 110

107 - 118

MCom

192 - 218

153 - 169

158 - 176

143 - 158

98 - 117

MSc Biochemistry

267 - 286

252 - 276

205 - 227

206 - 228

184 - 206

MSc Chemistry

223 - 247

185 - 215

168 - 204

142 - 156

105 - 130

MSc Zoology

226 - 238

182 - 205

187 - 203

158 - 176

139 - 154


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