DU UG Admission 2025: Over 80,000 candidates accept seats in first round; fee deadline July 23

Delhi University UG Admission 2025: More than 80,015 candidates have accepted undergraduate (UG) seats allotted in the first round of seat allocation, according to the data shared by the university as of 7 pm on July 21.

Of them, a total of 31,088 applications have been approved by college principals, and 17,702 have completed fee payment.

This year, the university has made 93,166 allocations against 71,624 seats across 69 colleges and 79 undergraduate programmes, indicating that internal movement and reallocations are expected in the subsequent rounds.

"More than 93,000 allocations have been done based on the pattern and requirement of previous years, as many students shuffle their seats from one college to another," a senior DU official told PTI.

The DU first seat allocations 2025 is done for various categories, including Unreserved (UR), Other Backward Classes (OBC), Economically Weaker Section (EWS), Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Sikh Minority, Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD), Kashmiri Migrants, Single Girl Child and Orphan candidates.

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DU first seat allocation 2025

The DU seat allocations are based on the Common University Entrance Test - UG (CUET UG 2025) scores, the preferences, and reservation criteria.

Under the Single Girl Child category, 1,325 allocations were made, while 259 orphan candidates — 127 females and 132 males — secured seats in the first round.

Candidates had until 4:59 pm on July 21 to accept their seats. College-level verification and approval will continue until July 22, with the last date for fee payment set for July 23.

In a step towards transparency, the university has allowed candidates to view the minimum allocation scores and ranks for each programme and college. These details are accessible through their dashboards and will also be published on the official admission website.

Meanwhile, allocations for performance-based programmes, such as Hindustani Music, Karnataka Music, Percussion Music, Physical Education and Fine Arts, will be conducted in the third round.

Candidates seeking admission in these categories have been advised to check the trial schedules on the respective college or department websites. The second round of seat allocation is scheduled to be announced at 5 pm on July 28. The academic session for first-year students will commence on August 1.