For undergraduate programmes, Delhi University admits students through CUET UG scores via its CSAS (Common Seat Allocation System) process. The DU admission process has three broad steps: register on the university's official admission website, fill and lock your college and course preferences, and then accept your allotted seat in the allotment rounds by paying the fee. Missing any deadline can cost you a seat even with a good CUET score, so track every round carefully.

DU SOL (School of Open Learning) runs a separate admission process from regular DU colleges. For most of its undergraduate programmes, you register directly through the SOL admission process online and seats are granted on the basis of your class 12 marks — CUET is not required for SOL courses. It suits students who want a DU degree while working, preparing for competitive exams, or building skills alongside. Just remember SOL is open/distance learning, so the campus experience is very different from a regular college.

Start by registering on the official NTA CUET portal with your email ID and mobile number, then fill in your personal details and class 10 and 12 academic details. Choose your test subjects carefully, because they must match the eligibility of the DU courses you are targeting. Upload your photograph, signature, and certificates in the prescribed format and size, select your exam cities in order of preference, pay the fee online, and download the confirmation page. Verify every field before final submission, as the correction window is short and subject-selection mistakes can affect your DU eligibility.

Keep a recent passport-size photograph, your scanned signature, details from your class 10 and 12 mark sheets (or class 11 details if your class 12 result is awaited), and a valid mobile number and email ID ready. If applicable, also keep your category certificate (SC/ST/OBC-NCL/EWS), PwBD certificate, and other supporting documents scanned in the required size. Exact requirements are listed in each year's CUET information bulletin, so read it fully before you start filling the form.

The CUET form fees depend on your category and the number of subjects or test papers you select. In recent cycles, the general-category fee has been roughly ₹1,000, with lower charges for OBC-NCL, EWS, SC, ST, and PwBD candidates, plus an additional amount for each extra subject. Since NTA revises the fee structure almost every year, always confirm the exact amount on the official portal before making the payment.

NTA announces the CUET UG registration window each year through its official notification, and in recent years applications have opened around February–March and stayed open for a few weeks. The exact CUET form last date for 2026 will be confirmed only in the official notification, so rely on the official portal rather than rumours on social media. Apply early, because heavy traffic near the deadline often causes payment and submission failures.

The DU admission registration form is the CSAS application you fill on the University of Delhi's official admission website after appearing in CUET — it is completely separate from the CUET application form. Many students assume a good CUET score is enough, but unless you complete this DU registration, pay the CSAS fee, and fill your course and college preferences, you will not be considered for any seat. Complete it as soon as the window opens and keep your payment receipt safe.

DU admission 2026 registrations are expected to begin in the months around the CUET UG 2026 results, following the usual CSAS timeline. The confirmed schedule — including the last date for DU admission 2026 registration, preference filling, and each allotment round — will be announced on the university's official admission website. Remember there are separate deadlines for every step, not just one final date, so track all of them.

The official DU admission portal is the one linked from the University of Delhi's main website — every CSAS step, from registration and preference filling to seat allotment and fee payment, happens only there. Be careful of lookalike websites, Telegram or Instagram pages, and agents promising "direct admission" for money, because DU does not allot seats through any private channel. Always verify the web address before entering personal details or making a payment.

Under the CSAS system, DU publishes college-wise and course-wise closing scores or ranks after every seat allotment round on the official admission website. Log in with your CSAS credentials to view your allotted seat, and compare the closing scores of different colleges for your course. Checking these trends before each round helps you decide whether to accept a seat, wait for an upgrade, or re-enter the process.

Earlier, DU cutoffs were calculated as class 12 percentages using the best-of-four formula, but that system no longer applies. Now admission is based on your CUET UG normalized scores, and a college's "cutoff" is effectively the closing score or rank of the last student admitted to a programme in a given round. CUET subject-mapping rules also matter — the test subjects you select in CUET must match the eligibility requirements of the course you want.

The DU cut off 2026 for CUET UG admissions will be declared only after the CUET UG 2026 results, since seat allotment depends entirely on CUET performance. Once the CSAS process begins, DU first releases simulated ranks, followed by college-wise allotment lists in multiple rounds, so there is no single "cut-off list" date. Until then, the previous year's closing scores are the best reference for shortlisting colleges.

Order your preferences by what you genuinely want to study and where, not by what everyone around you is choosing. Use the previous year's closing scores to build a realistic mix — a few ambitious choices, several moderate options, and a couple of safe ones across different colleges and campuses. Seats are allotted strictly in the order of your preferences, so never place a course or college you wouldn't actually join above one you prefer more, and review the full list before locking it.

Yes. A low CUET score still leaves you with real options: off-campus colleges, less competitive programmes like BA Programme, later allotment rounds where closing scores often drop, and spot admission rounds held at the end for vacant seats. You can also keep other CUET-participating universities as backups. Whichever college you join, use the first year to build skills, do internships, and join societies, because placements depend far more on what you do in college than on where you start.

Programmes like B.Com (Hons), Economics (Hons), and other commerce, finance, and management-oriented courses from DU's top colleges are generally associated with strong placement and salary outcomes, especially when combined with professional qualifications like CA, CFA, or an MBA. That said, salaries vary widely by college and by the skills you build, so check course-wise placement data of specific colleges before deciding, rather than choosing only on the basis of course names.