Admissions to 13,344 seats still up for grabs at Delhi University

Delhi University has announced a Spot Admission round to fill 13,344 vacant undergraduate seats for the 2026-27 academic session. Despite high initial registration numbers, many students withdrew their admissions, leaving vacancies across various categories and courses.
Why it matters
This highlights the logistical challenges in managing large-scale university admissions and the impact of student mobility on seat availability in prestigious institutions.
After multiple rounds of admissions, the University of Delhi has declared that it has 13,344 undergraduate (UG) seats vacant for the 2026-27 intake, and has invited students to participate in a Spot Admission round to fill vacant seats on the Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS) portal.
The university has approximately 71,600 undergraduate seats, and requires students to apply for admission on the basis of their Common University Entrance Test (CUET) score. The first round of seat allocation began on July 16 and the academic session commenced on July 28.
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