Overview
- The university announced on Aug 21–22 that 11 affiliated colleges may admit students to named undergraduate programmes using Class 12 marks to fill seats left vacant after CUET-based rounds.
- The list includes Kalindi, Zakir Husain (Evening), Lakshmibai, Rajdhani, Shyama Prasad Mukherji (Women), P.G.D.A.V. (Evening), Sri Guru Gobind Singh Commerce, Vivekanand, Shyam Lal, Aditi Mahavidyalaya and Bhagini Nivedita.
- Admissions under the relaxation apply only to specified programmes, require programme eligibility, and are open only to candidates who have not already taken admission in a DU college.
- DU officials said the move responds to persistent vacancies caused by student withdrawals and distance or local factors that prevented CUET-allotted seats from being taken up.
- The change extends earlier, limited offline merit admissions granted to two women’s colleges and could prompt closer review of why CUET rounds leave some seats unused as DU continues spot-round allocations through CSAS-UG.