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DU Admission: 72,865 Candidates Accept Allotted College, Course In First Merit List

Tಌhe Delhi University (DU) had on Wednesday announced the much-awaited first list of seat allocation, marking the commencement of the third and last phase of the admission process for undergraduate programmes.

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Ove💦r 72,800 candidates out of 80,164 have accepted the college and course allotted to them in Delhi University's first round of allocations, Registrar Vikas Gupta said on Saturday. 

Todꦿay was th💙e last date for acceptance of allocated seats for undergraduate courses in the first merit list. It was extended by a day on Friday.

"As many as 72,865 candidates have accepted their allotted colle♎ge and course," the varsity's registrar said.

The Delhi University (DU) had 🥃on Wednesday announced the much-awaited first list of seat allocation, marking the commencement of the third and last phase of the admission process for undergraduate programmes.

In the context of provisional seat allocation, 'allocated seat' refers to a unique combinat🐭ion of programme plus college. 

In DU, admissions to 79 undergraduat🥀e programmes across 67 colleges, departments and centres are being done through the Common University Entrance Test🍒 (CUET) scores for the first time.

Till last year, admissions used to be done through merit lists based on Class 12 marks, whi🎀ch saw ꧋skyrocketing cut-offs. The university used to announce up to seven cut-off lists every year.

ꦍThe number of seats across DU colleges is 70,000, but the varsity has allocated extra seats in unreserved (OBC-NCL and EWS) and reserved (SC, ST and PWBD) categories in the first list, taking the number to 80,164.

-With PTI Input