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These DU Colleges are offering UG admissions without CUET Scores

These DU Colleges are offering UG admissions without CUET Scores

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Shankha GhoshUpdated on 26 Aug 2026, 03:10 PM IST

The University of Delhi has allowed a total of thirty five affiliated colleges to admit UG students based on their Class 12 marks. This special approval has been granted to various DU colleges, Kalindi College Zakir Husain Delhi College (Evening), Lakshmibai College, Rajdhani College, Shyama Prasad Mukherji College for Women, P.G.D.A.V. (Evening), Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce, Vivekanand College, Shyam Lal College, Aditi Mahavidyalaya, Bhagini Nivedita College, Deshbandhu College, Dyal Singh Evening College, Institute of Home Economics, Maharaja Agrasen College, Mata Sundri College for Women, P.G.D.A.V College, Satyawati College, Satyawati College (Evening), Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women, Sri Aurobindo College, Swami Shradhanand College, Zakir Husain Delhi College, Indraprastha College for Women, Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College, Sri Aurobindo College (Evening), Motilal Nehru College (Evening), Shyam Lal College (Evening), Ramanujan College, Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences, Gargi College, Janki Devi Memorial College, Kamala Nehru College, Keshav mahavidyalaya, Maitreyi College, and Shivaji College. These thirty five colleges can now conduct their own merit based admission in physical (offline) mode using Class 12 marks alongside CUET scores.
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DU Colleges Offering Direct Admission Without CUET: Application Links
Aditi Mahavidyalaya Direct Admission Dates 2026
Bhagini Nivedita College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Shyam Lal College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Rajdhani College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Zakir Husain Evening College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Vivekanand College Direct Admission Dates 2026
PGDAV Morning College Direct Admission Dates 2026
PGDAV Evening College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Lakshmibai College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Kalindi College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce Direct Admission Dates 2026
Shyama Prasad Mukherji College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Sri Aurobindo College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Mata Sundri College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Maharaja Agrasen College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Bhaskaracharya College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences Direct Admission Dates 2026
Deshbandhu College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Sri Aurobindo Evening College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Dyal Singh Evening College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Institute of Home Economics Direct Admission Dates 2026
Satyawati College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Satyawati Evening College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Swami Shradhanand College College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Indraprastha College for Women Direct Admission Dates 2026
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Motilal Nehru Evening College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Shyam Lal Evening College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Ramanujan College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Gargi College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Zakir Husain College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Janki Devi Memorial College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Kamala Nehru College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Keshav Mahavidyalaya Direct Admission Dates 2026
Maitreyi College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Shivaji College Direct Admission Dates 2026
Which DU Colleges are offering Direct Admission?
Why Delhi University Made this Exception?
Criticism and Demands for a Uniform Policy

These DU Colleges are offering UG admissions without CUET Scores

This is a major departure from DU’ standard admission framework, which strictly follows CUET scores and online Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS) across all affiliated colleges. This decision was taken to fill seats that have consistently remained vacant despite multiple rounds of CUET-based CSAS counselling. Students are advised to read the entire article to learn more about the admission process and other important details.

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DU Colleges Offering Direct Admission Without CUET: Application Links

College name	Application form link
Aditi Mahavidyalaya	Closed
Bhagini Nivedita College	Click here
Shyam Lal College	Click here
Rajdhani College	Click here
Zakir Husain College	Click here
Zakir Husain Evening College	Click here
Vivekanand College	Click here
PGDAV Morning College	Click here
PGDAV Evening College	Click here
Laxmibai College	Click here
Kalindi College	Click here
Shyama Prasad Mukherji College for Women	Click here
Sri Guru Govind Singh College of Commerce	Click here
Sri Aurobindo College	Click here
Sri Aurobindo College (Evening)	Click here
Mata Sundri College for Women	Click here
Maharaja Agrasen College	Click here
Bhaskaracharya College of Applied Sciences	Click here
Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences for Women	Click here
Deshbandhu College	Click here
Dyal Singh Evening College	Click here
Institute of Home Economics	Click here
Satyawati College	Click here
Satyawati Evening College	Click here
Swami Shradhanand College	Click here
Indraprastha College for Women	Click here
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College	Click here
Motilal Nehru College (Evening)	Click here
Shyam Lal College (Evening)	Click here
Ramanujan College	Click here
Gargi College	Click here
Janki Devi Memorial College	Click here
Kamala Nehru College	Click here
Keshav Mahavidyalaya	To be released
Maitreyi College	Click here
Shivaji College	Click here

DU Admission Without CUET 2026

Aditi Mahavidyalaya Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Application form date	August 4 to 9
Display of merit list	August 10
Document verification and fees payment	August 11 to 14
Last date for fees payment	August 16

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Bhagini Nivedita College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Document verification date	August 20, 21, 22, and 25
Last date for fee payment	August 27

Note: Admissions are closed in the UR category in B. Com and B.A. (Hons.) Political Science at Bhagini Nivedita College.

Shyam Lal College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Online application	August 19 to 21
Display of merit list	August 23
Document verification	August 24 to 25
Last date for fees payment	August 25

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Rajdhani College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Application form submission	Till August 24 (5 PM)
Display of merit list	August 25
Verification of Documents, Confirmation of Admission & Fee Payment	August 27 to 28
Last date for fees payment	August 29

Zakir Husain Evening College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Online applications	August 19 to 23
Display of first merit list	August 25
Fee payment for the first merit list	August 25 to 27 (till 5 PM)
Display of second merit list	August 27
Fee payment for the second merit list	August 27 to 29 (till 5 PM)

Vivekanand College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Online applications	August 20 to 23
Display of merit lists	August 24
Admission and document verification	August 24 to 27
Fees payment	Till August 28

Note: Vivekanand College is only offering admission in BA hindi, BA sanskrit and in BSc mathematics.

PGDAV Morning College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Online Application	August 22 to 24
Display of Merit List	August 24 (after 6pm)
Admission & Document Verification	August 25
Fee Payment	August 25

PGDAV Evening College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Online applications	August 20 to 22
Display of merit lists	August 23
Admission and document verification	August 24 to 25
Fees payment	August 24 to 25

Note: PGDAV Evening College is only offering admission in BA hindi, BA sanskrit and in BSc mathematics.

Lakshmibai College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Online applications	August 20 to 27
Admission and document verification	From August 21
Fees payment	From August 21

Note: Lakshmibai College is only offering admission in BA Sanskrit hons.

Kalindi College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Online applications	Till August 24
Display of merit lists	August 25
Admission and document verification	August 27 to 28
Fee payment	Till August 29

Note: Kalindi College is only offering admission in BA Hons Hindi, Sanskrit,and BSc Hons Physics.

Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Online Registration	August 21 to 24
Display of Merit List	August 25
Admission and Document Verification	August 25 and 27
Fee Payment	August 25 and 27

Shyama Prasad Mukherji College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Last Date for submission of Applications	Till August 24 (2 PM)
Display of Merit List	August 25 (at 10:30 AM)
Verification of Application, Confirmation of admission and Fee Payment	August 25 to 27 (Till 4 PM)

Sri Aurobindo College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Last date for application	Till Augsut 26 (5 PM)
Display of Merit List	August 27
Verification of Documents, Confirmation of Admission & Fee Payment	August 28
Last Date of Fee Payment	August 29

Mata Sundri College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Opening of Google Form for applications	August 21
Last date for submission of the Google Form	August 24
Display of merit list on the Mata Sundri College for Women website	August 24
Physical verification of documents, confirmation of admission at the College	August 25 to 27
Last date of online fee payment	August 28

Note: Mata Sundri College is only offering admission in BA hons in hindi, philosophy, sanskrit, and punjabi.

Maharaja Agrasen College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Start of Registration Process	Augsut 21 to 24
Display of Merit List	August 25
Verification of Documents, Admission Confirmation and Feе Payment	August 25 to 28
Last Date for Fee Payment	August 29

Note: Maharaja Agrasen College is only offering admission in BSc hons electronics, BA hons hindi and BSc programme in physical science with chemistry.

Bhaskaracharya College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Date for opening of Registration Form	August 24
Last date for submission of Registration Form	August 26
Display of Merit List	August 27
Last date for Physical Verification of Documents	August 27 tto 29
Last date for Confirmation of Admission	August 29
Last Date for Fee Payment	August 31

Note: Bhaskaracharya College is only offering admission in BSc hons electronic science, instrumentation and polymer science.

Shaheed Rajguru College of Applied Sciences Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Online Applications	August 21 to 23
Display of Merit List	August 24
Admission & Document Verification	August 25 to 27
Fee Paymcnt	August 25 to 27

Note: Shaheed Rajguru College is only offering admission in BSc hons electronics, instrumentation, physics and chemistry.

Deshbandhu College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Last date for submission of Registration Form	August 25
Display of Merit List	August 26
Verification of Documents, Confirmation of Admission and Fee Payment	August 27
Last Date of Fee Payment	August 27

Note: Deshbandhu College is only offering admission in BA Hons Hindi, Sanskrit,and BSc Hons Physics.

Sri Aurobindo Evening College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Last Date for Submission of Application	August 26
Display of Merit List	August 27
Verification of Application, Confirmation of Admission & Fee Payment	August 28 to 29

Note: Sri Auribindo Evening College is only offering admission in BA hons hindi, BA programme (Economics + Sanskrit, English + Sanskrit, and Hindi + Sanskrit).

Dyal Singh Evening College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Online Applications	August 24 to 26
Display of Merit List	August 27
Verifications of Documents	August 27 to 28
Last Date of Fee Payment	August 29

Note: Dyal Singh College is only offering admission in BA programme in punjabi+histiry, urdu+history, tamil+english, and sankrit+political science.

Institute of Home Economics Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Last date for submission of Registration Form	August 26
Display of Merit List	August 28
Physical Verification of Documents, Confirmation of Admission & Fee Payment	August 29

Note: Institute of Home Economics is only offering admission in BSc hons in home science and BSc programme in home science.

Satyawati College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Online Applications	August 21 to 24
Display of Merit List	August 27

Note: Satyawati College is only offering admission in B.A. (Hons.) Hindi, B.A. (Hons.) Sanskrit, B.A. (Hons.) Urdu, B.A. Programme (History + Mathematics), B.A. Programme (Urdu + History), and B.A. Programme (Urdu + Political Science)

Satyawati Evening College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Online Applications	Till August 29

Note: Satyawati Evening College is only offering admission in BA hons Hindi.

Swami Shradhanand College College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Online registration	August 21 to 23
Display of merit list	August 24
Admission date	August 25 to 27
Admission fee deposit	August 25 to 27

Note: Swami Shradhanand College is only offering admission in B.A. (Hons.) Hindi, B.Sc. (Hons.) Chemistry, B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics, B.Sc. (Prog.) Life Science, B.Sc. (Prog.) Physical Science with Chemistry, B.A. (Prog.) Sanskrit +Economics, B.A. (Prog.) Sanskrit +History, B.A. (Prog.) Sanskrit + Pol. Science, B.A. (Prog.) Computer Sci. + Economics, B.A. (Prog.) Economics+ History, B.A. (Prog.) Economics+ Maths, B.A. (Prog.) Sanskrit+ Maths, and B.A. (Prog.) Economics+ Pol. Science.

Indraprastha College for Women Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Start of Online Application	Augsut 23 to 25
Display of Merit List	August 25
Admission and Document Verification	Augsut 26 to 29
Last date Fee Payment	August 29

Note: Indraprastha College for Women is only offering admission in B.A. (Hons.) Sanskr, and B.A (Hons) Hindi.

Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Opening of Google Form for applications	August 23
Last date for submission of the Google Form	August 25
Display of merit list on the SGND Khalsa College website	August 25
Physical verification of documents, confirmation of admission at the College	August 27
Last date of online fee payment	August 28

Note: Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College is only offering admission in B.A. (Hons.) Hindi, B.A. (Hons.) Hindi Patrakarita Evam Jansanchar, B.A. (Hons.) Punjabi, B.Sc. (Hons.) Mathematics.

Motilal Nehru Evening College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Online Application	August 23 to 26
Display of Merit List	August 28
Document Verification and Fee Payment	August 29
Last Date of Fee Payment	August 30

Note: Motilal Nehru Evening College is only offering admission in BA Hons Hindi, english+mathematics, sanskrit+history and sanskrit+political science.

Shyam Lal Evening College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Online Applications Start	August 25 to 26
Display of Merit List	August 27
Document Verification and Admission Approval	August 27 to 28
Fee Payment	August 27 to 29

Note: Shyam Lal Evening College is only offering admission in B.A. (Hons.) Hindi, B.A. Program (English + Computer Applications), B.A. Program (Computer Applications + Mathematics), and B.A. Program (Economics + Mathematics).

Ramanujan College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Last date for submission of Registration Form	August 26
Display of Merit List	August 27
Verification of Documents, Confirmation of Admission and Fee Payment	August 27 to 28
Last Date of Fee Payment	August 29

Note: Ramanujan College is only offering admission in B.A. (Hons.) Hindi.

Gargi College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Online Application Submission	Augsut 24 to 25
Display of Merit List on College Website	August 25
Admission & Document Verification in person at Gargi College	August 27
Fee Payment	August 27

Note: Gargi College is only offering admission in BA Hons Sanskrit.

Zakir Husain College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Online Applications	August 21
Display of First Merit List	August 25
Fee Payment Window for First Merit List	August 25 to 27
Display of Second Merit List	August 28
Fee Payment Window for Second Merit List	August 28 to 29

Note: Zakir Husain College is only offering admission in B.A. (H) Arabic/Bengali/Persian/ Sanskrit/Urdu courses, BA programme in (Philosophy + Arabic/Bengali/Persian/Sanskrit/Urdu), and BSc programme in Physical Science with Chemistry.

Janki Devi Memorial College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Last date for registration by submission of Google Form	August 27
Display of Cut off	August 28
Verification of Documents, Confirmation of Admission & Fee Payment	August 28 to 29
Last Date for Fee Payment	August 29

Note: Janki Devi Memorial College is only offering admission in BA hons hindi, BA hons sanskrit, BSc hons maths, BA (English+maths), BA (hindi+music), BA (sanskrit+history), and BA (Sanskrit+Political science).

Kamala Nehru College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Online Application Submission	August 25 to 26
Display of Merit List on college website	August 27
Admission & Document Verification	August 27 to 28
Fee Payment	August 27 to 29

Note: Sri Auribindo Evening College is only offering admission in BA hons hindi, BA hons sanskrit, and BA (hindi+physical education).

Keshav Mahavidyalaya Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Online applications	To be released

Note: To be released

Maitreyi College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Online application	Till August 26
Display of merit list	August 27
Verification of Documents, Confirmation of Admission & Fee Payment	Augsut 29

Note: Maitreyi College is only offering admission in BA hons Hindi and BA hons sanskrit.

Shivaji College Direct Admission Dates 2026

Events	Dates
Last date for submission of Google Form for Admission	Till August 27
Display of Cut off	August 28
Verification of Documents, Confirmation of Admission & Fee Payment	August 28 to 29
Last Date of Fee Payment	August 29

Note: Shivaji College is only offering admission in BA hons hindi and BA hons sanskrit.

Which DU Colleges are offering Direct Admission?

Thirty five colleges offering direct admission under DU are Bhagini Nivedita College (Located in Najafgarh), and Aditi Mahavidyalaya (Located in Bawana), Shyam Lal College (located in Shahdara), Rajdhani College (located in Rajouri Garden), and Zakir Husain Delhi Evening College (located in Turkman Gate), Vivekanand College (located at Vivek Vihar), PGDAV Evening College (located at Ring Road in Nehru Nagar), Laxmibai College (located at Ashok Vihar), Kalindi College (located at East Patel Nagar). All of these DU off campus colleges are offering undergraduate courses such as BA, BCom and BSc based on Class 12 marks. It is worth remembering that admission to these colleges are based on availability of seats. Students who either didn't register for CUET or didn't get allotted a seat through CSAS are eligible to apply.

Why Delhi University Made this Exception?

Entry to Delhi University UG programmes always had just one door, the CUET exam. Then why did the university make such an exception? The reason is that multiple rounds of DU CSAS counselling has failed to fill seats in these colleges year after year, despite having one of the lowest cutoff requirements. In previous admission cycles, Bhagini Nivedita College had roughly 700 out of 985 seats vacant, while Aditi Mahavidyalaya witnessed nearly 40% (approx. 600 out of 1,000 seats) sit empty, and more.

Four these colleges are off-campus, and some are from south campus, some of these are located at rural/outlying areas of Delhi (Bawana, Najafgarh and more), all these reasons make these colleges on the lower side of the preference list of students. It has also been shared by college officials that many local students from nearby government schools and rural areas do not register for CUET due to concerns about commuting to far-off campuses, leaving high-scoring Class 12 students out of the central admission process.

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DU UG Cutoff 2026

Criticism and Demands for a Uniform Policy

The decision has drawn criticism from groups like the Indian National Teachers Congress (INTEC) and the Academics for Action and Development Teachers' Association (AADTA). Teacher bodies argue that thousands of seats remain vacant across several other off-campus colleges as well. They have urged the Vice-Chancellor to establish a uniform, transparent mechanism for direct admissions across all struggling colleges, rather than granting selective permissions to just two institutions. While CUET 2026 remains the primary admission pathway for DU, this special move offers a crucial lifeline to two off-campus women's colleges and local rural students.

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