DU Admission Process for ECA Quota 2024-25

Delhi University admission process for undergraduate courses will start after the result. Admission to UG and PG courses of Delhi University are done through (Common University Entrance Test (CUET). Candidates who appeared in the CUET exam were supposed to register on the Delhi University CSAS portal to take admission in the UG and PG courses. Meanwhile, candidates can also take admission in Delhi University (DU) under Extra Curricular Activities (ECA) quota. All DU colleges need to offer seats for admissions under ECA quota. Every year, each DU college offers not more than 5% seats under ECA quota (subject-wise).

DU colleges notify the actual number of seats available for admission under ECA Quota (Supernumerary) on their official website. Apart from this, each DU college has to mention the requirement for different ECA categories on their own website as well as the website of the University well in advance. Candidates who apply for admission under ECA quota need to take part in trials. Applicants are informed that dates for preliminary as well as final trials will be displayed on Delhi University’s official website.

The guidelines that aspirants need to follow in order to secure admission under the ECA quota in University of Delhi’s colleges are mentioned below:

Fill Application Form: Candidates were supposed to fill the application form for DU admissions 2024 online on the official website of the varsity. Further, candidates need to pay an application fee of INR 100 (per event for all categories) in addition to the application fee paid by them for their respective category. Candidates may register for a maximum of three ECA categories.

Category-wise DU Admission Fees 2024

Category	DU Registration Fee (in INR)
UR/OBC	150 (Non-Refundable)
SC/ST/PwD	75 (Non-Refundable)
ECA (Each Category)	100 (Additional, Non-Refundable)

Upload Certificate: Candidates need to upload just one certificate (which reflects the highest achievement). 

The ECA certificates of only those candidates are evaluated who qualify for the final ECA trials. Candidates are advised to carry all their relevant certificates on the day of the trials. The original as well as self-attested photocopy needs to be carried by candidates at the time of the final trial.

ECA Trials:  DU conducts the trials at two levels – Preliminary trials and Final trials.

Candidates would be allowed to appear in the preliminary trials of any event only once. Any request for a second chance of trial will not be permitted. The dates for preliminary as well as final trials has been displayed on DU’s official website, the college website as well as the college notice board. 

DU colleges will make a video of the preliminary and final trials. These videos are preserved till the last date of admission.

Marks Concession: Not more than 15% concession/relaxation in academic merit vis-à-vis unreserved category applicants (for the last relevant cut-off) may be given for admission to specific programmes (subject to the minimum eligibility of the programme).

Weightage given to Trials: Weightage in the final trials will be given to the trials and certificates in the following ratio:

Criteria	Weightage
Trials	75%
Certificates	25%

The applicant must secure at least 50% marks in the final trials (38 out of 75) to be included in the final list of selected candidates.

Trials Committee: ECA trials in order to shortlist aspirants for admission are conducted by an ECA admissions committee. Members of this committee are appointed by a competent authority. Members of this committee include experts like:

1) Principal/ Principal Nominee

2) Two experts

Members under this are nominated by the University Culture Council. These experts need to be eminent people from the cultural field. They should be from popular institutes like:

National School of Drama	Sri Ram Centre for Performing Arts
Faculty of Music & Fine Arts	Indian Council for Cultural Relations
College of Art	Sangeet Natak Akademy
Sahitya Kala Parishad	All India Radio/Doordarshan ('A' Grade Artists) etc.
University Cultural Council nominee	Other experts / practitioners in the relevant field
Experts from University Fraternity in the relevant field

3) College Cultural Council convenor/nominee

List of ECA Activities Approved for DU Admissions 2024

Mentioned below are the list of activities which DU considers to be part of the ECA quota.

Category	Activities I	Sub-categories
Culture	Creative Writing	Creative Writing : Hindi
		Creative Writing : English
	Dance	Indian Classical
		Indian Folk
		Western
		Choreography
	Debate	Debate : Hindi
		Debate : English
	Digital Media	Still Photography
		Film Making
		Animation
	Fine Arts	Sketching & Painting
		Sculpture
	Music (Vocal)	Indian Vocal (Classical, Light and Folk)
		Western (Classical and Light)
	Music (Instrumental)	Indian Instrumental
		Western Instrumental
	Theatre	-
	Quiz	-
	Divinity for minority colleges*	-
NCC	NCC	-
NSS	NSS	-
Yoga	Yoga	-

*Applicable for admission to the following minority colleges which are listed below:

• Mata Sundri College
• Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
• Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College
• Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce

Instructions for Physical Trials for ECA Admission 2024-25

1. The ECA category-wise lists of centers that the candidates shall have to report to for physical trials are as mentioned in Annexure 1. The outstation candidates are advised
to plan their place of stay accordingly.
2. No TA/DA/any other allowance shall be paid by the University for any candidate undertaking these trials.
3. No boarding and lodging arrangement/expenses shall be provided by the University for undertaking these trials.
4. The date-wise and time slot-wise detailed list of candidates for each ECA category’s trials shall be notified in due course of time. The candidates are advised to keep checking the UoD admission website for details.
5. The candidates have to get their own equipment/ mats/ writing material, etc., as per their requirement. No request for borrowing/sharing of the materials required shall beentertained at the trial center.
6. The candidates are advised to have their music/instruments/ any other required prop set up earlier than their specified slot of trial.
7. Please note that there are no “syllabi” for any of the ECA category trials. These trials are aimed at judging a candidate’s proficiency in the given ECA category and shall be based accordingly.
8. The candidates are themselves responsible for their physical and other health related issues and perform as per their individual capabilities. The University shall not bear any responsibility for any injury caused to any candidate during the trial process. No special consideration by the jury shall be granted to any candidate who is afflicted inany way at the time of trials.
9. In the award of scores for performance in physical trials, the discretion of the assessment committee will be final and binding and no grievance shall be entertained
on this ground. No second chance shall also be given to any candidate under any circumstances.
10. The candidates are advised to wear ECA category-specific clothes/costumes, suitable to the performance.
11. At the time of performance/trial, no one else besides the candidate and permitted accompanist shall be allowed before the assessment committee.
12. Disciplinary action shall be taken against any candidate who misbehaves in any manner with any university official, experts or judges at any time during the trial process.
13. Recording/ filming of the trials by the candidates/ accompanists is not allowed.
14. Sufficient thoughts and care should be implemented while presentation of item i.e. it should not be injurious to personal or religious sentiments of any individual, community or nationality.
15. For the categories where physical outcome has been achieved, the University will have all rights for the use of these, as and when they deem fit.
16. Since these are in-person trials, the given time slots may sometimes vary due to unavoidable circumstances. The candidates are therefore advised to make suitable arrangements for food, water, any medicine, etc., for a longer than stipulated time period.
17. Use of any gadget (besides those mentioned under some ECA categories)/ other unfair means may lead to cancellation of the candidature under ECA quota. This especially holds for literary categories, like creative writing, debate, quiz, etc., where the candidate is likely to use the internet for ideas/answers. Use of only those gadgets is allowed as applicable under some ECA categories.
18.In case of any clarification or in case of any candidate having a clash of dates for trials (if applied for more than 1 ECA category), the candidate should write to eca@admission.du.ac.in.   

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