Delhi College of Arts and Commerce (DCAC) Course Admissions 2024: Fees, Eligibility, CUET, Dates Application & Selection Process

In 2022, Delhi College of Arts and Commerce (like all DU affiliated colleges) adopted CUET UG exam for admission to its undergraduate courses. Delhi College of Arts and Commerce admission 2023 for UG courses (as per DU) will be through Common Seat Allocation System of the University of Delhi. But, at first, it is necessary that aspirants opt for DU during CUET form filling and later apply on the CSAS portal to be eligible for admission. The admission process after CUET result declaration is explained below:

Step 1: After the declaration of the CUET UG exam, register on the DU CSAS portal in multiple phases.

Step 2: Submit Delhi College of Arts and Commerce + Course combination preferences in the order of priority on the CSAS dashboard. Here student must select their preferred course and college as the option. 

Step 3: The University has released the dates for three DU CSAS Seat Allocation Lists which will be out on August 1, August 10 and August 22, 2023, respectively for all categories. 

Step 4: Once the candidate "Accept" the provisionally allocated seat, the Delhi College of Arts and Commerce will verify the eligibility and documents uploaded by the candidate online. The college has an option to 'Accept' or 'Reject' the admission of the student basis the verification. 

Step 5: Once Delhi College of Arts and Commerce accords the approval, candidates will have to pay the 'Admission Fee' to confirm their seat. 

The following table provides the admission criteria for all the popular Delhi College of Arts and Commerce courses along with their total tuition fee. This fee, however, is collated from various sources on the internet. Hence, is indicative.

Note: In the absence of an official update, the fee has been sourced from non-official websites and hence, is indicative.

Admission to all the Delhi College of Arts and Commerce courses is entrance-based. Delhi College of Arts and Commerce accepts CUET UG exam for admission to its undergraduate courses, such as BA, BSc and BCom. The institute along with DU started accepting CUET UG starting 2022 academic year. Before this, admission to UG was based on merit in Class 12. The eligibility requirements for all the popular programmes offered by the college are tabulated below:

No, Delhi College of Arts and Commerce admission to all the courses, i.e., undergraduate programmes, is entrance-based. This DU-affiliated college accepts CUET UG exam for admission to its undergraduate courses, such as BA & BCom. Delhi College of Arts and Commerce along with DU started accepting CUET UG starting. Before this, admission to undergraduate was based on merit in Class 12.

The applications for Delhi College of Arts and Commerce that run simultaneously with DU registrations for undergraduate courses via CUET 2023 (for UG programmes) began on Feb 10, 2023, and were open till Mar 30. Interested students were able to apply online on the official website of CUET UG. 

The CUET UG exam was scheduled to take place between held from May 21 to Jun 8, 2023, and the results were announced in June. Delhi University (affiliated university for Delhi College of Arts and Commerce has also released the dates for the first, second and third DU CSAS Seat Allocation Lists which is Aug 1, Aug 10 and Aug 22, 2023,  respectively

No, there is no offline method of application at Delhi College of Arts and Commerce. All the candidates must apply through the centralised entrance exam's official website, i.e., the official websites of CUET UG. After the COVID years and after the introduction of CUET UG for UG admission to Delhi College of Arts and Commerce and other DU-affiliated colleges, the application process has shifted full-time to the online mode. Candidates can register on the official websites of the respective exam, fill out the online application forms, pay the course-wise application fee and appear for the exam to become eligible. For final admission, shortlisted and pass-out students of CUET UG are required to register on the CSAS portal for final admission and seat allocation process.  

At Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, more than 70% of seats are reserved for various reserved category students. A breakup for the same is mentioned in the below table:

No, an applicant can choose a maximum of 10 courses of each university for the CUET UG test. The application fee also varies according to the number of programmes selected. The different slabs of CUET UG 2023 application fees are three programmes, seven programmes and 10 programmes. During the CUET 2023 application correction window, students can change the courses or increase or decrease the selected courses.

As per guidelines released by DU (affiliating university of Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, candidates must take DU CUET 2023 only in subjects that they have cleared in Class 12. There are a total of 13 languages in which a student can appear for CUET UG 2023. These include Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati, Odiya, Bengali, Assamese, Punjabi, English, Hindi and Urdu. The subject choice of student seeking to get into Delhi College of Arts and Commerce must be in accordance with the interested courses a student wants to pursue.

Candidates can check the step-by-step process for DCAC DU UG CSAS registration mentioned below:

Step 1: Visit the official CSAS UG portal of DU and register as a new user. 

Step 2: Fill out the preference of DCAC course combinations. This portal will be used until the admission process of the candidate is not completed. 

Step 3: There is a one-time CSAS (UG)-2023 application fee that students are required to pay to get into any DU affiliated college, such as Delhi College of Arts and Commerce. This fee is non-refundable.