Shivaji College Admission 2024: Eligibility, Application, Dates & Process

Admission to all the Shivaji College courses is entrance-based. While Shivaji College accepts CUET UG exam for admission to its undergraduate courses, admission to all the PG programmes will be subject to the CUET- PG exam starting admission 2023. The institute along with DU started accepting CUET UG starting 2022 and the CUET PG from 2023 session onward. Before this, admission to UG was based on merit in Class 12 and PG admission was mostly subject to DUET exam previously conducted by DU. The eligibility requirements for all the popular programmes offered by the college are tabulated below:

Courses	Eligibility
B.A. (18 Courses)	Exams: CUET
B.Sc. (9 Courses)	Exams: CUET
B.Com  (2 Courses)	Exams: CUET
M.A.  (3 Courses)	Graduation: 40-50 % Exams :CUET-PG

Candidates can check the step-by-step process for Shivaji College DU UG and PG CSAS registration mentioned below:

Step 1: Visit the official CSAS portal of DU (UG or PG depending on the course level a student is seeking to get into) and register as a new user. 

Step 2: Fill out the preference of Shivaji College and 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 and CUET PG-2023 application fee that students are required to pay to get into any DU affiliated college, such as Shivaji College. This fee is non-refundable.

Category	CSAS UG & PG - 2023 Application Fee
UR/OBC-NCL/EWS	INR 250
SC/ST/PwBD	INR 100

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

Courses	Total tuition Fees
B.A.  (18 Courses)	INR 56.55 K - 1.07 L (for 3 years)
B.Sc.  (9 Courses)	INR 540 (for 3 years)
B.Com  (2 Courses)	INR 540 - 56.55 K (for 3 years)
M.A.  (3 Courses)	INR 440 (for 2 years)

Shivaji College admission 2023 is ongoing for Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs. Registrations for Undergraduate Spot Round 02 and Postgraduate Mid-Entry will be done from September 07 to September 09, 2023. Students can apply online through DU's official admission portal. Undergraduate Spot Round 02 and Postgraduate Third Merit List will be released on September 11, 2023. Students can accept the allocated seat from September 11, 2023, to September 13, 2023, and the last date to pay the admission fee is September 15, 2023. Shivaji College Admissions 2023 to all Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs will be based on Common University Entrance Test scores conducted by the National Test Agency.

To apply for admission to Shivaji College, University of Delhi, candidates can follow the below steps: 1- Candidates should visit the official website of Shivaji College, University of Delhi. 2- Candidates should check the eligibility criteria for the course they wish to apply for. 3- For PG admissions, candidates have to apply through the DU admission portal. Candidates need to register themselves on the Delhi University admission portal. 4- Candidates should fill out the application form available on the official website of Shivaji College and pay the application fee. 5- Candidates should upload the required documents, such as mark sheets, certificates, and photographs, as per the instructions provided on the website. 6- After filling out the application form and uploading the required documents, candidates should submit the application form. 7- The final selection is based on the candidate's performance in the entrance exam and the merit list. Candidates should wait for the merit list to be announced. 8- The last process includes verification of documents and payment of the admission fee.

No, Shivaji College admission to all the courses, i.e., undergraduate and postgraduate programs, is entrance-based. While this DU-affiliated college accepts the CUET UG exam for admission to its undergraduate courses, such as BA, BSc, and BCom, admission to all the postgraduate courses is subject to the CUET-PG exam starting in 2023. Shivaji College, along with DU, started accepting the CUET UG starting in 2022 and the CUET PG from the 2023 session onward. Before this, admission to the undergraduate programme was based on merit in Class 12, and PG admission was mostly subject to the DUET exam previously conducted by DU.

The admission process for undergraduate and postgraduate courses at Shivaji College is as follows: Eligibility criteria: Candidates must fulfill the eligibility criteria for the course they wish to apply for. The eligibility criteria may vary depending on the course and the year. Entrance exam: Candidates must appear for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) to be eligible for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Application process: Candidates must fill out the application form available on the official website of Shivaji College and pay the application fee. Merit-based admission: Merit-based admissions are offered only to DU graduates. The final selection is based on the candidate's performance in the entrance exam and the merit list. Document verification and fee payment: The last process includes verification of documents and payment of the admission fee.

The applications for Shivaji College 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. Additionally, for admission to postgraduate courses, CUET-PG registrations for the 2023 session started on Mar 20 and were open till May 5. Interested students were able to apply online on the official website of CUET UG and CUET PG.

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 Shivaji College 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 Shivaji College. All the candidates must apply through the centralised entrance exam's official website, i.e., the official websites of CUET UG and CUET PG exam. After the COVID years and after the introduction of CUET UG and CUET PG for admission to Shivaji College 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 and CUET PG are required to register on the CSAS portal for final admission and seat allocation process.  

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

Category	Percentage Reservation of Seats at Shivaji College
SC/ST	22.5% 15% for SC and 7.5% for ST (interchangeable, if necessary)
OBC (non-creamy layer, central list)	27%
Economically Weaker Section (EWS)	10%
Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwD)	5%
Children/Widows of personnel of the Armed Forces (CW)	5%
Wards of Kashmiri Migrants	5%

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 Shivaji College, 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 Shivaji College must be in accordance with the interested courses a student wants to pursue.

No, direct admission at Shivaji College, University of Delhi, is not possible for undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Candidates are required to appear for the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) to be eligible for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Merit-based admissions are offered only to Delhi University graduates. Before 2022, admission to the undergraduate programme was based on merit in Class 12, and PG admission was mostly subject to the DUET exam previously conducted by DU.