Shyam Lal College Admission 2024: Application, Eligibility, Dates, Fee

In 2022, Shyam Lal College (like all DU affiliated colleges) adopted CUET UG exam for admission to its undergraduate courses. Shyam Lal College 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 Shyam Lal College + 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 Shyam Lal College 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 Shyam Lal College 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 Shyam Lal 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
BA	INR 49,350
Certificate	INR 2,480 - 15,000
UG Diploma	INR 15,000
BSc	INR 29,750 - 54,080
MA	INR 33,840

 

The applications for Shyam Lal 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 Shyam Lal 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 Shyam Lal 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 Shyam Lal 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.  

Admission to all the Shyam Lal College courses is entrance-based. While Shyam Lal 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 & Selection Criteria
BA	Eligibility: Class 12th from a recognised board  Selection Criteria: CUET
CUET
Eligibility: Class 12th from a recognised board  Selection Criteria: CUET
BCom	Eligibility: Class 12th from a recognised board  Selection Criteria: CUET
UG Diploma	Eligibility: Class 12th from a recognised board  Selection Criteria: CUET
UG0 style="width: 75.9875%;">Eligibility: Class 12th from a recognised board  Selection Criteria: CUET
MA	Eligibility: Graduation from a recognised university  Selection Criteria: CUET-PG

 

At Shyam Lal 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 Shyam Lal 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 Shyam Lal 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 Shyam Lal College must be in accordance with the interested courses a student wants to pursue.

Candidates can check the step-by-step process for Shyam Lal 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 Shyam Lal 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 Shyam Lal College. This fee is non-refundable.

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

Pursuing two programs at the same time is always difficult and there are different eligibility criteria for all the courses. There are certain courses you can do simultaneously like the additional language courses which are offered by the CHD department of the college. Other than that, there are other limited courses which can be better told by the administration department of the college or you can check out the DU guidelines for the two programs you wish to pursue.

Interested students getting into a DU-affiliated college, i.e., Shyam Lal College are mandatory to follow the CUET exam and DU CSAS registration process. After this, college & course allocation will be done. Check out the following table for details on Shyam Lal College course admission which is general of its eligibility, selection criteria & fee:

Courses	Eligibility & Selection Criteria
BA	Eligibility: Class 12th from a recognised board  Selection Criteria:  CUET
Certificate	Eligibility: Class 12th from a recognised board  Selection Criteria: CUET
BCom	Eligibility: Class 12th from a recognised board  Selection Criteria: CUET
UG Diploma	Eligibility: Class 12th from a recognised board  Selection Criteria: CUET
BSc	Eligibility: Class 12th from a recognised board  Selection Criteria: CUET
MA	Eligibility: Graduation from a recognised university  Selection Criteria: CUET-PG