Over 65,800 candidates have confirmed their admission to undergraduate (UG) courses at Delhi University (DU), filling 91.98 percent of seats in the first round.

As of Wednesday, 43,515 candidates have opted to upgrade their college or course preference, while 18,478 have chosen to freeze their admission status.

The university began the allocation acceptance process on Friday, offering 97,387 seats in the first round of admission. To ensure optimal seat occupancy, the university administration made extra allocations, with the academic session scheduled to start on August 29.

Providing an update on the seat acceptance process, DU Dean of Admissions Haneet Gandhi said, “A total of 65,483 candidates have confirmed their seats by submitting fees.”

This year, DU has introduced a feature on candidates’ dashboards that allows them to view details of cutoffs and ranks determining seat allocation based on category and quota.

The university is conducting admissions for 71,600 seats (excluding supernumerary seats) across 69 colleges and departments. There are 1,559 program-college combinations available for admission.