New Delhi [India], September 1 (ANI): In an attempt to fill the remaining undergraduate seats, Delhi University on Friday allocated over 8,600 seats under the spot admission round.

In the spot round, the students will have an option to accept or not accept the seat. However, unlike previous rounds, they will not get the option to 'upgrade' their seats to better college or programme.

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Over 38,458 candidates applied for the spot round. Over 65,900 of a total of 71,000 undergraduate seats have been filled at Delhi University till last week.

"We have allocated seats to 8627 seats to our undergraduate programmes," a varsity official told ANI.

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There are 71,000 seats across the DU colleges.

The seats for the undergraduate programmes are being allotted under the Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS)-UG-2023.

In June, DU kickstarted the admission process for 78 undergraduate programmes for the academic year 2023-24 by launching a portal for registration.

According to Dean Admissions Prof Haneet Gandhi, BCom (Hons), BCom, BA (Hons) Political Science, BA (Hons) Economics and BA (Hons) English are the top five programs most students have opted for.

The majority of the vacancies are available off-campus and in some colleges of the South Campus in Sanskrit and science courses, including Chemistry, Physics, and Electronics. (ANI)

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