DASA UG Counselling Dates 2026: Check Complete Schedule for Registration, Seat Allotment, College Reporting

The schedule for DASA 2026 counselling registration will be announced soon. The online registration for DASA UG 2026 will start after the final phase of the JEE Main exam is over. DASA UG application form 2026 will be released online only on the official website, dasanit.org.  The DASA counselling process includes registration, choice filling, declaration of DASA rank based on JEE Main rank, seat allotment, seat acceptance and reporting to the allotted institute. To fill DASA UG 2026 application form, candidates have to register with the JEE Main 2026 application number and date of birth.

The candidate needs to check the DASA UG 2026 eligibility criteria before applying. All foreign nationals studying in any country including India or Indian nationals studying abroad and want to be admitted to Undergraduate programmes in Engineering/Architecture/ Planning for the Academic offered by the NITs, IIITs, SPAs, and other premier Technical Institutions in India have to apply for DASA. Prescribed admission criteria for Indian Nationals shall be at least two years of education, inclusive of 11th & 12th or equivalent (not beyond), in a foreign country during the last 8 years and must pass the qualifying examination from abroad. JEE Main 2026 rank is a must to apply for DASA. 

All eligible and registered candidates have to fill in their choices of courses and institutes available based on their JEE Main ranks during the DASA 2026 counselling. Candidates MUST “submit” their saved choices. Candidates who do NOT submit their saved choices in the time window given, their last saved choices will be submitted automatically when the time window for filling- in choices ends. Candidates must fill in and submit as many choices as they want in order of their preference. The allotment of seats will be basis the order of college and course preference filled by the candidate, considering the JEE Main 2026 All India rank.

DASA UG 2026 seats allotment will be done in three main rounds and one special round. The schedule for every rounds of allotment will be announced on the official website and the same will be updated here. The candidates are allotted seats based on their JEE Main ranks and choices filled by the candidates. After each round of seat allotment candidates have to accept the allotted seats. If seats are allotted, candidates will have three options.

• Accept (Directly report to the admitting Institute as per schedule. He/ she can’t participate in the DASA special round. However, will be automatically considered for Internal Sliding after the FINAL allotment round).
• Accept & Upgrade (Will participate in next rounds and considered for higher choices, but can’t participate in DASA special round)
• Decline: The candidate is exited from the whole counselling process including the special round. The tuition fee will be refunded (after making deductions) as per the refund rule.

The dates for special round counselling will be announced after the completion of main rounds. The new seat matrix will be displayed on the DASA website after internal sliding. The vacant seats available will be allotted in the DASA 2026 special round. The Candidates who are already registered but did not get any allotment till now are eligible for the choice refilling for special rounds against vacant seats. In this round, applicants must submit new choices, and any choices submitted before the first round will be cleared. Applicants who have declined their allotments or withdrawn/cancelled their applications at any stage are ineligible for the DASA 2026 special round.

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