DASA 2025 Dates: The National Institute of Technology Rourkela has released the Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA) 2025 dates on the official website, dasanit.org. DASA 2025 registration has started for foreign candidates with JEE Main ranks. The complete schedule can be checked below on this page. Note that DASA counselling is held for foreign nationals studying in any country, including India, or Indian nationals studying abroad. Indian candidates who will have to register for JoSAA counselling 2025. Admission will be granted to 15% of all the seats in UG engineering and architecture courses offered at NITs, IIITs, SPAs and CFTIs.
The DASA counselling process includes registration with JEE Main application number and date of birth, choice filling, declaration of DASA rank based on JEE Main rank, seat allotment, seat acceptance and reporting to the allotted institute. There will be four rounds of DASA UG counselling 2025, one special round and a spot round (if seats are vacant). The complete schedule for DASA UG 2025 for all the rounds will be published and updated on the page below.
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Candidates who will qualify for JEE Main 2025 can only apply for DASA UG 2025. That is, candidates who are willing to get admission via DASA can register themselves on the official website of DASA, dasanit.org. The DASA UG 2025 admission will be based on the JEE Main ranks of the Foreign Nationals/Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs)/Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)/Overseas Citizen of India (OCI). Admisison will be made againts the 15% of seats in NITs, IIITs, and other technical institutes for NRI/PIO/OCI/foreign national students. Of these seats, 5% are reserved for children of Indian workers in the Gulf (CIWG).
DASA is the abbreviation for Direct Admission of Students Abroad. For admission to NITs, IIITs, CFTIs and other Premier Technical Institutions (Other than IITs), candidates of Indian nationality and with JEE Main ranks apply for JoSAA counselling. However, Foreign Nationals/Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs)/Non-Resident Indians (NRIs)/ Overseas Citizens of India (OCI) are required to take admission via the DASA scheme.
The DASA UG 2025 registration will start on July 30. The DASA UG application form will be released online on the official website at dasanit.org. It is to be noted that the DASA UG application form will not be sent to the candidates via email, post, etc. It is also recommended that before filling the DASA UG application form 2025, candidates must go through the information brochure carefully. Candidates should fill out the correct details in the application form; otherwise, it will be rejected.
- DASA 2025 Registration Date
- DASA UG 2025 Dates & Schedule
- DASA UG 2025 Choice Filling Dates
- DASA UG Seat Allotment Dates 2025
- DASA 2025 Special Round Counselling Dates
DASA 2025 Registration Date
The online registration for DASA UG 2025 is made available after the final phase of the JEE Main exam is over. DASA UG application form is released online only on the official website, dasanit.org. The candidate needs to check the DASA UG 2025 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 2025 rank is a must to apply for DASA. To fill DASA UG 2025 application form, candidates have to register with the JEE Main 2025 application number and date of birth.
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The last date to submit the DASA UG 2025 application is August 3. DASA 2025 application form will be accessible in online mode for participating in the counselling. It is important for the candidate to check the DASA UG 2025 eligibility criteria before applying.
15% of seats are under the supernumerary quota of DASA, out of which 5% supernumerary seats are reserved for children of Indian workers in the Gulf (CIWG). Candidates who will get admission to NITs and IIEST Shibpur under the CIWG category shall pay the tuition fee of INR 1,25,000 per annum, either in INR or equivalent USD.
The DASA UG application form is made available on official website of DASA. Candidates have to fill and complete application online and submit the form as per the deadline.
DASA UG 2025 Dates & Schedule
Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of DASA UG 2025 exam
| Dates | Past Exam Dates |
|---|---|
| 20 Aug ' 25 - 23 Aug ' 25 | DASA 2025 Physical Reporting and Balance Fee Payment |
| 19 Aug ' 25 | DASA 2025 Seat Allotment - Round 3 |
| 14 Aug ' 25 | DASA 2025 Seat Allotment - Round 2 |
DASA UG 2025 Choice Filling Dates
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 2025 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.
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DASA UG seat allotment tentative dates 2025:
- Choice filling: June 2025
- Round 1 – DASA UG Seat Allotment 2025: 9 Aug 2025
- Round 2 – DASA UG 2025 Seat Allotment: 14 Aug 2025
- Round 3 – DASA UG 2025 Seat Allotment: 19 Aug 2025
To apply for DASA UG, candidates should have completed class 12 with 75% (CGPA of 7.5 out of 10) in aggregate, as applicable in the respective boards.
The rank will be tentatively declared in July 2025 for DASA UG 2025 on the official website at dasanit.org. It will be declared on the basis of JEE Main scores. Further, the office of DASA declared the DASA rank (based on the JEE Main rank declared by NTA) for only those students who have filled out and submitted their online registration form for DASA-2025.
DASA UG Seat Allotment Dates 2025
DASA UG 2025 seats allotment is done in various rounds - four main rounds and one special round. The candidates are allotted seats based on their JEE Main ranks. After each round of seat allotment candidates have to accept the allotted seats. If seats are allotted, candidates can:
- 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.
DASA 2025 Special Round Counselling Dates
The new seat matrix will be displayed on the DASA website after internal sliding. The vacant seats available will be allotted in the DASA 2025 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 2025 special round.
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