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

DASA UG application form 2026 closed on August 3. Candidates could fill the application form online from this page or the website csab.nic.in. The DASA application process included registration, choice filling, declaration of DASA rank based on JEE Main All India Rank, seat allotment, seat acceptance and reporting to the allotted institute. To fill DASA UG 2026 application form, candidates had 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. 

The choice filling for DASA UG counselling is closed now. All registered candidates had to fill in their course and institute choices between July 28 to August 5, 2026. Candidates had to fill chices carefully as these serves the seat allotment basis, besides their JEE Main ranks. 

Candidates had to “submit” their saved choices before the last date. Candidates who do NOT submit their saved choices in the time window given, their last saved choices are 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 round 1 has been announced. The date for round two seat allotment is August 12, 2026. 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.

After seat allotment, candidates have to strictly adhere to the timeline for accepting the allotted seats, payment of seat acceptance fees and reporting to the allotted institute. Any miss to the timeline will result in cancellation of the seat/admission.

The special round counselling is conducted only if the seats remain vacant after the two main rounds. 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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