DASA PG Counselling 2025: Merit List OUT, Fees, Eligibility, Seat Allotment, Dates & More

Updated on Sep 20, 2025 11:07 IST

By UPASANA PRADHAN, Assistant Manager- Editorial

DASA PG 2025: The National Institute of Technology, Rourkela has complete the DASA PG 2025 admission process. The counselling process is over and the merit list is OUT now. Candidates can check the complete details regarding the DASA PG 2025 admission process and details here. DASA is the Direct Admission of Students Abroad, a national-level annual admission process/scheme coordinated by the National Institute of Technology. Participating universities and institutes rotate DASA admissions. Candidates who apply must complete and submit the DASA PG 2025 application form online. Registrations for the DASA PG are conducted online, and a merit list is prepared based on the GRE/GMAT test scores. Shortlisted applicants will be called in for counselling to complete the DASA PG 2025 admission process. To learn more about DASA PG, read the article below.

Table of content

What is DASA PG?
DASA PG 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule
DASA PG 2025- Highlights
DASA PG 2025 Merit List (OUT)
DASA PG 2025 Counselling
DASA PG 2025 Selection Procedure
DASA PG 2025 Eligibility Criteria
DASA PG 2025 Application Process
DASA PG 2025 Participating Institutes

What is DASA PG?

DASA, also known as the Direct Admission of Students Abroad scheme, allows foreign nationals, Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), Persons of Indian origin (PIOs), and Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) to pursue technical education in India. The Ministry of Education first introduced the scheme in May 2001.

DASA allows students to be admitted to various undergraduate and postgraduate engineering programs at National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and other centrally funded technical institutions, excluding IITs. Through DASA PG 2025, admissions are provided to M.Tech programs of NITs, IIITs, IIEST, Central Universities, School of Planning and Architecture (SPAs) and other institutes. However, candidates must have a valid GRE (Graduate Record Examinations) scorecard to qualify for the program. Overall, the scheme aims to provide quality education in the engineering and technology field.

DASA PG 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of DASA PG 2024 exam

Dates	Past Exam Dates
28 Jul ' 25 - 31 Jul ' 25	Physical reporting at allotted institutes by candidates who have confirmed their seats
20 Jul ' 25	Display of DASA PG 2025 seat allotment result (Round II)
14 Jul ' 25	Display of DASA PG seat allotment list (Round 1)
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DASA PG 2025- Highlights

Name	DASA 2025
Full-form	Direct Admission of Students Abroad
Conducting Body	Ministry of Education, Government of India
Level of Admission Procedure	National Level
Courses offered	Undergraduate and Postgraduate
Mode of the application form	Online

DASA PG 2025 Merit List (OUT)

No entrance exam is conducted to get admission through DASA PG. Candidates will be shortlisted solely based on their performance in the GRE or GMAT scores. The DASA PG merit list 2025 was released on July 4 at 10:00 am. The authority will prepare the DASA PG merit list for the candidates who have successfully submitted the DASA PG application form. Applicants can check the merit list online on the official website.

Download DASA PG 2025 merit list

DASA PG 2025 Counselling

The DASA PG 2025 counselling will start after the merit list is released. It is the last and final stage of the DASA PG 2025 admission process. The mode of the counselling is online, and only GRE/GMAT-qualified candidates are eligible to participate.

The DASA 2025 PG counselling includes various stages: registration, choice filling, choice locking, seat allotment, etc. There will be four rounds of counselling for undergraduate courses and two rounds for postgraduate programs. Candidates allotted seats to the DASA PG 2025 participating institutes must report to the respective institutions and pay the prescribed fees to confirm their admission process.

Candidates can check the DASA PG 2025 merit list and counselling registration dates below -

Events	Dates
Start date of registration, Payment of DASA PG enrollment fee, document uploading and choice filling	June 13 (10:00 am)
Last date for registration, payment, document uploading, etc.	June 24 (5:00 pm)
Resolution of payment issues for candidates who have made payment attempts before the deadline	June 25 (5:00 pm)
Last date to respond to the queries of the document verifying officer	July 3 (5:00 pm)
DASA PG 2025 merit list	July 4 (10:00 am)
Start date of Choice filling and locking	July 4 (10:00 am)
Closing date of choice filling and locking	July 11 (5:00 pm)
Display of DASA PG seat allotment list (Round 1)	July 14 (10:00 am)
Submission of the willingness (candidates can exercise any of the following activities - accept/accept and upgrade, and withdraw)	July 14 (10:00 am) to July 17 (5:00 pm)
Display of DASA PG 2025 seat allotment result (Round II)	July 20 (10:00 am)
Physical reporting at allotted institutes by candidates who have confirmed their seats	July 28 to July 31

DASA PG 2025 Selection Procedure

Candidates who will be allotted seats in the first choice can perform any of the following options-

Accept - Candidates who are satisfied with their currently allotted seats are not willing to participate in further rounds of allotment.
Accept and Upgrade - Candidates who have accepted the currently allotted seats but also wish to upgrade to higher preferences of institutes in the further rounds of allotment.
Decline - Candidates who wish only to accept the allotted seats and want to withdraw.

Once the counselling session is completed, a provisional allotment letter will be issued for the candidates who have accepted the allotted seats. No individual notification will be sent to the candidates. The details will be updated on the candidate login. Candidates must sign the admission letter and submit it to the allotted institute at the time of admission.

DASA PG 2025 Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria are vital to the DASA PG 2025 admission process. Candidates willing to apply must check the requirements before applying. Here are the eligibility criteria for DASA PG 2025-

Criteria	Details
Nationality	Foreign nationals, PIOs, and OCIs who have completed their UG degree in any country or Indian nationals/NRIs who have completed their UG from abroad are eligible to apply.
Age-Limit	There are no age restrictions to apply for the DASA PG
Educational Qualification	Candidates must have passed an undergraduate degree program in engineering/technology or equivalent with a minimum of 60% qualifying mark or 6.50 CGPA from a recognised institute/university.
Accepted Entrance Test Scores	GRE/GMAT scores are considered. Candidates must have a valid total score of 300 on the GRE and 480 on the GMAT.
Final Year Students	Candidates accepting their final year results by September 30, 2025, can apply.

DASA PG 2025 Application Process

The DASA PG 2025 application form link for the postgraduate courses is now closed. The application mode is online and is available along with the DASA PG information brochure. Before filling out the DASA PG 2025 online application form, it is essential to go through the eligibility criteria and instructions.

The application process for DASA PG comprises registration, filling out details, fee payment, uploading the photograph and signature, and submission. Candidates are advised to carefully fill out the DASA PG 2025 form; no application form correction facility is available.

DASA PG 2025 Application Fees

The registration fees for DASA PG must be paid online via SWIFT Transfer, E-Payment, NEFT, RTGS Transfer, etc. The DASA PG 2025 application fees are as follows -

Category	Registration Fee	First Semester	Total Fees
SAARC	US $300	US $2000	US $2300
Non-SAARC	US $300	US $4000	US $4300

DASA PG 2025 Participating Institutes

The provisional list of the participating institutes for DASA 2025 admission is available below.

List of NITs (National Institute of Technology)

Name of the Institutes	Official Websites
National Institute of Technology, Agartala, Tripura	www.nita.ac.in
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad	www.mnnit.ac.in
National Institute of Technology, Arunachal Pradesh	www.nitap.ac.in
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh	www.manit.ac.in
National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala	www.nitc.ac.in
National Institute of Technology, Delhi	www.nitdelhi.ac.in
National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, West Bengal	www.nitdgp.ac.in
National Institute of Technology, Goa	www.nitgoa.ac.in
National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh	www.nith.ac.in
Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan	www.mnit.ac.in
National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab	www.nitj.ac.in
National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand	www.nitjsr.ac.in
National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, Haryana	www.nitkkr.ac.in
National Institute of Technology, Manipur	www.nitmanipur.in
National Institute of Technology, Mizoram	www.nitmz.ac.in
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur, Maharashtra	www.vnit.ac.in
National Institute of Technology, Patna , Bihar	www.nitp.ac.in
National Institute of Technology, Puducherry, Karaikkal	www.nitpy.ac.in
National Institute of Technology, Raipur , Chhattisgarh	www.nitrr.ac.in
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Orissa	www.nitrkl.ac.in
National Institute of Technology, Sikkim	www.nitsikkim.ac.in
National Institute of Technology, Silchar, Assam	www.nits.ac.in
National Institute of Technology, Srinagar	www.nitsri.net
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat	www.svnit.ac.in
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, Karnataka	www.nitk.ac.in
National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu	www.nitt.edu
National Institute of Technology, Warangal, Telangana	www.nitw.ac.in
National Institute of Technology, Meghalaya	www.nitmeghalaya.in
National Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand	www.nituk.ac.in
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur	www.iiests.ac.in

List of IIITs (Indian Institutes of Information Technology)

Name of the Institutes	Official Websites
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, (Jhalwa & Amethi Campus), UP	www.iiita.ac.in
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Jabalpur, MP	www.iiitdmj.ac.in
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing, Chennai	www.iiitdm.ac.in
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Vadodara, Gandhinagar, Gujarat	www.iiitvadodara.ac.in
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology & Management, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh	www.iiitm.ac.in
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Guwahati, Assam	www.iiitg.ac.in
Indian Institute of Information Technology Lucknow	www.iiitl.ac.in
Indian Institute of Information Technology Sri City, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh	www.iiits.ac.in
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Una, Himachal Pradesh	www.iiitu.ac.in
Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kottayam	www.iiitkottayam.ac.in
Indian Institute of Information and Technology, Sonepat	www.iiitsonepat.ac.in

List of SPAs (Schools of Planning and Architecture)

Name of the Institutes	Official Websites
School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal	www.spabhopal.ac.in
School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi	www.spa.ac.in
School of Planning & Architecture, Vijayawada	www.spav.ac.in

Other Premier Technical Institutions

Name of the Institutes	Official Websites
Punjab Engineering College(Deemed to be University) , Chandigarh	www.pec.ac.in
Delhi Technological University, Delhi	www.dce.ac.in
Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi	www.iiitd.ac.in
Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology, Longowal, Punjab	www.sliet.ac.in
National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology, Ranchi, Jharkhand	www.nifft.ernet.in
Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar	www.pdpu.ac.in
National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology, Aurangabad	www.aurangabad.nielit.gov.in
Netaji Subhas University of Technology Delhi	www.nsit.ac.in
Tezpur University, Assam	www.tezu.ernet.in
Indian Maritime University	www.imu.edu.in
Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, Jammu and Kashmir	www.smvdu.ac.in
The University Institute of Engineering of Technology (UIET), Punjab University, Chandigarh	www.uiet.puchd.ac.in
The University Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology(UICET), Punjab University, Chandigarh	www.uicet.puchd.ac.in
UIET Punjab University Swami Sarvanand Giri Regional Centre (UIET PUSSRC), Hoshiarpur (Punjab)	www.ssgpurch.puchd.ac.in
Charotar University of Science and Technology(CHARUSAT), Gujarat	www.charusat.ac.in
Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women, New Delhi	www.igdtuw.ac.in