DU Publishes Round 1 ECA Allocation Scores for Undergraduate Admission

Delhi University has published the first-round allocation ranges for undergraduate admission under its Extra-Curricular Activities category, giving applicants a college-by-college view of the highest and lowest Combined ECA Merit scores used in the round. The document covers activities including creative writing, dance, debate, digital media, fine arts, vocal and instrumental music, theatre, quiz, divinity, NCC, NSS and yoga.

The numbers are allocation outcomes, not a universal qualifying cutoff. DU calculates the Combined ECA Merit, or CEM, out of 4,000 by combining 25 per cent of a candidate’s highest programme-specific CUET-UG score with 75 per cent of the highest score in the ECA category under consideration. Allocation then depends on that merit, the applicant’s programme and college preferences, eligibility and the seat matrix for the activity.

That is why the same activity can show a broad span across colleges. In English creative writing, for example, the published range ran from 3,718.738 at Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies to 2,917.695 at Satyawati College (Evening). For Indian classical dance, the highest listed allocation was 3,850.370 at Hindu College and the lowest 2,927.483 at PGDAV Evening.

Theatre ranged from 3,689.376 at Lady Shri Ram College to 2,157.374 at Zakir Hussain Delhi College (Evening), while yoga ranged from 3,567.802 at Shri Ram College of Commerce to 2,747.466 at Shyama Prasad Mukherjee College. These endpoints describe this round’s allocations. They do not guarantee that a candidate with the same score will receive the same college in a later round, when vacancies and participation can change.

Applicants should first check the allocation through their own CSAS dashboard, not infer a result from the public range table. A score above a published minimum may still correspond to a different programme preference, category or seat position. Conversely, an applicant who has an allocation must complete the acceptance, document-verification and fee steps within the portal’s deadlines; appearing in a score range does not finish admission.

The university says allocations remain subject to verification and compliance. Candidates should therefore recheck the activity category, uploaded certificates, programme eligibility and personal details. Where the published document or dashboard appears inconsistent, the issue should be reported promptly through the ECA admission channel, with the application number and a clear screenshot.

Some subcategories are absent because no college offered a seat or no eligible candidate was available. A dash in a row can also denote a single eligible allocation rather than missing data. Reading the notes beneath the official table is essential before drawing conclusions from an isolated number shared online.

The ECA route is designed to recognise sustained accomplishment beyond an entrance test while retaining an academic component. Its 75:25 weighting makes the performance or trial central but not exclusive. Publishing score ranges is therefore a useful transparency measure: it lets candidates see how the formula translated into actual allocations.

The next practical task is individual. Candidates should use the dashboard, act within the stated window and preserve every acknowledgement. The public table explains the round; the admission is secured only through the candidate’s own portal record.