DASA 2025 Counselling: Link, Eligibility Criteria, Cutoff, and Admission Process

The NIT Rourkela has scheduled the Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA) UG Counselling 2025-26 for June 2025 on their official website - dasanit.org/dasa2025. The Ministry of Education (More) runs the DASA program that allows foreign nationals, NRIs, PIOs, and OCIs to enroll in undergraduate engineering, architecture, and planning programs at NITs, IIITs, SPAs, and other prestigious Indian universities.

• As per the previous years’ analysis, in the DASA UG 2025-26 academic year, it is expected that approximately 4,709 seats will be available under the DASA scheme.
• The highly competitive fields, like CS and Electronics, in the top NITs, are expected to have the closing JEE Main ranks in the range of 1,000-1,500.

Applications for the DASA 2025 are open to foreign nationals, PIOs, and OCI cardholders who have got at least 60% in PCM, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics, as well as English, in Class 12 or its equivalent from an approved foreign board.
To get admission in DASA, the candidate must have the JEE Main results. There is no age restriction, and admission is determined only on merit – based.

Related Links:

• DASA College Predictor 2025
• DASA 2025 Participating Colleges

DASA UG 2025 Important Dates

The DASA UG 2025 admission process starts on July 30, 2025, with the applications opening at the end of June, with the declaration of DASA Rank 2025, followed by four rounds of seat allotment and confirmations throughout July and August. The remaining seats are filled in a special round in August, and institutes must also physically report in August.

The DASA PG 2025 has began on June 13 2025 and will end in July 28, 2025. DASA PG admissions have fewer rounds and later dates, focusing on efficient seat allocation.

DASA UG Counselling Schedule 2025

DASA PG Counselling Schedule 2025

DASA PG 2025 Eligibility Criteria

The DASA PG 2025 eligibility Criteria: international citizens, PIOs, OCIs, and NRIs who have earned a bachelor's degree from an accredited international university, typically requiring 60–70% of the possible points or a comparable CGPA, are eligible for DASA PG 2025. Many institutions only take academic records into account, however, some may need GATE scores.

There are no residency or age restrictions, thus a wide range of people can qualify. Degree certificates and a legitimate ID are required documentation. Depending on the institute, the CIWG category can be applicable. All things considered, the requirements give international postgraduate applicants freedom while upholding academic standards.

DASA UG 2025 Registration Fee

The DASA scheme registration fee varies according to the admission categories, like CIWG (Children of Indian Workers in Gulf countries), DASA (SAARC), DASA (Non-SAARC)

DASA PG 2025 Counselling Process

The DASA PG 2025 Counselling Process will begin with the DASA 2025 Registration on the official DASA Portal in July 2025. The candidates need to provide personal, academic, and identity details, upload required documents, and pay the registration fee.

DASA PG 2025 Required Documents

The DASA PG 2025 document requirements make sure that candidates' identities, educational backgrounds, and eligibility are thoroughly verified.

Academic credentials and AIU equivalency attest to educational requirements, while a valid passport is necessary to prove nationality. Where appropriate, merit-based admissions are standardized by entrance exam results such as GATE.

Photographs and a confirmation of registration help with identity verification and process tracking. Candidates for special categories (CIWG) are required to submit further evidence demonstrating fairness.

Applicants are further authenticated by valid government IDs, and sponsored candidates require NOCs. All things considered, these records uphold the admissions process's honesty and openness.

DASA PG 2025 Fees Structure

The DASA PG 2025 registration fee is a balance between affordability and administrative expenses, ranging from INR 5,000 to 10,000 (USD 65–130). To promote diversity, general applicants pay the full charge, but the CIWG category receives discounts. Since payments are paid online and cannot be refunded, serious applications are guaranteed.

DASA 2025 Counselling Process

The DASA 2025 counseling is done in the various rounds for both UG and PG courses.

• DASA 2025 counseling for UG courses will be done in 4 Rounds.
• DASA 2025 counseling for PG courses will be done in 2 Rounds.
• Institutes and course are allotted to students as per the choice filled by candidate in application form.

First Round of Allotment

• All eligible candidates are considered for the round 1. Candidates who are allotted seat in this round have to confirm their options before the due date.
• Candidates who attend the first Round of the DASA 2025 Selection Procedure have three choices: Accept, Accept & upgrade, and Decline.
• Press accept if you are satisfied with currently allotted seat and Institute and don’t want your higher preferences to be considered in round 2.
• Once the candidate accepts the institute in round 1 on the online portal, the allotted Institution, provisional admission letter, and also the courses are going to be accepted.
• Press Accept & Upgrade if you want to accept the allotted seat, but also want to be considered in the round 2.
• In this case, Provisional letter is generated. If the candidate gets the higher preferred choices in round 2, the previously allotted seal will be automatically cancelled and vice versa.
• Press Decline, if you don’t want to accept the allotted seat/Institute. Candidate should note that if you press decline then you’re not going to be eligible for the further rounds (Round 2, Round 3, and Spot Round) of the DASA 2025 counseling.
• The vacant seats are made available for round 2.

Second round of allotment

• Those candidates who haven’t been selected in round 1 or opted for Accept & Upgrade in are considered for the round 2.
• Just like round 1, candidate can select three options: Accept, Accept & Upgrade, or Decline.
• Accept if you want to go for allotted seat, Accept & Upgrade if you want to be considered for round 3, and decline if you don’t want to accept the seat.

Third round of seat allotment

• Those candidates who haven’t been selected in the round 2 or opted for Accept & Upgrade are considered for the round 3 of the selection procedure.
• Press accept if you are satisfied with currently allotted seat and Institute. After that a provisional letter is generated; download it, sign it, and submit it to the allotted Institute at the time of admission.
• Press Decline, if you don’t want to accept the allotted seat/Institute. In this case, the cancellation letter is generated, and the vacant seat is considered in subsequent round.
• Candidates who are not allotted seat in Round 3 can select Exit option or participate in special round option.
• If the candidate opts for exit, he is no longer a part of counseling process including special round and the full tuition fee is refunded as per rules.

Provision admission letter is generated for all selected candidate. They are required to report at the Institute before the due date for the admission.

Internal Sliding

• On the basis of Inter-Se-Merit, internal sliding is done for all the admitted candidates for vacancies in the particular Institute on completion of admission process.
• No choice modification is required by candidates as the original choice of branches is considered.
• The participating Institutes notify the vacancy status to DASA office of conducting Institute after the internal sliding.

Special Round

• Seats those are vacant after internal sliding is displayed on the DASA website.
• Registered candidates who are not allotted any seat in the past rounds are considered for special round.
• Candidates are required to login for the further process. After logging candidate have two options: Participate in special round and Exit.
• If the participant selects Participate in special round, then he needs to fill and lock fresh choices for the special round.
• If the candidate select Exit then he/she is not considered for the further process of admission.

Visa Requirement

• All selected foreign nationals must have a valid student visa as applicable to their category issued by the Indian Missions Abroad.
• Produce the provisional letter and other required documents, and submit it at the Indian Missions located at respective country to get Visa.

Medical Examination

• The applicants are advised to get medically fit to pursue the prescribed course as his/her application can get rejected if not medically fit.
• All applicants are required to submit the medical certificate of general fitness from an authorized medical practitioner from anywhere.
• Candidates have to go under a medical fitness test at the time of reporting at allotted Institute.

Reporting at the Institute

• Candidates who are provisionally allotted a seat in the Institutes in the first three rounds have to report at the concerned Institute as per the schedule mentioned on DASA website.
• Candidates are required to submit all the documents/ certificates at the time of reporting.
• Not reporting on the time is considered as cancellation of the allotted seat.

DASA 2025 Rank Calculation

The DASA Rank calculation for 2025 is a merit-based process, designed to fairly evaluate the candidate’s admission to the top technical institutions in India.

How to calculate DASA rank?

For DASA UG Admissions 2025:

• The DASA UG admission strictly requires the candidate’s JEE Main 2025 scores from 2023.
• The normalized JEE Main score becomes the primary for preparing the DASA merit list and rank list.

For DASA PG Admissions 2025:

• The DASA PG Rank is based on academic records (marks of the undergraduate), and if applicable, the GATE scores for institutes are required for it.
• Some institutions weigh GATE scores higher or combine them with the academic performance.

DASA 2025 Normalization and Score Conversion

• To take into consideration differences in difficulty, the JEE Main raw scores are standardized between sessions.
• Percentile performance is used to turn the normalized scores into ranks.
• Institutions may use further criteria, and if GATE scores are taken into account for PG candidates, the score normalization is based on GATE's scoring methodology.

DASA 2025 Tie-Breaking Criteria

The following criteria are used to break ties when candidates have the same score or rank:

• Higher grades in relevant core subjects (for PG) or mathematics (for UG).
• Date of birth or age (younger applicants might be given preference).
• Additional institute-specific criteria.