Delhi University ECA admissions 2025: Delhi University (DU) will begin its Extra-Curricular Activities (ECA) admission trials today, with events scheduled across various colleges until July 26. The university has released a detailed schedule covering over a dozen categories, including music, dance, debate, theatre, digital media, yoga, and fine arts.
Each category is further divided into sub-categories to evaluate candidates in specific domains. Trials for Hindi debate and Indian vocal music will take place on the opening day, July 18.
This year, the Delhi University has allocated a total of 1,347 seats under the ECA quota across 14 different categories. These include creative writing and debate in both Hindi and English, digital media such as photography, animation, and filmmaking, divinity, fine arts (like sketching, painting, and sculpture), Indian and Western vocal and instrumental music, various dance forms (Indian classical, folk, Western, and choreography), theatre with 122 seats, quiz with 25 seats, and yoga with 42 seats. The dance category alone accounts for 275 seats.
The NCC and NSS categories, which offer 98 and 100 seats respectively, do not require candidates to undergo physical trials.
ECA admissions are conducted through a centralised process, with a composite evaluation system that gives 75% weightage to performance in ECA (including certificates and trials) and 25% to CUET scores.
College-Wise Trial Schedule Highlights:
- Debate (Hindi and English): Ramjas College, July 18-26
- Theatre: Miranda House
- Dance and Yoga: Mata Sundri College
- Indian Vocal & Instrumental Music: Bharati College
- Yoga (starting July 21): Bharati College
- Instrumental Music (Indian and Western): Sri Aurobindo College (Evening), from July 21
- Fine Arts (Sketching, Painting, Sculpture): Trials to be held at Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, starting July 21
Creative writing (Hindi and English) will have a single-slot trial on July 21, while the quiz category trial is scheduled for July 22. The university has stated that rescheduling requests will not be accepted for single-slot events. However, outstation candidates may request a date change for multi-day categories, within the specified schedule window.
Digital media trials-including photography, filmmaking, and animation-will be conducted at Maharaja Agrasen College from July 21 to 23. Western instrumental music trials (drums, guitar, saxophone, violin) are scheduled at Sri Aurobindo College (Evening) on July 23 and 24.
Candidates are strictly advised to appear at their allotted time slots. No second opportunity will be provided after the scheduled trial dates.