Delhi University & Delhi Region ITEP Admission Guide 2026
The ITEP landscape in Delhi has expanded sharply this year — from 4 to 9 institutions under Delhi University alone, and 13 across the wider Delhi region including IGNOU, Ambedkar University Delhi, Jamia Millia Islamia and GGSIP University. Here’s the full institute list, seat matrix, how allotment actually works round-by-round, reservation policy, and the documents you’ll need.
All 13 ITEP institutes in the Delhi region
Seat counts below are as listed for the 2026-27 cycle. Not every institute is part of Delhi University — IGNOU, Ambedkar University Delhi, Jamia Millia Islamia and GGSIP University run their own separate admission processes outside the DU portal.
| # | Institute | Under DU? | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) | No | 200 |
| 2 | School of Education Studies, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University Delhi | No | 100 |
| 3 | Mata Sundri College for Women | DU | 100 |
| 4 | Miranda House, University of Delhi | DU New 2026 | 100 |
| 5 | Aditi Mahavidyalaya | DU New 2026 | 100 |
| 6 | Jamia Millia Islamia | No | 100 |
| 7 | Shyama Prasad Mukherji College for Women | DU | 50 |
| 8 | Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi | DU | 50 |
| 9 | Department of Education (CIE), University of Delhi | DU | 50 |
| 10 | Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) | No | 50 |
| 11 | Gargi College, New Delhi | DU New 2026 | 50 |
| 12 | Institute of Home Economics | DU New 2026 | 50 |
| 13 | Lady Shri Ram College for Women | DU New 2026 | 50 |
ITEP institutes under Delhi University
All 9 of these run through the single DU portal at itep.uod.ac.in and are ranked against each other only through your preference order — not across the wider Delhi region list above.
Miranda House
100 seatsOffers both B.A. B.Ed. and B.Sc. B.Ed., Secondary Stage.
Aditi Mahavidyalaya
100 seatsOffers B.A. B.Ed. & B.Sc. B.Ed. — the only DU college also running a Foundational Stage track.
Mata Sundri College for Women
100 seatsOffers both Middle and Secondary Stage. 50% seats reserved for Sikh minority.
Shyama Prasad Mukherji College
50 seatsB.A. B.Ed., Secondary Stage.
Jesus & Mary College
50 seatsB.A. B.Ed., Secondary Stage. 50% seats reserved for Christian minority.
Department of Education (CIE)
50 seatsB.A. B.Ed., Secondary Stage. The only co-ed DU ITEP institute.
Gargi College
50 seatsB.A. B.Ed., Secondary Stage.
Institute of Home Economics
50 seatsB.Sc. B.Ed., Secondary Stage.
Lady Shri Ram College for Women
50 seatsB.A. B.Ed., Secondary Stage.
DU ITEP institutes by degree combination
Your subject interest decides which degree combination to apply for — B.A. B.Ed. and B.Sc. B.Ed. run as separate preference lists, so pick the tab that matches your stream.
- Mata Sundri College for Women
- Shyama Prasad Mukherji College
- Jesus and Mary College
- Department of Education (CIE)
- Gargi College, New Delhi
- Lady Shri Ram College for Women
- Miranda House also offers B.Sc.
- Aditi Mahavidyalaya also offers B.Sc.
- Miranda House — 50 seats
- Aditi Mahavidyalaya — 50 seats
- Institute of Home Economics — 50 seats
The seat allotment journey, round by round
Every DU ITEP applicant moves through the same pipeline. Where you land at each stage depends on your NCET merit rank within your category, seat availability, and the preference order you locked in.
Preferences locked
You order every Program + College combination you’d accept. This list can’t change after the deadline.
Merit list drawn
NCET score ranks all applicants within UR and within each reserved category separately.
Round 1 allotment
Each candidate gets the highest preference their rank and category can reach, given seat availability.
Accept / Freeze / Upgrade
You choose within the deadline. Silence is treated as declining the seat.
Verification
Department/College checks eligibility, score and certificates — Approves or Rejects.
Fee & confirmation
Admission fee paid post-approval. Seat is confirmed only once payment clears.
Round 2+ upgrades
Anyone who chose “Upgrade” gets re-evaluated against vacated/higher seats as rounds progress.
Spot round
If seats stay vacant after regular rounds, a Spot round opens — no further withdrawal allowed here.
What each seat status actually means
Your dashboard will show one of these at any given time. Knowing what each one commits you to prevents an accidental lock-out.
Allotted
You’ve been provisionally offered this seat for this round. You must actively respond before the deadline.
Accepted
You’ve confirmed the offer. Depending on your next choice, this can still be Frozen or kept open for Upgrade.
Frozen
You’re locking in this seat permanently — no further upgrades will be offered to you in any subsequent round.
Upgraded
You keep your current seat but stay eligible for a higher preference in later rounds; if you get it, the earlier seat auto-cancels.
Rejected
Verification found an issue — invalid document, ineligibility, or a failure to respond to a query. No refund of the admission fee in this case.
Withdrawn
You voluntarily exit after accepting a seat, by paying a ₹1,000 non-refundable withdrawal fee. You lose eligibility for further regular rounds.
Reservation policy for DU ITEP
These percentages apply University-wide, on top of any college-specific minority reservation (like Mata Sundri’s Sikh quota or Jesus & Mary’s Christian quota).
OBC-NCL
Non-Creamy Layer certificate must be from the Central List, issued after the notified cut-off date each year.
Scheduled Caste (SC)
Certificate must state caste/tribe, SC status, and district/state — issued only by specified authorities (District Magistrate, Tehsildar-rank officer, etc.)
Scheduled Tribe (ST)
SC and ST seats are interchangeable if one category’s applicant pool runs out for a given program.
EWS
Income & asset certificate, family income below ₹8 lakh/year, issued after the notified date — not applicable if caste already falls under SC/ST/OBC.
PwBD
40%+ benchmark disability, certificate from a recognised Government hospital with photo. 75% fee concession applies.
CW (Armed Forces)
Children/Widows of Defence Personnel — 9 priority tiers, ECC certificate with priority clearly stated.
Plus, university-wide supernumerary seats:
Document checklist
Names across every document — yours and your parents’ — must match exactly across your Class X/XII certificates, category certificate and NCET form. Mismatches are the single biggest cause of rejection at verification.
NCET cutoff / safe-score trends
DU doesn’t pre-declare a category-wise cutoff — seats go by merit rank within category, so this shifts every year with the applicant pool. With 5 new colleges added in 2026-27, expect this year’s closing scores to be noticeably softer than 2025’s, especially at the newer entrants. What follows are trend-based estimates, not an official DU figure.
| Category | CIE (established) | Jesus & Mary (established) | New 2026 colleges |
|---|---|---|---|
| UR | 450–465 | 420–435 | Likely lower — watch dashboard trends |
| OBC-NCL | 390–405 | — | Likely lower |
| SC | 375–390 | — | Likely lower |
| EWS | 375–385 | — | Likely lower |
| ST | 350–365 | — | Likely lower |
NCET & DU ITEP 2026 dates
NCET 2026 has already been conducted; DU’s allocation-cum-admission rounds for ITEP follow the same cadence as its other UG programs. Confirm exact dates on your dashboard — UoD frequently extends deadlines by corrigendum.
NCET 2026 registration window
NTA opened NCET 2026 registrations in February and closed the form on 10 March.
NCET 2026 computer-based test
Conducted in 13 languages; domain-subject papers set at the Class XII level.
DU seat allocation rounds
University of Delhi’s allocation-cum-admission activity for 2026-27 — including ITEP — has been running through July, with correction windows, preference-locking, and round-wise allotment on the dashboards.
Spot rounds & mid-entry window
If seats stay vacant after regular rounds — likely given the sharp jump in total seats — expect a more active Spot round this cycle.
FAQs
Which new colleges joined DU ITEP for 2026-27?
Miranda House, Aditi Mahavidyalaya, Gargi College, Institute of Home Economics, and Lady Shri Ram College for Women — taking the DU total from 4 to 9 institutions.
Do I apply separately to each Delhi institute, or once for all of them?
Separately. IGNOU, Ambedkar University Delhi, Jamia Millia Islamia, and GGSIPU each run their own portals and schedules outside DU. Only the 9 DU institutes share the single itep.uod.ac.in application and preference list.
What’s the difference between “Accept and Freeze” and “Accept and Upgrade”?
Freeze locks your current seat permanently and removes you from further rounds. Upgrade keeps your current seat as a fallback while you stay in the running for a higher preference — but accepting an upgrade auto-cancels the earlier seat.
If my application gets rejected at verification, do I get a refund?
No. Neither the registration fee nor the admission fee (if already paid) is refunded when a seat is cancelled due to invalid documents or ineligibility found at verification.
Can male candidates apply to Miranda House, Aditi Mahavidyalaya, Gargi, IHE, or LSR?
No — all five, like Mata Sundri, SPM and Jesus & Mary, are women-only institutions for ITEP. CIE (Department of Education) remains the only co-ed DU option.
How is a tie in NCET score broken?
First by higher aggregate in the best five Class XII subjects, then by age — an earlier date of birth (per the Class X certificate) gets preference.