DASA 2027
Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA) UG Scheme
DASA is the Ministry of Education scheme that gives foreign nationals, OCI and PIO cardholders and NRIs supernumerary seats in NITs, IIITs, SPAs and other centrally funded institutes. There is no DASA exam: seats are allotted on JEE Main rank.
- Conducted by
- DASA seat allocation, coordinated by IIEST Shibpur with technical support from NIC, under the Ministry of Education and run along with CSAB
- Mode
- No separate entrance test; online seat allocation on the basis of JEE Main rank
- Frequency
- Once a year, after JoSAA
- Duration
- Not applicable (admission is by JEE Main rank)
DASA 2027 Cutoff
Updated on 18 October 2026 · Compiled from official DASA seat allocation, coordinated by IIEST Shibpur with technical support from NIC, under the Ministry of Education and run along with CSAB notices
DASA publishes opening and closing ranks after each round, and the closing ranks follow the JEE Main Common Rank List.
Where to find cutoffs
Round-wise closing ranks for DASA UG are posted on csab.nic.in and on the DASA site dasanit.org, which also keeps archives of earlier years. Ranks are JEE Main CRL ranks, so they are not comparable to JoSAA closing ranks, which are set by a much larger pool of Indian candidates.
We do not list closing ranks here because we did not verify an official table for 2026. Download the official PDF for the program you want.
Reading the cutoff
- DASA ranks depend on how many foreign, NRI and OCI candidates apply and on supernumerary seats per program.
- Check the category tag you hold, since CIWG and Non-CIWG seats have different closing ranks.
- Vacant CIWG seats are converted to Non-CIWG seats in Round 2.
- Look at special eligibility restrictions of a program before choosing it.