After requests by students, Gujarat govt announces special round of admission for UG programmes through GCAS

Applicants must visit the nearest verification centre to have their applications verified, if applicable, between August 7 and 11.

The admission process under special phase 3 will be conducted in two rounds starting August 13.

GCAS, the centralised online platform for public universities aimed at transparency in admissions, was launched in 2024. Based on the feedback and review of the previous year’s admission process, certain changes were made this year. However, several students still waiting for admissions have raised complaints with the authorities concerned.

Students who have received admission offers three or more times in earlier phases for any of their selected choices but have not accepted any of the offers or confirmed their admissions in earlier phases are being given a final opportunity to do so under round 1 of phase 3.

“If students do not accept the offer received in round 1 of phase 3 and fail to confirm their admission, they will not be considered for admission in subsequent rounds. Furthermore, admission cancellation will not be permitted during this phase,” the state government said in a circular.

Students who had cancelled their confirmed admission at a university or college during the previous phases will be eligible to participate in this phase based on their existing application. Therefore, students will not be required to file a fresh application, the circular said.

Admissions till Aug 6 as per GCAS data

• 2,95,182 admissions have been confirmed in the UG programmes so far out of 3,10,168 students who accepted the offers during previous four phases
• 14,986 students have cancelled their admissions and total registrations were 3,90,519
• Among 2,95,182 students admitted in 13 public universities, the highest number is at Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, while the lowest count is at Shree Somnath Sanskrit University, Veraval, where 97 admissions have been confirmed through GCAS
• Gujarat University has admitted 48,269 students, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Patan 50,741 and Saurashtra University Rajkot 41,493 students