The TGCHE has released the DOST 2026 special drive phase seat allotment, with 14,975 students receiving provisional seats. Candidates must complete online self-reporting by August 18 and report to their respective colleges on August 17 or 18.
Published Date – 14 August 2026, 06:29 PM
Hyderabad: A total of 14,975 students received provisional seats as part of the DOST 2026 special drive phase seat allotment released by the TGCHE on Friday. Of the total, 12,069 candidates got a seat against their first priority and 2,906 against their second and other priorities.
As for faculty-wise allotment, 6,198 seats in commerce, 2,798 in physical science, 3,080 in life sciences, 2,878 in arts and 21 in other streams were allotted.
All candidates who secured a seat have been asked to reserve the same through online self-reporting via the DOST website https://dost.cgg.gov.in/ on or before August 18. They need to pay Rs.500 or Rs.1,000, as the case may be, in the DOST candidate login.
Further, candidates who self-report online have to report to the respective colleges either on August 17 or 18 and submit the college confirmation OTP. If a candidate fails to report to the college, then he/she will forgo the seat allotted/self-reported.
