Applications open · closes 5 Oct 2026
Today is the last date to apply (5 Oct 2026)
Every VTU change-of-branch notification, 2020–21 to now
Official PDFs, issue dates and application windows for every cycle — with no old circular masquerading as the current one. The 2026–27 application notice is 3278, checked 24 Sep 2026.
01 · THE LEDGER
11 circulars, one timeline
Scroll the record. The top row is the current application notice — 2026–27, notice 3278, students apply 22 Sep – 5 Oct 2026. Every row links its official PDF.
The 2026–27 application notice is VTU/Aca/SA/2026-27/3278, dated 21-09-2026: students apply 22 Sep – 5 Oct 2026. Last checked 24 Sep 2026. VTU circular 3262 (21-09-2026) is not the application notice: it sets course and credit rules for 2025-scheme students who change branch, and is marked “Rules only” below. What it means for your credits and CGPA →
- 2026–27application noticeOpen · closes 5 Oct 2026
VTU/Aca/SA/2026-27/3278
- Issued
- 21-09-2026
- Student window
- 22 Sep – 5 Oct 2026
- Length
- 14 days
- 2026–27 · 2025 scheme rulesRules only — not the application notice
VTU/BGM/CoC Equiv/1057/2026-27/3262
- Issued
- 21-09-2026
- Student window
- None: rules only, no application dates
- Length
- —
- 2025–26
VTU/BGM/Aca-SA/COB/2025-26/3148
- Issued
- 23-09-2025
- Student window
- 24–28 Sep 2025
- Length
- 5 days
- 2024–25 · revisedrevised schedule
VTU/BGM/Aca-SA/COB/2024-25/2782
- Issued
- 17-09-2024
- Student window
- 05–22 Sep 2024
- Length
- 18 days (extended)
- 2024–25
VTU/BGM/Aca-SA/COB/2024-25/2600
- Issued
- 04-09-2024
- Student window
- 05–12 Sep 2024
- Length
- 8 days
- 2023–24 · revisedrevised schedule
VTU/BGM/Aca-OS/COB/2023-24/4288
- Issued
- 24-11-2023
- Student window
- set by earlier circular 4114
- Length
- see PDF
- 2022–23 · revisedrevised schedule
VTU/BGM/Aca-OS/COB/2022-23/4448
- Issued
- 25-11-2022
- Student window
- 21–30 Nov 2022
- Length
- 10 days (extended)
- 2022–23
VTU/BGM/Aca-OS/COB/2022-23/4170
- Issued
- 16-11-2022
- Student window
- 21–23 Nov 2022
- Length
- 3 days
- 2021–22
VTU/BGM/COB/2021-22/2944
- Issued
- 05-10-2021
- Student window
- deadline 11 Oct 2021
- Length
- opening not stated
- Founding regulation
VTU/BGV/OS-Aca/2020-21/1306
- Issued
- 21-07-2020
- Student window
- — (regulation, not a cycle notice)
- Length
- —
Where an older circular does not print the application opening date or repeats only downstream dates, the table says so rather than inferring a window. Dates are transcribed from the linked PDFs.
02 · THE PATTERN
How long VTU gave students to apply
The window has swung from three days to eighteen, and mid-cycle extensions happened more than once. The 2026–27 notice gives fourteen days.
2026–27 (notice 3278): students apply 22 Sep – 5 Oct 2026, fourteen days. Earlier cycles ranged from three days to eighteen, with mid-cycle extensions more than once.
The date that matters first is the student application deadline. College verification, merit-list generation and hard-copy submission happen later — they are not extra time for you to apply.
In 2022–23, circular 4448 extended a three-day window to ten. In 2024–25, circular 2782 extended an eight-day window to eighteen after requests from students, parents and colleges. The 2025-26 notice gave five days and was never extended.
The one other page tracking these circulars (vturesource.com) has been frozen since November 2023 and still displays 2023-24 dates as current. This ledger is maintained.
03 · WHAT CHANGED OVER TIME
Fees and eligibility move by cycle
The 2020 regulation is the standing framework — but the annual invitation controls the live application, and both fees and eligibility language have moved.
Fees: the 2021-22 invitation listed ₹500 to apply and ₹5,000 after recommendation. In 2024-25, 2025-26 and the 2026-27 notice 3278 the published amounts were ₹600 and ₹7,500 — ₹8,100 total.
Eligibility: the founding regulation describes eligible backlog students ranked below all-clear students, while recent annual notices required all first-year courses to be passed for that cycle, reflecting the Executive Council's December 2022 resolution.
Read the current PDF first. Use the main guide for the process and the eligibility guide for clause-by-clause answers.
PRIMARY RECORD
Sources
- VTU/Aca/SA/2026-27/3278 — 2026–27, issued 21-09-2026.
- VTU/BGM/CoC Equiv/1057/2026-27/3262 — 2026–27 · 2025 scheme rules, issued 21-09-2026. Rules only — not the application notice.
- VTU/BGM/Aca-SA/COB/2025-26/3148 — 2025–26, issued 23-09-2025.
- VTU/BGM/Aca-SA/COB/2024-25/2782 — 2024–25 (revised), issued 17-09-2024.
- VTU/BGM/Aca-SA/COB/2024-25/2600 — 2024–25, issued 04-09-2024.
- VTU/BGM/Aca-OS/COB/2023-24/4288 — 2023–24 (revised), issued 24-11-2023.
- VTU/BGM/Aca-OS/COB/2022-23/4448 — 2022–23 (revised), issued 25-11-2022.
- VTU/BGM/Aca-OS/COB/2022-23/4170 — 2022–23, issued 16-11-2022.
- VTU/BGM/COB/2021-22/2944 — 2021–22, issued 05-10-2021.
- VTU/BGM/COB/2020-21/3338 — 2020–21, issued 28-10-2020.
- VTU/BGV/OS-Aca/2020-21/1306 — Founding regulation, issued 21-07-2020.
✓ Last verified against VTU notice 3278 and the official VTU archive on 24-09-2026
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