St Xavier’s Ahmedabad gets its own GCAS round: register from 16 September, offers on 21 September
A special admission round runs only for St Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad. Registration and preference editing are open from 16 to 20 September, offers are issued 21–22 September, confirmation is 23–24 September, and a second round starts 25 September.
Gujarat Common Admission Services is running a special admission round for one college — St Xavier's College, Ahmedabad — and the window opens tomorrow.
The schedule
- 16 to 20 September — registration, application editing and preference changes
- 21 to 22 September — technical processing and issue of admission offers
- 23 to 24 September — offer confirmation by the student
- 25 September — the second round of this special process begins
During this round GCAS is not processing admissions to any other university or college. If St Xavier's is not your target, this round is not yours to enter — watch your own university's mop-up circular instead.
If you already listed St Xavier's
Candidates who had already set St Xavier's as a preference in an earlier GCAS round do not need to redo anything. Your existing application carries into this round. What you should do is log in and confirm that the programme and major subject on your preference list are the exact ones you want — a round this short leaves no room to fix a wrong major after an offer lands.
Why a college has a round to itself
St Xavier's and the centralised GCAS system have spent this admission season out of step over merit lists and over whether participation in the common process is mandatory for a grant-in-aid college with minority standing. The special round is the practical settlement: the college's seats are filled through GCAS, but on a separate calendar, after the general rounds have closed.
What to have ready before tomorrow morning
Scanned Class 12 marksheet, school leaving certificate, category and income certificates if you are claiming a reserved seat, a recent photograph and a working phone number and email that you actually check. Offers in this round are issued on 21 September and have to be confirmed within two days — miss the notification and the seat moves on. Set a reminder for 23 September, not for 24.
CareerBox News Desk — reporting on the special admission round notified by Gujarat Common Admission Services (GCAS), Education Department, Government of Gujarat. Official portal: gcas.gujgov.edu.in. Dates and eligibility change; confirm them on the official portal before you act.