NSOU FYUG Admission 2026-27 DEB ID Notice Released: Key Dates and Requirements

Obtaining a DEB ID from deb.ugc.ac.in/StudentDEBId is mandatory to pursue any ODL programme under NSOU FYUG admission for Academic Year 2026-27. After online fee payment, applicants must provide and verify this ID on the official NSOU UG admission portal. If verification fails or is missed, provisional enrollment certificates will not be issued, and applicants must visit NSOU Head Quarter between 12th and 14th October 2026 with original Aadhaar and APAAR ID to prevent cancellation.

The final deadline to provide and verify the DEB ID on the official NSOU UG admission portal was 05.10.2026 by 04:00 PM. This mandatory requirement applied to all candidates enrolling in Four Year Undergraduate (FYUG) Honours programmes for Academic Year 2026-27 after completing fee payment. Applicants had to create their DEB ID on deb.ugc.ac.in/StudentDEBId and verify it on ug.wbnsouadmissions.com. If verification failed, candidates had to visit NSOU Head Quarter between 12th and 14th October 2026 to avoid admission cancellation.

NSOU will reject the admission application and cancel enrollment if the DEB ID is not verified within the stipulated deadlines for AY 2026-27. Under Memo Reg/0929 dated 09.10.2026, candidates with missing or wrong DEB IDs were denied Provisional Enrollment Certificates and given a final reporting window from 12th to 14th October 2026 at NSOU Head Quarter. If an applicant fails to report with original documents, the application is cancelled and fees are refunded as per UGC guidelines.

Students were permitted to print their Provisional Enrollment Certificate & Token of SLMs from 09.10.2026 at 04:00 PM until 12.10.2026 at 09:00 PM. This schedule applied strictly to candidates who successfully submitted and verified their DEB ID for FYUG Academic Year 2026-27 admission. Learners accessed the download link directly through the official university admission portal ug.wbnsouadmissions.com. Candidates who could not print the certificate due to missing or incorrect DEB ID verification were instructed to visit NSOU Head Quarter between 12th and 14th October 2026.

Applicants can visit their nearest Learner’s Facilitation Centre (LFC) set up at NSOU Head Quarter or its three Regional Centres for technical help. This support applies to candidates completing online FYUG application form submission, document uploading, and DEB ID verification for AY 2026-27. Intended applicants can also contact NSOU headquarters at Salt Lake City, Kolkata, or phone (033)4066-3220 if online application or verification fails. Unresolved technical issues must be addressed directly during designated administrative windows.

Applicants listed in the 09.10.2026 NSOU notification must visit the NSOU Head Quarter in Salt Lake City, Kolkata, between 12th October and 14th October 2026 during office hours. They must carry all original academic documents along with mandatory Aadhaar card and APAAR ID to rectify the submission. If an applicant fails to report within this stipulated schedule, NSOU will cancel the FYUG admission application for Academic Year 2026-27 and process a fee refund as per UGC guidelines.

Under memo Reg/0753, the online application deadline for NSOU FYUG admission 2026-27 was extended to 25.09.2026 by 06:00 PM. Document uploading was allowed until 26.09.2026 (06:00 PM), while both online fee submission and offline bank challan payment at Indian Bank were permitted until 29.09.2026 (04:00 PM). Applicants had to complete fee payments before verifying their mandatory DEB ID on the portal by 05.10.2026. Failure to adhere to these extended dates resulted in admission rejection.

Applicants visiting NSOU Head Quarter for DEB ID corrections must mandatorily produce their Aadhaar card and APAAR ID along with all original academic documents. This verification requirement applies strictly to learners whose provisional enrollment certificates were withheld under the 09.10.2026 notification for AY 2026-27. Reporting was scheduled from 12th to 14th October 2026 during office hours at Salt Lake City, Kolkata. Candidates failing to produce valid original documents face application cancellation and UGC-directed fee refund.

NSOU offers 14 Four Year Undergraduate Honours programmes for Academic Year 2026-27 under NEP 2020 framework regulations. These include B.A. in Bengali, English, History, Political Science, Public Administration, Sociology, Education, and Economics, alongside B.Com, and B.Sc. in Mathematics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, and Geography. Every applicant enrolling in these ODL courses was required to verify their DEB ID on ug.wbnsouadmissions.com by 05.10.2026. Non-compliance prevents provisional certificate generation and enrollment confirmation.

Applicants could pay NSOU FYUG admission fees online from 24.07.2026 to 29.09.2026 until 04:00 PM or offline through Indian Bank challan until 29.09.2026 during banking hours. This payment step applied to all 14 undergraduate programmes for Academic Year 2026-27 prior to mandatory DEB ID verification. Candidates completed online payments via the university portal ug.wbnsouadmissions.com or generated a bank challan for branch submission. Failure to pay within these extended schedules prevented candidates from submitting their DEB ID by the final 05.10.2026 deadline.

Document uploading for NSOU FYUG admission 2026-27 was open from 24.07.2026 to 26.09.2026 until 06:00 PM, while re-sending applications for review was permitted until 27.09.2026 by 06:00 PM. These extended timelines under memo Reg/0753 applied to candidates applying for Academic Year 2026-27 4-year undergraduate courses. Applicants uploaded required certificates directly on the admission portal ug.wbnsouadmissions.com before proceeding to fee payment and DEB ID submission. Applications remaining unreviewed or incomplete after these dates were rejected from further enrollment processing.

Applicants must generate their mandatory DEB ID directly through the official UGC-DEB portal at deb.ugc.ac.in/StudentDEBId. This directive applies to all candidates enrolling in Open and Distance Learning undergraduate courses at Netaji Subhas Open University for Academic Year 2026-27. After creating the ID, candidates must log into ug.wbnsouadmissions.com following fee payment to submit and verify it by 05.10.2026 at 04:00 PM. If an applicant encounters portal issues during registration, technical support is available at designated Learner’s Facilitation Centres.

NSOU refunds admission fees paid by candidates whose FYUG applications are cancelled due to unverified DEB IDs in accordance with UGC guidelines. This refund rule applies strictly to candidates listed under memo Reg/0929 for Academic Year 2026-27 who failed to report at the university headquarters between 12th and 14th October 2026. Learners completed fee payments online or offline via Indian Bank challan prior to the 29.09.2026 deadline. If refund processing fails, applicants should contact NSOU via phone at (033)4066-3220.