Under Graduate Courses
No. of seats:
| Class | Day Classes | Additional Seats |
| B.A. | 160 | 60 |
| B.Sc. | 30 (in Maths Group) | 0 |
| 15 (in Bio Group) | 0 |
Procedure: Admissions are held every year to the 3 year under graduate course through a centrally conducted enterance test (UGET) held by the University.
Post Graduate Courses
No. of seats: 15 + 5 (reserved for Army Personnel)
Procedure: Admissions are held every year to the 2 year post graduate course through a centrally conducted entrance test (PGET) held by the University. The streams or specializations available at the Post Graduate Level are:
| (i) Military History | (ii) International Relation |
| (iii) International Law | (iv) Guerilla Warfare |
| (v) National Security | (vi) Defence Economics |
| (vii) Strategic Thought | (viii) South Asian Studies |
| (ix) Science & Technology | (x) Area Studies |
Research
No. of seats: 15 per year
Procedure: The Department of Defence and Strategic Studies is actively engaged in conducting research in various important issues and admits candidates with greatest possible care after a synopsis submission and screening by the Departmental Committee consisting of faculty members and subject experts with preference for U.G.C.'s National Entrance Test (NET) qualified.