Engineering Entrance Exam for Karnataka CET Studies

Government of Karnataka conducts an entry level test known as Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET) for admission to first year of various professional and technical courses in colleges/universities/institutes in the state of Karnataka. Karnataka Examinations Authority, Bangalore is the conducting authority for KCET.

Courses

Candidates qualifying KCET can seek admission to the first year of these following programmes:

• B Tech
• BE

Eligibility

• The candidates, who have passed Karnataka 2 PUC / 12 Std. or equivalent examination with Physics, English and Mathematics along with any one of the following Chemistry / Bio-Technology / Computer Science /Electronics / Biology as optional subjects of study and obtained a minimum of 45% of marks in aggregate including the optional subject, are eligible.
• In case of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes candidates the minimum marks required to seek admission is 40%.
• The candidates, who are appearing in the qualifying examination and are waiting for their results can also apply.

Syllabus

• The entrance examination consists of four papers which include Biology, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. The questions are of 10+2 standards.