KCET 2017 Details | Engineering | Medical Admission

Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) conducts Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET) to offer admissions to interested candidates in various undergraduate as well as professional courses, offered by different colleges in the state of Karnataka.

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As per the official brochure of KCET, candidates can get admission in courses like “Medical, Dental, Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Unani, Naturopathy & Yoga, Engineering, Technology, Architecture, Farm Science courses i.e. BSc (Agriculture), BSc (Sericulture), BSc (Horticulture), BSc (Forestry), BSc Agri Bio Tech, BHSc (Home Science), BTech (Agri Engg), BTech (Food Technology), BTech (Dairy Tech), BFSc (Fisheries), BTech (Food Science &Tech), BSc (Agri Marketing & Co-Op) , BPharma, Pharma-D and 2nd year B.Pharma Lateral Entry course, in Government / University / Private Aided/ Private Un-Aided Professional Educational Institutions in the State of Karnataka”.

Candidates seeking admission in BArch courses in the state of Karnataka have to appear for National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA). NATA is an All India level entrance examination which is conducted by the Council of Architecture.

KCET 2017 dates have been declared. The exam in 2017 will be held on May 2 and May 3.

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03 May 2017

KCET 2017 - Physics and Chemistry

04 May 2017

KCET 2017 for Horanadu and Gadinadu

05 May 2017

KCET 2017 - Biology and Mathematics

KCET 2017 eligibility criteria is different for courses applied for. Have a look at the eligibility criteria for KCET:

For Engineering / Technology courses

 Candidates who have passed their qualifying examination (QE) with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with Chemistry / Bio-Technology / Biology / Electronics / Computer Science as optional subjects with English as one of the languages of study are eligible to apply for KCET exam.

Aspirants who have secured minimum of 45% marks in the optional subjects in the QE are eligible for to apply for Engineering/Technology courses (40% for QE in case of SC, ST, Category-I and OBC category candidates).

The marks obtained by a candidate in Bio-Technology / Biology / Electronics / Computer Science in the QE, will be considered in place of Chemistry in case the marks obtained by him/her Chemistry are lesser than what the required aggregate percentage. However, this will be done only for the purpose of determination of eligibility and not for the purpose of determination of rank, in respect of Engineering / Technology courses.

The Engineering rank list will be prepared and published based on the candidate’s performance in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics in both KCET 2017 as well as QE wherein the marks of each exam will be taken in equal proportion.

For (BTech) Food Technology, Dairy Technology, Food Science and Technology, Bachelor of Fishery Science, and BSc in Agriculture Marketing and Co-operation course.

KCET 2017 eligibility criteria for the above mentioned courses states that candidates can apply for these courses if they have passed their qualifying examination with Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology as optional subjects.

Also, based on the performance of the candidates in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology subjects in both CET and QE by taking the marks in equal proportions, common rank list will be prepared and published separately for admission.

KCET 2017 application form

Candidates need to fill the application form for KCET exam legibly using a blue or black ink ball point pen in capital letters only.

The application form for KCET exam is a combination of ICR as well as OMR concept. The application form filled by candidates will be scanned by a machine. Thus, candidates are advised against making any stray marks on the form and also advised to refrain from enclosing any documents or papers along with their application forms.

Candidates need to fill the complete KCET application form because an incomplete form if submitted will be rejected as it is.

There is a lot of reservation in KCET 2017.

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KCET 2017 Exam Pattern

 Candidates need to appear for CET in Physics, Chemistry and Biology subjects to secure admissions in Medical, Dental, Indian System of Medicine and Homoeopathy courses whereas those seeking admissions in Engineering / Technology courses conducted by KEA need to appear for entrance exams in Physics, Chemistry and Maths subjects. On the other hand, Architecture course aspirants need to appear for NATA (National Aptitude Test in Architecture) which is conducted by the Council of Architecture.

 KCET is usually spread out over two days wherein aptitude of candidates is tested in four subjects. The tests for these subjects are held in four different sessions.

Marking system:

Each paper in KCET 2017 will be of 80 minutes duration and candidates can secure maximum of 60 marks in each exam.The CET has Multiple Choice Questions(MCQs) wherein for every correct response candidates are awarded one mark. There is no negative marking in KCET.