KCET Latest News and Updates 2026: Registration, Admit Card, Result, Counselling

Karnataka Common Entrance Test 2026 ( KCET )

Vikrant Shukla
Updated on Feb 21, 2026 18:28 IST

By Vikrant Shukla, Deputy Manager

Overview

KCET 2025 Latest News and Updates: The exam body, Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has currently completed the round 3 counselling process. Candidates looking for engineering admissions offered by participating institutes could fill the KCET 2025 application form at kea.kar.nic.in. The application process of KCET 2025 comprises registration, filling out the forms, uploading documents, and payment of the fee. KEA has revised the KCET 2025 exam date. KEA will now conduct the KCET exam 2025 on April 18 & 19 in offline mode. The KCET 2025 Kannada language exam was conducted on April 20.

The exam authority released the KCET 2025 demo application form video link at the official website. Candidates can go through the KCET 2025 application form demo to understand the registration process. KEA released the KCET answer key 2025 a few days after the conclusion of the exam. Applicants will be given a chance to raise objections in the KCET 2025 answer key. After reviewing all the objections, KEA released the final answer key along with the KCET result 2025. Shortlisted candidates based on results will be called for the KCET counselling 2025. For KCET latest news and updates 2025, applicants can refer to the article below.

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KCET is only for Karnataka domicile students — so students from other states cannot apply for KCET unless they have studied in Karnataka for a minimum number of years (usually Classes 6–10 or 11–12 in a Karnataka school).

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Tasbiya Khan

Contributor-Level 10

Answered 2 weeks ago

Round 1 closing rank in Aeronautical Engineering was 56,940 in 2025. By the final round, the closing rank was 97,687. It suggests that, though easier than Computer Science and Engineering, Aeronautical engineering is a popular specialised course.

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Rashmi Karan

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Answered 2 weeks ago

Total 1.5 to 1.8 laksh 

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Sayan Mondal

Beginner-Level 2

Answered 3 weeks ago

Amity University, Bangalore has not listed KCET as a mandatory requirement for BPharma admissions. However, the institute does accept KCET scores for several UG level courses when picking candidates for admissions.

For more confirmation, candidates should raise this query with the admission desk of A

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Saurabh Khanduri

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Answered 3 weeks ago

Amity University, Bangalore has not mentioned KCET as a mandatory entrance exam for BBA at Amity University, Bangalore. However, most UG level admissions at the institute are decided through its scores. Thus, candidates are advised to ask this question from someone in the admission desk.

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Saurabh Khanduri

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Answered 3 weeks ago

Chemistry was "nightmare" because of a syllabus shift. There were high volume of questions from the Class 11 (I PUC) syllabus. 

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Aayushi Harsha

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Answered 3 weeks ago

The difficulty wasn't in the concepts, but in length of calculations. Many students felt the paper was designed more like a Board exam than a 60-minute competitive test.

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Mani Mehra

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Answered 3 weeks ago

For KCET Forestry admission, your performance in Biology is the most critical factor because Forestry falls under the B.Sc Agriculture/Allied Sciences group. Let me break it down clearly:


 KCET Forestry Admission Criteria

  • Eligibility: Class 12 with PCB (Physics, Chemistry, Biology). Maths is optional.

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Sidhartha Singh

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Answered a month ago

Yes, students can get admission in Rathinam Institute of Technology Powered by Sunstone B.E without KCET. The institute mainly offers merit-based seats. No entrance test including KCET is required.

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Aishwarya Malhotra

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Answered a month ago

The required rank would depend on the category to which the student belongs. For the General AI category, the cutoff ranged from 3473 to 5020 for the CSE branch. Hence, students need to secure at least 5020 to qualify for the course. 

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