OJEE BTech (Lateral Entry) Colleges 2026: Admissions, Fees, Ranking, Placements

Reserved category students will be given a five percent relaxation in the minimum aggregate required for students from Schedule Caste or Schedule Tribe categories for all the courses offered through Odisha Joint Entrance Examination. There is also a 30 percent reservation for female students in Bachelor of Technology, Bachelor of Planning, Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Business Administration, Master of Computer Application, and Integrated Master of Business Administration. A detailed resrvation criteria is given in the table below:

The OJEE Board releases the OJEE counselling notification online on the website, ojee.nic.in. The OJEE counselling process started on June 18, 2026.

Candidates who qualify the OJEE exam are eligible to participate in the OJEE counselling process. The registration process for OJEE counselling comprises registration, choice filling & locking, seat allotment, and reporting to the nodal centre. 

The OJEE exam is conducted by OJEE Cell for admission to various undergraduate and postgraduate courses such as MBA, MCA, M.Tech, B.Tech, etc. OJEE scores are accepted by over 40 top B-schools in Odisha. Few of these colleges are 

• Utkal University
• IMIT Cuttack - Institute of Management and Information Technology
• RCM Bhubaneswar - Regional College of Management
• FM University Balasore - Fakir Mohan University
• CV Raman Global University, Bhubaneswar
• IIPM Rourkela - Indian Institute for Production Management
• Gandhi Institute of Management Studies, Gunupur
• Srusti Academy of Management, Bhubaneswar
• Trident Academy of Technology, Bhubaneswar
• BIITM Bhubaneswar - Biju Patnaik Institute of IT and Management Studies
• North Orissa University, Baripada
• RIMS Rourkela - Rourkela Institute of Management Studies
• PJ College of Management and Technology, Bhubaneswar
• NIST Berhampur - National Institute of Science and Technology
• GITA Bhubaneswar - Gandhi Institute for Technological Advancement

There are 89 Colleges Under OJEE for BTech, two colleges for BArch, 86 colleges for MBA, 44 colleges for MCA, and 29 colleges for Pharmacy. The seat intake capacity is different for all the campuses. The OJEE participating colleges are the colleges which accept the OJEE scores, government as well as private. Candidates who are natives of Odisha are eligible to take admission to the government colleges in the state and the candidates from any other state in India and abroad other than Odisha are only eligible to take admission to the private colleges in Odisha based on their scores in OJEE.