COMEDK UGET 2025: Over 17,000 Seats Remain Vacant After Round 4 Counselling; Trend Analysis

COMEDK UGET 2025: Over 17,000 Seats Remain Vacant After Round 4 Counselling; Trend Analysis

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Samridhi Mishra
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New Delhi, Updated on Sep 5, 2025 15:44 IST

In a significant update on the COMEDK UGET 2025 counselling process, the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK) has published the vacant seat report after round 4, revealing that 17,190 engineering seats remain unfilled.

COMEDK UGET 2025 Vacant Seats After Round 4 Counselling; Trend Analysis

COMEDK UGET 2025 Vacant Seats After Round 4 Counselling; Trend Analysis

The Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK) has released the COMEDK UGET 2025 seat allotment for round 4. Alongside, the authority has published a comprehensive vacant seats list following the COMEDK 2025 round 4 counselling. As per the COMEDK UGET vacant seats report 2025, 17,190 engineering seats are still left out.

Candidates can check the course-wise vacant seats reported at the various participating institutions after four rounds of the COMEDK UGET counselling 2025. For example, Acharya Institute of Technology in Bengaluru has 38 CSE seats, 45 ECE seats, 8 Civil seats, and 4 Data Science seats remaining vacant. The COMEDK UGET round 4 counselling started with 19,242 vacant seats and ended with a marginal difference of 2,052 seats. 

At the start of the COMEDK 2025 counselling, there were 26,827 engineering seats, and after four rounds of counselling, only 9,637 seats have been allotted, leaving a huge chunk of seats empty. The magnitude of unfilled seats across various branches highlights a supply of seats exceeding the demand. This could mean either a significant drop in students' interest or misalignment in the seat allotment process.

The vacant seats trend becomes especially evident for core engineering branches like Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, which show lower demand compared to newer, high-demand branches like AI & ML and Data Science. Students are being selective about colleges and branches, or are opting for alternative admission routes such as JEE Mains/State entrances.

Why the Increasing Number of Vacant Seats?

The increased number of vacant seats for COMEDK 2025 counselling can be interpreted as:

  • Changes in Branch Preferences: Students increasingly favour Computer Science, AI, and IT-related streams, which is evident with fewer vacancies seen in these streams and more in the core engineering branches.
  • Institutional Reputation: Top colleges continue to attract higher cutoffs, while others struggle to fill seats.
  • Admission Strategies: The fee structures, scholarships and marketing could also play a larger role in influencing student decisions.
  • Exploring other Options: Students may be looking at admission to government colleges or through other counselling and entrance exams. 

The authorities may consider a mop-up or spot round; however, there is no official announcement on the same. 

Q: Β  How many rounds of COMEDK counselling will be there?
A:

The Consortium of Medical, Engineering, and Dental Colleges of Karnataka will conduct four rounds of COMEDK UGET counselling 2025. Applicants declared qualified are eligible to participate in the COMEDK counselling process 2025. Round 1 of COMEDK counselling 2025 is conducted for both general merit and Hyderabad Karnataka region candidates. However, round 2 is conducted for Hyderabad Karnataka region students only. COMEDK counselling rounds 3 and 4 are conducted for general merit candidates. 

Q: Β  How to know if my documents are verified during the COMEDK Counselling 2025?
A:

Candidates can check their documents status at COMEDK UGET candidate login. The document status can be checked below -

Document Status

What does it mean?

Document submitted

Your document has been received by the COMEDK and yet to be verified

Resubmit

COMEDK has asked to re-submit few documents. The requested documents must be submitted within 12 hours. If not submitted within the stipulated time, then the candidature will be cancelled. 

Document resubmitted

The candidate has resubmitted the document, and it is yet to be verified by the COMEDK

Document Approved

All the documents are in order and have been verified and approved by the COMEDK. Hence, you are now eligible for counselling.

Document Rejected

The documents submitted or rejected are not in order and hence rejected. Candidates can check their email for the reason for rejection. Such candidates will not be able to participate in the counselling process

Under Review

The document is being reviewed by the COMEDK authorities

Supplementary approved

After supplementary/compartment candidates upload their β€œpassed” mark cards, the documents will be verified, and if approved, the candidature's supplementary is approved.

Q: Β  What are the stages of COMEDK Counselling 2025?
A:

The stages of COMEDK UGET counselling covers the following stages -

  • Register and document uploading (June 9 to 18)
  • The documents are verified by the exam authorities.
  • If the documents are successfully verified, then candidates are eligible to participate in the mock round and Round 1 counselling.
  • Next, candidates must participate in the mock choice filling round.
  • After the choice filling, a mock allotment round list will be published on the website. 
  • Once done, the round 1 choice filling begins, where candidates can make changes in the choice filling form (if required). 
  • After the process, the seat allotment list for Round 1 will be published on the website. 
  • Thenafter, candidates need to make a decision from anyone of the following - accept and freeze/accept and upgrade/reject and upgrade or reject and withdraw. 

The participation in the round 2 and 3 depends on the decisions made during the previous rounds. The COMEDK 2025 round 1 counselling registration started on June 9 and the last date to register is June 18 (2:00 pm). 

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