KCET Round 3 Final Seat Allotment Results Declared; Mandatory College Reporting Commences

KCET 2026 Round 3 Final Seat Allotment Results officially declared on the KEA portal. Allotments are now completely final, making physical college reporting mandatory to bypass 5X financial penalties for seat blocking.

Mandatory College Reporting Commences

Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) declared KCET Round 3 Final Seat Allotment Results 2026. Candidates who participated in the final phase of option entry can access their stream-wise seat allocations from the official KEA web portal, cetonline.karnataka.gov.in. This announcement marks the conclusion of the centralized UGCET counselling ecosystem for 2026, locking in admissions for Engineering, Architecture, Pharmacy, and Farm Science programs across the state.

With the closing of the provisional Choice-4 exit window on September 6, KEA processed the final re-run of the seat pool to generate the allotments. This serves as a definitive phase of state-level distribution, the newly updated results constitute an unalterable freeze on all remaining vacancies.

How to Check KCET Round 3 Final Seat Allotment Result?

Candidates can check their allocation by following below steps:

1. Visit the official website - cetonline.karnataka.gov.in.

2. Navigate to "UGCET 2026 Third Round Final Seat Allotment Result".

3. Enter unique KCET Application Number and password credentials.

4. Access portal dashboard to review frozen college, assigned branch, and category reservation metrics. 

What’s next for candidates who are allotted the seats?

With final allocations now out candidates can move ahead with the admission process to finalise their admission into the allocated engineering institutions and allied professional colleges throughout Karnataka as per the pre-defined schedule. Orientations and new undergraduate classes are slated to start on September 13, 2026.

Unlike earlier rounds, this round did not allow candidates to opt for multiple choice-entry. The exam authority clarified the following mandatory directives in round 3 this time - 

• Any candidate who has been freshly assigned or upgraded to a seat in this final list must accept the allocation.

• Candidates must pay their prescribed fees online, download formal admission orders, and physically report to their respective campus hubs. 

• Leaving an allocated seat vacant at this stage without an approved exit will be treated as seat blocking and violators will be charged a 5X tuition fee penalty.