KEA Confirms Second Chance for Candidates Who Missed UGCET 2026 Option Entry deadline Tells Candidates 'No Need to Panic
KEA has assured UGCET 2026 candidates who missed the June 30 deadline that a second option entry window will open immediately following the mock allotment results allowing both left-out students and new applicants a fair chance to safely submit or alter their college preferences.
KEA Tells Candidates 'No Need to Panic'
Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has closed the initial window for option entry and choice filling for admission into professional courses under KCET 2026. Candidates who missed the initial UGCET 2026 choice-filling deadline till June 30, 2026 will get a second chance to enter their preferences after mock seat allotment results are declared.
This comes as a major relief to thousands of engineering, and pharmacy aspirants who couldn't fill their choices till June 30, 2026.
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Addressing growing anxiety among students and parents, H. Prasanna, IAS, Executive Director of the Karnataka Examinations Authority, issued a statement clarifying that those students who initially missed out on the deadline are not eliminated from the KCET counselling process.
According to the official tweet posted by KEA on X social media platform, a fresh window to enter options will automatically open immediately following declaration of the first round of mock seat allotment results.
#UGCET-2026: ವೃತ್ತಿಪರ ಕೋರ್ಸ್ ಗಳ ಪ್ರವೇಶಕ್ಕೆ ಇಚ್ಛೆ/ಆಯ್ಕೆಗಳನ್ನು (Options) ದಾಖಲಿಸಲು ಇದ್ದ ಕೊನೆ ದಿನಾಂಕ ಮುಗಿದಿದ್ದು, ಇದುವರೆಗೂ ಯಾರೆಲ್ಲ ಆಪ್ಷನ್ಸ್ ದಾಖಲಿಸಿಲ್ಲವೊ ಅಂತಹವರು ಅಣಕು ಸೀಟು ಹಂಚಿಕೆ ಫಲಿತಾಂಶದ ನಂತರ ದಾಖಲಿಸಲು ಮತ್ತೊಮ್ಮೆ ಅವಕಾಶ ನೀಡಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.
— ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಪರೀಕ್ಷಾ ಪ್ರಾಧಿಕಾರ KEA (@KEA_karnataka) June 30, 2026
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What comes after the KCET choice filling window closes?
Commonly asked questions
Each paper of KCET exam is conducted for 80 minutes. The Kannada language exam of KCET will be conducted for 60 minutes for Horanadu and Gadinadu Kannadiga candidates. KCET exam Biology and Mathematics exam will be conducted on same day while Physics & Chemistry exam will be conducted on separate day.
KCET is conducted by the Karnataka Examinations Authority.
- Visit - cetonline.karnataka.gov.in
- Click on UGCET and login using QR scan
- Capture photo and verify OTP
- Pay a non-refundable processing fee of INR 750
- Once payment is sucessful, candidates can participate in counselling process.
- Select category, to do KCET option entry.
- Enter list of colleges and courses on right side (rank them in your desired order)
- Rearrange and once you are satified
- Save and submit the KCET options.
The choice-filling portal closed as per its schedule on June 30, 2026. KEA will now process the locked preferences and generate initial mock seat allotment results which will be declared on July 6, 2026. Once those allotments are published, the modified choice-filling window will be activated on the official website cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/kea.
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