KEA has released the Karnataka PGCET counselling schedule 2025. Candidates can download the claim slip until September 24. Soon after the claim slip download window is closed, the Karnataka PGCET option entry will start. Check Karnataka PGCET counselling schedule here.
Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has issued the PGCET allotment schedule on its official website, cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/kea. As per the Karnataka PGCET counselling schedule, KEA will start the option entry from September 24, 2025. Candidates will be able to exercise the Karnataka PGCET option entry process until September 28. Based on the options exercised by the candidates, KEA will release Karnataka PGCET mock allotment results on September 29.
Once the Karnataka PGCET mock allotment results are declared, KEA will provide a window to change options, including reordering, deleting, or adding new course and college choices. This window to edit options will be accessible from September 29 to October 3.
Karnataka PGCET first seat allotment results will be published on the official website, kea.kar.nic.in, on October 4.
Karnataka PGCET 2025 Counselling Dates
The table below mentions the first round PGCET counselling schedule 2025:
| Events |
Key Dates |
|---|---|
| Karnataka PGCET option entry start date |
24-Sep-2025 (11 AM onwards) |
| Last date for Karnataka PGCET option entry 2025 |
28-Sep-2025 (until 11:59 PM) |
| Publication of mock allotment result |
29-Sep-2025 (after 2 PM) |
| Provision to edit exercised options, including reordering, adding and deleting options |
29-Sep-2025 (5 PM onwards) to 03-Oct-2025 (until 11 AM) |
| Declaration of Karnataka PGCET first round seat allotment result (provisional) |
03-Oct-2025 (after 5 PM) |
| Declaration of Karnataka PGCET first round seat allotment result (Final) |
04-Oct-2025 (after 4 PM) |
| Exercising of choices by candidates with an allotment |
04-Oct-2025 to 07-Oct-2025 |
| Payment of fees by Choice 1 and Choice 2 candidates |
06-Oct-2025 to 08-Oct-2025 |
| Last date to report at allotted college (by Choice-1 candidates only) |
09-Oct-2025 (before 5:30 PM) |
Soon after the first round of Karnataka PGCET seat allotment concludes, KEA will release the option entry dates under the second allotment round.
Karnataka PGCET counselling is conducted every year for admission to MBA, MCA, M.Tech and MArch courses. Candidates who pass the Karnataka PGCET exam are eligible to participate in the documenty verification process. KEA starts Karnataka PGCET counselling 30 to 40 days after the result date. The official website hosts the Karnataka PGCET counselling schedule.
Karnataka PGCET counselling is conducted for admission to MBA, MCA and M.Tech courses in Karnataka. The space below mentions the Karnataka PGCET counselling process:
- Document verification
- Option entry
- Mock seat allotment
- Modification of options
- First round seat allotment
- Choice filling
- Payment of fees
- Reporting at allotted colinstitute
KEA also conducts second round of Karnataka PGCET counselling to fill vacant seats.
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Karnataka Examinations Authority is responsible for conducting the Postgraduate Common Entrance Test (PGCET) in the state of Karnataka. The participating institutes in PGCET Karnataka offer seats to qualified candidates based on their performance in the entrance exam. KEA allocates these seats in two allotment rounds. However, before the real allotment round starts, KEA releases a mock seat allotment result for all the candidates who completed the option entry process. This mock allotment helps candidates to understand the process and the seat allocation system.