UPCATET MBA 2024: Exam Dates, Application Form, Eligibility, Syllabus, Results

UP Combined Agriculture and Technology Entrance Test 2024 ( UPCATET )

This exam is conducted for courses given below:
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Updated on Oct 3, 2025 18:22 IST

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UPCATET 2025 Counselling Process in offline mode is going to start on October 6, 2025, for all the UG courses. Candidates need to report to the campus before 8:30 am. The counselling process will be ongoing till October 11, 2025, from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, in offline mode, so candidates need to report campus as per their scheduled date and time. 

Click Here: UPCATET 2025 Offline Counselling Schedule

The UPCATET Result was out on the official site on June 23, 2025. Candidates can visit the official website to download their UPCATET Result. UPCATET Exam was conducted on June 11, 2025, for UG and the exam date for PG and PhD courses was held on June 12, 2025.

Scroll through this page to find the UPCATET important dates regarding the application process, admit card, eligibility criteria, syllabus, exam pattern, and preparation tips. 

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Table of content
  • What is UPCATET?
  • UPCATET 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule
  • UPCATET 2025 Highlights
  • UPCATET Fees 2025
  • UPCATET 2025 Counselling
  • UPCATET 2025 Analysis
  • UPCATET 2025 Application Process
  • UPCATET 2025 Admit Card
  • UPCATET 2025 Exam Centres
  • UPCATET 2025 Result
  • UPCATET 2025 Cutoff
  • UPCATET Eligibility Criteria
  • UPCATET 2025 Contact Information
  • UPCATET 2025 FAQs
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What is UPCATET?

The UPCATET is a state-level entrance exam which is conducted once a year.. The UPCATET exam is conducted to evaluate applicants' performance who wish to get admission into various undergraduate and postgraduate programs in the agricultural fields.

This entrance exam is conducted for candidates who possess a domicile of Uttar Pradesh State. These courses are offered at Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur; Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology, Meerut; Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda, etc.  The UPCATET exam is conducted for a three-hour duration, and the test mode is offline (pen & paper) only.

 

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Q:   What is the release date for the UPCATET 2025 admit card?
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The UPCATET 2025 admit card is out on the official website on May 27, 2025. Candidates who wish to appear for the UPCATET 2025 Exam must download their Hall ticket from the official website until June 9, 2025.

Q:   How to download the UPCATET 2025 admit card?
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Candidates must follow the below mentioned steps to donwlod the UPCATET Admit Card:

  1. Visit the official UPCATET website
  2. Enter the registration number, date of birth, and prefrred course.
  3. Click on the download and take a printout of the UPCATET admit card.

UPCATET 2025 Exam Dates & Schedule

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of UPCATET 2024 exam

DatesUpcoming Exam Dates
Nov ' 25

UPCATET 2025 UG, PG, PhD: Download counselling letter

TENTATIVE
Nov ' 25

UPCATET Counselling 2025: Campus Reporting UG Candidates

TENTATIVE
Nov ' 25

UPCATET Campus Counselling 2025 for UG

TENTATIVE
Nov ' 25

UPCATET Counselling 2025: Campus Reporting PG Candidates

TENTATIVE
Nov ' 25

UPCATET Campus Counselling 2025 for PG

TENTATIVE
Nov ' 25

UPCATET Counselling 2025: Campus Reporting PhD Candidates

TENTATIVE
Nov ' 25

UPCATET Campus Counselling 2025 for PhD

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DatesPast Exam Dates
Sep ' 25

UPCATET 2025 Offline counselling at Meerut campus

Sep ' 25

UPCATET 2025 Campus Reporting

Sep ' 25

UPCATET 2025 Counselling letter will be issued

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UPCATET 2025 Highlights

The following table brings the key highlights and features of the UPCATET 2025 exam.

UPCATET Exam

Important Details

Exam Name

UP Combined Agriculture and Technology Entrance Test (UPCATET)

Conducting Body

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology

Exam Level

State-level

Exam Frequency

Once a year

Exam Mode

Offline

Courses Offered

UG - BSc, BVSc, BTech, BFSc

PG - MSc, MVSc, MTech, MFSc

PhD

Exam Fees

INR 1,350 (General, OBC and EWS Male Candidates)

INR 1,100 (SC, ST and PwD, General, OBC, EWS Female Candidates)

Number of Registrations

2,20,000 (as per the previous year)

Exam Duration

3 hours

Papers and Total Marks

PCB, PCM, PAG, PHS

Total marks - 800

Total Questions

200

Marking Scheme

+4 for each correct answer

-1 for each incorrect answer

Language/Medium of Question Paper

English and Hindi

Number of Test Cities

11 cities in Uttar Pradesh

Accepting Colleges

Four Agricultural Universities in Uttar Pradesh

Seats Offered

UG – 2,102

PG – 913  (in 2024)

PhD – 357

Official Website

online.upcatetexam.org

Contact Details

help@upcatetexam.org

9559849566

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Q:   What includes UPCATET exam analysis?
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The exam anaysis of UPCATET 2024 includes the marking scheme, total number of questions, examination pattern, syllabus of the exam, type of questions asked in exam, pattern of questions asked in the exam. 

Along with this difficulty level of exam, number of average questions attempted by applicants, expected cut off of UPCATET. Students who want to  check exam analysis can check Shiksha page after the exam.

Q:   Am I eligible for UPCATET if I pass the compartment exam for Class 12?
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Yes, applicants who pass the 12th standard exam with compartment will also be eligible to appear in the UPCATET exam. 

There are no passing percentage marks for the UPCATET exam. Candidates need to just pass the exam. But there are wise criteria which must need to abide by. Students should not be more than 16 years and less than 22 years of age on December 31, 2024. 

Applicants who fulfill both criteria need to fill UPCATET application form and appear in the exam. 

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UPCATET Fees 2025

Applicants who want to appear in the UPCATET exam must have a basic idea about the fees for various courses from the table given below: 

 

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Q:   What are the options of the questions paper in UPCATET exam?
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Applicants while filling their application form will be given four choice, PCB, PCM, PAG, and PHS. Students will have to choose any of this choice in the form as per their education qualification. They will be given paper of their choice in the UPCATET exam. There will be no change in the examination hall for any paper under any cicrumstances hence applicants must choose carefully while filling the form. 

Candidates will be given admission to the similar course for which they have appeared in the exam. There will be 200 questions in exam out of them 20 questions will be from General Knowledge topic and rest 180 will be from the group for which they have applied.  

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UPCATET 2025 Counselling

UPCATET 2025 Counselling Process started on June 27, 2025, for Round 1 as per the schedule for the BVSc and AH courses. The end date to register for candidates who wish to pursue different Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses in the Agriculture field was June 28, 2025, till 5:00 pm. Only candidates who appear for the UPCATET Exam 2025 and qualify for the exam are eligible for the counselling process. Candidates need to first register themselves by visiting the official website to be eligible for the counselling process, and need to submit the counselling fee as well. Once the registration process is done, the selected candidates will be eligible for further rounds of the counselling process. 

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Q:   What is the difficulty level of UPCATET 2024?
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The UPCATET exam is compratively easy in comparison to JEE Main, BITSAT etc. exam. Applicants who have secured atleast 60 % marks in their academic exam are more likely to qualify the exam. Since it is state owned examination and number of users are also less in comparison to other competitve exam. 

Applicants just need to complete the syllabus within time and practise more and more to qualify the exam with good marks. 

 

 

Q:   Can a student from Bihar appear for UPCATET exam.
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No a student who belong to Bihar can not appear in UPCATET exam. As according to UPCATET eligibility criteria:

A) Such students who are living in UP from the last 5 years and have completed the required qualification from state only. 

B) Such citizens of India whose father’s residence or place of origin is UP and he/she also belong to UP. 

C) Such citizens of India whose father’s residence or their residence is not from UP but they acquired and have been living in the state for 5 years.

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UPCATET 2025 Analysis

According to the previous year's details, the paper was considered to be moderate. Some students said that the exam was challenging. While the difficulty level of the PCM group was tough, that of the PCB and PAG groups was easy to moderate. 

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Q:   What is the counselling fee for UPCATET 2025 exam?
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The Counseling Fees for the UPCATET Exam for the academic session 2024-25 for Unergraduate and postgraduate candidates is mentioned below:

  • All the selcted candidates need to pay an amount of INR 500 as counselling fee, to be eligible for the further rounds of UPCATET Counseling.
  • Those candidates who are allotted seats need to submit INR 5000 as a security deposit during the counseling rounds.
Q:   What is the process for UPCATET counselling?
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Candidates are suggested to always go though the counseling instruction, to understand the counselling process for UPCATET Exam candidates must read the following points.

  • The first steps is to register themselves by visiting the official website
  • Then, candidates need to submit their online counseling registration fee
  • Once registered, candidates must login through their login credentials.
  • Then, candidates need to complete the choice filling and locking process.
  • Then comes the upgradation rules.
  • Candidates go through the seat availability process for UG programs
  • At last, candidates go through the seat availability for master's programs
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UPCATET 2025 Application Process

UPCATET 2025 online registration for the academic session 2025-26 is over. The end date for candidates to fill out the UPCATET 2025 application form was May 18, 2025. After completing the UPCATET 2025 registrations, candidates need to fill out the application form in online mode on the official website of the exam.

Students first had to visit the official website, click on the 'New Registration' tab and then click on the 'I agree' checkbox. Upon clicking on the 'New Registration tab, candidates had to fill up their basic details, including contact details, followed by which the registration credentials were generated. After this, they had to log in, fill up the complete UPCATET application form and pay the application fee. Candidates had to pay the application fee online (via net banking/ debit card).

The Application fee for General, OBC Male candidates, EWS is INR 1350 (without any late fee charges), and the application fee for Female candidates from UR, OBC, SCT, ST category and SC/ ST students is INR 1100 (without any additional charges of late fee). 

UPCATET 2025 Application Process

Check the steps of the UPCATET admission process 2025 below:

Step 1: Go to the official website - upcatet.net 

Step 2: Click on New Registration and fill in details including mobile number, email ID, educational qualification, and click on the submit button. 

Step 3: A new registration number and password were provided. 

Step 4: Now, enter the registration number, fill in all other details and upload all the required documents. 

Step 5: At last, pay the application fee and submit the UPCATET 2025 application form.

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Q:   Is there any eligibility criteria to apply UPCATET 2024 exam?
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There are different eligibility criteria decided by the exam conducting authorities whcih includes both age as well as education for UG courses. There is no age limit for PG and PhD courses.  

For BVSC & H course the minimum and maximum age limit of candidate need to be 17 and 25 by Decemeber 31st 2024. While for all other course the minimum and maximum age limit of candidate need to be 16 and 22 by Decemeber 31st 2024 for CUPCATET 2024 exam. 

Note: Person with Disability (PwD) will be given a relexation of 5 years in upper age limit.  

Q:   Who can download UPCATET admit card?
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Candidates who have filled the application form of UPCATET successfully can download the admit card. The exam conducting authorities released the admit card more than 10 days before the commencement of the exam. Students can download it by visiting the official website. 

To download the admit card applicants must enter their login credentials which will be provided to them after filling the application form. 

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UPCATET 2025 Admit Card

The UPCATET Admit card was released on the official website on May 27, 2025, in online mode. The last date for students to download their admit card from the official website was June 9, 2025. To download the admit card, candidates needed to enter details such as their registration number/ full name, date of birth, and course. The UPCATET 2025 admit card appears on the screen, and it has to be downloaded in PDF format. The admit card of UPCATET includes information such as exam date, exam group, test centre address, and exam day guidelines, along with candidates' details.

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UPCATET 2025 Exam Centres

UPCATET 2025 exam centre details are released by authorities along with releasing of the notification. Candidates can check UPCATET 2025 exam centres cities and codes below. Gorakhpur is a new test centre which is added this year. 

  • Ayodhya 01
  • Agra 02
  • Bareilly 03
  • Banda 04
  • Kanpur 05
  • Meerut 06
  • Varanasi 07
  • Azamgarh 08
  • Jhansi 09
  • Lucknow 10
  • Gorakhpur 11
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UPCATET 2025 Result

The exam conducting authority declared the UPCATET 2025 result on the official website today, on the official website. To check the UPCATET result, candidates need to enter their roll number/ registration number, date of birth, and course. Students must download their scorecards in PDF format or a hard copy as well. The result or scorecard carried information on the section-wise and overall scores and percentiles, along with the cutoff marks. 

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UPCATET 2025 Cutoff

The UPCATET cutoff is the minimum mark a candidate needs to secure to qualify for the exam. The UPCATET 2025 cutoff was released after the counselling process was done. Candidates should know that the minimum cut-off percentage is 20 per cent (for the General category) and 10 per cent (for the SC/ ST category) to qualify for the UPCATET exam. 

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UPCATET Eligibility Criteria

The eligibility criteria for UPCATET 2025 for different courses i.e BSc and BFSc are given below:

  • BSc (Honours) Agriculture/ BSc (Honours) Horticulture/ BSc (Honours) Forestry: Candidates should have cleared Class 12 with Agricultural Science/ Physics, Chemistry, Biology (PCB)/ Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics (PCM)/ Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology (PCMB) subject to meet UPCATET eligibility criteria.
  • Bachelor in Fisheries Science (BFSc): Candidates should have cleared Class 12 with Agricultural Science/ Physics, Chemistry, Biology (PCB)/ Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology (PCMB) subject to meet UPCATET 2025 eligibility criteria.
  • BSc (Honours) Home Science: Candidates should have cleared Class 12 in the Arts stream with Home Science/ PCB/ PCM/ PCMB/ Agricultural Science subject to be eligible for the UPCATET exam. According to the official website, only female candidates can opt for this course.

Age limit: As of December 31, 2025, candidates should be more than 16 years old and less than 22 years old. However, for the BVSc & H course, candidates should be a minimum of 17 years old and a maximum of 25 years of age as of December 31, 2025. It may be noted that candidates belonging to the SC/ ST/ OBC category have an age relaxation of five years for any course they apply for. 

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Q:   Will open and distance education be considered for educational qualification of UPCATET eligibility?
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The exam conducting authority has clearly mentioned in the official broucher that "Open & Distance Education" will be considered for educational qualification eligibility criteria of UPCATET. 

Applicants who have completed their education as full time course will be eligible to fill the form and apply online. Only those students are required to fill the application form who fulfill the eligibility criteria prescribed by the authorities. 

Q:   Can a non-resident of UP fill out the form of UPCATET?
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No, it's mandatory to have a domicile of UP to get a normal seat in UPCATET exam. Authorities ask for the UP domicile during counseling process.  Applicants who want to apply UPCATET online form must fulfil both age wise as well as educational eligibility criteria. 

The Eligibility criteria for UPCATET is mentioned below:

  • Indian citizenship.
  • Candidate must pass 12th standard exam from a recognised board. 
  • Uttar Pradesh domicile status.

UPCATET 2025 Contact Information

Address

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology
Meerut-250 110
Uttar Pradesh

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