DCET

DCET 2025 counselling document verification dates will be released along with the schedule.  DCET 2025 counselling process will commence after the results are announced. Qualified candidates will have to participate in the DCET counselling 2025 for admission into the courses offered by the participating institutes. DCET counselling process consists of registration, choice filling, allotment and confirmation of admission. Allotment of seats will be done based on the candidate's merit, preferences and seat availability.

DCET cutoff will differ for each college and course. The factors that will be considered to prepare the DCET cutoff are: previous year's DCET cutoffs, number of qualified candidates, the total number of seats, exam difficulty level.

Yes. The DCET cutoff is different for every college, course and category. The different cutoff scores required for the various courses, colleges and categories will be released on the website cetonline.karnataka.gov.in after each round of counselling.

DCET cutoff can be checked on the official website. The direct link to check the cutoff is updated on the website. The login credentials must be entered to check the cutoff. The cutoff score will also be updated here once it is released on the official website. The candidates can check the past year's cutoff score to know the cutoff score required for admission to various colleges. 

Candidates can check the DCET exam syllabus on the website cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/kea. Students must check the course-wise syllabus to know what to study for the test. The DCET syllabus will help candidates to plan their preparation and cover all the subjects.

The DCET application fee can be paid through e-challan. A student has to select a bank, obtain the challan and make the payment at the bank.  The application fee is Rs 650 for general and Rs 500 for reserved category applicants. 

DCET exam duration is 3 hours. But students also get additional 25 minutes to fill in all the details. In this time, students have to read through the instructions, solve the questions, and mark their answers on the OMR sheets.

The Diploma Common Entrance Test (DCET), is a lateral entry scheme conducted in Karnataka. Meaning the entrance exam is held for lateral entry at colleges in Karnataka. The entrance test is a gateway for admissions to 2nd-year undergraduate engineering programmes and 1st-year undergraduate architecture programmes offered under the lateral entry scheme. The Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) releases a notification announcing the DCET application process, important date, eligibility criteria, and other relevant information in the official website.

There is no negative marking in DCET examination for any incorrect and unattempted questions. The maximum marks in DCET are 100 marks and candidates get 1 mark for every correct answer.