Karnataka Common Entrance Exam ( KCET )

Competitive | KCET | Reservation Criteria

Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) will organize the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET 2019). It is state level entrance test also known as Karnataka CET 2019. KCET exam is conducted to offer admission in the first year of engineering, agriculture, pharmacy & various other courses. Various colleges and universities of Karnataka offer admission on the basis of KCET scores. For admission in medical & dental courses, students have to qualify the NEET 2019 exam. For architecture courses, admission will be done through JEE Main (Paper 2) and NATA exam. Students can check here details for KCET 2019 exam including notification, application, dates, etc.

KCET is a state-level exam, managed by Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA). It is an offline exam, held for admission to Engineering, AYUSH, Farm Science, B.Pharm courses. This year, KCET 2019 is scheduled for April 23 (Biology/Mathematics ), 24 (Physics/Chemistry) & 25 (Kannada Language ). KCET 2019 Application Form can be filled till 28th February 2019.

KCET 2021 Reservation Criteria

KCET 2019 Reservation of Seats :

Candidates claiming reservation in Karnataka CET will have to fulfill the eligibility criteria of KCET 2019. KCET Reservation Criteria for different categories are mentioned below:

Reservation for reserved category candidates – OBC, SC and ST

To avail the benefit of KCET 2019 reservation of seats, candidates must belong to Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Classes of citizens under categories 1, 2A, 2B, 3A and 3B.
Such candidates must produce ‘Caste Certificate/ Caste Income Certificate’ issued by the concerned Jurisdictional Tahasildar during document verification.

Reservation for Rural candidates

15% of the government seats are reserved horizontally in favour of rural candidates who have studied ten full academic years from Class 1-10 in educational institutions within Karnataka.

Reservation for Kannada medium candidates

5% of the government seats are reserved horizontally for students who have studied ten full academic years in Kannada medium from Class 1-10 in educational institutions within Karnataka.

NOTE: The Government has enhanced the annual income limit from INR 4.50 Lakhs to INR 6.0’ Lakhs per annum for claiming reservation benefit. The candidate and his / her father’s - mother’s who’s Gross Annual Income is below INR 6.00 Lakhs are eligible to claim benefit of reservation under 2A, 2B, 3A and 3B categories