B.Tech Lateral Entry in Government College 2025 - Diploma holders aspiring to pursue B.Tech courses can apply for admission into the second year of engineering, thus helping them finish the four-year engineering courses quivker. Such candidates can apply for B.Tech lateral entry BTech admission. Candidates will get admission to the second year of any B.Tech course through B.Tech lateral entry exam 2025. There is no national entrance test conducted in the country for B.Tech lateral entry in government colleges, private colleges, universities, etc. Instead, B.Tech lateral entry admission to various colleges is done are based on state-level lateral entry exams such as AP ECET, TS ECET, UPSEE lateral entry, JELET, etc.
Candidates who wish to take B.Tech lateral admission in government colleges need to appear for the respective lateral entry entrance examinations. Students are advised to check the eligibility criteria for B.Tech lateral entry admission before applying. Aspirants who qualify for the B.Tech lateral entry exam of a in their state and meet all other eligibility conditions are eligible for admission in the participating institutes of that state
Candidates who wish to take admission in government colleges are required to fulfill the following B.Tech lateral entry eligibility criteria-
A candidate must have scored at least 50% aggregate in 3-year diploma.
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Candidates who wish to take lateral entry admission to second-year degree engineering courses in Uttar Pradesh are required to appear in UPSEE lateral entry exam. It is an offline test of 2 hours. The list of government colleges in Uttar Pradesh for B.Tech lateral entry is given below-
Indraprastha University holds the B.tech lateral entry admission through IPU CET. Here is a list of a few government colleges in Delhi that offer lateral entry in B.Tech:
CEE Kerala will hold admission to B.Tech (Lateral Entry) 2025. Below is the list of engineering colleges where candidates can get B.Tech lateral entry admission 2025.
For lateral entry admission to second year of B.Tech in the government colleges in Uttarakhand, candidates will have to appear and qualify UKSEE lateral entry exam. It is an offline test of 2 hours with 100 questions of 1 mark each. The list of government colleges in Uttarakhand offering B.Tech lateral entry admission is given below-
Candidates who wish to take B.Tech lateral entry admission in Haryana have to appear for Haryana LEET exam. The list of government colleges in Haryana offering B.Tech lateral entry admission is given below-
Candidates willing to take B.Tech lateral entry admission to government engineering colleges in Assam, are required to appear for Assam JLEE exam. It is a pen-paper based exam of 3 hours and has four sections- Mathematics, Computer, Graphics and Branch of Engineering. The exam has a total of 100 multiple choice questions. The list of government colleges in Assam offering B.Tech lateral entry admission is given below-
Candidates who wish to take B.Tech lateral entry admission in Odisha have to appear for OJEE Lateral entry exam. It is an offline examination of 2 hours. The list of government colleges in Odisha offering B.Tech lateral entry admission is given below-
Candidates who wish to take B.Tech lateral entry admission in Madhya Pradesh have to appear for MP Lateral entry exam. It is an offline examination of two and a half hours. Below is a list of government colleges in Madhya Pradesh offering B.Tech lateral entry admission:
Candidates can also find various other government colleges offering B.Tech lateral entry admission in states other than the above-mentioned states. The final admission to all these colleges is done on the basis of scores obtained by the candidates in the lateral entry examinations.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The candidate must have scored at least 50% aggregate in 3-year diploma, without any backlogs and must have passed the 3 year diploma in those 3 years.
BTEch lateral entry allows diploma holders to directly join BTech in the second year of the course.