DCET 2025 - Counselling (Started), Option Entry, Seat Allotment, Rank List, Cutoff, Admission

DCET 2025 - Quick Facts

DCET Exam Dates 2025

KEA has announced the DCET 2025 exam dates on the official website. With the help of the exam dates of DCET 2025, candidates can know the timeline of events to be conducted for admission such as the release of the application form, last date, admit card release date and much more.

DCET 2025 Exam Dates

DCET 2025 counselling dates

DCET 2025 counselling New Candidates registration

DCET Eligibility Criteria 2025

Candidates are advised to check the eligibility criteria of DCET 2025 before applying for the entrance exam. There are some conditions and requirements that candidates must meet to be considered for admission. No candidate will be eligible for the final seat allotment if he/she does not fulfill the minimum eligibility criteria.

DCET 2025 Eligibility Criteria

DCET Application Form 2025

The authority has concluded the application form of DCET 2025 on May 10, 2025 in online mode. Candidates can refer to the procedure of both phase 1 and phase 2 mentioned below to fill DCET application form 2025.

Phase 1 of DCET 2025 Application Form

• Visit the official website and click on “DCET-2025 UG Online Application”.

• Click on “New User? Click Here to Register. '' Candidates will have to register by entering basic details like name, mobile number, email Id, gender, etc. Upon successful registration, candidates will receive the Application number and User ID on their registered mobile number and email. The same will also be displayed on the screen.

• After this, a login prompt will be displayed on the screen. Candidates will have to log in with the received User Id and password created by them.

• On successful login, “Student information” will be displayed on the screen. Candidates will have to fill all the required details.

• After entering all the student information, candidates will have to click on “Save”.

• After this, candidates will have to enter educational details and click on “Save and Continue”.

• After entering all the details, candidates will have to upload a scanned image of the Photograph, signature and left-hand thumb impression as per specifications prescribed by the authorities.

Phase 2 of DCET Application Form 2025

After completing the first phase, candidates will have to complete the second phase of the DCET 2025 application form. In this phase, candidates will have to select the declaration, read and understand it carefully and finally click on the “Submit” button.

• After all the entries are done, candidates will receive an application number and password on their registered email and the same will be displayed on the screen also.

• After this, the candidates will have to take a printout of the challan and pay the application fee in designated bank branches. The challan will be in triplicate; the bank will retain one copy with it and return to copies to the candidates.

• After this, candidates have to take the printout of the application form, affix their recent photograph, and put their signature and thumb impression in the designated space. After this, the candidate will have to obtain the Principal seal and signature from the college where they have studied final year diploma on the space provided in the printed form. It should be noted that this printed application is required at the time of verification along with the copy of challan.

DCET 2025 Application Fee

DCET Exam Centres 2025

KEA has released the exam centres of DCET 2025 along with the admit card. The DCET exam centres include a list of all the cities where the entrance exam will be conducted. Candidates can select their preferred DCET exam centres 2025 while filling out the application form.

DCET Exam Centres

Note: Horanadu / Gadinadu Candidates must choose Bangalore as their exam centre.

DCET Exam Pattern 2025

Candidates preparing for the DCET 2025 exam must be aware of the exam pattern. Before commencing the preparation, candidates are advised to check the DCET 2025 exam pattern. Through the knowledge of DCET exam pattern from the previous year, candidates will be able to know about the type of questions, number of questions, sections of the exam, etc.

DCET 2025 Exam Pattern

DCET Syllabus 2025

The syllabus of DCET 2025 broadly covers topics from the three sections- Applied Science, Applied Mathematics and Engineering subject. Applied Science and Applied Mathematics are common for all the candidates and engineering subjects will depend upon the course selected by the candidate.

DCET 2025 Syllabus

Candidates can check the detailed DCET syllabus here - Karnataka Diploma syllabus

DCET Admit Card 2025

The authority issued the DCET hall ticket 2025 on May 26 on the official website, cetonline.karanataka.gov.in. Candidates who successfully registered for the entrance exam can download the admit card for DCET 2025. The DCET admit card contains details like exam date & time, exam centre, etc. of the candidate.

How to download DCET 2025 Admit Card

• Visit the Karnataka DCET 2025 admit card official website.

• Click on the admit card link.

• Enter the login credentials.

• DCET admit card 2025 will be displayed on the screen.

• Download the admit card and take a printout.

Candidates must keep a copy of the DCET admit card safely till the final allotment of seats and admission.

DCET Answer Key 2025

KEA released the DCET 2025 final answer key on June 10, 2025, on its official website. The answer key of DCET 2025 contains the correct answers to all the questions asked in the exam. The exam authority released the provisional answer key for DCET 2025 on June 4. Candidates could raise objections to the DCET answer key by June 6, 2025.

DCET Result 2025

The authority announced the DCET 2025 result on June 24, 2025. Candidates who appeared in the exam can check the result of DCET 2025 online mode by logging in to the result portal. DCET 2025 results contain the marks secured by the candidates - individual subjects and overall scores. Candidates can refer to the given steps to check the results of DCET 2025.

How to download DCET 2025 Results?

• Visit the official website.

• Click on the result link.

• Login with the DCET number.

• The result will be displayed on the screen.

• Download the result.

DCET Counselling 2025

All the candidates who qualify the DCET exam will be eligible to participate in the counselling of DCET 2025. Candidates will first have to complete the document verification process. The detailed DCET counselling process is mentioned below.

DCET 2025 Counselling Procedure

• Document Verification- Firstly, candidates will have to visit the designated helpline centres for document verification according to the schedule. Candidates must report to the centre with all the original documents. Also, candidates should note that they must obtain a “Verification Slip” after the verification process and ensure that “Unique Keyword” is mentioned on the verification slip.

• Option Entry- After document verification, candidates will next have to visit the official website and click on “Diploma CET-2025–OPTION ENTRY”. Enter the Diploma CET Admission Ticket Number and click on submit. On the next page, candidates will have to enter their Application Number and unique Keyword and create a new password. Once the account is created, candidates will have to log in to the account and select their choices of colleges and courses. Candidates can enter as many choices as they want but only before the last date. It should be noted that candidates will not be allowed to add more options afterwards so they are advised to enter maximum choices.

• Seat Allotment- Based on the merit list and options locked by the candidates, the authorities will release the result of the seat allotment. Candidates who will be satisfied with their seats will have to report to the allotted college and pay the fee. While the candidates who are not satisfied with their seats will have to wait for the next round of counselling.

DCET 2025 Document Verification

What are the documents required at the time of verification?

• Final Printout of the DCET-2025 Downloaded Application Form

• Original copy of the Challan ( application fee payment)

• DCET-2025 Admission Ticket

• SSLC / 10th Standard / Equivalent Examination Marks Card

• Diploma or Equivalent Examination Marks Card for all the Years / Semesters

• Study Certificate countersigned by the concerned BEO / DDPI (Only for Karnataka Candidates)

• TWO recent passport-size Colour Photographs.

• SSLC / 10th standard Marks Card

• Diploma scorecard of all the semesters.

• Study Certificate of the Candidate

• Rural Study Certificate (students claiming rural category reservation)

• Kannada Medium Study Certificate (for candidates claiming Kannada Medium quota)

• Caste and Income certificates (if applicable)

Karnataka DCET Cutoff 2025

The authority has released the DCET 2025 mock cutoff on the official website. Candidates can check the cutoff of Karnataka DCET 2025 to know the closing rank for admission. DCET cutoff will vary for each category of participating colleges. Below is the Karnataka DCET cutoff 2025.

Karnataka DCET 2025 cutoff

Karnataka DCET previous year cutoff

Check the previous year DCET cutoff.