Option Entry Date for KCET 2025 (Out) - Schedule, Process & Instructions
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Option Entry Date for KCET 2025 (Out) - Schedule, Process & Instructions

Maniprabha SinghUpdated on 08 Sep 2025, 10:25 AM IST

Option Entry Date for KCET 2025: KEA has published the round 3 option entry date for KCET 2025 on the official website, cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/kea. The authority is concluding the round 3 option entry for KCET 2025 on September 8, 2025. The round 3 final KCET 2025 seat allotment will be declared tentatively in the third week of September 2025. Candidates who will get allotted seats in the final KCET 2025 Seat allotment must report to the institute as per the guidelines in the allotment letter. The option entry is a part of the KCET 2025 counselling process, where registered candidates can fill out their college and course preferences during the specified period.

This Story also Contains

  1. KCET Option Entry Date for 2025
  2. How to do KCET Option Entry 2025?
  3. KCET 2025 Option Entry: Key Points
  4. KCET 2025: Documents required during verification
  5. KCET Seat Allotment 2025
Option Entry Date for KCET 2025 (Out) - Schedule, Process & Instructions
Option Entry Date for KCET 2025

The KCET option entry schedule includes dates for choice filling, modification, and seat allotment. Only candidates who have appeared for the Karnataka CET exam will be eligible to participate in the counselling process. Read the article below completely to know more details regarding the Option Entry Date for KCET 2025.

KCET Option Entry Date for 2025

KEA has released the option entry dates for KCET 2025 on the official website, cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/kea. Find below the dates for the KCET option entry for 2025.

Particulars

Dates

KCET 2025 exam dates

April 15, 16 & 17, 2025

Availability of result

May 24, 2025

KCET 2025 spot rankJune 2, 2025
KCET verification slip release dateJune 23, 2025

Verification of documents at KEA Bangalore

June 2025

KCET 2025 option entry start date

July 8, 2025

Last date for KCET option entryJuly 15, 2025
July 18, 2025July 22. 2025 July 29, 2025

First mock allotment

July 19, 2025

July 21, 2025 July 25, 2025

Modify, delete, and re-arrange web options

July 19 to 22, 2025

July 21 to 24, 2025 July 26 to 29, 2025

KCET 2025 provisional seat allotment result for round 1August 1, 2025
Objection last dateAugust 2, 2025, 11 AM
Final KCET round 1 seat allotment resultsAugust 2, 2025
Choice selection process for allotted seatsAugust 4 to 14, 2025
Last date for reporting to the allotted collegesAugust 15, 2025
Display of Round 2 seat matrixAugust 20, 2025
KCET Round 2 choice entryAugust 21 to 25, 26, 2025
Seat allotment result - Round 2 (Provisional)August 29, 2025
KCET 2025 final seat allotment for round 2August 30, 2025

Choice selection andpPayment of fees by choice 1 or 2 candidates

September 2, 2025
September 3, 2025

Downloading of confirmation slip by choice 1 candidate

September 2, 2025
September 3, 2025

Last date for reporting to the allotted colleges

September 3, 2025
September 4, 2025
Schedule for KCET round 3
Option entrySeptember 6 to 8, 2025
KCET round 3 provisional seat allotmentSeptember 2025
KCET round 3 final seat allotmentSeptember 2025
Payment of fees and downloading of admission orderSeptember 2025
Last date for reporting to the collegesSeptember 2025
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KCET Counseling Process 2025

KEA conducts the KCET 2025 counselling process in online mode. The KCET counselling process involves major steps, such as document verification, option entry, seat allotment, and reporting to the allotted institutes. Only those candidates who clear the KCET 2025 cutoff will be eligible to participate in the counselling process. Find below the steps that candidates need to follow to complete the KCEY counselling process:

Step 1 - Document Verification and Registration

Step 2 - Choice Filling and Locking

Step 3 - Allotment of Seats

Step 4 - Reporting at Allotted Institutes

How to do KCET Option Entry 2025?

Candidates can begin the process of KCET option entry once the document registration is completed. The process is conducted in an online mode on the Karnataka Examinations Authority's official website. Follow the steps below to complete the option entry for the academic year 2025:

  • Visit the KCET official website at KCET at kea.kar.nic.in 2025.

  • Click on the KCET option entry link from the homepage.

  • Enter the login credentials in the required fields

  • Fill in preferred choices of courses and colleges from the dropdown menu.

  • Review all details and save the information for future reference.

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KCET 2025 Option Entry: Key Points

Find below a few key points that candidates must keep in mind before beginning the KCET option entry:

  • Complete Documents Verification.

  • Possess the verification slip.

  • Log in with the acknowledgement slip and secret key.

  • Select the desired colleges and courses.

  • Take a printout of the KCET 2025 option entry or filled choices in each round.

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KCET 2025: Documents required during verification

To participate in the KCET 2025 option entry process, candidates must complete the document verification, which requires candidates to possess certain documents to get verified. The document lists are as follows:

  • 7 years study certificate countersigned by the concerned BEO / DDPI

  • Two recent passport-size photographs

  • Other required documents as per category

  • Final printout of the CET 2025 online application form

  • KCET 2025 admit card

  • SSLC/10th Standard Marks Card

  • 2nd PUC / 12th Standard Marks Card

KCET Seat Allotment 2025

KEA will announce the round 3 KCET 2025 Seat allotment result in tentatively in third week of september 2025. The seat allotment is based on the candidate's KCET rank, choices filled during option entry, and seat availability. Students have to use their Karnataka CET number to check their KCET 2025 seat allotment results. Once the seats are allotted, candidates can accept the seat with the final fee payment.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: What are the KCET counselling dates for 2025?
A:

The authority has announced the KCET 2025 counselling dates online. The round 2 option entry was held from August 21 to 26, 2025

Q: Who is eligible for the KCET option entry process?
A:

Candidates who have completed the KCET exam 2025 and possess the verification slip are eligible to appear for the KCET option entry process 2025.

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Questions related to KCET

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Hello aspirant,

The Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) releases broad cutoffs every year, although the KCET engineering cutoff varies greatly depending on the particular engineering branch, college, and candidate category.  For instance, OBC cutoffs may be approximately 3,000, SC/ST categories may reach 15,000 or higher in elite universities, and general cutoffs for top Computer Science programs may be less than 1,000.

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If you joined an engineering college through KCET 2025 and completed around 3 months but now want to leave due to personal reasons, then you can definitely discontinue. However, you need to follow a proper procedure because the seat was allotted by KEA. First, you have to visit your present college and apply for official discontinuation. The college will ask you to submit a written application, no-dues form, and sometimes they may also ask for payment of fee balance as per their policies. After this, the college will issue a Transfer Certificate (TC), study certificate (if applicable), and a fee receipt acknowledgment.

Once you discontinue, your current KCET-allotted seat will get cancelled. If you want to join another engineering college next year, you must appear for KCET again or take admission through the management quota, because the old KCET seat cannot be transferred. There is no penalty from KEA side for writing KCET again next year, so you can attempt the entrance exam once more and participate in counselling to get a new seat in your preferred college.

So, the correct process is:

  1. Submit a discontinuation request to your current college.

  2. Clear no-dues and collect TC and supporting documents.

  3. Appear for KCET next year if you want another government/KEA seat.

  4. Attend counselling again and choose a new college.

Taking this step early will avoid creating academic loss later and you will be able to join a better college comfortably next year. All the best.

Hello,

For VITEEE, focus only on your VITEEE exam score and rank. KCET marks are irrelevant. To qualify, ensure 60% in Class 12 PCM/PCB and aim for a rank under 25,000 for good branches.

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Hello,
If you want to apply for VITEEE at Vellore, you need to appear for the VITEEE entrance exam. The exam can be taken at designated exam centers, and it is not necessary to write it only at the Vellore campus. You can choose an exam center that is convenient for you while filling the application form. Admission will be based on your performance in this entrance exam.
Hope this helps you.

Hi Vinay

KCET Exam (Karnataka Common Entrance Exam) is a state-level examination which helps 12th-class students get admission in undergraduate courses like technology, engineering and pharmacy and agriculture courses in Karnataka colleges.

If you want to prepare for the KCET exam-

  1. Read the KCET exam syllabus
  2. Understand the exam pattern
  3. Complete the syllabus with the help of the NCERT book
  4. Fill the form and make a strategy for revision
  5. Try to do a lot of mock tests & manage time so that you have time to do revision.

If you didn't have much time to prepare the whole syllabus. Try to complete important topics which have high weightage in the exam.

You can also prepare for the exam on our official website, careers360. If you know more about the exam, I've attached the link. You can get an article from our website, careers360.

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