KCET 2018 to be conducted on April 18 and 19

Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) has announced the examination dates of KCET 2018. The offline entrance examination for B.Tech admissions into the state engineering institutes will be held on April 18 and 19, 2018. KCET 2018 will be conducted in different timings for the four subjects – Biology, Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. For B.Tech admissions through KCET, the candidates will have to attempt only Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics whereas for B.Tech (Food Technology, Dairy Technology and Agricultural Engineering), the candidates will also have to attempt Biology examination. KEA will conduct KCET 2018 in offline mode where the candidates will have to answer the questions in either English or Kannada language.

Important Dates of KCET 2018 Examination

KCET 2018 is a state level entrance examination which provides admissions into atleast 220 government colleges, private unaided and private aided Universities of Karnataka. The candidates will have to answer 60 questions each from every section. Since the questions will be multiple choice in nature, the candidates will have to select the right answer using either a black or blue ball point pen.  KCET 2018 examination will not have any negative marking.

The syllabus of KCET 2018 will consists of the topics from Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. The questions of the examination will be mostly from the First and Second PUC syllabi that have been recommended by the Department of Pre-University Education of Karnataka State.

The online application form of KCET 2018 will be available for all interested applicants tentatively from the third week of December 2017. All of the required personal, academic and communication information has to be filled in the application form and submitted tentatively till the second week of March 2018. Only the registered candidates will be allowed to attempt the KCET 2018 examination.

For admissions into the Architecture course, the candidates will have to qualify JEE Main 2018 Paper II or NATA 2018 conducted by Council of Architecture (CoA). KEA will be announcing more important dates related to KCET 2018 soon.