Professional colleges in Karnataka State, affiliated to the state run
Universities, admit students to the Government seats in Medical, Dental and
Engineering Educational institutions through Karnataka Common Entrance Test(CET)
every year. A parallel entrance test is held by the Karnataka Private Medical &
Dental Colleges Association under the name of Consortium of Medical,
Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK). This is used to
fill management quota seats of certain engineering/medical/dental colleges in
Karnataka. For the year 2007, non-Karnataka students (students not eligible to
be considered in the Karnataka quota) were not allowed to appear for CET,
instead they could appear for the COMEDK examination.
Karnataka Common Entrance Test
The Karnataka Common Entrance Test is conducted for the purpose of determining the eligibility / merit, for admission of Karnataka candidates to the First year of full time courses in Medical, Dental, Ayurveda, Unani, Homoeopathy, Naturopathy & Yoga, Engineering, Technology and Architecture courses ( based on NATA score), in institutions within the State of Karnataka.
ACADEMIC ELIGIBILITY FOR OPEN CATEGORY:
The applicant should have passed Karnataka 2nd PUC / 12th std. or equivalent
exam with PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY as optional subjects and with
ENGLISH as one of the languages of study.
Minimum 50% aggregate marks in the PCB group and should secure not less
than 50% marks taken together in PCB subjects in the Common Entrance Test.
The applicant should have passed Karnataka 2nd PUC / 12th std. or equivalent
exam with PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY & BIOLOGY as optional subjects with ENGLISH
Minimum 50% aggregate marks in the PCB group,irrespective of marks obtained in
the Common Entrance test.
AGE
For admission to Medical / Dental / Ayurveda / Homoeopathy / Unani /
Naturopathy & Yoga courses, the candidate should have completed the age of
17 years as on 31st December of the year
MERIT FOR ADMISSION:
Medical and Dental courses -marks obtained by candidates in
PCB subjects taken together in the Common Entrance Test.
Ayurveda / Homoeopathy / Unani / Naturopathy & Yoga / courses-marks
of PCB of both qualifying examination and the Common Entrance Test taken in
equal proportions.
Pattern of Karnataka CET -2007
The Common Entrance Test - 2007 was held on ONE day in three different
sessions. It was an objective type test with no negative marks.
Paper I Physics & Chemistry 120 questions for 120 marks Duration 150
minutes
Paper III Biology 60 questions for 60 marks, Duration 80 minutes
Probable Date of Karnataka CET The entrance examination is
usually conducted in the month of May
Number of seats
There are 62 medical colleges,40 dental colleges,58 Ayurveda colleges,17 Homeo
colleges, 4 Unani colleges,4 Naturopathy colleges colleges which admit students
through CET.
SOME OF THE REPUTED MEDICAL COLLEGES IN
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