Entrance exams · 32

Indian entrance exams

One page per exam: who runs it, who can sit it, the dates from the latest official notice we hold, any official score or cut-off data, and the careers it leads to. Every fact links to its official source.

Engineering (national)

JEE Main
Joint Entrance Examination (Main)
National Testing Agency (NTA)
 JEE Advanced
Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced)
the IITs (Joint Admission Board), organised by one IIT each year
 BITSAT
BITS Admission Test
Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani

Medicine

NEET (UG)
National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (UG)
National Testing Agency (NTA)

Central and other universities

CUET (UG)
Common University Entrance Test (UG)
National Testing Agency (NTA)
 CUET (ICAR-UG)
CUET (ICAR-UG) — agriculture and allied degrees
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR); the test is taken within CUET (UG)

Law

CLAT (UG)
Common Law Admission Test (UG)
Consortium of National Law Universities

Design and fashion

NIFT entrance
NIFT Entrance Examination (B.Des / B.F.Tech)
National Institute of Fashion Technology (test conducted by NTA)
 NID DAT
NID Design Aptitude Test (B.Des)
National Institute of Design
 UCEED
Undergraduate Common Entrance Examination for Design
IIT Bombay

Architecture

NATA
National Aptitude Test in Architecture
Council of Architecture (CoA)

Management after Class 12

IPMAT (IIM Indore)
IPM Aptitude Test — Integrated Programme in Management
Indian Institute of Management Indore

Commerce and accountancy

CA Foundation
Chartered Accountancy Foundation examination
the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)

Science research

IISER Aptitude Test (IAT)
IISER Aptitude Test
Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs)

Hotel management

NCHM JEE
NCHM Joint Entrance Examination (Hotel Management)
National Testing Agency (NTA) for NCHMCT (Ministry of Tourism)

Defence

NDA & NA
National Defence Academy and Naval Academy Examination
Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)

State entrance exams

WBJEE
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board (WBJEEB)
 MHT-CET
Maharashtra Common Entrance Test
State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra
 KCET (UGCET)
Karnataka Common Entrance Test
Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA)
 COMEDK UGET
COMEDK Undergraduate Entrance Test
Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK)
 AP EAPCET
Andhra Pradesh Engineering, Agriculture and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test
APSCHE, conducted by a state university (JNTU Kakinada for 2026)
 TG EAPCET
Telangana Engineering, Agriculture and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test
TGCHE, conducted by a state university (JNTU Hyderabad for 2026)
 KEAM
Kerala Engineering, Architecture and Medical entrance
Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, Kerala
 GUJCET / ACPC
Gujarat admissions through the Admission Committee for Professional Courses
Admission Committee for Professional Courses (ACPC), Gujarat

Private university tests

VITEEE
VIT Engineering Entrance Examination
Vellore Institute of Technology
 SRMJEEE
SRM Joint Engineering Entrance Examination
SRM Institute of Science and Technology
 MET (Manipal)
Manipal Entrance Test
Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE)
 SET / SITEEE (Symbiosis)
Symbiosis Entrance Test / Symbiosis Institute of Technology Engineering Entrance Exam
Symbiosis International (Deemed University)

After a degree

GATE
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
IISc and the IITs; organised by one of them each year
 CAT
Common Admission Test
Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs)
 AP ICET
Andhra Pradesh Integrated Common Entrance Test
APSCHE, conducted by a state university (Andhra University for 2026)
 TG ICET
Telangana Integrated Common Entrance Test
TGCHE, conducted by a state university (Mahatma Gandhi University, Nalgonda for 2026)

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