All Entrance Exams in India 2026

The Direct Admission of Students Abroad (DASA) is a scheme that allows foreign nationals, including Indian-origin candidates studying abroad, to gain direct entry into undergraduate engineering programs in India. This exam-based pathway is designed for students who wish to pursue engineering courses in Indian institutes without appearing for the standard entrance examinations conducted within India.

The DY Patil Vidyapeeth All India Biotechnology Common Entrance Test is a university level entrance examination conducted by Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth for admission to its biotechnology and allied life science programmes. It is taken by students who have completed or are completing Class 12 with science subjects and who want to study biotechnology, and in some cycles it has also been used for postgraduate entry by science graduates. It should not be confused with the All India Bar Examination, which uses a similar abbreviation and is unrelated to it. Candidates who qualify are considered for

GCSET, the Global Computer Science Entrance Test, is an entrance examination used for admission to computing and information technology programmes at the institutions that accept it. It is taken by students seeking places on undergraduate courses such as BCA, B.Sc in computer science or information technology and computer-related engineering degrees, and by graduates applying to postgraduate courses such as MCA or M.Tech, depending on the level a candidate registers for. The test is conducted in online mode and is intended to give participating colleges a common measure of a candidate's aptitu

The Goa Common Entrance Test, known as GCET, is the state level entrance examination conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education, Goa, for admission to professional degree courses in the state, principally engineering, pharmacy and allied programmes. It is taken by students who have completed or are completing Class 12 with science subjects and who want a seat in a college in Goa. In some years the state has decided to admit candidates on the basis of national entrance test scores instead of holding its own test, so the courses covered by GCET and by the national tests have changed fro

The Graduate Aptitude Test in Biotechnology (GATE Biotechnology) is an entrance exam for students who have completed or are pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology or related fields. It is a multiple-choice question-based exam taken by candidates seeking admission to postgraduate programs such as M.E., M.Tech., and Ph.D. in Biotechnology and allied disciplines. The exam consists of 65 questions, including 10 General Aptitude (GA) questions and 55 subject-specific questions.

The Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GUJCET) is a state-level entrance exam for students seeking admission to undergraduate engineering programs in colleges affiliated with Gujarat Technological University (GTU). Candidates who have completed or are appearing in Class 12 in the Science stream are eligible to take this exam. The test is typically conducted in offline mode, where students mark their answers on an OMR sheet.

The Gujarat Post Graduate Common Entrance Test is a state-level entrance test used for admission to postgraduate professional programmes at institutions in Gujarat. It is taken mainly by graduates of engineering, technology, pharmacy and allied streams who want a master's seat in a Gujarat institute and who are not entering through a national score such as GATE. The test is part of the centralised admission machinery run by the state's admission authorities, so a candidate who clears it then goes through registration, merit listing and online counselling rather than approaching colleges indivi

The Haryana Lateral Entry Entrance Test (HLEET) is a state-level exam taken by diploma holders or B.Sc. graduates with mathematics who wish to join the second year of B.E./B.Tech programs in Haryana’s engineering colleges. It is conducted by the Government of Haryana once a year for lateral entry admissions.

The Haryana State Technical Education Society, known as HSTES, is not an entrance examination but the state body that conducts centralised online counselling and admission for technical courses in Haryana. It handles registration, choice filling, merit list preparation and seat allotment for programmes such as engineering and technology degrees, architecture, pharmacy and diploma courses in government, government-aided and private self-financing institutes across the state. Students apply to HSTES after taking whichever qualifying or entrance examination applies to the course they want, becaus

The Himachal Pradesh Polytechnic Admission Test is the state-level admission route for candidates seeking a seat in a three-year diploma programme at a government or private polytechnic in Himachal Pradesh. It is handled by the state technical education board at Dharamshala, which also conducts the counselling and seat allotment. Applicants are typically students who have finished class 10 and want a technical diploma in fields such as civil, mechanical, electrical, electronics, computer or automobile engineering, as well as pharmacy and some non-engineering diploma courses offered through the

The Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science Engineering Entrance Examination (HITS EEE) is a pen-and-paper multiple-choice test taken by students seeking admission to undergraduate engineering programs at the Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science. The exam is conducted once a year in a single session.

ICAR AIEEA PG is a national computer-based entrance examination conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for admission to Master’s degree (M.Sc.) programmes in agriculture and allied sciences. Indian citizens who hold a relevant Bachelor’s degree are eligible to apply for this exam.

The ICAR All India Entrance Examination for Admission was the national entrance test conducted by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in agriculture and allied sciences at agricultural universities across India. It no longer runs as a separate examination. Admission to the ICAR seat quota in agricultural universities is now made through the Common University Entrance Test conducted by the National Testing Agency, with CUET-UG scores used for bachelor degree programmes and CUET-PG scores for master degree programmes. Students ai

The Post Graduate Entrance Examination of the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad, commonly called PGEE, is the institute level admission test for its postgraduate research and taught programmes. It is taken by engineering, science and computing graduates who want to join master of science by research and doctoral programmes at IIIT Hyderabad in areas such as computer science, electronics and communication, computational natural sciences, building science, and related interdisciplinary fields. Unlike a national common test, it is conducted by the institute itself and it

The Undergraduate Entrance Examination of the International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad, usually written as IIIT Hyderabad UGEE, is the institute run admission test for its research oriented undergraduate and dual degree programmes. It is taken by school leaving science students who want to join courses that combine a bachelor degree with a research masters in areas such as computer science, electronics and communication, computational natural sciences, computational linguistics and building science. The test is separate from the national engineering entrance route, and IIIT

The Joint Admission Test for M.Sc. (JAM) is a multiple-choice question-based test taken by students who want to enter M.Sc. (Two Years), M.Sc.-Ph.D., Joint M.Sc.-Ph.D., M.S., and other postgraduate programs at select Indian institutes. It is a computer-based examination conducted for admission to programs offered by the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs), National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER Bhubaneswar), and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (IISER-TVM).

The Jammu and Kashmir Common Entrance Test is conducted by the Jammu and Kashmir Board of Professional Entrance Examinations, usually shortened to BOPEE. It is the state-level entrance test through which candidates are admitted to undergraduate engineering degree programmes in government and private engineering colleges in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is written by class 12 science students who want a bachelor of technology or bachelor of engineering seat under the local admission quota. BOPEE also conducts separate entrance tests and counselling for several other professional

JNU CEEB is the name still widely used for the entrance examination through which candidates enter postgraduate biotechnology programmes at participating universities in India, now conducted by the National Testing Agency as the Graduate Aptitude Test in Biotechnology and the Biotechnology Eligibility Test on behalf of the Regional Centre for Biotechnology, an institution under the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. The aptitude test is taken by graduates seeking admission to master's level biotechnology programmes supported by the Department of Biotechnology at universities and