All Entrance Exams in India 2026

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is the national-level entrance exam for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate law programs at National Law Universities (NLUs) in India. It is taken by students seeking enrollment in five-year integrated LLB courses after Class 12 or one-year LLM programs after graduation. The exam is conducted once a year and serves as the primary gateway for law aspirants to secure seats in these institutions.

The Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) is a national-level entrance exam for admission to management programs such as MBA, PGDM, and similar courses. It is taken by graduates seeking entry into AICTE-approved institutions across India. The exam is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) and serves as a standardized screening tool for management education in the country.

The Dayanand Sagar Admission Test (DSAT) is a university-level entrance exam conducted by Dayanand Sagar University (DSU) for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Students seeking admission to courses like B.Tech, M.Tech, B.A.LL.B, BBA, and B.Pharm take this exam.

Degree Online Services, Telangana, known as DOST, is not an entrance examination. It is the state's online admission portal for undergraduate degree programmes, run by the Telangana Council of Higher Education, through which students apply for and are allotted seats in the government, aided and private degree colleges affiliated to the state's universities. Seats in courses such as B.A., B.Com., B.Sc., B.B.A. and B.C.A. are allotted on the basis of the marks obtained in the intermediate or class 12 qualifying examination together with the college and course preferences the student enters, so t

The Directorate of Higher and Technical Education, Arunachal Pradesh, is the state government department responsible for higher and technical education in the state, and it is not an examination in itself. It administers admissions and counselling for technical and higher education programmes, including diploma and degree courses, and issues the notifications that candidates in Arunachal Pradesh follow when applying for those seats. Students encounter the directorate mainly through its admission notices, application forms, merit lists and counselling schedules for polytechnic, engineering, med

The Duolingo English Test is an online English proficiency exam taken by Class 12 and college students who plan to study, work, or move abroad. It is designed for undergraduate, postgraduate, and professional applications. The test is adaptive, meaning questions adjust based on the test-taker’s responses, and it can be taken from home on a computer at any time.

The Electronic Common Hospitality Aptitude Test (eCHAT) is an online entrance exam for students who have completed Class 12 and wish to pursue Hotel and Hospitality Management programs at Indian Institute of Hotel Management (IIHM) campuses. It assesses candidates' proficiency in English, mathematics, reasoning, and general awareness to determine their suitability for admission to these programs.

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

GLAET, the GLA University Entrance Test, is the admission test conducted by GLA University, Mathura, for candidates seeking places in its own degree and diploma programmes. It is taken by students applying to undergraduate courses such as engineering, pharmacy, management, computer applications and law, and to the postgraduate courses offered by the university. As an institution level test, its score is used only for admission to GLA University and not by other universities. Candidates register online, book a test slot and take a computer-based paper, after which the university considers them

The Global Management Common Aptitude Test, referred to as GMCAT, is an aptitude based entrance test used for admission to management programmes, including undergraduate courses such as BBA and postgraduate courses such as MBA, at the institutions that accept it. It is taken by students finishing school who want a management degree at bachelor level and by graduates seeking a postgraduate management qualification. The test is conducted in a computer based online format, which allows candidates to take it at a test centre or from a permitted remote location depending on the arrangement announce

The Global Media Common Entrance Test, known as GMCET, is an entrance test used for admission to media and mass communication courses, mainly at undergraduate level, at the institutions that accept it. It is taken by students who have finished school and want to study journalism, mass communication, film and television, advertising, public relations or related media programmes. The test is conducted online, so candidates take it as a computer based examination, and it has also been known under an earlier name as an all India media entrance test before its present form. Participating colleges u

The Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test, known as GPAT, is a national level entrance examination for pharmacy graduates who want admission to postgraduate pharmacy programmes in India. It is taken mainly by candidates holding a bachelor's degree in pharmacy who wish to study Master of Pharmacy courses at participating institutions, and the score is also used by some bodies for scholarship or assistantship purposes. The test is conducted in computer based mode and is held once in an academic cycle, with the conducting body and the exact schedule announced through the official notification. GPAT giv

The Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University Common Entrance Test (IPU CET) is a university-level entrance exam for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate courses at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, including programs like B.Tech, BBA, and BCA. Candidates seeking admission to these courses must appear for this exam.

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

Himachal Pradesh NEET Counselling is not an entrance examination but the state-level admission process through which medical and dental seats in Himachal Pradesh are allotted to candidates on the basis of their NEET UG result. It is conducted by Atal Medical and Research University, Himachal Pradesh, which runs the online counselling for the state quota seats in government medical and dental colleges in the state as well as the seats in private institutions covered by the state process. Candidates who have qualified NEET UG and who meet the state's domicile and category conditions register on

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 Indian Institute of Mass Communication, known as IIMC, is a government institution for journalism and mass communication education, and its admission process is the route through which students enter its postgraduate diploma and master's programmes. It is not itself an entrance examination, because the institute admits students on the basis of scores in the national common entrance test at the postgraduate level, conducted by the National Testing Agency, followed by its own counselling and seat allotment. Candidates are usually graduates from any discipline who want to study journalism, ad

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).