Karnataka Post Graduate Common Entrance Test (Karnataka PGCET) is the state level entrance test conducted by the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) for admission in following courses :
First year Full-Time MBA
First year Part-Time MBA
MCA
M.E./M.Tech
M.Arch
Part-Time M.Tech
Quality Improvement Programme (QIP)
Second Year MCA programme

Keydates
Commencement of Online Application Form First week of July 2017
Commencement of Payment of Fees in the specified bank from First week of July 2017
Last date to apply online Last week of July 2017
Last date to pay the fees in specified bank Last week of July 2017
Admission ticket downloading from Month of August 2017
Examination Date First week of August 2017
Result Announcement Third week of August 2017
Counselling starts from First week of September 2017

Fee

For OBC and General Candidates – Rs. 650/-
For SC/ST Category Candidates – Rs. 500/-

Exam Pattern
For M.E./M.Tech/M.Arch Courses:

Question paper will consist of Part-1 and Part-2. Part-1 contains 50 questions and part-2 contains 25 questions.

Each question of part-1 will be of 1 mark and each question of part-2 carries 2 marks. Question paper of M.E./M.Tech/M.Arch is of total 100 marks.

For MBA Course:

Examination conducted for MBA course will consist of 100 marks. Candidates have to answer the questions in the time period of 150 minutes.

The type of question paper is objective type containing four different options. Each question carries one mark.

For MCA Course:

The question paper designed for MCA course is of 100 marks with time duration of 150 minutes. All the questions asked in the examination are of objective type.

Question paper will consist of Part-A and Part-B, 60 questions in Part-A of 1 mark and 20 questions in Part-B of 2 marks.