COMEDK UGET is the entrance test run by the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka, a private association of unaided engineering colleges, not a state government department. That single fact separates it from KCET at every step: COMEDK UGET carries no Karnataka domicile requirement, is open to candidates from any Indian state, and allots nearly all of its roughly 20,000 seats on open merit alone. The consortium's name still says "Medical, Engineering and Dental," but since NEET UG became the mandatory national entrance exam for MBBS and BDS admission, COMEDK UGET has narrowed to an engineering-only Physics-Chemistry-Mathematics test, with a related B.Arch route through NATA scores. COMEDK UGET 2026 was held on May 9 across two shifts, with roughly 1,30,620 candidates registered and about 1,10,787 appearing. The result was declared May 29, 2026. Counselling is now in its first round: the mock choice-filling window closes today, and Round 1 choice editing opens tomorrow, July 14.
| Date | Update | Source |
|---|---|---|
| July 11, 2026 | Engineering final seat availability and fee published ahead of Round 1 | COMEDK official notification |
| July 7, 2026 | Provisional seat availability notice released | COMEDK official notification |
| June 29, 2026 | Provisional seat availability notice released | COMEDK official notification |
| May 29, 2026 | COMEDK UGET 2026 result and rank card declared | COMEDK official notification |
| May 9, 2026 | COMEDK UGET 2026 examination held (two shifts) | COMEDK |
| Full name | Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka Under Graduate Entrance Test |
| Acronym | COMEDK UGET |
| Conducting body | Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMEDK), a private consortium, not a government department |
| Mode | Online, computer-based test (CBT), MCQ |
| Level | Multi-state (open to candidates from any Indian state); admits to private unaided engineering colleges in Karnataka |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Language | English only |
| Total marks | 180 (60 marks per subject, 3 subjects) |
| Duration | 3 hours (180 minutes) |
| Question count | 180 (60 per subject: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics) |
| Negative marking | None. 1 mark for correct, 0 for incorrect or unattempted |
| Application fee | ₹1,950 (COMEDK only); ₹3,200 (combined with Uni-GAUGE E), plus transaction charges |
| Official website | comedk.org |
| 2026 cycle registrations | Approximately 1,30,620 |
| 2026 cycle candidates appeared | Approximately 1,10,787 (about 85% attendance) |
| Participating institutes (2026 cycle) | ~150 private unaided engineering colleges, offering close to 20,000 B.E./B.Tech seats |
| Online application opens | February 3, 2026, 2 PM |
| Mock test available | February 18, 2026, 2 PM |
| Online application closes | March 16, 2026, extended to March 23, 2026, 4 PM |
| Application correction window | April 10-13, 2026, until 2 PM |
| Admit card download | April 30 to May 9, 2026 |
| Exam date | May 9, 2026 (two shifts, morning and afternoon) |
| Result declared | May 29, 2026, 6 PM |
| Counselling registration, document upload, and verification | Opened after result declaration; document verification extended to June 30, 2026 |
| Choice filling (up to ~300 college-branch combinations) | Opened ahead of the mock allotment |
| Mock choice filling window | July 11-13, 2026, closing 4 PM today |
| Round 1 choice editing | July 14-16, 2026 |
| Round 1 allotment results and fee payment | July 17-21, 2026 |
| College reporting deadline | July 17-22, 2026 |
| Seat cancellation window | July 17-22, 2026 |
| Rounds 2, 3, and 4 | Expected in the following weeks; Round 3/4 eligibility depends on earlier-round choices, exact dates to be confirmed tentative |
COMEDK UGET 2026 eligibility starts from a much more open baseline than KCET: there is no Karnataka domicile requirement to sit the exam at all. Any Indian citizen, Overseas Citizen of India (OCI), or Person of Indian Origin (PIO) candidate is eligible to apply from any state, provided they have passed (or are appearing for) Class 12, 2nd PUC, or an equivalent qualification with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics as compulsory subjects, alongside English, with a minimum 45% aggregate for General category. Only SC, ST, and OBC candidates who are themselves domiciled in Karnataka receive a lower 40% threshold; the relaxation does not extend to SC/ST/OBC candidates from outside the state.
| Age limit | No age limit is published for COMEDK UGET B.Tech admission, beyond the underlying requirement of having passed or being about to pass the qualifying Class 12 examination. |
| Domicile | COMEDK UGET carries no domicile requirement to appear, unlike KCET. Candidates from any Indian state can register and sit the test. Karnataka domicile only matters for the SC/ST/OBC 40% marks-relaxation clause and the separate Kalyana Karnataka Region (KKR) seat reservation in counselling. |
| Required subjects (B.E. / B.Tech) | Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, plus English. Candidates sit the Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics papers. |
| Required subjects (B.Arch) | Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, plus a valid NATA score. There is no separate UGET paper for B.Arch; the NATA score is the basis for admission through COMEDK's counselling. |
| Minimum percentage (General Merit, any state) | 45% aggregate in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics. |
| Minimum percentage (SC / ST / OBC, Karnataka domicile only) | 40% aggregate in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics. The relaxation does not extend to SC/ST/OBC candidates domiciled outside Karnataka. |
| Board rule | All qualifying subjects must be passed from a single board; candidates who combined subjects across two different boards should confirm eligibility directly with COMEDK before applying. |
| Diploma holders | Not eligible to apply through COMEDK UGET; there is no lateral-entry route through this exam. |
| Nationality | Indian citizens, OCI cardholders, and PIO candidates form the eligible applicant pool. Foreign nationals outside the OCI/PIO categories are not eligible through the standard UGET route. |
| Reservation structure | No SC/ST/OBC/EWS seat reservation of the kind KCET applies. Nearly all seats are allotted purely on COMEDK rank. The only seat-level reservation is regional: colleges within Karnataka's Kalyana Karnataka Region (Article 371J) reserve a share of seats for local KKR candidates. |
The COMEDK UGET application is fully online through the COMEDK candidate portal, comedk.org. Unlike KCET, there is no Aadhaar e-KYC gate at registration; a candidate creates a login with basic personal details and proceeds directly into the form.
| Document | Format | Size | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photograph | JPG / JPEG | Per current portal specification | Recent, passport-style, clearly visible face |
| Candidate's signature | JPG / JPEG | Per current portal specification | Scanned signature, not typed |
| Parent's or guardian's signature | JPG / JPEG | Per current portal specification | Required alongside the candidate's own signature |
| Category or caste certificate (Karnataka SC/ST/OBC candidates only) | Per current portal specification | Required only when claiming the 40% Karnataka SC/ST/OBC relaxation; produced again at counselling document verification | |
| Valid ID proof | PDF / JPG | Per current portal specification | Aadhaar, passport, or other government-issued photo ID |
| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| COMEDK UGET only | ₹1,950 | ₹1,950 |
| COMEDK UGET plus Uni-GAUGE E (combined) | ₹3,200 | ₹3,200 |
| Card transaction charge | ~1.05-1.15% of fee | ~1.05-1.15% of fee |
| Net banking transaction charge | ~₹18-45 | ~₹18-45 |
COMEDK UGET is a single-day, two-shift, computer-based test covering Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics in one combined 3-hour sitting, a materially different structure from KCET's two-day, three-separate-paper, pen-and-paper format. Each subject carries 60 questions worth 60 marks (1 mark per correct answer), and there is zero negative marking, the same forgiving marking philosophy as KCET but delivered inside a single continuous CBT window.
| Mode | Online, computer-based test (CBT), MCQ |
| Duration | 3 hours (180 minutes), single combined sitting |
| Physics section | 60 questions, 60 marks |
| Chemistry section | 60 questions, 60 marks |
| Mathematics section | 60 questions, 60 marks |
| Total questions | 180 |
| Total marks | 180 |
| Marking scheme | 1 mark for correct, 0 for incorrect or unattempted, no penalty of any kind |
| Shifts | Two shifts on the same exam day (morning and afternoon), with percentile normalisation applied across shifts |
| Language | English only |
| Calculator | Not allowed. No calculators, log tables, or electronic devices of any kind |
The core 180-question, three-subject, zero-negative-marking CBT format held steady for 2026. The application deadline was extended from March 16 to March 23, a routine operational adjustment rather than a structural change to the exam itself.
COMEDK UGET's zero-negative-marking rule produces the same simple guessing math as KCET: since an incorrect answer costs nothing, the expected value of a random guess is always positive, so every question should be attempted. The added wrinkle COMEDK candidates need to plan around is the two-shift, percentile-normalised scoring model: because the merit list runs on normalised percentile scores rather than raw marks, two candidates with identical raw scores in different shifts can land at different final ranks depending on how their own shift's overall performance compared with the other shift, a factor entirely outside a candidate's control on exam day.
COMEDK UGET's syllabus is drawn from the CBSE/NCERT Class 11 and 12 curriculum in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics, the same base curriculum JEE Main draws from, rather than a state-board-anchored syllabus like KCET's Karnataka PU curriculum. Preparation built for JEE Main transfers to COMEDK UGET far more directly than it transfers to KCET, since both share the same NCERT foundation, question style, and general difficulty band, even though COMEDK's zero-negative-marking scoring differs from JEE Main's +4/-1 penalty.
60 questions worth 60 marks, drawn from the full CBSE/NCERT Class 11 and 12 Physics syllabus.
| Unit | Weightage | Key topics |
|---|---|---|
| Mechanics | High | Laws of motion, work-energy-power, rotational motion, gravitation |
| Electricity and magnetism | High | Electrostatics, current electricity, magnetic effects, electromagnetic induction |
| Thermodynamics | Moderate | Kinetic theory of gases, laws of thermodynamics, heat transfer |
| Optics | Moderate | Ray optics, wave optics |
| Modern physics | Moderate | Photoelectric effect, atomic and nuclear physics |
60 questions worth 60 marks, spanning Physical, Organic, and Inorganic Chemistry from the CBSE/NCERT Class 11 and 12 syllabus.
| Unit | Weightage | Key topics |
|---|---|---|
| Physical Chemistry | High | Chemical bonding, thermodynamics, equilibrium, electrochemistry |
| Organic Chemistry | High | Hydrocarbons, functional groups, reaction mechanisms |
| Inorganic Chemistry | Moderate | p-block elements, periodic properties, coordination compounds |
60 questions worth 60 marks, covering the full CBSE/NCERT Class 11 and 12 Mathematics syllabus.
| Unit | Weightage | Key topics |
|---|---|---|
| Algebra and functions | High | Sets, relations and functions, complex numbers, sequences and series |
| Calculus | High | Limits, differentiation, integration, differential equations |
| Coordinate geometry and vectors | Moderate | Straight lines, circles, conic sections, vectors, 3D geometry |
| Matrices, determinants, and probability | Moderate | Matrices, determinants, probability distributions |
A workable COMEDK UGET preparation plan differs from a KCET plan in one important way: because the syllabus is CBSE/NCERT-anchored rather than PU-board-anchored, a candidate already preparing for JEE Main does not need a second, separate body of study material. The three things worth planning around are the shared JEE Main-COMEDK syllabus overlap, the zero-negative-marking rule, and the two-shift percentile normalisation that means raw score alone will not predict the final rank.
12-month plan
Months 1-4: Foundation. Work through the CBSE/NCERT Class 11 Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics syllabus cover-to-cover, treating this as the same foundation that also serves JEE Main and, to a lesser extent, KCET preparation. No full mocks yet; concept accuracy comes first.
Months 5-8: Class 12 syllabus plus Class 11 revision. Move into problem-solving practice with a standard JEE Main-level reference, since COMEDK's syllabus and difficulty band sit close enough to JEE Main's that the same practice material largely transfers. Begin one full-length COMEDK-pattern mock per fortnight from the second half of this window, timed to the single 3-hour combined-subject format.
Months 9-12: Mock-heavy phase leading into board exams and COMEDK UGET. Increase to two mocks per week two months before boards, shift toward board revision in the final month, then run a short, focused stretch of COMEDK-specific mocks between boards and the exam date, calibrated to the single 3-hour, three-subject format.
6-month plan
Months 1-2: Triage the syllabus against JEE Main-level weighting, since the two exams draw from the same NCERT base; nearly all serious JEE Main preparation directly serves COMEDK UGET as well.
Months 3-4: Complete the remaining syllabus while running one COMEDK-pattern mock per week, timed as a single continuous 180-question, 3-hour sitting rather than split across separate subject papers.
Months 5-6: Mock-heavy phase around the board exam window. Treat the board exam as a separate priority from COMEDK, since COMEDK's rank formula does not blend in board marks the way KCET's does, then run a short, focused COMEDK-specific mock cycle in the days between boards ending and the exam.
90-day plan
This plan assumes a candidate salvaging preparation after a slow start, not an ideal scenario.
Days 1-30: Triage each subject's strongest and weakest chapters from early mock results. Candidates already preparing for JEE Main can largely skip a separate COMEDK-specific foundation phase and move straight into COMEDK-pattern timed practice.
Days 31-60: Mock-heavy, running full 3-hour, 180-question COMEDK-pattern mocks. Given zero negative marking, practise attempting every single question in every mock, treating any left-blank question as a solvable error to fix, not an acceptable strategy.
Days 61-90: Stamina and review, with particular attention to pacing across a single unbroken 3-hour, three-subject sitting rather than three separately timed papers. Final week: no new mocks, only error-log review and speed practice on the computer-based interface.
Coaching helps candidates who need structured pacing, particularly those balancing COMEDK UGET alongside JEE Main and KCET preparation simultaneously, or who lack a strong self-study foundation. For candidates already preparing seriously for JEE Main, the marginal extra COMEDK-specific coaching investment is small, since the syllabus, difficulty band, and much of the practice material genuinely overlap; the main adjustment needed is pacing for a single continuous 3-hour sitting and internalising the zero-negative-marking, attempt-everything rule.
Pan-India coaching platforms that already teach JEE Main content routinely fold COMEDK UGET preparation into the same course, reflecting how closely the two exams' syllabi align. Karnataka-specific coaching institutes built around KCET's PU-board syllabus are a materially worse fit for COMEDK preparation specifically, since COMEDK does not draw from the PU curriculum at all; verify any coaching provider's material is genuinely CBSE/NCERT-anchored before committing.
Topper insight (pending)
Verified COMEDK UGET topper from the 2025 or 2026 cycle, rank-card verified, willing to be quoted by name. The content instruction requires at least 2 verified topper or test-taker contributors with year-stamped credentials. Without this, the page reads like every other generic prep article.
| Book | Subject | Price (₹) | One-line take |
|---|---|---|---|
| NCERT Exemplar Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics (Class 11 + 12) | All subjects | 450 | Closer to COMEDK's actual difficulty band than most JEE Advanced-oriented material; a strong first paid purchase. |
| Concepts of Physics (HC Verma) | Physics | 800 | Strong for building concepts; COMEDK's Physics questions reward the same formula fluency JEE Main rewards. |
| Objective Mathematics (RD Sharma) | Mathematics | 700 | A standard, well-regarded practice source that maps closely onto COMEDK's Mathematics section. |
| Modern Approach to Chemical Calculations (RC Mukherjee) | Chemistry (Physical) | 400 | Genuinely useful for Physical Chemistry numericals, a recurring COMEDK weak spot for many candidates. |
| Arihant or MTG COMEDK/KCET combined guides | All three subjects | 500 | Purpose-built for the Karnataka private-engineering-exam ecosystem; useful mainly for exposure to COMEDK-specific question phrasing rather than as a primary study source. |
A genuine COMEDK-pattern mock (180 questions, 3-hour combined sitting, zero negative marking) is close enough to a JEE Main mock series in syllabus and difficulty that a well-calibrated JEE Main test series can substitute in a pinch, unlike KCET, where a JEE Main mock series is a poor substitute. Still confirm any dedicated COMEDK test series matches the real single-sitting CBT format before paying for it.
The activity with the highest score-to-effort ratio in exam prep is mock-test analysis. Solving a mock takes hours; analysing it correctly takes longer. Most candidates skip the analysis. The candidates who score well do not.
| Year | Difficulty | Hardest section | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Moderate | Mathematics | Approximately 85% attendance recorded; difficulty broadly comparable to recent cycles per coaching-institute post-exam analyses |
| 2025 | Moderate | Mathematics | Broadly consistent with JEE Main's difficulty band, per coaching-institute reviews |
| 2024 | Moderate | Mathematics | Standard difficulty distribution across all three subjects |
| 2023 | Moderate | Physics | No major reported deviation from the established pattern |
| 2022 | Moderate | Mathematics | Standard difficulty distribution across all three subjects |
Across recent COMEDK papers, Mechanics and Electricity/Magnetism recur most often in Physics; Physical and Organic Chemistry fundamentals recur most often in Chemistry; and Calculus and Algebra recur most often in Mathematics, a pattern consistent with JEE Main's own topic frequency given the shared NCERT syllabus base.
| Year | General | OBC-NCL | EWS | SC | ST | PwD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | No percentile-based qualifying gate; approximately 85% attendance recorded, and a rank issues to nearly every candidate who appears | — | — | — | — | — |
| College | General (HS) | General (OS) | OBC (OS) | SC (OS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R V College of Engineering (CSE) | — | Roughly 406-434 (Round 1, 2025) | — | — |
| B.M.S. College of Engineering (CSE) | — | Roughly 1,319 (Round 1, 2025), up to ~3,733 by later rounds | — | — |
| M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology (CSE) | — | Roughly 1,585 (2025) | — | — |
| MS Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences (overall B.Tech range) | — | Roughly 13,489-1,09,381 (2025, across rounds) | — | — |
| REVA University (CSE, final round) | — | Roughly 71,315 (2025) | — | — |
COMEDK UGET 2026 recorded roughly 1,30,620 registrations against about 1,10,787 candidates appearing, an attendance rate close to recent cycles. Without a sharp shift in either registration volume or reported difficulty, this points toward closing ranks broadly in line with the 2025 cycle rather than a significant tightening or loosening. This is a directional read based on registration-and-attendance trend data, not a calibrated statistical model; confirm actual Round 1 and later-round closing ranks directly against COMEDK's published allotment results before finalising a choice-editing decision.
Use the College Predictor with full methodology disclosure →COMEDK UGET 2026 results were declared on May 29, 2026, at 6 PM on comedk.org. The rank card is downloadable using the candidate's application number and date of birth, and it doubles as the scorecard.
A COMEDK UGET rank is valid for the counselling cycle it belongs to. It cannot be carried forward to the following year's counselling.
COMEDK UGET 2026 ran across two shifts on the same exam day. Rather than ranking candidates on raw marks, COMEDK converts each candidate's score to a normalised percentile within their own shift before combining subject-wise percentiles into the final merit list, correcting for any difficulty difference between the morning and afternoon shifts. Two candidates with identical raw marks who sat different shifts can therefore receive different final ranks.
COMEDK does not publish a rechecking or re-evaluation process for UGET scores once the result is declared. Candidates who dispute a specific question should raise it through the provisional answer-key objection window, when published, since post-result changes are not entertained as a matter of policy.
COMEDK itself runs the centralised counselling that follows the exam, filling seats at all roughly 150 member engineering colleges through the same portal used for the exam application, a single-authority structure similar in shape to KCET's KEA-run process but built and operated by the private consortium rather than a government department.
List every college and branch you would genuinely accept, in honest order. With up to roughly 300 combinations available and a four-round structure, there is real room to be thorough; padding the list with rejects only wastes editing time before tomorrow's deadline.
Understand there is no reservation cushion here. Unlike KCET, COMEDK UGET counselling carries no SC/ST/OBC/EWS seat reservation. If your rank sits close to a college's cutoff, you are competing on the same open-merit list as every other candidate nationwide.
Check whether your target college also runs KCET and management-quota seats separately. A college that looks out of reach on COMEDK rank alone may still be reachable through KCET or the college's own management quota at a different fee; do not treat a missed COMEDK cutoff as the final word on a college you want.
Decide your accept-or-wait strategy before Round 1 results land. Confirming and paying the seat fee for a seat you would genuinely accept secures it; using the seat-cancellation window to wait for a later round only makes sense if the next realistic option is meaningfully better.
If you are also eyeing a university outside Karnataka, confirm your Uni-GAUGE E status now. Candidates who opted into the combined COMEDK-plus-Uni-GAUGE E application at registration have a separate, wider set of choices available; candidates who applied to COMEDK alone do not gain retroactive access to Uni-GAUGE E universities through this counselling round.
COMEDK's Round 3 and Round 4 exist specifically to fill vacancies left after Rounds 1 and 2 close; eligibility to participate in each depends on the choices exercised or decisions made in the prior round. Any seats still vacant after Round 4 are generally filled at the discretion of individual institutes through their own management-quota process; check the specific institute's admission office once counselling concludes.
Talk to a counsellor about your strategy →Top 3 COMEDK UGET-accepting institutes by NIRF Engineering rank. Each links to the full college page with placements, fees, hostel, and student reviews.
| NIRF rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| #1 | MS Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences | Bangalore, Karnataka |
| #2 | Presidency University Bangalore | Bangalore, Karnataka |
| #3 | REVA University | Bangalore, Karnataka |
| Comparison | Mode | Conducting body | Frequency | College scope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMEDK UGET vs KCET | CBT vs Pen-paper (OMR) | Private consortium (COMEDK) vs Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) | Annual vs Annual | All-India, open merit, no domicile required vs Karnataka-domicile state quota, government reservation matrix applies |
| COMEDK UGET vs JEE Main | CBT vs CBT | Private consortium (COMEDK) vs NTA | Annual vs Biannual | ~150 Karnataka private colleges vs National (NITs/IIITs/GFTIs), but similar CBSE/NCERT syllabus base |
| COMEDK UGET vs Uni-GAUGE E | CBT (same combined sitting) vs CBT (same combined sitting) | COMEDK vs ERA Foundation | Annual vs Annual | Karnataka private colleges vs Private and deemed universities across other states |
| COMEDK UGET vs MHT CET | CBT vs CBT | Private consortium (COMEDK) vs State CET Cell (Maharashtra) | Annual vs Annual | Karnataka private colleges, no domicile required vs Maharashtra state institutes, domicile-linked quota |
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No. Although the consortium's full name still says "Medical, Engineering and Dental," COMEDK UGET today is an engineering-only entrance test. Since NEET UG became the mandatory national entrance exam for MBBS and BDS admission, medical and dental seats no longer run through COMEDK at all; the exam and its counselling now cover B.E./B.Tech seats, with a related B.Arch route through NATA scores.
No. This is the biggest structural difference between COMEDK UGET and KCET. Any Indian citizen, OCI, or PIO candidate from any state can apply and sit the exam. Karnataka domicile only matters for the lower 40% SC/ST/OBC eligibility threshold and for the separate Kalyana Karnataka Region seat reservation in counselling.
Online. COMEDK UGET is a computer-based test (CBT). Candidates answer 180 multiple-choice questions across Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics in a single continuous 3-hour sitting, unlike KCET's offline, OMR-based, two-day format.
No. COMEDK UGET carries zero negative marking; every correct answer earns 1 mark and every incorrect or unattempted answer earns 0. Since a wrong guess costs nothing, candidates should attempt every question rather than leaving any blank.
COMEDK UGET runs across two shifts on the same exam day, so raw marks are first converted to normalised percentile scores within each shift, then combined into the final rank. This differs from KCET, which runs a single sitting with no shift normalisation but blends in board marks, and from JEE Main, which normalises across sessions but does not incorporate board marks into the rank formula.
No, not in the way KCET does. COMEDK UGET counselling fills nearly all seats on open merit alone, with no caste-based reservation. Karnataka SC/ST/OBC candidates get a lower 40% eligibility threshold to apply, but this does not translate into reserved seats during counselling. The only seat-level reservation is regional: colleges within Karnataka's Kalyana Karnataka Region reserve a share of seats for local KKR candidates under Article 371J.
Rough benchmarks (open merit, 2025 cycle): a rank under roughly 450 for Computer Science and Engineering at R V College of Engineering; under roughly 1,300-3,700 for the same branch at B.M.S. College of Engineering, depending on the round; under roughly 1,600 at M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology; ranks in the tens of thousands still secure Computer Science and Engineering seats at larger private universities like REVA University or MS Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences.
No. PES University's B.Tech admissions run through KCET, a combined JEE Main-and-KCET quota, and its own management/higher-fee quota, with no COMEDK UGET route. Several aggregator pages still list PES as COMEDK-accepting; confirm directly on PES University's own admissions page before relying on a COMEDK rank for this specific college.
Uni-GAUGE E is a separate entrance exam, conducted by the ERA Foundation, that opens admission to a wider set of private and deemed engineering universities across India, outside Karnataka. COMEDK and Uni-GAUGE E run as a combined exam on the same day and in the same sitting, so a candidate who opts into both at application time, at the higher ₹3,200 combined fee, gets one COMEDK rank and one Uni-GAUGE E rank from a single test.
COMEDK UGET does not publish a fixed cap on attempts. A candidate can generally appear as many years as they meet the underlying Class 12 and academic eligibility. Confirm the current cycle's rules against the live COMEDK notification.
Admit card (printed), a valid photo ID, and any documents specified in the current admit card's instructions. No calculators, log tables, mobile phones, smartwatches, or other electronic or communication devices are allowed inside the exam hall.
No. COMEDK UGET prohibits calculators entirely, along with all other electronic devices. All calculation has to be done by hand within the 3-hour combined window.
COMEDK UGET is run by a private consortium of engineering colleges, open to candidates from any state, with no seat reservation beyond the regional KKR quota. KCET is run by the Karnataka state government's Examinations Authority, requires Karnataka domicile to appear, and applies a full constitutional reservation matrix in counselling. Most private engineering colleges in Karnataka split seats roughly 45% KCET, 30% COMEDK, and 25% management quota, so a candidate is often competing in two or three parallel pools at the same institution rather than one.
COMEDK itself runs counselling, similar in shape to KCET's KEA-run process but operated by the private consortium rather than a government department. It includes counselling registration and document upload, choice filling across up to roughly 300 college-branch combinations, a mock allotment with an edit window, and then seat allotment across up to four rounds, with Rounds 3 and 4 eligibility depending on earlier-round decisions.
Not for every candidate. Because COMEDK's syllabus overlaps substantially with JEE Main's, candidates already preparing seriously for JEE Main usually need only a light, pattern-specific adjustment, mainly pacing for the single continuous 3-hour sitting and internalising the zero-negative-marking rule, rather than a full separate coaching programme.
₹1,950 for COMEDK UGET alone, or ₹3,200 for the combined COMEDK UGET plus Uni-GAUGE E application, plus transaction charges. Unlike KCET, the fee does not vary by category; it is flat for every candidate.
COMEDK UGET 2027 is expected to follow a similar cycle to 2026, with applications typically opening in February and the exam itself in May. Confirm exact 2027 dates against COMEDK's official notification once released, since specific dates shift by a few weeks cycle to cycle.
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