GUJCET, the Gujarat Common Entrance Test, is the state's single entrance exam for undergraduate admission to engineering (B.E./B.Tech) and pharmacy (B.Pharm) programmes at government, government-aided, and private colleges across Gujarat. The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) conducts the exam itself, while a separate state body, the Admission Committee for Professional Courses (ACPC), runs the centralised counselling that follows, a two-authority split closer to JEE Main's NTA-plus-JoSAA structure than to KCET's single-authority model. GUJCET does not admit candidates to MBBS or BDS seats; NEET UG is the sole nationwide gateway for those, and GUJCET's Biology paper today serves pharmacy applicants. GUJCET 2026 was held on March 29, and the result was declared by GSEB on May 4, 2026. ACPC counselling is now in its second round: Round 2 choice filling ran July 10-13, and the Round 2 seat allotment result is due July 15, 2026.
| Date | Update | Source |
|---|---|---|
| July 10-13, 2026 | ACPC Round 2 choice filling window | ACPC |
| July 3, 2026 | ACPC Round 1 vacancy list published | ACPC |
| June 25, 2026 | ACPC Round 1 seat allotment released | ACPC |
| June 15, 2026 | ACPC mock-round choice filling closed | ACPC |
| May 4, 2026 | GUJCET 2026 result and scorecard declared | GSEB |
| March 29, 2026 | GUJCET 2026 examination held | GSEB |
| Full name | Gujarat Common Entrance Test |
| Acronym | GUJCET |
| Conducting body | Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) |
| Counselling body | Admission Committee for Professional Courses (ACPC), a separate state authority |
| Mode | Offline, pen-and-paper, MCQ |
| Level | State (Gujarat), Gujarat eligibility required to apply |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Languages | English, Hindi, and Gujarati |
| Total marks | 120 (40 marks per subject, 3 subjects) |
| Duration | Paper 1 (Physics + Chemistry): 120 minutes. Paper 2 (Mathematics or Biology): 60 minutes |
| Question count | 120 (40 per subject) |
| Negative marking | -0.25 for each wrong answer; 0 for unattempted |
| Application fee | ₹350 (uniform across categories) |
| Official website | gujcet.gseb.org |
| 2026 cycle registrations | Approximately 1,36,071 (aggregator-reported) |
| 2026 cycle 99th-percentile-plus scorers | 1,459 (695 Group A / PCM, 764 Group B / PCB) |
| Merit formula | 60% Class 12 board theory marks (PCM or PCB) + 40% GUJCET percentile, the ACPC composite merit score |
| Official notification | December 15, 2025 |
| Online registration (without late fee) | December 16, 2025 to January 6, 2026 |
| Registration with late fee | January 7-16, 2026 (aggregator-reported late total near ₹1,000) tentative |
| Admit card download | Around March 23, 2026 |
| Exam date | March 29, 2026, 10 AM to 4 PM |
| Result and scorecard declared | May 4, 2026 |
| Registration and document verification | Opens after result declaration, via gujacpc.admissions.nic.in |
| Mock-round choice filling | Closed June 15, 2026 |
| Round 1 seat allotment | June 25, 2026 |
| Round 1 vacancy list published | July 3, 2026 |
| Round 2 choice filling | July 10-13, 2026 |
| Round 2 seat allotment | July 15, 2026 |
| Round 3 | Expected to follow for remaining vacancies, exact dates to be confirmed tentative |
GUJCET 2026 eligibility starts with a Gujarat-connection requirement, drawn more broadly than a strict domicile test. A candidate qualifies by being a permanent resident of Gujarat, or by having passed Class 10 and Class 12 from a school located in Gujarat regardless of board (Gujarat State Board or CBSE), or, for candidates from Dadra and Nagar Haveli or Daman and Diu, by having Gujarat-origin parents alongside schooling in those union territories. Beyond that gate, candidates need a pass in Class 12 with Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics for engineering, or Physics, Chemistry, and Biology for pharmacy, with a minimum 45% aggregate in the qualifying subjects, relaxed to 40% for reserved-category and PH candidates.
| Age limit | No strict minimum or general upper age limit is published for GUJCET beyond the underlying requirement of having passed or being about to pass Class 12; confirm any course-specific age rule against the current GSEB information bulletin. |
| Gujarat eligibility gate | A candidate qualifies through permanent residency in Gujarat, through Class 10 and Class 12 schooling completed at an institution located in Gujarat (open to both Gujarat State Board and Gujarat-located CBSE schools), or, for the Dadra and Nagar Haveli / Daman and Diu route, through Gujarat-origin parentage alongside local schooling. Structurally close to KCET's local-candidate model, but explicitly includes Gujarat-located CBSE schools. |
| Required subjects (B.E. / B.Tech) | Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics. Candidates sit the Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics papers (Group A). |
| Required subjects (B.Pharm) | Physics, Chemistry, Biology. Candidates sit the Physics, Chemistry, and Biology papers (Group B). |
| Minimum percentage (General / Open) | 45% aggregate in the qualifying subjects. |
| Minimum percentage (SEBC / SC / ST / EWS / PH) | 40% aggregate in the qualifying subjects, a 5% relaxation from the General requirement. |
| Nationality | Indian citizens who meet the Gujarat eligibility criteria form the primary applicant pool. A separate NRI and foreign-national route exists through individual institutes, such as Dhirubhai Ambani University's NRI/Foreign Category, distinct from the GUJCET-ACPC state-quota route. |
| Reservation structure | ACPC counselling reserves seats as SEBC 27%, ST 15%, SC 7%, EWS 10%, PWD 3%, and defence-personnel dependants 1%. A 33% horizontal reservation for women applies within each category rather than reducing the open pool, alongside a PwD-specific horizontal quota referenced in some ACPC notifications; confirm the current cycle's exact horizontal-quota structure against the live ACPC document. |
The GUJCET application is fully online through the GSEB candidate portal. GSEB's own reporting describes registration as a four-step process: candidate registration, personal and academic detail entry, document upload, and fee payment, followed by a printable confirmation page.
| Document | Format | Size | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Photograph | JPG / JPEG | As specified in the current bulletin | Recent, plain background |
| Signature | JPG / JPEG | As specified in the current bulletin | Signed on white paper, scanned, not typed |
| Class 10 marks sheet | PDF / JPG | As specified in the current bulletin | Required to confirm date of birth and prior academic record |
| School leaving certificate or bonafide certificate | As specified in the current bulletin | Required to establish the Gujarat-schooling eligibility route where applicable | |
| Category certificate (if applicable) | As specified in the current bulletin | SEBC, SC, ST, EWS, or PH certificate issued by the competent authority |
| Category | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|
| All categories (General, SEBC, SC, ST, EWS, PH) | ₹350 | ₹350 |
| Late registration (aggregator-reported) | Additional late fee, total near ₹1,000 | Additional late fee, total near ₹1,000 |
GUJCET runs across two papers on a single exam day: Paper 1 combines Physics and Chemistry into one 120-minute sitting, and Paper 2 covers either Mathematics (Group A, engineering) or Biology (Group B, pharmacy) in a 60-minute sitting. Each subject carries 40 questions worth 40 marks (1 mark per correct answer, -0.25 for each wrong answer), for a total of 120 questions and 120 marks. This negative-marking structure is meaningfully stricter than KCET's zero-penalty model, though considerably more forgiving than JEE Main's +4/-1 scheme.
| Mode | Offline, pen-and-paper, MCQ |
| Paper 1 (Physics + Chemistry) | 120 minutes, 80 questions, 80 marks |
| Paper 2 (Mathematics or Biology) | 60 minutes, 40 questions, 40 marks |
| Total questions | 120 |
| Total marks | 120 |
| Marking scheme | +1 for correct, -0.25 for incorrect, 0 for unattempted |
| Calculator | Not allowed. No calculators, log tables, or electronic devices of any kind |
| Language | English, Hindi, or Gujarati, candidate's choice at registration |
| Exam window | 10 AM to 4 PM on exam day, covering both papers and the gap between them |
The two-paper, 120-question, -0.25-negative-marking structure held steady for 2026. GSEB's own coverage of the 2026 cycle emphasised the four-step online application process as a continued simplification from earlier cycles; no major structural change to the exam pattern itself was reported for this cycle.
GUJCET's -0.25 negative marking means the guessing math differs meaningfully from KCET's zero-penalty model: with four options per question, a completely random guess has an expected value of (0.25 x 1) minus (0.75 x 0.25), which works out to a small positive 0.0625 marks on average. That is a real but thin margin, so blind guessing across many questions is still marginally worth it in pure expected-value terms, but eliminating even one implausible option before guessing sharply improves the odds and is a far better use of remaining time than either leaving a question blank or guessing with zero elimination. The other structural fact that shapes GUJCET prep more than almost any other input is the ACPC merit formula: 60% of the final composite score comes from the Class 12 board theory marks, and only 40% from the GUJCET percentile. A candidate who treats board exams as a mere eligibility gate is giving up the majority of the rank calculation, not just half of it.
GUJCET's syllabus is drawn from GSEB's own Standard 11 and 12 curriculum in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and Biology. GSEB's syllabus has moved closer to the NCERT-aligned, reduced curriculum in recent cycles, but it is not identical; GSEB prescribes its own textbooks, and a handful of chapters differ in sequencing, examples, or emphasis from the NCERT edition. GUJCET questions are drawn directly from GSEB Standard 11 and 12 textbooks, which is why even CBSE-schooled candidates eligible through the Gujarat-schooling route should study GSEB material specifically.
40 questions worth 40 marks within the combined Paper 1. Mechanics and electricity and magnetism recur as heavily weighted areas across recent papers.
| Unit | Weightage | Key topics |
|---|---|---|
| Mechanics | High | Kinematics, laws of motion, work-energy-power, rotational motion, gravitation |
| Electricity and magnetism | High | Electrostatics, current electricity, magnetic effects, electromagnetic induction |
| Heat and thermodynamics | Moderate | Kinetic theory, thermodynamic laws, heat transfer |
| Optics and waves | Moderate | Ray and wave optics, oscillations, sound |
| Modern physics | Moderate | Photoelectric effect, atomic and nuclear physics, semiconductors |
40 questions worth 40 marks within Paper 1. Organic Chemistry and Physical Chemistry fundamentals are the two areas most consistently flagged as high-yield.
| Unit | Weightage | Key topics |
|---|---|---|
| Physical Chemistry | High | Atomic structure, chemical bonding, thermodynamics, equilibrium, electrochemistry |
| Organic Chemistry | High | Hydrocarbons, functional groups, reaction mechanisms, biomolecules |
| Inorganic Chemistry | Moderate | Periodic properties, coordination compounds, p-block and d-block chemistry |
40 questions worth 40 marks in Paper 2 for engineering (Group A) aspirants. Algebra and calculus together account for the largest share of recent papers.
| Unit | Weightage | Key topics |
|---|---|---|
| Algebra | High | Quadratic equations, sequences and series, permutations and combinations, complex numbers |
| Calculus | High | Limits, differentiation, integration, differential equations |
| Coordinate geometry | Moderate | Straight lines, circles, conic sections |
| Vectors and 3D geometry | Moderate | Vector algebra, scalar and vector triple products |
| Probability and statistics | Moderate | Probability distributions, statistical measures |
40 questions worth 40 marks in Paper 2 for pharmacy (Group B) aspirants. Genetics, human physiology, and plant physiology recur most consistently as high-weight chapters.
| Unit | Weightage | Key topics |
|---|---|---|
| Genetics and evolution | High | Mendelian genetics, molecular basis of inheritance, evolution |
| Human physiology | High | Digestion, circulation, excretion, nervous and endocrine systems |
| Plant physiology and reproduction | Moderate | Photosynthesis, plant hormones, reproduction in plants |
| Ecology and environment | Moderate | Ecosystems, biodiversity, environmental issues |
A workable GUJCET preparation plan has to account for three things generic advice usually misses: the GSEB syllabus overlaps substantially with NCERT but is not identical, so even CBSE-schooled candidates should study specifically from GSEB textbooks; there is real negative marking at -0.25 per wrong answer, so guessing strategy matters more than it does for KCET; and the final ACPC rank weighs board marks at 60%, nearly two-thirds of the outcome, so board performance is the larger half of the equation.
12-month plan
Months 1-4: Foundation. Work through the GSEB (or NCERT-equivalent) Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics or Biology syllabus for the first-year portion cover-to-cover, treating board-exam preparation and GUJCET preparation as the same task from day one, since board marks carry 60% of the final ACPC rank. No full mocks yet; concept accuracy comes first.
Months 5-8: Second-year syllabus plus first-year revision. Move into problem-solving practice with a standard reference alongside GSEB textbook mastery, since GSEB internal assessments and board pre-final exams during this stretch double as GUJCET-relevant revision checkpoints. Begin one full-length GUJCET-pattern mock per fortnight from the second half of this window, tracking negative-marking impact explicitly.
Months 9-12: Mock-heavy phase leading into board exams and GUJCET. Increase to two mocks per week two months before boards, then shift almost entirely to board revision in the final month before the board exam itself, since a strong Class 12 percentage raises the ACPC composite rank more than a strong GUJCET score alone can. Resume GUJCET-specific mocks in the short window between boards and the GUJCET exam date.
6-month plan
Months 1-2: Triage the syllabus against both board requirements and GUJCET's typical weighting, prioritising chapters that serve both simultaneously, since the 60:40 formula rewards board-aligned study more than exam-only study. Work through GSEB textbook problems chapter by chapter.
Months 3-4: Complete the remaining syllabus while running one GUJCET-pattern mock per week, calibrated against recent GUJCET papers rather than JEE Main papers, since question style, difficulty, and negative-marking value differ meaningfully.
Months 5-6: Mock-heavy phase around the board exam window. Treat the board exam itself as the higher-leverage input under the 60:40 formula, then run a short, focused GUJCET-specific mock cycle in the days between boards ending and GUJCET beginning, with particular attention to guess-or-skip decisions under the -0.25 penalty.
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, and prioritise board-textbook mastery specifically, since a weak board percentage cannot be offset by a strong GUJCET score alone under a formula that weighs boards at 60%.
Days 31-60: Mock-heavy, alternating between full GUJCET-pattern mocks and board -pattern practice papers. Given the -0.25 penalty, practise a clear rule for every question: attempt if at least one option can be eliminated, skip if none can, and track the actual expected-value payoff across a full mock rather than guessing on instinct alone.
Days 61-90: Stamina and review across both the board exam and GUJCET itself, since both land in this window. Final week: no new mocks, only error-log review and answer-marking speed practice on OMR-style sheets.
Coaching helps candidates who need structured pacing across two simultaneous goals, the board exam and GUJCET, or who lack a strong foundation from their Standard 11-12 coursework. For candidates who already keep pace with their board classwork, self-study built around GSEB textbooks, NCERT for concept cross-checking, and consistent GUJCET-pattern mock practice covers most of what is needed, without the added cost of a full coaching programme built primarily around JEE Main content that does not map cleanly onto GUJCET's board-anchored merit formula.
Gujarat-specific coaching institutes, concentrated in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, and Rajkot, build their teaching calendar around the board-plus-GUJCET dual outcome specifically, reflecting how heavily the 60:40 formula rewards board performance. Pan-India coaching platforms increasingly publish Gujarat-specific GUJCET material alongside their national JEE Main and NEET content; verify current fee and outcome claims directly with any institute before committing.
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| Book | Subject | Price (₹) | One-line take |
|---|---|---|---|
| GSEB Standard 11-12 textbooks and guides (state-approved publishers) | All subjects | 600 | Directly matches the syllabus and question style GUJCET draws from; skipping this in favour of national-exam books alone is the most common GUJCET prep mistake. |
| Concepts of Physics (H.C. Verma) | Physics | 800 | Strong for building concepts; supplement with GSEB-specific practice since GUJCET Physics questions are typically shorter and more directly formula-based. |
| Concepts of Organic Chemistry (O.P. Tandon) | Chemistry | 700 | A consistently recommended reference for the Organic Chemistry share of the paper, used alongside GSEB textbooks rather than instead of them. |
| RD Sharma Mathematics (Volumes I and II) | Mathematics | 900 | Broad problem coverage; pair with GSEB Standard 11-12 practice to match GUJCET's actual question phrasing. |
| Elementary Problems in Physical Chemistry (P. Bahadur) | Chemistry | 400 | A strong choice specifically for the Physical Chemistry share of the paper. |
GUJCET-pattern mocks calibrated to the real 120-question, -0.25-negative-marking, two-paper structure are more useful than generic JEE Main mock series repurposed without adjustment. Confirm any test series is genuinely GUJCET-pattern, not a relabelled JEE Main series, 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 | Group B (Biology) saw more top-percentile scorers (764) than Group A (Mathematics, 695), a pattern coaching-institute analyses attribute to Biology questions running slightly more application-based than calculation-heavy this cycle |
| 2025 | Moderate | Mathematics | Broadly consistent difficulty distribution across subjects |
| 2024 | Moderate | Mathematics | Standard difficulty distribution, no major reported shift |
| 2023 | Moderate | Mathematics | Standard difficulty distribution, no major reported shift |
| 2022 | Moderate | Physics | Standard difficulty distribution, no major reported shift |
Across recent GUJCET papers, Mechanics and Electricity/Magnetism recur most often in Physics; Organic and Physical Chemistry fundamentals recur most often in Chemistry; Algebra and Calculus recur most often in Mathematics; and Genetics plus Human Physiology recur most often in Biology, consistent with the syllabus weighting tables above.
| Year | General | OBC-NCL | EWS | SC | ST | PwD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | No formal qualifying percentile published; GSEB states plainly there are no GUJCET passing marks since the exam is rank-based rather than pass/fail | — | — | — | — | — |
| College | General (HS) | General (OS) | OBC (OS) | SC (OS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nirma University, Institute of Technology (CSE, Round 3, 2025) | — | 292 (SEBC: 909) | — | — |
| Nirma University, Institute of Technology (CSE, 2024) | — | 302 | — | — |
| Nirma University, Institute of Technology (CSE, 2023) | — | 228 | — | — |
| Dhirubhai Ambani University, GUJCET quota, B.Tech (Round 1, 2026, across branches) | — | Roughly 49 to 197 | — | — |
GUJCET 2026 saw roughly 1.36 lakh candidates register, a scale broadly consistent with recent cycles, and GSEB's reported percentile distribution showed a slightly higher concentration of top scorers in Group B (Biology, pharmacy-track) than Group A (Mathematics, engineering-track) this cycle. This is a directional read based on registration-and-percentile-distribution data, not a calibrated statistical model; confirm actual Round 1, Round 2, and later-round closing ranks directly against ACPC's published allotment results before making a final choice-filling decision for Round 3.
Use the College Predictor with full methodology disclosure →GUJCET 2026 results were declared by GSEB on May 4, 2026. The scorecard is downloadable from gujcet.gseb.org using the candidate's seat number and other login credentials specified in the result notification.
A GUJCET score is valid for the counselling cycle it belongs to. It cannot be carried forward to the following year's ACPC counselling.
GUJCET runs on a single fixed date for every candidate, so there is no multi-shift or session-wise percentile normalisation to apply. The percentile itself is calculated relative to the candidate's own Group (A or B), with the highest scorer in each Group set at the 100th percentile. The step that actually determines admission is separate: ACPC's composite merit score blends 60% of the Class 12 board theory marks with 40% of the GUJCET percentile, the heaviest board-marks tilt among the state CETs this project has documented, ahead of KCET's 50:50 split.
GSEB does not offer a public rechecking or re-evaluation process for GUJCET scores once results are declared; candidates who dispute an answer should raise it during the provisional answer key's objection window rather than after the result. Confirm the exact current-cycle policy against the live GUJCET information bulletin.
ACPC, a separate state authority from GSEB, runs the centralised counselling that follows the exam, filling seats at all participating engineering and pharmacy colleges across Gujarat through its own portal (gujacpc.admissions.nic.in). This two-authority structure mirrors JEE Main's NTA-to-JoSAA split rather than KCET's single-authority model. Round 2 choice filling for the 2026 cycle ran July 10-13, and the Round 2 seat allotment result is due July 15, 2026.
List every college and branch you would genuinely accept, in honest order. ACPC's three-round structure gives real room to correct course between rounds, but padding your list with rejects still wastes time you could spend confirming a realistic choice.
Understand your seat sits inside a bigger picture than GUJCET alone. At institutes like Dhirubhai Ambani University, the majority of seats are filled through JEE Main's All India Category, with a smaller Gujarat State Category reserved for GUJCET. If your GUJCET-quota rank does not clear a particular branch, a strong JEE Main rank at the same institute may still be reachable through a different route entirely.
Confirm your Gujarat-eligibility documentation before Round 1, not during it. A missing or incomplete school leaving certificate or residency proof is one of the most common, and most avoidable, reasons a candidate's admission gets delayed mid-counselling.
Decide your freeze-or-float strategy before each round's result, not after. Once allotted a seat you would genuinely accept, confirming it removes the risk of losing it in a later round; floating for an upgrade only makes sense if the next realistic option is meaningfully better.
Government and aided seats carry a materially lower fee than self-financed-institute seats. Factor the fee gap between a government college like L.D. College of Engineering and a private self-financed institute into how far down your list you are willing to go before a lower-ranked government seat stops making financial sense relative to a higher-ranked private option.
ACPC's Round 3 exists specifically to fill vacancies left after Rounds 1 and 2 close. Any seats still vacant after Round 3 are generally filled at the discretion of individual institutes through their own management-quota process; check the specific institute's admission office once Round 3 concludes.
Talk to a counsellor about your strategy →Top 1 GUJCET-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 | Marwadi University | Rajkot, Gujarat |
| Comparison | Mode | Conducting body | Frequency | College scope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GUJCET vs JEE Main | Pen-paper vs CBT | GSEB vs NTA | Annual vs Biannual | Gujarat state institutes vs National (NITs/IIITs/GFTIs) |
| GUJCET vs KCET | Pen-paper vs Pen-paper (OMR) | GSEB (exam) + ACPC (counselling) vs KEA (both exam and counselling) | Annual vs Annual | Gujarat state institutes, eligibility gate required vs Karnataka state institutes, domicile required |
| GUJCET vs WBJEE | Pen-paper vs Pen-paper (OMR) | GSEB + ACPC vs WBJEEB | Annual vs Annual | Gujarat state institutes, eligibility gate required vs West Bengal state institutes, open to all-India candidates |
| GUJCET vs MHT CET | Pen-paper vs CBT | GSEB + ACPC vs State CET Cell (Maharashtra) | Annual vs Annual | Gujarat state institutes vs Maharashtra state institutes |
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The GUJCET 2026 ACPC Round 2 seat allotment result is due July 15, 2026, following choice filling that ran July 10-13. A Round 3 is expected to follow for candidates who remain unallotted or wish to upgrade.
Offline. GUJCET is a pen-and-paper, multiple-choice examination. Candidates mark answers on a physical answer sheet across two separate papers on the same exam day.
Not strictly a domicile in the narrowest sense. A candidate qualifies through Gujarat residency, through Class 10 and Class 12 schooling completed at an institution located in Gujarat regardless of board, or, for candidates from Dadra and Nagar Haveli or Daman and Diu, through Gujarat-origin parentage alongside local schooling.
No. GUJCET does not have a role in MBBS or BDS admission. NEET UG is the sole nationwide gateway to medical seats, and GUJCET's Biology paper today serves pharmacy (B.Pharm) admission through Group B, not medicine.
The ACPC composite merit score blends 60% of the candidate's Class 12 board theory marks in the qualifying subjects with 40% of the GUJCET percentile. This is the heaviest board-marks weighting among the state CETs covered on this site, ahead of KCET's 50:50 split.
Yes. GUJCET deducts 0.25 marks for every incorrect answer; correct answers earn 1 mark and unattempted questions earn 0. This differs from KCET, which carries zero negative marking, so guessing strategy under GUJCET should generally involve eliminating at least one option before attempting a question.
Aggregator-reported benchmarks for the 2026 cycle place scores of 90-109 out of 120 as a good score and 110-120 as an excellent score capable of unlocking seats at top engineering colleges. A score of 100 corresponds to roughly the 97.6th percentile within a candidate's Group, and a score of 112 or above corresponds to roughly the 99.7th percentile.
GUJCET does not publish a fixed cap on attempts comparable to JEE Main's; a candidate can generally appear as many years as they meet the underlying Class 12 and Gujarat-eligibility requirements. Confirm the current cycle's attempt rules against the live GSEB prospectus.
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. GUJCET prohibits calculators entirely, along with all other electronic devices. All calculation has to be done by hand within the paper's time limit.
No. IIT Gandhinagar is a centrally funded Institute of National Importance that admits its B.Tech programme exclusively through JEE Advanced and JoSAA counselling. GUJCET plays no role in admission to any IIT, including the one located within Gujarat.
Partially. Dhirubhai Ambani University fills the majority of its roughly 300-plus B.Tech seats through an All India Category based on JEE Main rank, and reserves a smaller Gujarat State Category, roughly 129 seats across branches in the 2026 cycle, for the GUJCET-ACPC route. The institute was formerly known as DA-IICT; several older sources still use that name.
GUJCET is the entrance exam itself, conducted by GSEB. ACPC, the Admission Committee for Professional Courses, is a separate state authority that runs the centralised counselling that follows, using the GUJCET score as one input into its 60:40 composite merit formula. This two-authority split is structurally similar to JEE Main's NTA-to-JoSAA handoff.
Not for every candidate. Since GUJCET's merit formula weighs board marks at 60% of the final rank, candidates who already keep pace with their Standard 11-12 classwork and add consistent GUJCET-pattern mock practice, with particular attention to the -0.25 negative-marking rule, cover most of what is needed.
₹350, uniform across all categories, unlike KCET's or MHT CET's category-differentiated fee structures. A late-fee window exists for candidates who miss the standard registration deadline; aggregator reports place the late total near ₹1,000.
ACPC, a separate authority from GSEB, runs counselling across three rounds: registration and document verification, choice/option entry with a preceding mock round, and seat allotment. Candidates must complete document verification in full after each allotment, since even one missing document can result in the allotted seat being cancelled.
Yes. Management quota seats are filled directly by individual self-financed private colleges, outside ACPC's centralised GUJCET counselling, typically at a materially higher fee than an ACPC state-quota seat at the same college. The exact state-quota-to-management-quota split varies by institute.
GUJCET 2027 is expected to follow a similar cycle to 2026, with notification and registration typically opening in mid-December and the exam itself in late March. Confirm exact 2027 dates against GSEB's official notification once released.
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