Engineering Agricultural and Medical Common Entrance Test


Engineering Agricultural and Medical Common Entrance Test, commonly called as EAMCET, is an entrance examination held separately in the Indian States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh for admission into various colleges across both the states in the streams of Engineering, Medicine and Agriculture.

Examination

The EAMCET is a yearly examination taken by a large number of engineering and medical aspirants in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana State. Presently the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada conducts AP EAMCET examination on behalf of APSCHE and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad conducts TS EAMCET examination on behalf of TSCHE. This is the entrance exam for engineering and medicine.

2014

In 2014, the EAMCET exam was conducted on 22 May. There has been a lot of controversy regarding the EAMCET counselling after the state of Andhra Pradesh was split into Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. The APSCHE has issued the notification for counselling starting 1 August August of the academic year and all seats should be positively filled by 15 August. The Telangana government has filed a suit in Supreme court to delay the counselling. The Supreme Court on Monday 1 August 2014 reserved verdict on Telangana State’s application seeking extension of the time schedule for counselling for admissions to engineering and medicine for 2014-15 till 31 October. The Supreme court has made it clear that it could extend the counselling for one month and not beyond 31 August. The bench also said there could be no question of preference being given to `locals’ in admission to colleges within Telangana.

2016

AP EAMCET 2016 exam was held on April 29, 2016. This was conducted by JNTU on behalf of APSCHE. TS EAMCET 2016 exam was held on May 15, 2016. TS Eamcet 3 exam was held on September 11, 2016.

2020

Both AP EAMCET and TS EAMCET extended their application form deadline due to COVID-19. TS EAMCET 2020 Exam Dates has been revised. The examination will be conducted on 4th, 5th, 7th & 8th May 2020 and 9th & 11th May 2020.APEAMCET-2020 test will be conducted on 27th to 31st, July 2020.

Coaching

Of late, several institutions that train aspirants for the exam have mushroomed all over Andhra Pradesh.

Qualifying marks for EAMCET 2014

The qualifying percentage of marks in the Entrance Test is 25%, i.e., 40 out of 160. However, for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, no minimum qualifying mark is prescribed. But their admission will be limited to the extent of seats reserved for such categories.