AP EAMCET Exam

AP EAMCET Exam: The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada conducts the AP EAMCET exams for admission in Engineering, Agriculture, and Medical courses in the state of Andhra Pradesh. All the information regarding the AP EAMCET is available on the official website of the Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education. AP EAMCET is a state-level exam and helps aspirants get admission to professional courses in Andhra Pradesh. The exams are held every year in the 3rd week of April.

➥ The full form of AP EAMCET is Andhra Pradesh Engineering, Agriculture, and Medical Common Entrance Test. It is an entrance exam held for admission of candidates to different courses in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The AP EAMCET Exams are beneficial for the students of Andhra Pradesh who want to enroll in a professional Degree course after their Class 12 Board exams.

➥ The AP EAMCET entrance exams are a platform for students who want to take admission to professional courses in the Government and Private colleges of Andhra Pradesh. After the candidates have qualified for the EAMCET Exams for Andhra Pradesh, they can apply for their desired degree courses in the state-run colleges of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

➥ There are many Government colleges in Andhra Pradesh that offer courses in Engineering, Medicine, and Agriculture. The admission of the candidates depends upon the rank scored by them in the AP EAMCET exams.

AP EAMCET: Highlights

Exam Particulars	Exam Details
Name of the exam	Andhra Pradesh Engineering, Medical, and Agriculture Common Entrance Test (AP EAMCET) exams
Conducting authority	JNTU, Kakinada
Exam frequency	Once a year
Mode of Registration	Online
Level of the exam	State-level
Mode of exam	Computer-based
Courses offered	Engineering Medical Agriculture
Official website	https://sche.ap.gov.in/

What courses are offered through AP EAMCET?

After qualifying for the AP EAMCET exams, the candidates will get admission to Engineering, Medical, and Agriculture courses in the Government colleges of Andhra Pradesh. The admission of the candidates depends upon the scores obtained in the exams.

Given below are the courses offered through AP EAMCET in the different Professional streams:

Name of the stream	Courses offered
Engineering	Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics, Civil, Automobile, Aeronautical, BioMedical, Computer, Electronics and Computer, Food processing Industry, Geoinformatics, Instrumentation and Control, Mining, Information Technology, Naval Architecture, and Marine, Metallurgy, Facilities and Services planning, Textile, Ceramic, BioMedical, Civil and Environmental, Electronics and Telematics, Instrumentation, Chemical Petro
Medicine	Bachelor of Pharmacy, D Pharma, Medical courses
Agriculture	Agricultural Engineering Dairy Technology

What are the eligibility criteria for the AP EAMCET Exam?

The candidates who want to take admitted to the EAMCET Exams of Andhra Pradesh have to fulfill the eligibility requirements set by JNTU, Kakinada. The candidates who fulfill the eligibility criteria of AP EAMCET can apply for admission to the different professional courses in Engineering, Medical, and Agriculture.

Check out the general and educational eligibility requirements of AP EAMCET:

• The age limit of the candidate should be 16 and 17 years on 31st December 2026.
• Candidates who are Indian Nationals or persons of Indian origin living overseas are eligible to apply.
• Candidates have a domicile Certificate in Andhra Pradesh or Telangana.
• Candidates must qualify for the Class 12 exams in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Maths. The candidates can also have vocational subjects in the Engineering stream.
• Candidates must meet the local and nonlocal status requirement as set by the Educational Institutes of Andhra Pradesh under the Admission regulations.

✍ Please Note- The candidates who fulfill the above-mentioned eligibility criteria can apply for the AP EAMCET exams. If there is any discrepancy in the details of the candidate in the registration form, it will be rejected by the authorities immediately.

Let us now check the streamwise eligibility criteria for AP EAMCET

Eligibility criteria for AP EAMCET Engineering Courses:

S.No	Name of the course	The age limit of the candidate	Eligibility criteria
1	B Tech/Bio Tech course	Candidate must complete 17 years of age on 31st January 2026	Candidates must pass the Higher Secondary exams in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, and Maths. Candidates must also qualify for a bridge course exam in Maths under the Board of Intermediate Education, Government Of Andhra Pradesh/Telangana

Eligibility criteria for AP EAMCET Medical Courses:

S.No	Name of the course	The age limit of the candidate	Eligibility criteria
1	Medical/B.Pharma/DPharma course	Candidates must complete 16 years. There is no restriction on the upper age limit.	Candidates must pass the Higher Secondary exams in Physics, Chemistry, and Maths. Candidates must have Biology or Natural Sciences as the optional subject. Candidates who want to pursue the DPharma course must have 45% marks in AP EAMCET (40% for SC/ST candidates).

Eligibility criteria for Agriculture Courses:

S.No	Name of the course	The age limit of the candidate	Eligibility criteria
1	Agriculture	Candidates must be 17 years on December 2026 The Upper Age limit of the candidate is 22 years for General/ OBC candidates and 25 years for SC/ST candidates	Candidates applying for B.Sc(Agriculture/Horticulture) must have any of the following subjects in Higher Secondary-Physical Sciences/Natural Sciences/Agriculture/Vocational course in Agriculture.   Candidates applying for B.V.Sc or B.H must have any of the subjects in Higher Secondary Exams- Physical Sciences/ Natural Sciences/Vocational courses in Veterinary Science.   Candidates applying for B.F.Sc must have any of the following courses in Higher Secondary- Physical Sciences/Natural Sciences/ Vocational courses in Fisheries Candidates applying for BTech in FS and T must have the following subjects in Class 12- Physical Sciences with Natural Sciences Or Mathematics with Physical Sciences

Conclusion:

The AP EAMCET is a computer-based exam that has a time duration of 3 hours. The official website www.apsche.gov.in will release all the information on the exams and the aspirants must keep checking the website so that they do not miss out on the important details of the AP EAMCET Exams. JNTU Kakinada is the exam conducting authority and entrance exams for Engineering, Medical and Agriculture will take place for the admission of the candidates to the several Institutes in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

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