
Telangana Council of Higher Education has released the notification regarding TS PGECET 2025 registration on their official website. TS PGECET 2025 application form is available online on the official website of TGCHE, which has started from March 17, 2025. Candidates eligible for TS PGECET 2025 can fill the application form till May 19, 2025 without any late fine. The official detailed notification including the important dates for TS PGECET 2025 exam was released by the examination authorities.
Candidates can apply online through the official website of TS PGECET, pgecet.tgche.ac.in. TS PGECET exam is conducted anually by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), Hyderabad on the behalf of TGCHE.
What is TS PGECET?
The full form of TS PGECET is Telangana State Post-Graduate Engineering Common Entrance Test. It is a state-level exam conducted by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, on behalf of TSCHE every year. Through TS PGECET admission is offered to various PG courses like ME, M.Pharm, M.Tech, M.Arch, and Pharm.D. Candidates who clear this entrance test successfully will get admission to any Government or Private Institutes throughout the state.
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| Exam Name | Telangana State Post Graduate Engineering Common Entrance Test |
| Conducting Body | Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad |
| Exam Level | State |
| Mode of Application | Online |
| Mode of Exam | Online |
| Exam Frequency | Once a year |
| Exam Duration | 120 minutes |
| No. of Questions | 120 |
| Question Type | Multiple Choice Questions |
| Application Fee | 1000 |
| Total Seats Offered | 40,000 |
| Number of Exam Centers | 5 |
| Official Website | https://pgecet.tsche.ac.in/ |
The exam dates for the TS PGECET examination are given in the following table:
| Events | TS PGECET Exam Date 2025 |
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| TS PGECET 2025 Notification | March 12, 2025 |
| TS PGECET 2025 Registration Starts | March 17, 2025 (OUT) |
| TS PGECET 2025 Application Form submission without late fee | May 19, 2025 |
| Last date to submit Application Form with a late fee of Rs. 250/- | May 22, 2025 |
| Last date to submit Application Form with a late fee of Rs. 1000/- | May 25, 2025 |
| Last date to submit Application form with a late fee of Rs. 2500/- | May 30, 2025 |
| Last date to submit Application form with a late fee of Rs. 5000/- | June 02, 2025 |
| TS PGECET Application Correction Window | May 22 to May 25, 2025 |
| TS PGECET 2025 Hall Ticket Release Date | June 07, 2025 |
| TS PGECET 2025 Exam Dates | June 16 to June 19, 2025 Morning Session: 10 AM to 12 Noon Afternoon Session: 2 PM to 4 PM |
| TS PGECET 2025 Answer Key | June |
| TS PGECET 2025 Result Release date | To be updated |
| TS PGECET 2025 Counselling Starts | To be updated |
TSCHE has released the TS PGECET 2025 exam dates, scheduled from June 16 to June 19, 2025, in two sessions: morning and afternoon. You can find the subject-wise exam schedule in the following table for TS PGECET 2025:
| Dates (2025) | Morning Session (10 am to 12 noon) | Afternoon Session (2 pm to 4 pm) |
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| June 16, 2025 |
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| June 17, 2025 |
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| June 18, 2025 |
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| June 19, 2025 |
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TS PGECET 2025 provides admission to regular postgraduate courses in the field of engineering, technology, pharmacy, architecture, and graduate-level Pharm- D. The courses are ME/ M.Tech/ M.Pharmacy/ M.Arch & Graduate level Pharm-D (Post Baccalaureate). The candidates who wish to get admitted in any of the above courses in the state of Telangana need to appear for TS PGECET 2025.
Check TS PGECET paper codes for the 19 subjects offered by the conducting authority:
| TS PGECET Papers | TS PGECET Paper Codes |
|---|---|
| Aerospace Engineering | AS |
| Architecture and Planning | AR |
| Biomedical Engineering | BM |
| Bio-Technology | BT |
| Chemical Engineering | CH |
| Civil Engineering | CE |
| Computer Science and Information Technology | CS |
| Electrical Engineering | EE |
| Electronics and Communication Engineering | EC |
| Environmental Management | EM |
| Food Technology | FT |
| Geo-Engineering and Geo-Informatics | GG |
| Instrumentation Engineering | EI |
| Mechanical Engineering | ME |
| Metallurgical Engineering | MT |
| Mining Engineering | MN |
| Nano Technology | NT |
| Pharmacy | PY |
| Textile Technology | TX |
Candidates who fulfill the following criteria are eligible to appear for the TS PGECET exams.
| Particulars | Details |
|---|---|
| Nationality | The candidate should be an Indian citizen |
| Domicile | Telangana domiciled with certificate proof for the same |
| Local/non-local status | Must satisfy local/non-local status |
| Educational Qualification | Engineering/ architecture/ pharmacy graduates with 50% aggregate marks (45% in case of reserved category) |
| Age limit | No Age limit is mentioned |
TS PGECET 2025 registration process will begin from Monday, March 17, 2025. The last date to fill TS PGECET application form without the late fees is May 19, 2025. However, TS PGECET registration will be open till June 02, 2025 with different slabs of late fees. The application form is available on the official website of PGECET. Given below are the steps to fill TS PGECET 2025 Application Form.
Given below are the application fees for different categories.
| Categories | Application Fee |
|---|---|
| General | INR 1100 |
| SC/ST | INR 600 |
TS PGECET application correction window for those candidates who have already filled the application form will be opened from May 22 to May, 26 2025. The candidates need to follow the below-mentioned steps to correct the errors in TS PGECET 2025 Application Form.
The syllabus for the TS PGECET 2025 are as follows:
| Architecture & Planning | Housing, building services, landscape design, computer-aided design, building constructions & design, visual & urban design, planning theory, techniques of planning, material & structural services, amenities & development |
| Bio-Technology | Bio-Technology: Molecular biology & genetics, recombinant DNA technology, microbiology, biochemistry, plant & animal biotechnology Engineering Mathematics: Differential Equation, Mathematics Calculus, Linear Algebra, Nuclear methods, Probability, and Statistics |
| Bio-Medical Engineering | Electrical Engineering, Engineering Mathematics, Biomedical Engineering, Instrumentation Engineering, and Electronics Engineering |
| Civil Engineering | Structural Engineering: Solid Mechanics, Steel Structures, Concrete Structures, and Structural Analysis Geotechnical & Environmental Engineering: Solid Mechanics and Foundation Engineering Engineering Mathematics: Numerical method & mechanics, Complex Variables, probability & statistics, linear algebra, calculus, and differential equations Water Resources Engineering Transportation Engineering: Irrigation, Hydrology, Noise Pollution, Air Pollution, Water Requirement, Traffic Engineering & Surveying, Highway Planning, and Hydraulics |
| Aerospace Technology | Aerodynamics: Structural Dynamic, Stress & Strain, Compressible Flows, Airfoils & Wings, viscous flows, Basic Fluid Mechanics, Flight Vehicle & Structure, Wind Tunnel Testing, and Propulsion Engineering Mathematics: Linear Algebra, Numerical Methods, and Differential Calculus |
TS PGECET exam is held online, in English medium. JNTU Hyderabad conducts the common entrance test in two sessions; morning session and evening session. Given below is the exam pattern for TS PGECET 2025.
TS PGECET 2025 Admit Card will be available for download from June 07, 2025 till the date of TS PGECET 2025 exam. Students can download them from the official website of PGECET. Given below are the steps to download TS PGECET 2025 Admit Cards.
Ās TS PGECET 2025 is a state-level examination. Given below are the only centers in which the exam is held. The list of regional centers where TS PGECET 2025 exams are supposed to be held from June 16 to June 19, 2025 has been released by the authorities. Candidates can refer to the following list for their future reference.
Download official Notification for TS PGECET 2025 Regional Centers
The TS PGECET examination is held under strict guidelines from the conducting authority and the difficulty of the questions might vary accordingly. As a result, students are advised to be well prepared to answer every question in the examination. Here are a few preparation tips for the TS PGECET 2025 exam:
TS PGECET 2025 preliminary answer key will be available on the official website pgecet.tsche.ac.in. The answer key will consist of the correct answers to all the questions asked in the examination. It will be released by the authorities in June 2025 (tentatively) after the conduction of the examination. Here, we have attached the link for TS PGECET 2024 Question Paper with Answer Key PDF for different papers below:
| TS PGECET 2024 Paper | TS PGECET 2024 Question Paper with Answer Key PDF |
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| Aerospace Engineering | Download Here |
| Architecture and Planning | Download Here |
| Biomedical Engineering | Download Here |
| Bio-Technology | Download Here |
| Chemical Engineering | Download Here |
| Civil Engineering | Download Here |
| Computer Science and Information Technology | Download Here |
| Electrical Engineering | Download Here |
| Food Technology | Download Here |
| Enviromental Management | Download Here |
| Geo Engineering and Geo Informatics | Download Here |
| Instrumentation Engineering | Download Here |
| Mechanical Engineering | Download Here |
| Electronics and Communication Engineering | Download Here |
| Metallurgical Engineering | Download Here |
| Mining Engineering | Download Here |
| Nano-Technology | Download Here |
| Pharmacy | Download Here |
| Texile Technology | Download Here |
In case you have any concerns against the publised answer key, you can raise objections within 2 days after released. You must provide valid proof in support of your objections. The supporting document must be in PDF/JPEG format, submitted online. The authorities will take the valid objections into consideration. Then necessary changes will be made to the TS PGECET final answer key, if any.
TSCHE will release TS PGECET 2025 response sheet for specific courses in the month of June, 2025 after the conduction of exam. TS PGECET respose sheet will be available for download on the official website pgecet.tsche.ac.in. Log in with your PGECET hall ticket number and registration number to download the response sheet. Note that, you must download TS PGECET 2025 response sheet in a specific deadline.
| Direct Link to Download TS PGECET 2025 Response Sheet - TBU |
The authorities have not released the official dates for TS PGECET 2025 result. The result will be released for all the appearing students in online mode only. Candidates can download their results from the official website. You can download TS PGECET 2025 rank card by logging in with your registration number, PGECET hall ticket number, and date of birth.
Given below are the detailed steps that the candidates need to follow to download TS PGECET 2025 Result.
The rank card is an essential document required during the counselling round. The rank card consists of details such as the candidate's name, father's name, paper for which the candidate has appeared in the exam, the candidate's rank, total scores, percentile, and qualification status.
Candidates need to qualify in the examination in order to get allotted to a good college. The rank cards are released online mode, hence, candidates can download them from the official website.
TS PGECET 2025 Counselling is held for the candidates who have qualified for the exam. Counselling registration is expected to begin in the last week of July and can continue till August end as per the previous year TS PGECET counselling trends. TS PGECET 2024 counselling was open from July 30 to August 24, 2024.
Candidates can register themselves for the counselling process online from the official website. The counselling rounds comprise the TS PGECET registration process, choice filling, Seat Allotment, and reporting.
| TS PGECET 2025 Counselling Official Website – TBA |
During the TS PGECET counselling process, candidates must submit the following documents for the document verification process:
| Events | Counselling Dates |
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| Notification Released | To be updated |
| Phase 1 | |
| Online Counselling Registration, Verification, Document Upload, and Fee Payment | To be updated |
| Physical verification of Special Category Certificates (NCC/CAP/PH/Sports) | To be updated |
| Display of Verified List of Eligible Registered Candidates and Correction | To be updated |
| Phase 1 Web Option Entry | To be updated |
| Phase 1 Web Option Correction | To be updated |
| Phase 1 Seat Allotment | To be updated |
| Report to the Allotted College for Verification | To be updated |
| Class Starts | To be updated |
| Phase 2 | |
| Online Counselling Registration, Verification, Document Upload, and Fee Payment | To be updated |
| Display of Verified List of Eligible Registered Candidates and Correction | To be updated |
| Phase 2 Web Option Entry | To be updated |
| Phase 2 Web Option Edit | To be updated |
| Phase 2 Seat Allotment | To be updated |
| Report to the Allotted College for Verification | To be updated |
The seat allotment will start after the TS PGECET counselling process based on the course candidates have applied for. TS PGECET seat allotment will be released once the allotments are successfully done. However, considering the course wise, seat allotment for TS PGECET 2021, the data is given below in the table:
| Course | No. of College | No. of Seats |
|---|---|---|
| M.Tech/ M.E | 83 | 6437 |
| M.Pharm | 101 | 3593 |
| M.Arch/ M.Plan | 7 | 200 |
| Pharm-D (PB) | 25 | 250 |
The TS PGECET Cutoff is the minimum mark required for candidates to score in order to qualify for the counselling round. The cut-off is decided by the authority every year based on the category of the candidates. Given below are the opening and closing ranks for different institutes in the year 2023. The candidates need to refer to the following table to get a better idea.
| Colleges/Institutions | General | SC | ST | |||
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| Opening Ranks | Closing Ranks | Opening Ranks | Closing Ranks | Opening Ranks | Closing Ranks | Opening Ranks |
| Aurora Scientific & Technology Research Academy | 112 | 89 | 99 | 67 | 91 | 56 |
| C M R College Of Engineering & Technology | 114 | 101 | 91 | 65 | 87 | 51 |
| C.M Eng. College | 115 | 95 | 87 | 45 | 80 | 41 |
| Chilkur Balaji Institute of Technology | 113 | 67 | 97 | 42 | 91 | 36 |
| Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology | 101 | 78 | 89 | 45 | 81 | 41 |
| Deccan College of Engineering & Technology | 114 | 112 | 98 | 61 | 78 | 55 |
| CSI Institute of Technology | 112 | 88 | 103 | 55 | 96 | 45 |
| JNTU College of Engineering Hyderabad | 114 | 98 | 96 | 61 | 89 | 54 |
| JNAFAU College | 109 | 56 | 99 | 41 | 81 | 37 |
| Lords Institute of Engineering & Technology | 116 | 99 | 97 | 65 | 93 | 51 |
| Keshav Memorial Institute of Technology | 112 | 87 | 89 | 56 | 81 | 45 |
| M L R Institute of Technology | 122 | 101 | 102 | 54 | 93 | 44 |
Every year thousands of students take the TS PGECET examination to get admission in a recognized Govt. or private college for their PG degrees in the state of Telangana. Here is the data of those candidates who appeared and qualified for the TS PGECET examination in 2020 and 2019.
| Year | No. of students appeared | No. of students passed | Pass Percentage |
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| 2019 | 17,722 | 15,644 | 88.27% |
| 2020 | 16,807 | 14,456 | 86.01% |
Ques. Can we submit the TS PGECET 2025 Application Form offline?
Ans: No, the application form is only available in the online mode. Candidates willing to appear for the TS PGECET 2025 can fill the application form online mode from the official website of PGECET.
Ques. Can we submit the TS PGECET 2025 Application Form after the last date of submission?
Ans: Yes, candidates who fail to submit TS PGECET 2025 Application Form within the given time have to pay a late fine in order to submit it later on. The last date of submission of the application form will be in May 2025 with late fees of Rs. 250, Rs. 1000, Rs. 2500, and Rs. 5000 respectively.
Ques. What is the marking scheme of TS PGECET 2025?
Ans: TS PGECET exam consists of 120 MCQ-based questions. Each question consists of one mark, i.e., the examination is held for a total of 120 marks.
Ques. What are the exam centers for the TS PGECET 2025?
Ans: The examination centers for the TS PGECET 2025 are not yet declared. The authority will declare the exam centers for 2025 soon. The exam centers will be declared in various parts of the state so that candidates can choose the most convenient center for them. However, candidates must select the exam center carefully as they will not be allowed to change it in the future.
Ques. What are some best books for TS PGECET 2025?
Ans: Choosing the best books for TS PGECET 2025 preparation is imperative to do well in the exam. Know the syllabus well and choose the best books for TS PGECET acoordingly. Some book recommendations as per previous year test takers and experts are, Handbook of Civil Engineering, Engineering Thermodynamics, Plant Design and Economics, Handbook of Computer Science, Engineering Mathematics, etc.
Ques. Is 40 a good marks for TS PGECET 2025?
Ans: As per previous years’ marks vs rank trend, 40 marks lead to a rank of 11500 to 13700. You will be eligible for admissions to courses in participating colleges based on your TS PGECET marks.
Ques. Can I appear for more than one programme for TS PGECET?
Ans: You can appear for more than one programme for TS PGECET 2025.
Ques. What are the TS PGECET Counselling Dates 2025?
Ans: TS PGECET Counselling 2025 is expected to start in August 2025. However, the official dates are yet to be released by the exam authorities.
Ques. What is the counseling procedure for TS PGECET 2025?
Ans: The counseling procedure for TS PGECET 2025 consists of 5 phases.
*The article might have information for the previous academic years, please refer the official website of the exam.