TS EAPCET

TS EAPCET (formerly TS EAMCET), or the Telangana State Engineering, Agriculture and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test, is a crucial examination for aspiring pharmacy, engineering and agriculture students in Telangana. It serves as the gateway for admission to undergraduate pharmacy, engineering and agriculture courses, setting a minimum percentile requirement that varies based on categories.

Table of Contents

1. Quick Summary
2. Eligibility Criteria
3. Exam Pattern
4. Exam Syllabus
5. Exam Centre
7. EAPCET Cutoff

Quick Summary

Eligibility Criteria

• Candidates should be 16 years old at the time of admission or reach this age on or before the 31st of December in the respective admission year. Upper age limit is 25 years for scheduled tribe and scheduled caste candidates, 22 years for all other candidates as on December 31st of the admission year.
• Note: For Pharm-D course only minimum age is 17 years as on 31st December of admission year.

Engineering and Pharmacy:

• Applicants should have passed or appeared for intermediate (10 + 2 pattern) final year with Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry / Biology / Botany & Zoology / Biotechnology / as optional subjects or related vocational courses in the field of Engineering or Technology.
• Candidates should have appeared or passed at the final year of the Diploma in Engineering (For Engineering) or Diploma in Pharmacy (For Pharm-D) by the State Board of Technical Education and Training, Telangana or Andhra Pradesh or any other examination recognized as equivalent thereto by the State Board of Technical Education and Training, Telangana or Andhra Pradesh.

Agriculture:

Minimum passing percentage to appear in EAPCET is 45% for General candidates and 40% for remaining candidates in respective qualifying examinations.

Exam Pattern

All questions are mandatory, and each question carries one mark for the correct answer with no negative marking.

Exam Syllabus

Refer to the provided syllabus for detailed information on the exam topics.

Exam Centers

EAPCET will be conducted in various parts of Telangana. Refer to the table below for test zone and test center locations:

Qualifying Cut off

To secure admission to Undergraduate Engineering or Pharmacy or Agriculture Courses in Telangana, candidates must meet percentile requirements in TS EAPCET.

For General and General-EWS categories and Backward Classes achieving a minimum of marks at the 25th percentile is necessary. For Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes candidates, no minimum marks or percentile is prescribed.

These percentiles are determined based on the highest marks in the TS EAPCET’s common merit list. If a candidate’s EAPCET score is below this qualifying cutoff, then he/she is not eligible to participate in TS EAPCET counseling.