APPGCET 2023: Application form, Exam Date, Admit Card, Eligibility Criteria

• The AP PGCET 2023 result has been announced.
• The minimum qualifying marks for ranking in AP PGCET is 35% for unreserved category candidates.
• The result and scorecards can be accessed on the cets.apsche.ap.gov.in 2023 website.

APPGCET 2023 Highlights

Andhra Pradesh Postgraduate Engineering Common Entrance Test (AP PGECET) 2023 is a state-level entrance examination conducted by Andhra University, Visakhapatnam on behalf of the Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE). The exam is conducted once a year for admission into various postgraduate engineering, pharmacy, and technology courses in colleges across Andhra Pradesh. Here are some important points to note:

1. Eligibility Criteria: Candidates must have passed a relevant undergraduate course from a recognized university with at least 50% marks (45% for reserved categories). There is no age limit to appear for the exam.
2. Application Process: The application process for AP PGECET 2023 is online and candidates can apply through the official website. The application fee is Rs. 1000 for general candidates and Rs. 500 for SC/ST candidates.
3. Exam Pattern: AP PGECET 2023 is a computer-based test that consists of 120 multiple-choice questions. The duration of the exam is two hours. The exam consists of questions from the candidate's chosen subject.
4. Syllabus: The syllabus for AP PGECET 2023 includes topics from various undergraduate courses like civil engineering, chemical engineering, computer science, and engineering, etc. Candidates are advised to refer to the official website for a detailed syllabus.
5. Admit Card: Candidates who have successfully registered for AP PGECET 2023 can download their admit card from the official website. The admit card contains important information like the candidate's name, roll number, exam center, and exam date.
6. Result: The results of AP PGECET 2023 will be announced online and candidates can check their results by entering their hall ticket number. Candidates who qualify for the exam will be called for counseling and admission process.

The candidates can get the summary of AP Post Graduate Common Entrance Test 2023 hereunder;

APPGCET 2023 Exam Status

APPGCET 2023 Exam Dates

Candidates appearing for AP PGCET 2023 are advised to follow the listed dates. Those candidates who are interested can apply for APPGCET 2023 as per the following dates:

What is APPGCET ?

APPGCET 2023 Application Form

APPGCET 2023 application form window was open in thhrough the online mode. Before filling and submitting of online application form, the candidates were advised to go through the relevant instructions given below:

• The application form was available on the official website of Yogi Vemana University,  hence candidates must apply there to avoid any kind of fraud.
• Candidates must apply online mode only.
• They need to enter details like the candidate's name, Father's Name, Mother's Name, Gender, date of birth, contact information, qualifying exam, qualifying exam etc to make fee payment and get registered and be eligible to appear in the exam. Also, before submitting the form they must ensure the correctness of the information.
• Any wrong details in the form lead to the cancellation of the form.
• Once the fee will be paid they will be eligible to fill and complete the form.
• Lastly keeping a copy of the filled form is suggested to submit as proof if needed.

How to Apply for APPGCET 2023?

The applicants can follow the below-given steps to apply for APPGCET 2023:

• Step 1 - Visit the official website. Click on APPGCET
• Step 2-  Fill in all required details including address, educational, personal and etc.
• Step 3- Upload documents i.e. passport size photograph and signature in JPG and JPEG format. Aadhar card is mandatory for the candidates.
• Step 4- Take the printout of the filled application form and keep it for further admission procedure.

APPGCET 2023 Application Fee

Candidates can check the category wise APPGCET 2023 application fee below in the table:

APPGCET 2023 Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible Post Graduate Common Entrance Tests the candidates must fulfill the APPGCET 2023 Eligibility Criteria mentioned hereunder:

• Applying candidate must be an Indian.
• The candidate should satisfy ‘local’/non-local’ status requirements as laid down in the
  Andhra Pradesh Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admission) order, 1974, as
  subsequently amended.
• The candidate should have possessed a degree for the final year of relevant under
  graduate or equivalent examination to seek admission into the Post Graduate Programs
  and its relevant specialization. 

APPGCET 2023 Exam Pattern & Syllabus

Those who have applied or planning to apply can check hereunder APPGCET 2023 Exam Pattern:

• Medium of Paper: English for all the programs and for language-related PG Programs the medium of the APPGCET will be the respective language itself. 
• Mode of exam: CBT (Computer Based Test)
• Type of questions: Multiple choice questions
• Duration of exam: 90 minutes(1:30 hours)
• Total number of questions: 100 questions
• Marks/ question: +1 mark will be rewarded for each correct response.
• Negative marking: There will be no negative marking if any wrong answer will be marked
• The entrance test will consist of any 3 or 4 varieties of objective type items such as analogies, classification, matching, comprehension of a research study/experiment / theoretical point of view, etc., with multiple answers.
• There will be three categories from which questions will be asked:
  • CATEGORY –I PG Program in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
  • CATEGORY-II PG Programs in Commerce and Education
  • CATEGORY – III PG Programs in Sciences 

APPGCET 2023 Admit Card

APPGCET 2023 admit card is available online on the official website of the exam. Candidates can go through the below details for a few important pieces of information;

• The admit card will be released at least one week before the entrance test will start.
• The candidates will have to affix the latest passport size photograph (which is exactly similar to the one uploaded in the Online Application) in the space provided in the hall ticket and get itself attested.
• Also, they need to carry any national identity card like an Aadhar card, Passport, DL, PAN card, or Voter ID for identity verification.
• No aspirant will receive the hall ticket through post or any offline mode. 
• The admit card of Yogi Vemana University PGCET will contain the following details: 
  • Name of candidate
  • Date of Birth
  • Father’s name
  • Exam Center
  • Date and time of the exam
  • Time to report to the exam center
  • Time and duration of the question paper.
• Without the Hall Ticket, the candidate is not allowed to appear for the entrance test.
• Also, they must keep it safe until the admission process is over.

APPGCET 2023 Result

The results of APPGCET 2023 will be made available in the websites, www.yogivemanauniversity.ac.in.  or www.sche.ap.gov.in (or) www.yvu.edu.in 

• The scorecards of individual candidates can be downloaded, and these will not be sent to the candidates directly by post. 
• In the downloaded result, the candidate will have to affix the latest passport size
  photograph (same as uploaded in the Online Application) in the space provided and get itself attested.
• The examinees must note that there shall be no re-totalling, re-valuation or personal identification of response sheets (Answer Scripts) of CET.
• Without the rank card, no candidate will be allowed to participate in the counselling or certificate verification.  
• The minimum qualifying marks for ranking in APPGCET shall be 35% of the maximum marks.
  However, “ for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, there shall be no minimum qualifying marks.
• In case of more than one student scoring the same marks in APPGCET, the tie shall be resolved by bracketing the candidates together for the purpose of ranking and considering seniority in age, hence one who will be senior will get more preference.

APPGCET 2023 Merit list & Inter-se Merit

• The candidates belonging to the category of SC and ST shall be assigned ranks in the order of merit on the basis of marks obtained in the APPGCET. 
• State-wide Common Merit List: The list shall include the candidates based on the marks
  obtained in the APPGCET, irrespective of one’s category of reservation quota.
• Region-wise Common Merit List: this will include the candidates based on the marks
  obtained in the APPGCET belonging to the particular local area.
• Minority Community Merit Lists: This will have merit lists, containing the candidates
  belonging to the different Minority communities arranged in the Merit assigned in CET, both Statewide and Local Area wise. 
• Community-wise Merit Lists: The authority will display the separate Community-wise merit lists for the Scheduled Castes, Schedules Tribes, and Back-ward classes Communities, both as Statewide and Local Area-wise.
• Merit list for other categories of reservations: The merit list for other categories of reservations will be displayed separately for eg - differently-abled (physically handicapped), NCC Games and Sports, Children of Ex-servicemen, and for Women both State-wide and Local Area-wise.

APPGCET 2023 Counselling

APPGCET 2023 Centres

The candidates will be assigned test centres from the following cities: