AP ICET 2018 application begins from March 16, last date to apply April 14

Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati has announced Andhra Pradesh Integrated Common Entrance Test (APICET) 2018 for admission to MBA and MCA. The online application process has commenced from March 12, 2018, and the last date to apply without late fee is April 14, 2018. The exam will be conducted in a computer based mode for the first time on May 2, 2018. APICET 2018 will be held in two slots, from 10 AM to 12.30 PM and 2.30 PM to 5 PM.

Important Dates

As per the eligibility criteria, candidates should have a Bachelor’s Degree of minimum three year duration from a recognised university or its equivalent with Mathematics as one of the subjects at 10th class level. Applicants should have secured at least 50 percent marks in aggregate (45 percent for SC, ST and PWD candidates).

The application process is completely online. After visiting the official website, applicants have to follow the steps below:

1. Fee Payment – Applicants have to pay the application fee of Rs. 550 through Debit/Credit Card or Net Banking or cash.

2. Know your payment status

3. Fill application form

4. Print application form

The exam pattern has remained same as last year. The following table brings to you the exam pattern and structure of AP ICET 2018.

Number	Section Name	No. of Questions	Marks	Marks Per Question
1	Analytical Ability	75	75	1
2	Mathematical Ability	75	75	1
3	Communication Ability	50	50	1
	Total	200	200

The duration of the exam is 150 minutes. There is no negative marking in the test.

Last year, over 70,000 candidates applied for the exam out of which over 62,000 appeared for the test. As many as 28 Universities of Andhra Pradesh offer MBA programmes with intake capacity of 1655. In terms of private B-schools, there are 345 institutes offering a total of 30,124 seats.