AP ICET 2025 on May 7 for MBA, MCA admissions

NEW DELHI: The Andhra Pradesh State Council for Higher Education (APSCHE) has announced the Integrated Common Entrance Test (AP ICET) exam date 2025. Accordingly, the exam will be conducted on May 7, 2025 for admission to MBA and MCA programmes offered at colleges and universities across the state for the academic session 2025-26.

Professor M Shashi in the department of Computer Science and Engineering at Andhra University has been appointed as the exam convenor, according to the AP ICET 2025 exam schedule shared on X.

APSCHE will issue the AP ICET exam eligibility, syllabus, registration dates, application form soon on the official website, cets.apsche.ap.gov.in.

ICET exam eligibility, application fee

As per the last year’s eligibility criteria, students having a three-year or four-year in any field or having passed an equivalent examination recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC) are eligible to appear.

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AP ICET 2025 registration process will include uploading of certain documents and payment of applicable fees based on category. Last year, candidates belonging to the Open Category (OC) were required to pay Rs 650 while Backward Category (BC) applicants had to deposit Rs 600 online. The registration fee for Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) applicants was Rs 550.

AP ICET exam pattern

The AP ICET exam will be held in two shifts, with questions on various topics carrying a total of 200 marks. Examinees need to score 25 percent marks in order to be declared pass.

Close to 43,000 candidates qualified for the entrance exam last year. Arrla Kranti Kumar from Vijayawada grabbed All India Rank (AIR) 1 in MBA exam while Gunnam Sai Karthik from Rajahmundry, and Suryashetti Vasanta Lakshmi from Visakhapatnam secured the second and third positions respectively.