APSCHE to conduct AP ICET 2026 MBA, MCA entrance exam on April 28

The Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) has announced the AP Integrated Common Entrance Test (AP ICET) exam dates 2026. As per media reports, APSCHE will conduct the AP ICET 2026 exam on April 28 in two sessions.

Candidates who fulfil the eligibility criteria can apply for the AP ICET 2026 exam on the official website, cets.apsche.ap.gov.in/ICET, once the registration begins. The AP ICET 2026 exam information brochure is yet to be announced by the council.

AP ICET 2026 is a state-level MCA and MBA entrance exam conducted for admission to colleges in Andhra Pradesh state. AP ICET exam is conducted by Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Ananthapuramu, on behalf of APSCHE. Every year, more than 40,000 students appear for the AP ICET, computer-based test (CBT) across 43 cities in Andhra Pradesh.

AP ICET Eligibility Criteria 2026

The required eligibility criteria for AP ICET 2026 are as follows.

• Candidates should be Indian nationals
• Candidates should have completed their bachelor’s degree in any discipline or field
• The degree should be a minimum of 3 years or its equivalent, with mathematics as one of the subjects in Class 12.
• General category students should have a minimum of 50% in graduation and SC and ST candidates should at least have 45%.
• Candidates in their final year for graduation can also apply.

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List of colleges accepting AP ICET scores 2026

The list of colleges accepting the AP ICET 2026 score is as follows.

• Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati
• Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College (SVEC), Tirupati
• Sagi Ramakrishnamraju Engineering College (SRKREC), Bhimavaram
• Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering (SVEC), Tirupati
• Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University or JNTU Kakinada
• Dr Lankapalli Bullayya College, Visakhapatnam
• Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College (VRSEC), Vijayawada
• Annamacharya Institute of Technology And Science (AITS), Kadapa
• Lakireddy Bali Reddy College of Engineering (LBRCE), Krishna
• Andhra University (AU), Visakhapatnam