Gauri Mittal | August 13, 2025 | 03:46 PM IST | 1 min read
Students can opt for seat upgradation by expressing willingness to participate in the next round of seat allotments.
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The Karnataka counselling schedule has been revised for the Under Graduate Common Entrance Test (UGCET or KCET 2025) admissions. The updated round 1 schedule is for admission to engineering, farm science, veterinary, pharmacy, yoga and naturopathy, allied health sciences, architecture, nursing, and homoeopathic courses.
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The choice selection window for Karnataka UGCET 2025 counselling will close on August 14, at 11 am. Selected candidates can accept the allocated seats and confirm admission, or opt for seat upgradation through further rounds of counselling. Payment of acceptance fees and physical reporting at the allotted institute is mandatory for accepting the seat, if a candidate wishes to retain it in case of non-upgradation.
Students can also reject the current seat and wait for the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) to release the next round of seat allotments on the official website, cetonline.karnataka.gov.in. No fee payment is required for this choice.
The complete revised counselling schedule for Karnataka UGCET round 1 is given below. According to an official notification, the dates for the Karnataka UGCET counselling round 1 will not be extended after this.
Event | Last date |
Choice selection | August 14, till 11 am |
Fee payment and confirmation slip download | August 14, till 4 pm |
Offline reporting at the allotted college | August 15 |
According to the conducting authority, all participating institutes and colleges will consider Saturdays, Sundays, and gazetted holidays as working days during the counselling process. The institutes will remain open on August 15 (Independence Day) for newly-admitted students of BTech, BArch, BPharm, and other courses.
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