Entrance exams for Bangalore admissions
KCET, COMEDK, NEET, KMAT, PGCET, CLAT and NATA: who runs each, eligibility, the usual calendar and the Bangalore colleges that admit through it.
- Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET) (UG): KCET is the state entrance test through which the Karnataka Examinations Authority allots government-quota seats in engineering, pharmacy, architecture (with a NATA score), agriculture and allied programmes across Karnataka, and B.Sc Nursing seats in government and private nursing colleges.
- COMEDK UGET (UG): COMEDK UGET is the entrance test run by the consortium of Karnataka's private professional colleges.
- NEET-UG (UG): NEET-UG is the single national entrance examination for MBBS, BDS and AYUSH programmes.
- Karnataka Management Aptitude Test (KMAT) (PG): KMAT Karnataka is the entrance test used by the association of private post-graduate colleges in Karnataka for MBA and MCA admissions in their management-quota seats.
- Karnataka PGCET (PG): Karnataka PGCET is KEA's post-graduate entrance test, allotting government-quota seats for MBA, MCA, M.Tech, M.E. and M.Arch programmes in Karnataka colleges.
- Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) (UG): CLAT is the national entrance for the five-year integrated LL.B and the LL.M at the National Law Universities.
- National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) (UG): NATA is the aptitude test the Council of Architecture requires for admission to every B.Arch programme in India.