COMEDK

COMEDK (Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental, Karnataka) is an entrance examination for around 20 thousand seats of medical, engineering and dental programmes offered by more than 14 medical colleges, 25 dental colleges and 150 engineering colleges of Karnataka under the umbrella of Association of Medical, Dental and Engineering Colleges (AMDEC) run by the Karnataka Professional Colleges Foundation (KPCF) Trust. The Association conducts two examination round the year, in which one is UGET (Under Graduate Entrance test) and other is PGET (Post Graduate Entrance Test). The COMEDK UGET 2016 will be the gateway to MBBS, BDS, B.Tech and B.Arch. Courses. Students belong to any state can avail the COMDEK examination as per their eligibility criteria.

For the academic year 2016 - 17, COMEDK will conduct Under Graduate Entrance Test 2016 (UGET – 2016) for admission to undergraduate medical, dental and engineering courses on Sunday the 08/05/2016.

For the first time COMEDK UGET 2016 entrance exam will be an online computer based test and will be held at centres across the country to facilitate the students to take their exam closer to their homes and to minimize the cost of travel and other logistics.

The test will be held keeping in view the triple test criteria of being fair, transparent and non-exploitative and to ensure merit based admissions through a single common entrance test.

COMEDK UGET Eligibility Criteria:

All candidates are suggested to adhere the following eligibility criteria for all courses as Medical, Dental, Engineering and Architecture. The last decision will be taken by AICTE, MCI, DCI and COA.

For UG Medical and Dental:

KPCF and KUPECA have entrusted COMEDK with the responsibility of conducting the entrance examination and seat selection process. The following shall be the eligibility criteria for UG Medical and Dental courses.

a)      The candidates should have qualified in second PUC or 10+2 or equivalent examination recognized by State / Central Government, the last two years of study shall comprise of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (PCB) with English as a compulsory subject.

b)      The General Merit candidates must have passed these subjects (PCB) individually and must have obtained a minimum of 50% marks taken together in PCB (40% in the case of SC, ST and OBC candidates of Karnataka State).

c)       The candidates who are appearing for the prescribed qualifying examination and expecting the percentage of marks as at (b) are also eligible to apply.

d)      The General Merit candidates must also secure not less than 50% marks (40% in the case of SC, ST and OBC candidates of Karnataka) in aggregate in PCB subjects in the COMEDK UG entrance test 2016.

e)      English is one of the subjects, as in the previous years, to be tested along with Physics, Chemistry and Biology during COMEDK UGET – 2016. The General Merit candidates should secure not less than 50% marks in English (40% in the case of SC, ST and OBC candidates of Karnataka). However, the marks so secured in English will not be added for the determination of rank which shall be decided exclusively based on the minimum required marks secured by the candidates in PCB subjects. Further, a candidate is not entitled for a rank if he/she fails to secure 50% or 40% of the marks as the case may be in English. The paper on English language will be normally of second PUC or 10+2 standard and will test the candidate’s comprehension of the language, the structure of words, phrases, clauses and sentences.

f)       The candidate shall complete the age of 17 years on or before 31st December (31-12-2016) of the year of admission to the MBBS / BDS course.

g)      The following candidates are unacceptable and hence need not apply:

                           i.            Candidates who have passed the qualifying examination i.e. second PUC or 10+2 or equivalent prior to 2014.

                          ii.            Candidates having qualified earlier and selected an MBBS seat through COMEDK but failed to join the college so selected or failed to surrender the said seat at the COMEDK level for valid reasons or having joined the college so selected failed to pursue the course.

                        iii.            Candidates already pursuing Medical UG course anywhere in India.

                        iv.            Candidates who were caught attempting to impersonate or found following / adopting any of the malpractices earlier including entertaining the touts and agents.

For Engineering:

a)    The qualifying examinations prescribed for admission for B.E. / B. Arch is second PUC or 10+2 Higher Secondary or equivalent examination recognized by State / Central Government; the last two years of study shall comprise of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics with English as a compulsory subject.

b)      The General Merit candidates should have passed with a minimum aggregate of 45% marks (40% in respect of SC, ST and OBC candidates of Karnataka State in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics) and should have passed these subjects individually. Physics and Mathematics are compulsory subjects along with Chemistry or Bio Technology or Biology or any other technical vocational courses as one of the optional subjects. However, changes, if any, in the eligibility criteria by the AICTE will be adopted.

c)       An attempt in the COMEDK Entrance Test seeking admission to Engineering courses is considered adequate for figuring in the rank list.

d)      Diploma candidates are not eligible to take the Entrance Test as there are no lateral entry admissions.

For Architecture:

a)    The prescribed qualifying examination for admission to B. Arch course is second PUC or 10+2 Higher Secondary or equivalent examination with Mathematics as one of the subjects along with other subjects or a 10+3 Diploma recognized by Central / State Government and having obtained at least 50% marks in aggregate (45% in the case of SC, ST and OBC candidates of Karnataka).

b)      The candidates should have appeared for National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) conducted by the Council of Architecture with a minimum score of 80 out of 200 marks for both General Merit and Category students.

c)       i)    There shall be no Entrance Test for candidates seeking admission to B. Arch Course.

ii)   Candidates seeking B. Arch course shall submit separate application.

Important Dates:

·         The start date of the request for application form  – 8th February 2016

·         Last Date of the request for application form  – 4th April 2016

·         Last Date of filling the application form  –4th April 2016

·         Downloading of Admit Card – 30th April 2016

·         Date of examination – 8th May 2016

·         Publishing of provisional Answer Key – 11th May 2016

·         Publishing the final Answer Key – 26th May 2016

·         Date of Result – 28th May 2016

·         Date of Counselling – second week June 2016 onwards

Online applications can be accessed and completed till 23:50 hrs on 4^th April, 2016.

Application Form:

For applying the COMEDK Application form the aspirants would have to register via online only. The candidates would have to fill the details required in online registration form as name, date of birth, marks card, passing class, ID proof, e-mail ID and valid mobile number for further communication.

After submitting the applicant will be said to have been registered and will be sent a Unique login ID and password via email and SMS on the given mobile number.

By using the Login ID and password the applicant will get access to the OAF (Online Application Form) and authorized to fill the particular

Note: Do not send any hard copy of your application or any particular to the consortium office or address given.

Application Fee:

The application fee can be remit through the debit/credit card or net banking or through the DD collected by any national bank of India. The fee criteria for the engineering, medical/dental and architecture courses are as the following:

·         For Medical or Engineering aspirants – 1200/- Rs.

·         For Medical and Engineering aspirants – 1500/- Rs.

·         For Architecture aspirants – 1000/- Rs.

 ATTENTION: Demand Draft from any Bank other than the above are not acceptable.

Exam Pattern:

The examination will be asked in English language and objective questions only. There will not be any negative marking for the wrong answer. One mark will be given to each correct answer. There will be two paper for each engineering either medical as each will be of two-hour.

Subjects	B.Tech	MBBS/BDS	B.Tech & MBBS (Both)
Physics	60 Questions	60 Questions	60 Questions
Chemistry	60 Questions	60 Questions	60 Questions
Mathematics	60 Questions	–	60 Questions
Biology	–	60 Questions	60 Questions
English	–	60 Questions	60 Questions
Total	180 Questions	240 Questions	300 Questions

Paper Schedule:

Courses	Subjects (Morning Shift)	Subjects (Noon Shift)
B.E.	Mathematics, Physics & Chemistry
MBBS/BDS	Chemistry and Physics	English & Biology
Both (MBBS/BDS and BE)	Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics	English & Biology

Hall Ticket:

The COMEDK UGET Hall Ticket or Online TAT (test Admission Ticket) will be provided to the students via online only through the official site of the board. The admit card will contain the all particular details of the candidates. The candidates have to carry the TAT with them to the entrance hall. The admit card will be uploaded on the official site of the board on 30th April 2016.

Result:

The result of COMEDK UGET result will be announced on 28th May 2016 on the official site of the board. Before announcing the result, the board will declare the answer key of the test and after the result the board will announce the rank card to the pass students.

Counselling:

The COMEDK UGET Counselling will start on the second week of June onwards. The eligible candidates will be called for the counselling. The counselling procedure and allotment of the seats will be done on the basis rank, category and availability of the seats.

For further details: https://www.comedk.org/