GCET 2025: According to the official notification, GCET 2025 application form online submission will be started in 1st week of April 2025. The Directorate of Technical Education will announce the Goa Common Entrance Test 2025 registration forms. The DTE Goa is the conducting body of the Goa Common Entrance Test GCET is the annual state engineering exam in which thousands of students participate. who are interested in pursuing their undergrad engineering programs from one of the colleges located in the state of Goa.
Check Eligibility For GCET Exam
The authorities will release the Goa CET Application Form in the online mode. The Applications for Goa Common Entrance Test (GCET)-2025, for admission to First Year of Degree Courses in Engineering & Pharmacy, has to be submitted online. DTE Goa has announced the exam dates for the session 2025-23. The mode of application is offline mode. The selected candidates will be called for GCET 2025 Counselling. Read the article to know about the admission process through GCET 2025.
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GCET 2025 Important Dates
The candidates who are willing to appear in the GCET 2025 must be aware of the schedule for the session 2025-2023. DTE Goa will conduct the annual Common Entrance Exam, i.e. GCET 2025.
| GCET 2025 | Important Dates (Revised) |
| Prospectus of GCET 2025 | 31st March 2025 |
| Dates and Procedure for submission of Application Form of GCET shall be notified by | 1st week of April 2025 |
| Last date for receiving applications and issue of admit cards | To be announced |
| Last date for receiving applications and issue of admit cards (with additional late fees of Rs. 1500/-) | To be announced |
| GCET 2025 exam date | 11th and 12th May 2025 |
| Publishing of Answer Key | 4-5 days after exam |
| Expected date of result of GCET | 20th May 2025 |
GCET 2025 Eligibility Criteria
DTE Goa has set forth certain guidelines for the GCET 2025 aspirants so as to maintain a minimum standard among the student resource who will be appearing for the GCET 2025 Exam. Candidates must necessarily clear these guidelines in order to fill the form. If candidates fail to clear the requirement then it may lead to disqualification. DTE Goa has prepared the eligibility criteria on the basis of certain criterions such as age factor, nationality, qualifying exam and marks and so on.
| Eligibility Criterion | Criteria |
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| Age | No age limit for admission to Engineering and Pharmacy Courses |
| Qualifying Examination | An applicant must have passed the Higher Secondary School Certificate Examination of the Goa Board or ICSE or CBSE or any other examination, which in scope and standard, is deemed to be equivalent to the H.S.S.C. examination of Goa Board. |
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GCET Application Form 2025
Directorate of Technical Education Goa will release the GCET 2025 Application Form. Candidates can download the GCET Application form from the official website and take the print of it, which is then to be filled in and sent to the prescribed address. The mode of the application procedure is now online due to COVID 19.
The complete procedure is laid down below.
- Visit the official website of GCET (dte.goa.gov.in)
- Locate ‘Application Forms’ under the Admission panel on the main menu.
- Click on the GCET 2025 Application Form.
- The Application Form Annexure will be accessible to the candidates.
- Take the print of the Application Form on an A-4 size sheet.
- Candidates are advised to read instructions carefully before filling the form.
- Applicant must fill the form in his/ her own handwriting, and submit the same at the notified locations (as per Centres opted), on specified dates, along with self-attested copies of required documents.
- The Form should be accompanied by Demand draft for INR 2000 payable at Panaji, in favor of “Director of Technical Education” drawn on any Scheduled Bank, or any other approved form of remittance, as may be duly notified.
GCET 2025 Exam Pattern
DTE Goa has incorporated several norms and structures for Goa CET 2025 Examination. Candidates must be aware of GCET 2025 Exam Patten in order to have an idea about the exam. It includes examination mode, question paper pattern, answering mode, number of sections, subject-wise distribution of questions and so on.
| Particulars | Exam Patterns |
| Exam Conducting Mode | Offline (Pen and Paper) |
| Duration | 120 minutes or 2 Hours ( Per Paper) |
| Type of Questions | Objective Type Multiple Choice Questions |
| Subjects |
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| Distribution of questions | 75 Questions each section |
| Maximum Marks | 225 Marks |
| Negative Marking | There will be No Negative Marking |
| Marking Scheme | 1 mark for every correct answer |
GCET 2025 Syllabus
Check the syllabus of GCET as per the subjects. The syllabus will help the candidates to get an idea about the subject and topics. The questions will consist of these topics.
Syllabus for Physics
Laws of Motion; Work, Energy, and Power; Properties of Matter; Electrostatics; Current Electricity; Magnetic Effects of Electric Current; Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents; Optics; Dual Nature of Radiation and Atomic Physics; Nuclear Physics; Semiconductor Devices and their Applications.
Syllabus for Chemistry
Atomic Structure; p, d, and f block elements; Coordination Chemistry and Solid State Chemistry; Thermodynamics, Chemical Equilibrium, and Chemical Kinetics; Electrochemistry; Isomerism in Organic Compounds; Alcohols and Ethers; Carbonyl Compounds; Carboxylic Acids and their derivatives; Organic Nitrogen Compounds and Bio-molecules.
Syllabus for Mathematics
Sets, Relations, & Function; Complex Numbers & Quadratic Equations; Matrices & Determinants; Permutation & Combination; Mathematical Induction; Binomial Theorem; Sequences and Series; Limit, Continuity & Differentiability; Integral Calculus; Differential Equations; Coordinate Geometry; 3-D Geometry; Vector Algebra; Statistics & Probability; Trigonometry; Mathematical Reasoning; Discrete Mathematics; Analytic Geometry of two dimensions.
GCET 2025 Exam Centres
Check out the GCET Exam Centres and fill the form accordingly. The exam centre is the place where the candidates visit to give the exam. Within the state, various centres are made so that candidates can have the nearest centres to them. As of total 15 centers are there where GCET Exam takes place. Some of the Centres are Panaji, Verna, Vasco, Mapusa, etc. Click on the link given above to know more about the exam centres of GCET.
GCET Admit Card 2025
Candidates need to collect the GCET 2025 Admit Card from the designated centers of DTE Goa. GCET Admit card will grant access to candidates inside the examination hall. The Admit Card for Goa CET 2025 Exam will be available in an offline mode. The Hall Ticket of GCET contains details such as exam date, venue, address, roll number, candidate’s personal information, and so on.
GCET 2025 Answer Key
The GCET answer key 2025 will be released by the exam conducting authority in a few days after the examination has been concluded. The Answer key of GCET will carry all the correct answer key option numbers to the questions asked in the examination. With the help of the answer key, candidates will be able to cross-check the answers that they have provided in the Goa CET 2025 examination. It will help the candidates to calculate the probable score that they will get in the examination before the final results are out. Using the answer key, candidates will be able to have an idea of which institute they will probably get admission in with the score calculated.
GCET 2025 Result
DTE Goa will release the Goa CET Exam Result for the candidates who will be appearing for the examination. The Result publishes after the completion of the exam. Candidates can view their results from the official website of DTE Goa. The Goa CET 2025 Result is in the form of PDF format and candidates will be able to see their subject-wise score as per roll no.
GCET 2025 Merit List
Merit List of the eligible candidates shall be prepared in the descending order of the qualifying Goa CET 2025 marks. For Bachelors in Engineering, the merit list shall be based on aggregate marks of the subjects.
Tie Break Scenario
- In case the above marks of two or more applicants are equal, the applicant with more marks in GCET 2025 Mathematics shall be placed higher in the merit list.
- If the marks in Mathematics are also equal, the applicant with more marks in GCET 2025 Chemistry will be placed higher in the merit list.
- In case the marks in GCET 2025 in Chemistry are also equal, the applicant with more aggregate marks in Physics and Mathematics at the qualifying examination (Std. 12th) will be placed higher in the merit list.
- In case of tie at this stage, applicant scoring more marks in Mathematics at the qualifying examination (Std. 12th) will be placed higher in the merit list.
- If all the above are also equal, then the applicant with earlier date of birth will be placed higher in the order of merit.
GCET Counselling 2025
The GCET Counselling 2025 will conduct in the month of July 2025. The counselling procedure will take place in 3 rounds and there may be an additional round if required. Only those candidates who have been listed on the merit list will be able to participate in the GCETcounselling round. The committee in charge of conducting the counselling will release the counselling schedule and candidates will be called according to their rank in the Goa CET 2025 merit list. Candidates must not forget to bring their original documents and the required photocopies to the allotted venue for verification.
GCET Reservation Categories and Seats
The reservation in GCET will be as per the guidelines issued by the Government of Goa. The GCET reservation criteria are as given below.
| Category | Reservation (%) |
| Schedule Caste (SC) | 2% |
| Schedule Tribe (ST) | 12% |
| Other Backward Classes (OBC) | 27% |
| Physically Handicapped (PH) | 3% |
| Freedom Fighter (FF) | 1% |
| Central & State Personnel | 3% |
| Ex- Defense Service Personnel | 1% |
| GN (Grandparent/ Parent from Goa) | 2% |
| NRI | Up to 5% |
| Kashmiri Migrant | On the supernumerary basis for AICTE course |
Goa CET 2025 – A Brief Outlook
| Particulars | Overview |
| Exam Name | Goa Common Entrance Test |
| Acronym | GCET 2025 |
| Conducting Body | Directorate of Technical Education, Govt. of Goa |
| Exam Level | State Level |
| Admission Centres | Directorate of Technical Education, Alto-Porvorim, Goa |
| Exam Mode | Offline (Pen and Paper Exam) |
| Official Website | Dte.goa.gov.in |
