Osmania University Common Entrance Test

Osmania University Common Entrance Test or OUCET is a post graduate eligibility test conducted by Osmania University. There are about 19,000 seats at Osmania University, Palamuru University, Mahabubnagar; Mahatma Gandhi University, Nalgonda and Telangana University, Nizamabad.^[1][2] The entrance test is held in May/June every year.

History

Osmania University started conducting the common entrance test for universities located in Telangana region since 2011.

Format and timing

The test is held in 52 subjects that includes 39 PG courses, 10 PG diploma courses and 3 five years integrated courses.

The entrance examination is a two-hour multiple choice question paper. The subject wise ranks are sorted and sent to students.^[3]

Resu[lt

The results are out in June and counseling for allotment of seats is held in end of June and the academic year starts in July.

Seats distribution

Total seats - 18,881

University campus colleges seats at 4 universities are 4500 and the rest in affiliated colleges.

• Osmania University - 13,027
• Telangana University - 1,990
• Mahatma Gandhi University - 2630
• Palamuru University - 1234^[4]