Entrance exam
TG EAPCET: who can sit it, the paper, and where it leads
TG EAPCET is the Telangana Engineering, Agriculture and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test. It was called TS EAMCET until recently, and both older names are still widely used. Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad conducts it on behalf of the Telangana Council of Higher Education. It is the prerequisite for admission to professional courses in the university and private colleges of Telangana, including the engineering colleges in and around Hyderabad. It is a separate examination from Andhra Pradesh’s, with its own notification, paper and counselling.
Important note: Please verify all examination details, including eligibility, dates, fees and application procedures, on the official website of the examination authority before taking any action.
Who can sit TG EAPCET
For the engineering stream you need the Intermediate examination, or Class 12, with Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, with the minimum marks the notification sets, lower for reserved categories. Candidates must also meet a minimum age at admission. Seats are divided between local and non-local candidates, and local status depends on where you studied in the years before the qualifying examination. The rules on non-local seats have been revised since the two states separated, so a student from Andhra Pradesh or elsewhere should read the current notification and not rely on what applied to an older sibling.
How the paper is set
Candidates take the test on computer, in a single three-hour sitting. The engineering paper has 160 questions: 80 in Mathematics, 40 in Physics and 40 in Chemistry, each carrying one mark. There is no negative marking. The test is held over several sessions, and the council publishes the method it uses to normalise scores across them. The notification for each year states whether the rank rests on the entrance score alone or also gives weight to Intermediate marks.
The facts, and where each one comes from
Based on the TG EAPCET 2026 examination, and indicative only. Follow the source beside each one for the current rule.
- Conducted by
- JNTU Hyderabad, on behalf of TGCHE source
- Used for
- Admission to professional courses in university and private colleges in Telangana source
- Scores
- Normalised across sessions source
- Mode
- Computer-based source
- Duration
- 3 hours source
- Engineering paper
- 160 questions: Mathematics 80, Physics 40, Chemistry 40 source
- Negative marking
- None source
- Seats
- Divided between local and non-local candidates source
- Weight for Intermediate marks
- Stated in each year’s notification source
Before you decide to sit it
As in Andhra Pradesh, Mathematics is half the paper and a wrong answer costs nothing, so attempt every question and put the most practice into Mathematics. The more important decision is made at counselling. Telangana has a large number of engineering colleges and they differ widely, so a seat in computer science at a weak college is a different thing from the same branch at a strong one. Look at where a college’s graduates are placed before ranking it. And decide which kind of engineering work you want, using the careers below, before the option form opens.
Where this exam leads
22 careers in our database route through TG EAPCET. Each one shows the full route in, what the work is actually like, and what it costs.
- Automobile EngineerEngineering & Technology
- Biomedical EngineerEngineering & Technology
- BiotechnologistLife Sciences & Environment
- Business Analyst (IT)Computing & Data
- Chemical EngineerEngineering & Technology
- Cloud & DevOps EngineerComputing & Data
- Computer Science EngineerEngineering & Technology
- Cybersecurity AnalystComputing & Data
- Data ScientistComputing & Data
- Database AdministratorComputing & Data
- Electrical EngineerEngineering & Technology
- Electronics & Communication EngineerEngineering & Technology
- Environmental EngineerEngineering & Technology
- Food TechnologistLife Sciences & Environment
- Industrial & Production EngineerEngineering & Technology
- Instrumentation & Control EngineerEngineering & Technology
- Mobile Application DeveloperComputing & Data
- QA & Test Engineer (Software)Computing & Data
- Robotics & Automation EngineerEngineering & Technology
- Software EngineerComputing & Data
- Structural EngineerEngineering & Technology
- Textile EngineerEngineering & Technology
The practical detail
- Typical duration of this stage
- 3 to 4 years, depending on the career
- Indicative cost of this stage
- ₹90,000 to ₹25 lakh
- Fields it opens
- Computing & Data, Engineering & Technology, Life Sciences & Environment
- Reachable from these streams
- Arts / HumanitiesCommerceScience with Mathematics (PCM)Science with Biology (PCB)Vocational / Diploma
Worth sitting this exam at all?
This page tells you where TG EAPCET leads. It cannot tell you whether any of those destinations suit you — that depends on what you enjoy, how you reason and what you want from work. The assessment scores you against every career listed above and shows the arithmetic behind each match.
Worth 45 minutes even if you have already decided. Being certain is not the same as having checked, and it is free to take.
Compiled from 22 career records, the oldest verified on 2026-08-01. Sources: https://bis.gov.in/, https://cdsco.gov.in/, https://cpcb.nic.in/, https://dbtindia.gov.in/ and 26 more.