Colleges that accept PGCET

Last checked against the official KEA site: August 2026

PGCET is accepted by government, university, aided, and private institutions across Karnataka offering MBA, MCA, and M.Tech/M.E./M.Arch programmes. Reported counts put this at roughly 289 colleges for MBA, 190 for MCA, and 129 for M.Tech/M.E./M.Arch, spanning more than 280 participating institutions in total.

Explore real cutoffs and option entry lists across 125+ Karnataka MBA, MCA, and M.Tech institutions in our interactive PGCET 2026 College Predictor & Simulator.

Well-known colleges accepting PGCET (reported)

MBA: RV Institute of Management, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, BMS College of Engineering, Ramaiah Institute of Technology, BMS Institute of Technology and Management, REVA University, M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, KLE Technological University.
MCA: University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE), PES University, RV College of Engineering, among others.
M.Tech / M.E. / M.Arch: spans 50-plus specialisations across participating engineering colleges, including Computer Science, VLSI Design & Embedded Systems, Structural Engineering, Machine Design, and Power Systems.

This list is illustrative, gathered from counselling coverage, not an exhaustive or official ranking. Always verify a specific college's current PGCET participation and specialisation list directly with the college or KEA's own bulletin before relying on it.

The colleges directory now has full sourced profiles for two dedicated PGCET/MBA institutions — RV Institute of Management and REVA University — alongside the engineering colleges that also run PGCET streams (RVCE, BMSCE, MSRIT, DSCE, PESU and others). Filter it to "PGCET" to see all of them together, and use the comparison tool to weigh a shortlist.

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