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TS EAPCET 2026, TG ICET in May; TGCHE announces Telangana CET exam dates

TG EAMCET for engineering admissions will be held on May 9, 10 and 11, 2026. The entrance examination for admissions to agriculture and pharmacy courses will take place on May 4 and May 5, 2026.

2 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jan 1, 2026 09:41 AM IST

TGCHE announces TGCET exam dates (Express photo by Abhinav Saha/ representative image)

The Telangana Council of Higher Education (TGCHE) on December 30 announced the examination dates for the Telangana State Common Entrance Tests (TG CET 2026) for the 2026-27 academic session. TG EAMCET, TG EdCET and all other exams will be held in May.

Detailed notification containing schedule, eligibility to apply, registration fee payable etc, will be announced by the concerned CET Conveners in due course of time, TGCHE said while announcing the TS EAMCET, TS LAWCET and other exam dates.

The official website of TGCHE is tgche.ac.in.

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTUH) will be conducting the Telangana State Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (TG EAMCET 2026). The computer-based entrance test for engineering admissions will be held on May 9, 10 and 11, 2026. The entrance examination for admissions to agriculture and pharmacy courses will take place on May 4 and May 5, 2026.

The council also released dates for other major state-level entrance examinations. Kakatiya University will conduct the Telangana Education Common Entrance Test (TG EDCET) 2026 for admission to the BEd programme on May 12. Mahatma Gandhi University will hold the Telangana Integrated Common Entrance Test (TG ICET) 2026 for MBA and MCA admissions on May 13 and May 14.

According to the schedule, Osmania University will conduct the Telangana Engineering Common Entrance Test (TG ECET) 2026 for lateral entry into BE, BTech and BPharmacy programmes on May 15. The Telangana Law Common Entrance Test (TG LAWCET) 2026 and the Telangana Postgraduate Law Common Entrance Test (TG PGLCET) 2026 will be held on May 18 for admissions to 3-year LLB, 5-year LLB and LLM programmes, respectively.

Further, JNTUH will conduct the Telangana Postgraduate Engineering Common Entrance Test (TG PGECET) 2026 from May 28 to May 31 for admissions to ME, MTech, MPharm, MArch and Pharm D (Post Baccalaureate) programmes. The Telangana Physical Education Common Entrance Test (TG PECET) 2026, conducted by Satavahana University, will take place from May 31 to June 3, 2026, and will include physical efficiency and skill tests for BPEd and UGDEd programmes.