The Directorate of Technical Education is under the Goa government and has implemented the state-level entrance exam, popularly known as the Goa Common Entrance Exam (GCET). Through this exam, applicants will be able to be admitted to various professional undergraduate courses according to their eligibility criteria.
Various fields are offered to candidates, such as engineering, architecture and medicine, pharmacy, and dentistry. These professional diploma courses are offered at various universities in Goa. Private or governmental professional universities are affiliated with the Goa government for applicants.
Here, applicants can get complete information about GCET through this article including GCET courses and seat reservation.
GCET 2021 Course and Seat Reservation
These applicants are eager for admissions to complete their professional degree courses in Medicine, Dentistry, Engineering, Pharmacy, Homeopathy, Ayurveda, Related Health Sciences and Nursing (at the Institute of Nursing Education) at Goa State Universities (except AQI & GOI) in the academic session 2021-2021, obtained the qualifying notes in the GCET exam.
GCET 2021 Courses
There is various courses are offered for candidates, and the courses are known as
- Medicine (MBBS)
- Dentry (BDS)
- Engineering (BE)
- Pharmacy (B Pharmacy)
- Architecture (B Architecture)
- Homeopathy (BHMS)
- Allied Health Science (BPT, BOT, B Opt, B Sc MIT, B Sc AT)
B.Sc in NURSING
GCET 2021 Seat Reservation
All categories of applicants apply for this exam and there are important guidelines for reserving seats for different categories of applicants.
According to the Goa government rules and regulations, applicants will present themselves for seat reservations. There are several participating institutes in Goa, so these applicants appear to be admitted; should check the booking criteria as follows
| Categories | Percentage of Reservation |
| Schedule Caste (SC) | 2% |
| Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 12% |
| Other Backward Classes (OBC) | 27% |
| Physically Handicapped (PH) | 3% |
| Freedom Fighter (FF) | 1% |
| Central & State Personnel | 3% |
| Ex- Defence Service Personnel | 1% |
| GN (Grandparent/Parent from Goa) | 2% |
| NRI | Up to 5% |
| Kashmiri Migrant | On a supernumerary basis for AICTE courses |
Scheduled Caste Category (2%)
These applicants belong to these castes and must provide the caste certificate from the relevant authority to enjoy the full benefits of the Goa CET Booking Criteria (GCET). There are 5 castes given below, which will be considered in the list of castes listed in the state of Goa.
| Caste |
| Bangui |
| Chambhar (Hadi) |
| Mahar |
| Mahyavanshi (Vat) |
| Mang |
Scheduled Caste Category (12%)
These candidates will belong to this caste; They must also provide the caste certificate from the relevant authority to receive full benefits from the Goa CET Reservation Criteria (GCET). There are 8 castes mentioned below. If applicants belong to one of these caste, they will be considered for reservation benefits under the caste listed in the state of Goa.
| Caste | Caste | |
| Dhodia (Halpati) | Varli | |
| Dubla (Talavia) | Kunbi | |
| Naikda (Nayaka) | Gawda | |
| Siddi | Velip |
OBC Category (27%)
These candidates will be from these eight caste origins, listed below. They will be taken into account in the list of castes listed in the state of Goa and will be able to benefit from the advantages of the reservation criteria under the OBC-Non Cream Layer.
If applicants fall into this category, they must provide the caste certificate from the relevant authority to receive full benefits of the Goa CET booking criteria.
| Caste | Caste | |
| Bhandari Naik | Kumbhar (I/c Christian Kumbhar) | |
| Christian Barber | Mahalo, Nashik, Nai, Napit, Nhavi | |
| Christian Mahar | Nathjogi | |
| Vishwakarma /Cbari/ Mesta | Pagui” Gabit | |
| Dhangar | Satarkar | |
| Dhobi, Rajak, Madval (I/c Christian Dhobi) | Shimpi | |
| Gosavi | Thakar | |
| Koli | Teli | |
| Kharvi (I/c Christian Kharvi) | Christian Renders | |
| KalaikadBlack SmitWTin Smith | Komarpant |
Distribution of seats in Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Architecture, and Homoeopathy
| Course | MBBS | BDS | B.PHARM ( GCP ) |
B.PHARM ( PES ) |
BHMS | BAMS | B.ARCH |
| Total Seats | 150 | 40 | 60 | 60 | 50 | 60 | 40 |
| AQI | 22 / 23* | 06 | – | – | 8 | – | – |
| State Quota | 128 / 127* | 34 | 60 | 60 | 42 | 60 | 40 |
| SC | 3 | 01 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| CSP | 4 | 01 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| NRI | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | |||
| ESM | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | |||
| ST | OPEN ( ST ) | 14 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | – | 5 | ||
| ST ( PH ) | 1 | – | – | – | – | 15 | – | |||
| OBC | OPEN | 34 / 33* | 9 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 10 | ||
| PH ( OBC ) | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | |||
| GENERAL | GEN ( TFW ) | – | – | 03 | 03 | – | – | |||
| OPEN ( GEN ) | 65 | 15 | 29 | 14+15 MQ | 21 | 14 + 15 MQ# | 18 | |||
| PH ( GEN ) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| GN ( GEN ) | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | |||
| FF ( GEN ) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
Distribution of Seats in allied health science courses & B.Sc. in nursing
| Course Name | Total Seats | SC | CSP | ESM | ST | OBC | General | |||||
| OPEN | PH | GN | OPEN | PH | FF | GN | ||||||
| BPT | 20 | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | 5 | – | – | 10 | – | – | – |
| BOT | 20 | 1 | – | – | 3 | 5 | – | – | 10 | – | – | 1 |
| B.OPT | 20 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | 1 | – | 10 | 1 | – | – |
| B.Sc.MIT | 20 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 1 | 10 | 1 | – | – |
| B.Sc.AT | 20 | – | 1 | – | 2 | 5 | – | – | 11 | – | 1 | – |
| B.Sc.Nursing | 100 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
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