KEA extends KCET 2026 registration till February 22
Vaishnavi Shukla | February 13, 2026 | 11:10 PM IST | 1 min read
KCET 2026: Eligible candidates can apply on the official website, cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/kea/, and pay the required fee by Feb 24.
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Download NowThe Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) has extended the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET 2026) registration last date till February 22. Eligible candidates can apply for KCET 2026 registration on the official website, cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/kea/.
As per the revised schedule, candidates can pay the KCET application fee 2026 till Feb 24. KEA will hold the KCET exam 2026 on April 23 and 24.
Candidates who have already applied for the KCET 2026 can make changes in their application form, if required, by logging in on the application form filling facility.
According to KEA’s latest update, so far, 2.9 lakh students have registered using their Aadhaar numbers. Several students requested the extension facility. Therefore, KEA extended the last date for registration and fee payment for students' convenience.
Also read KCET 2026: What’s new this year? Internal reservation, Aadhaar verification
KCET 2026
Of the total registered candidates so far, 2.5 lakh have paid the KCET application fee 2026. At the college level, document verification for 35 thousand candidates has been completed.
“Verification of documents for 1.8 lakh candidates through SATS has been done online. Candidates who have already submitted applications can make corrections to any errors or mistakes in their applications,” KEA tweeted on its official X account.
KEA conducts KCET 2026 exam every year for admissions to engineering, architecture, medical and pharmacy programmes for various institutes across the state.
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