Kakinada Institute of Technology and Science (KITS) Divili Admission 2023: Admission schedule, Eligibility

The institute provides B.Tech in 6 specializations and Diploma courses in 3 specializations. The minimum eligibility for B.Tech is 10+2 with Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Additionally, those who have passed or appeared in the final year of the Diploma examination in Engineering conducted by the State Board of Technical Education and Training, Andhra Pradesh / Telangana or any other examination recognized as equivalent are also eligible to apply.

For Diploma courses, SSC with Science subjects is required to be eligible for admission.

B.Tech admission is done through AP-EAMCET, which is an online test of 160 questions with a duration of 3 hours. The final selection is done on the basis of merit list prepared by giving 75% preference to EAMCET score and 25% to the marks secured in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry of the qualifying examination.

Key points for B.Tech admission:

• For EAMCET, the qualifying marks are 25% for general candidates. No such qualifying marks are required for SC/ST candidates.
• For all the branches of B.Tech except for Agricultural Engineering, candidates should have completed 16 years of age as on 31st December of the year of admission.
• Upper age limit is 22 years for all the candidates and 25 years for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates as on 31^st December of the year of admissions.
• Relaxation of 5% marks is given to SC/ST candidates in the qualifying exam percentage criteria.
• Admission to 85% of the seats in each course shall be reserved for the local candidates and the remaining 15% of the seats are for candidates from other states.
• Only those candidates are considered local candidates who have studied in an Educational Institution in a local area for a period of not less than four consecutive academic years ending with the academic year in which they appeared in the relevant qualifying examination.

The institute offers M.Tech in 6 specializations, M.Pharm in 2 specializations and an MBA program in its PG program.

For all the courses, candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree or its equivalent in the relevant field with at least 50% marks (45% for reserved category) from an AICTE/UGC approved university.

For M.Tech and M.Pharm, the candidates have to appear for AP-PGECET entrance test. However, during the seat allotment, initial preference will be given to candidates qualified in GATE / GPAT in the relevant field based on their test scores and the remaining seats will be filled with the candidates qualified in AP PGECET as per their merit ranks.

For admission to MBA, the candidates will have to qualify AP ICET.

• For any of the entrance tests, the qualifying marks are 25% for general candidates. No such qualifying marks are required for SC/ST candidates.
• Relaxation of 5% marks is given to SC/ST candidates in the qualifying exam percentage criteria.
• Admission to 85% of the seats in each course shall be reserved for the local candidates and the remaining 15% of the seats are open for other state candidates.