Identity Documents (mandatory): - Aadhaar Card (original + 2 photocopies). Aadhaar is mandatory for KCET candidature and authentication. - KCET 2026 admit card (printout) - KCET 2026 score card (downloaded from cetonline.karnataka.gov.in) - Recent passport-size colour photographs — 6 copies (with white background, name printed below)
Academic Documents (mandatory): - Class 10 marks card (original + 2 photocopies). Confirms your basic eligibility and date of birth. - Class 12 / PUC II marks card (original + 2 photocopies). Confirms your science stream and qualifying marks. - Class 12 / PUC II passing certificate (provisional acceptable if final certificate not yet issued). - Study certificate. This is a certificate from your high school principal stating that you studied Class 8 to Class 12 in Karnataka — required for Karnataka domicile classification. The format is prescribed by KEA and downloadable from cetonline.karnataka.gov.in. - Conduct certificate from the college you completed Class 12 at.
Domicile and Eligibility Certificates: - Karnataka domicile certificate (original + 2 photocopies). Issued by the local Tahsildar office. This is critical — without it, you do not qualify for the Karnataka state quota at private colleges and your KCET counselling status defaults to Other-State which has tighter cutoffs. - Kannada language qualifying certificate. Required for some seats reserved under Article 371-J Hyderabad-Karnataka quota. If you studied Kannada as one of your languages in Class 8 to Class 12, your study certificate will reflect this.
Reservation Documents (if applicable): - Caste certificate (SC, ST, OBC). Issued by the local Tahsildar office, with the caste-specific income certificate (Validity period — caste certificates are typically valid 5 years, income certificates 1 year). - EWS certificate. Issued by the local Tahsildar office for Economically Weaker Section reservation under the central 10 percent EWS quota. - Income certificate for fee waiver / scholarship (if applicable). Some Karnataka government quota seats have income-based fee waivers.
Special Category Documents (if applicable): - Hyderabad-Karnataka quota certificate (Article 371-J). Issued for residents of Bidar, Kalaburagi, Yadgir, Raichur, Koppal, Ballari, Vijayanagara districts. - Defence services certificate. For children of Indian armed forces personnel. - NCC, NSS, sports quota certificates. For respective category-specific seat reservation. - Physical disability certificate. For PwD reservation, issued by the District Disability Officer.
KEA Application Documents: - KEA application fee receipt (paid online during KCET registration in March-April 2026). - KEA original receipt of counselling registration (paid separately at counselling time, approximately 1,500 for general).
Certificate Originals — Critical Reminder: KEA verification window requires ORIGINAL documents physically produced. Photocopies, scans or attested duplicates are not accepted. Plan ahead — collect all originals from your school, home, and government offices at least 2 weeks before the verification window opens. Caste certificates and domicile certificates from Tahsildar offices typically take 7 to 15 working days to issue if you do not already have them.