Application procedure for admission

Director of Technical Education will release notifications related to admission in five news papers of the state. 

After the result of GCET, all applicants seeking admission should send another application Form (B) for admission which is included in the Common Prospectus. Two recent photographs, one of which should be affixed to the application form (B) in the space provided and other photograph should be affixed to the acknowledgement card. The applicant should submit the duly filled application in person at the admission center and obtain the acknowledgment card with registration number duly signed as a proof of submission of Form. Only one application should be submitted even if the candidate intends to claim more than one categories or more than one course of study. 

Self attested photocopies of relevant certificates and testimonials should be attached to the Application and the same shall be tick marked in the check list on the form. 

Enclosures to be submitted along with the application form.

• Two recent passport size photographs, one of which should be affixed to the Application Form in the space provided and the other photograph should be affixed to the acknowledgement card.
• Self-attested photocopies of relevant certificates and testimonials should be attached to the Application form and the same shall be tick marked in the checklist, on the form. 
• Statement of marks of H.S.S.C or its equivalent examination.
• Date of Birth Certificate from Competent Authority.
• Certificate of residence from the Mamlatdar, indicating period of continuous residence in Goa, preceding the  month of application. In case, the continuous residence in Goa is less than 10 years and more than 5 years, and the applicant wants to claim, concession on the grounds of parents/grandparents being born in Goa, the birth certificate of either of the parents/grandparents from the Registrar of Births & Deaths, and documents to establish their link with the applicant.
• Leaving certificate from school or college attended last, attested by the Headmaster/Principal of the institute.

The applicants who claims seats under SC/ST/OBC should enclose  valid certificates with the admission form. Otherwise his/her application will be treated as General category, if eligible. In case an applicant has applied for verification of HSSC marks, and his/her revised marks changes his/her eligibility or order of merit to any course, he/she should inform to the Chairman, Admission Committee about the revised results in writing along with a certified copy of the revised mark sheet within 24 hours. 

Separate merit lists will be prepared for al categories as under:

For Engineering seats, a general list shall be prepared, in order of merit, which will include all candidates fulfilling academic and residential requirement conditions of legibility applicable for General Category. In addition, a local list will be prepared, which will include all candidates who have passed the qualifying examination form the state of Goa, in order of merit, not fulfilling the requirements of General Category and shall be operated to any vacant seats after General list is exhausted.  

Valid score : An applicant for degree courses in Medicine, Engineering and Pharmacy must have appeared and obtained valid score at the Goa Common Entrance Test ( GCET) conducted by Government of Goa for the year of admission. GCET score of the previous year is not valid. For Medicine and Dentistry Degree courses, minimum GCET score should be 50% for General and 40% in case of SC/ST/OBC aggregate in specified subjects. No minimum limit is specified for other course. An applicant for degree course in Architecture  must have appeared and obtained valid score at NATA conducted by Council of Architecture.

Admission Procedure
The final merit lists will be displayed at the Admission Center and on website. The eligible candidates who is desirous of seeking admission will remain as per the specified schedule along with the Acknowledgement Card, Documents in original & fees. And those who report for admission rounds without Acknowledgement Card will not be considered.

Three admission rounds will be conducted to select the candidate. An applicant listed in the merit list shall be eligible for all rounds of admission irrespective of whether he/she has attended /availed admission in the earlier rounds or not. If the candidate has taken admission in any earlier round and cancelled the admission for whatsoever reasons his/her further claim for readmission or upward mobility shall stand forfeited.

In case if the applicant reports late for admission, then he/she will be considered only for the seats available, at that point of time. The seats remaining vacant  will be filled up in the subsequent round as per the given schedule.

The fees for admission to specific Institutions shall be accepted only in the form of Demand Draft. Candidate should write his/her name, registration number, college and course to which admitted, on the back of demand draft before submitting the same to the Institution. All the applicants selected for admission to Engineering, pharmacy and Architecture courses will be given provisional admission, subject to being found medically fit. The admission will be cancelled by the Board in case he/she is found medically unfit. And those candidates who are selected for admission to medicine and Dentistry courses will also be examined by the Medical Board of Goa, Medical College, Bambolim and only those found medically fit, will be admitted to these courses.

Cancellation of Admission by the candidate
Vertical Mobility or transfer from one course /Institute to another; from one category to another or from one branch to another in the same institute for the courses included shall not be treated as cancellation of admission. There shall be no deduction on this account. In such case, the bank draft submitted by the student shall be returned and a new bank draft shall be accepted.   

If an applicant desires to cancel admission for any reason, during the centralised admission process, but before the start of academic session, he/she shall be allowed to do so. All fees except the admission fee shall be returned to him/her. 

Address for communication:
Chairman, Admission Committee
Directorate of Technical Education
Alto-Porvorim, Bardez, Goa- 403521
Phone (0832) 2416370
Website: www.goagovt.nic.in/dtegoa