TS ICET Eligibility 2025 - Age Limit, Academic Qualification, Reservation

TS ICET eligibility criteria defines the basic requirements to be fulfilled by the applicants to apply for the exam. The TS ICET registration will soon begin on 10th March, and students willing to sit for the exam must apply through the online link. The link to apply will be made available on the official website. Before the candidates begin to apply, they must make sure that they fulfill the eligibility requirements associated with the TGICET exam.

The exam will take place on 8th and 9th June 2025 as an online test. As per the eligibility standards to apply for the exam the applicant must have secure at least 50% marks (General Category) or 45% marks (Reserved Category) in the Bachelor's degree. The criteria also mentions nationality and domicile requirements for the exam. The candidate must be at least 19 years of age while they apply for the exam.

To know the detailed eligibility requirements for the TGICET exam, applicants are requested to go through the TS ICET exam eligibility criteria via the page below. We have mentioned the criteria for all the courses separately as designed by the exam authorities.

TSICET Eligibility - Age Requirements

Though TSCHE does not specify any maximum age limit, it does require a minimum age limit. When applying for the TSICET exam, applicant must be at least 19 years of age (minimum age limit). Candidates upto the Date of Birth 30th March 2004 are eligible to apply.

To know more about the TSICET exam, visit the links below:

• What is the TSICET Exam conducted for?
• How to apply for TSICET examination 2025?
• Syllabus for TS ICET exam
• TSICET Exam Dates released. Check the official notification here

TSICET Eligibility - Domicile Requirements

To be eligible for TS ICET the candidates must fulfill the domicile requirements. Candidates are advised to check this domicile criteria listed below.

• Indian candidates satisfying the local and non-local status as required by the Higher Education Department of Telangana State are eligible.
• Foreign candidates are however required to go through all nationality norms before applying for the exam.

TSICET Academic Qualifications Required

Once the candidates satisfies the age and domicile needs, they must ensure that they also fulfil the academic requirements. The educational qualification criteria varies for different courses, and has been tabulated below for reference purposes. Candidates must also keep in mind the following points:

• The candidates should be Indian Nationals and should satisfy local / non-local status requirements laid down in the Telangana State Educational Institutions (TSEI).
• The candidates who are from other nationalities are required to satisfy the rules of the Universities concerned.

Course	Academic Eligibility
MCA	The candidate should have passed the recognized Bachelor’s Degree Examination of a minimum of three years duration with at least 50% marks (45% marks in case of reserved categories) in the qualifying examination with Mathematics at 10+2 or graduation level. The qualifying Degree obtained by Distance Mode Program should have recognition by a joint committee of UGC, AICTE and DEC. The candidates who are in the final year of their undergraduate degree course will also be eligible to appear for TGICET-2025. Qualifying marks in TGICET Exam are 25% and no minimum marks are prescribed for SC / ST candidates.
MBA	The candidate should have passed the recognized Bachelor’s Degree Examination of a minimum of three years duration excluding oriental languages, and with at least 50% marks (45% marks in case of reserved categories) in the qualifying examination.

TSICET Admission Eligibility Criteria - Osmania University

Osmania University is one of the universities accepting the TSICET scores. However, there is some specialized admission criteria for its postgraduate programmes which must be satisfied by the candidates. Refer to the below data to check this specialized criteria.

Category	Eligibility for Admission
Non-Sponsored	Bachelors' Degree from Osmania University or a Degree recognised by the University as equivalent thereto, with an aggregate of not less than 45% marks in Part-I and Part-II put together (Non-Credit courses not included). A pass for SC and ST Candidates is sufficient. The candidates seeking admission must qualify in the entrance examination TGICET examination conducted in the year of admission as per the norms prescribed by the University.
Sponsored (For Employees)	Bachelor's Degree from Osmania University or a Degree recognised by the University as equivalent thereto, with an aggregate of not less than 45% marks in Part I and Part-II put together (Non-credit courses not included). A pass for SC & ST candidates is sufficient. The candidate seeking admission must have a minimum of three years experience in Executive / Managerial /Administrative / Supervisory position in a Commercial / Industrial / Business / Government / Non-Commercial undertaking /any other organisation, after obtaining the Bachelor's Degree. Candidates under sponsored category need not appear for the entrance examination (I-CET).

Osmania University Selection Criteria

The selection criteria at Osmania is comprised of various factors and each factor carries a certain weightage to total upto 100. A breakup of this weightage has been presented below for the reference of the candidates.

Selection Criteria	Weightage of marks	Maximum marks
Graduation	10	15
PG diplomas	3
Masters or other higher qualification	2
Marks per year for first 5 years of Executive experience	25	35
Marks per year beyond 5 years of Executive experience (Subject to a maximum of 10 marks)	10
Interview performance	50	50
Total Marks	100	100

It is important for the candidates to know about the total intake capacity of the college that they are applying to. Osmania University has a total of 80 seats. Out of these seats, 40 are reserved for Sponsored Category (Employees Only). The remaining 40 seats are allocated for the Non-Sponsored Category.

Complete list of colleges accepting the TSICET scores available here. View List

TGICET 2025 Reservation

TSICET 2025Reservation policy includes various categories of candidates belonging to Telangana and not belonging to Telangana. The categories considered are:

• Scheduled Caste
• Scheduled Tribe
• Physically Handicapped
• Children of Ex-Servicemen/Defence Personnel
• Minority Candidates
• Anglo-Indian Candidates
• CAP

Certificates to Be Produced By All Candidates

The candidates are required to produce the following documents during the TGICET 2025Counselling:

• All original certificates and 2 sets of Xerox copies like TGICET 2025Hall Ticket
• Rank Card
• Degree Marks Memos and Pass Certificate
• Intermediate Marks Memo
• S.S.C or its equivalent Marks memo
• IX to Degree Study Certificates
• Residence Certificate (in the case where the candidate has no institutionalized education)
• In the case of non-local candidates’ residential certificate of either of the parents in Telangana for 10 years excluding the period of employment outside Telangana from Tehsildar.
• Income Certificate issued after 01.01.2025
• Aadhar Card
• Caste Certificate issued by the competent authority and also PH/CAP/NCC/Sports/Minority Certificate if applicable

Certificates to Be Produced By PH/CAP/NCC/Sports/Minority Candidates/Anglo-Indian

Category	Certificates Required
Physically Handicapped	Certificate issued by the District Medical Board Candidates with 40% and above disability are only eligible
Children of Armed Personnel (CAP)	Certificate issued by Zila Sainik Welfare Officer Identity card, and Discharge book (In case of Ex-Servicemen) Service Certificate (in case of Service Men) issued by Competent Authority for verification Candidates whose parents are domiciled in the State of Telangana based on the Permanent Address/Home Town declared by them while joining the service and as recorded in their Service Register are alone eligible to be considered under CAP Category
NCC & Sports	To produce Original Certificates issued by competent authorities
Minority	SSC TC containing Minority Status or Certificate from the Head Master
Anglo-Indian	A Certificate issued by Competent Authority of their place of Residence.