Dayananda — Cut-offs
91 verified closing ranks across every published branch, category and round.
In short
The most competitive verified General Merit (GM) KCET 2024 seat at Dayananda closed at 18,002 — Artificial Intelligence & ML, Round 1. Every figure below is transcribed from the official publication named under its table — including the reserved-category columns competitors do not carry.
Is my rank enough for Dayananda?
Enter a rank to see which seats here closed at or beyond it in the published rounds. This reports what happened, not what will happen.
Which colleges could I also get with this rank?
Each of these closed nearest to Dayananda’s tightest General Merit seat within its own exam, year and list, shown beside each rank. Ranks from different exams are not comparable with each other.
- Dr. Ambedkar Institute Of Technology from 9,930 (KCET 2024 GM)
- UAS Dharwad from 10,879 (KCET 2024 GM)
- Dr. Ambedkar Institute Of Technology Jnanabharathi from 15,393 (KCET 2024 GM)
- Basaveshwara Engineering College from 17,684 (KCET 2024 GM)
- K L E Institute of Technology from 20,599 (KCET 2024 GM)
- University B.D.T. College of Engineering from 21,329 (KCET 2024 GM)
Common questions about Dayananda cut-offs
- What KCET rank do I need for Dayananda?
- In 2024, General Merit seats at Dayananda closed between 16,309 (Computer Science) and 1,36,546 (Civil). A rank inside that band reached at least one branch in the published rounds. These are the ranks at which seats actually closed, not a prediction for the next year.
- Does Dayananda fill up in Round 1?
- 58% of the General Merit seats Dayananda published closed in Round 1. Most seats are gone after the first round, so a borderline candidate should treat Round 1 option entry as the real decision point.
What these numbers mean for Dayananda
Across the General Merit seats Dayananda published in 2024, the tightest closed at 16,309 in Computer Science and the loosest at 1,36,546 in Civil — a spread of 1,20,237 ranks between the hardest and easiest seat in the same college. 58% of its published General Merit seats closed in Round 1, which is where a borderline candidate's chance at Dayananda is actually decided. A rank between 16,309 and 1,36,546 reached at least one seat here in the published rounds; beyond 1,36,546, no General Merit seat at Dayananda closed at that rank in the data on this page.
KCET 2024 — Round 1
Closing ranks by branch and category. A dash means the publication lists no figure for that cell — it is left blank here rather than estimated.
| Branch | GM | 1G | 2AG | 2BG | 3AG | 3BG | SCG | STG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 16,309 | 24,530 | 22,193 | 28,540 | 17,371 | 18,438 | 73,409 | 77,675 |
| Artificial Intelligence & ML | 18,002 | — | 23,013 | 33,365 | 18,626 | 19,391 | 51,927 | 72,116 |
| Information Science | 20,535 | 27,566 | 25,447 | 33,541 | 20,700 | 21,363 | 92,815 | 97,727 |
| Electronics & Communication | 23,550 | 25,523 | 29,907 | 41,326 | 24,942 | 25,215 | 93,998 | — |
| Electrical | 33,282 | 43,146 | 38,548 | 73,184 | 33,855 | 34,855 | 1,22,048 | 1,29,237 |
| Mechanical | 78,018 | 1,16,685 | 1,03,565 | — | 85,748 | 92,952 | — | 2,17,352 |
| Civil | 97,818 | — | 1,17,237 | 1,26,626 | — | — | — | — |
Source: KEA UGCET 2024 Engineering cut-off, Round 1 GENERAL (official): https://cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/keawebentry456/ugcet2024/ENGG_CUTOFF_2024_GEN_R1kannada.pdf
KCET 2024 — Round 2
Closing ranks by branch and category. A dash means the publication lists no figure for that cell — it is left blank here rather than estimated.
| Branch | GM | 1G | 2AG | 2BG | 3AG | 3BG | SCG | STG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 20,877 | 27,101 | 26,088 | 33,541 | 23,959 | 22,793 | 74,774 | 77,675 |
| Information Science | 26,865 | 33,713 | 31,188 | 48,944 | 28,127 | 27,903 | 93,053 | — |
| Electronics & Communication | 29,338 | 35,151 | 36,014 | 50,093 | 29,359 | 30,838 | — | — |
| Electrical | 49,922 | 54,964 | 73,711 | 71,989 | 50,378 | 55,229 | 1,22,048 | 1,29,237 |
| Civil | 1,36,546 | — | 1,56,237 | 2,09,874 | — | — | — | 1,63,768 |
| Artificial Intelligence & ML | — | — | 27,241 | 33,365 | 24,291 | 23,752 | 61,080 | 72,116 |
| Mechanical | — | 1,46,285 | 1,33,766 | — | 1,18,931 | 1,27,846 | — | 2,17,352 |
Source: KEA UGCET 2024 Engineering cut-off, Round 2 GENERAL (official): https://cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/keawebentry456/ugcet2024/ENGG_CUTOFF_2024_GEN_R2kannada.pdf