Karnataka DCET GM cut-offs — General Merit

Branch-wise closing ranks for the GM category, across 649 verified seats.

⚠️ These are PROVISIONAL cut-offs. Every figure on this page comes from a provisional allotment the examination authority can still change — a seat shown here can move, and the final result is the one that binds. Use these to judge where a rank stands, not to plan on.

In short

For the General Merit (GM) category, the most competitive branch is B.Arch — closing at 6 (BMS College of Architecture, Design and Planning, Bengaluru) — across 8 branches and 649 verified Karnataka DCET seats, all from the official allotment publications.

Compiled by Abhigyan Nath, EditorUpdated 6 Sept 2026Sources: KEAHow we verify

Ranks below are General Merit (GM) closing ranks only — the rank at which the last seat in that category went. They are not comparable with General Merit figures, and a category rank is not the same number as your overall Karnataka DCET rank. How we verify data.

Karnataka DCET GM closing ranks by branch — most competitive, median and widest per branch
Branch	Colleges	Most competitive	Median	Widest
B.Archmedian 11 · widest 12	4	6BMS College of Architecture, Design and Planning, Bengaluru	11	12
Computer Sciencemedian 13,924 · widest 16,998	133	17R V College of Engineering	13,924	16,998
Electronics & Communicationmedian 11,002 · widest 17,009	142	53R V College of Engineering	11,002	17,009
Electricalmedian 8,938 · widest 16,800	71	58R V College of Engineering	8,938	16,800
Mechanicalmedian 12,445 · widest 16,975	109	229R V College of Engineering	12,445	16,975
Information Sciencemedian 13,475 · widest 16,997	30	236University of Visvesvaraya College of Engineering	13,475	16,997
Artificial Intelligence & MLmedian 12,014 · widest 16,954	63	393M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology	12,014	16,954
Civilmedian 13,833 · widest 17,002	97	733R V College of Engineering	13,833	17,002

Figures last checked against the official publication on 6 September 2026.

New to these codes? What GM category means. “Most competitive” is the tightest closing rank for that branch in this category and the college it belongs to; “widest” is the loosest. Final round per seat, so an earlier round’s tighter rank never overstates how hard a seat is to get. Branches offered by fewer than three colleges are left out rather than shown as a range of one.

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Other Karnataka DCET categories

General Merit (GM)Category 2A (2AG)Category 3B (3BG)General Merit — Kalyana-Karnataka (371-J) (GMH)Scheduled Caste — SCB (S2G)Category 1 (1G)Category 2B (2BG)Scheduled Caste — SCA (S1G)Category 3A (3AG)Scheduled Caste — SCC (80%) (S3G)Scheduled Tribe (STG)Category 2A — Kalyana-Karnataka (2AH)Category 3B — Kalyana-Karnataka (3BH)Category 3A — Kalyana-Karnataka (3AH)Scheduled Caste — SCC (20%) (S4G)Scheduled Caste SCB — Kalyana-Karnataka (S2H)Category 1 — Kalyana-Karnataka (1H)