Gujarat Common Entrance Test

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Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GCET) is an annual common entrance exam for MBA and MCA studies in Gujarat, India, since 2002. Every year it is conducted between March and August. Gujarat Technological University was inaugurated in October 2007.{{Cite web |url=http://www.jacpcldce.ac.in/GTU/index.html |title=GTU Inauguration 10 October 2007 |access-date=3 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422125001/http://www.jacpcldce.ac.in/GTU/index.html |archive-date=22 April 2009 |url-status=dead }} Then, it started conducting GCET.

MBA programmes

=Admission and exam pattern=

There two types of admissions seats covered under GCET:

  • Grant-in-Aid (GIA) for University run departments. Fees are significantly low.
  • SFI (Self Financed) for private institutes.

The written test comprises sections on quantitative ability, reasoning, data interpretation, reading comprehension, verbal ability, and general knowledge. Examinees can take the test in English or Gujarati.

=Institutes covered=

Few prominent institutes are:

=GCET 2009=

5,429 MBA admissions were given. Out of it, 3,298 admissions were from Open/General category; while 1,463 from SEBC category.{{Cite web |url=http://www.gtu.ac.in/gcet.htm |title=GCET 2009 MBA Summary Number of Seats allotted |access-date=3 August 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090722223756/http://www.gtu.ac.in/gcet.htm |archive-date=22 July 2009 |url-status=dead }} 7% seats are reserved for Scheduled Caste, 15% for Scheduled Tribes and 27% seats are for Socially & Educationally Backward Classes (including widows and orphans).[http://www.gujacpc.nic.in/ Gujarat Admission Committee for Professional Courses: Reservation Policy]

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! width=36% | Name of Institute

! width=23% | University

! width=15% | Place

! width=8% | GIA or SFI

! width=15% | Rank of last candidate admitted from Open Category

1

| Auro University of Hospitality and Management

| Auro University

| Surat

| GIA

| -

2

| B K School of Business Management

| Gujarat University

| Ahmedabad

| GIA

| 66.0

3

| M S Patel Institute (Faculty of Management Studies)

| The M S University of Baroda

| Vadodara

| GIA

| 77.0

4

| AES PG Institute of Business Management

| Gujarat University

| Ahmedabad

| SFI

| 189.0

5

| Som-Lalit Institute of Business Management

| Gujarat University

| Ahmedabad

| SFI

| 238.0

6

| G H Patel PG Institute of Business Management

| Sardar Patel University

| Vallabh Vidhyanagar

| GIA

| 263.0

7

| NR Institute of Business Management

| Gujarat University

| Ahmedabad

| SFI

| 329.0

8

| G H Patel PG Institute of Business Management

| Sardar Patel University

| Vallabh Vidhyanagar

| SFI

| 384.0

9

| Centre for Management Studies

| Dharmsinh Desai University

| Nadiad

| GIA

| 385.0

10

| Department of Business & Industrial Management

| Veer Narmad South Gujarat University

| Surat

| GIA

| 433.0

11

| GLS Institute of Computer Technology

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| Ahmedabad

| SFI

| 445.0

12

| Centre for Management Studies

| Dharmsinh Desai University

| Nadiad

| SFI

| 546.4

13

| Shri Chimanbhai Patel Institute of Management & Research

| Gujarat University

| Ahmedabad

| SFI

| 623.0

14

| RD Gardi Institute of Business Management

| Saurashtra University

| Rajkot

| GIA

| 668.0

Note: GIA: Grants-in-aid, SFI: Self-financed

MCA programmes

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See also

References

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