PESSAT 2025: Registration, Eligibility, Counselling, Cutoff

PESSAT stands for People's Education Society Scholastic Aptitude Test, an entrance cum scholarship test conducted by PES University for admission to BTech courses. The PES University has discontinued PESSAT exam beginning 2025 and admission is now offered based on JEE Maina and KCET.

It was conducted by PES University for admission to BTech and various other programs offered by the institute. Candidates were shortlisted based on their test score as well as their performance in the personal interview round. 

PES University will offer BTech admission 2025 through JEE Main and KCET. Candidates need to first fill the PES University application form and then participate in the counselling. The detailed step-by-step PESSAT admission process can be checked below. 

STEP 1: Fill Application Form

Candidates need to fill the PES University Application Form to be considered for admission to BTech admission. PES University application form is available online on the. To apply online, the candidate have to register as a new user. On successful registration, the candidates will get their login IDs. 

STEP 2: Fill Details of JEE Main and/or KCET Exam

Candidates need to fill details about the scores obtained in JEE Main and/or KCET exam. Candidates will be allotted seats based on their All India Rank in the JEE Main/KCET exam.

STEP 3: Counselling

Candidates will need to fill their preference of courses during the counseling window. The allotment of seats will be done based on he rank of candidates in JEE Main/KCET.

The University offers different scholarships to the candidates based on their academic performance as well as assistance in the different fields. Check the details of the PES University Scholarship below.

• MRD Scholarships: If a student secures rank in the top 20% of his/her class (section) in terms of CGPA for a particular academic year, then he/she will get a tuition fee waiver of 40% for the next academic year of study (executed on a semester basis).
• Distinction Awards: If a student scores a CGPA of 7.5 and above for a particular year, then he/she would receive cash prize money as a distinction award. 
• Corporate Scholarships: Many corporates offer scholarships for the students of PSE University in the final year of their education based on merit.
• Rural Scholarship: PES University offers free engineering education to the selected number of students coming from rural backgrounds every year.
• Scholarship for Teaching: Students who will assist their professors in teaching their students shall be compensated for the work.
• Research Scholarship: Students showing keen research intent can work under Professor as research associates and can be compensated for it.
• Prof. CNR Rao Scholarships

The application form of PESSAT 2025 was released on July 29, 2024. PESSAT 2025 application form is available online. The last date to apply for candidates from outside Bengaluru is May 2025 

Interested candidates have to fill the application form within the specified dates. At the time of applying for PESSAT 2025, candidates also need to upload their scanned image of passport size colour photo. The step by step procedure to fill PESSAT 2025 application form can be checked below.

How to Fill PESSAT Form

Open the PES University website

• Click on the "New Candidate Registration" link
• Fill the required details and click on submit button to complete the registration process
• After registration, fill the detailed application form
• Upload scanned image of passport size colour photo
• Pay application fee 

Application forms is automatically submitted post successful submission of the application fees. Candidates should download and take a printout of their filled PESSAT application form 2025 to keep it safe until the completion of the admission process.

PESSAT 2025 Eligibility Criteria

Candidates applying for PESSAT 2025 must check the eligibility criteria before filling the application form. The detailed PESSAT eligibility criteria 2025 are provided here. The University will not accept the admission of candidates not fulfilling the conditions of eligibility. Check below PESAAT 2025 eligibility criteria. 

PES University will conduct two rounds of counselling for admission to BTech course. The first round of PESSAT 2025 counselling will be conducted in May/June. PES University will conduct the round 2 PESSAT 2025 counselling in July. The complete process of PESSAT counselling is online wherein all qualified candidates have to register online to participate in the counselling. 

At the time of counselling registration, candidates have to enter their choices of specialization and campus. The allotment of seats will be done based on the score in the JEE Main or KCET exam. Post allotment of seats, candidates will have to deposit the seat confirmation fees online to confirm their admission. The date for reporting to the institute will be notified to the candidates after the confirmation of admission by the institute.