OUAT 2026: Dates, Eligibility, Application, Pattern, Syllabus and Other Details

The OUAT entrance exam stands for Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology Entrance Exam. The purpose of conducting the entrance exam is to hold admission for UG, PG, and Doctoral courses in Odisha, especially in the colleges affiliated to OUAT Bhubaneswar. There are end number of courses available for the students who wish to appear for the OUAT Entrance Exam. Candidates are advised to visit the official website and find out the preferred courses in which they want to get admission. Some of the UG and PG level courses are mentioned below:

• Agriculture
• Horticulture
• Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry
• Agricultural Engineering and Technology
• Agro-Polytechnic
• Fishery Science
• Home Science
• Forestry 

Research and Extension programs are carried out at the Regional Research & Technology Transfer Station (RRTTS) and/or Sub-stations/Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) located in different parts of the state. There are approximately 725 seats offered for the UG level courses at the participating institutes. 

Go through the information mentioned in the below table related to the OUAT entrance exam.

The exam conducting authority will provide the OUAT Entrance Exam 2026 Eligibility Criteria along with the release of the information bulletin or prospectus. The eligibility criteria is expected to be the same as last year. The basic criterion to be eligible for the OUAT 2026 Entrance Exam is that students should have passed Class 12 Board exam or equivalent in Science stream. The aggregate percentage varies according to the candidate category.

The course-wise eligibility criteria or the subject combination which students should have studied in Class 11 and 12 are given in the table below. 

Note: P- Physics, C- Chemistry, M- Mathematics, B- Botany

The minimum qualification for admission to the above courses is given below.

• Candidates belonging to unreserved categories (UR) should secure minimum 50 per cent aggregate marks in PCM, PCB or PCMB.
• Candidates belonging to reserved categories, such as Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), Persons with Disabilities (PWD), Prime Minister Special Scholarship Scheme (PMSSS), Kashmiri Migrant, Kashmiri Pandit (Non Migrant), Kashmiri Hindu Families (Non Migrant), have to secure minimum 40 per cent marks in aggregate. 
• For Agro-Polytechnic students, the minimum aggregate should be 45 per cent for UR category and 40 per cent for the Reserved category candidates. 

Additional OUAT entrance exam BSc eligibility criteria are mentioned below.

1. Cleared HSC or equivalent examination with Odia as Modern Indian Language (MIL).
2. Candidates who do not have Odia as MIL but their parents are permanent residents of Odisha need to furnish evidence of permanent residency in the form of a certificate from the Revenue Officer concerned, not below the rank of Tahasildar/District Magistrate/their employer concerned.
3. Candidates who do not have Odia as MIL and their parents are also not permanent residents of Odisha, but are serving under the Govt. of Odisha/Central Govt. /Public Undertaking or any University in the State of Odisha. Such aspirants must furnish a certificate that assures the same from the Head of the Office/Institution where their parent(s) is/are working.
4. Odia students permanently residing outside Odisha must furnish a certificate confirming their Odisha origin, either from their Employer/Tahasildar/District Magistrate (of the District in which they are residing). The certificate can also be submitted from the Tahasildar/ District Magistrate of their native place Odisha.

The above criteria (that is point 2 and 4) do not apply to ICAR/VCI nominees/Foreign Candidates/State Govt. sponsored candidates/children of employees of OUAT.

Age Limit: The age of the applicants should not be less than 17 years as on the last day of the year.

OUAT Entrance Exam 2026 Eligibility Criteria for BSc (Hons) Forestry

Applicants for this course have to fulfil the following physical parameters for this course.

OUAT Entrance Exam 2026 Eligibility Criteria for PG and PhD Courses

The OUAT Entrance Exam 2026 Eligibility Criteria for the postgraduate or doctorate level programmes.

• Candidates must have a bachelor’s degree at a relevant programme such as BSc, BVSc, etc. 
• Minimum Marks in aggregate should be 55 per cent for General and OBC category candidates and 50 per cent for SC, ST and PwD category candidates.

The OUAT Entrance Exam 2026 application process will be conducted in a completely online manner. Aspirants have to fill the form by visiting the exam portal of the exam. The OUAT Entrance Exam Application Form is divided into two parts, Form A and Form B. Form A has to be filled and submitted tentatively between the third week of March to the fourth week of April 2026.

How to Fill OUAT 2026 Entrance Exam Form A

Candidates will have to fill the OUAT Entrance Exam 2026 Form A in the following manner. 

• Go to the OUAT Entrance Exam website, or directly visit - https://ouat-lokaseba-odisha.in./#/login
• Click on the link indicating OUAT Entrance Exam Application Form A
• Fill up the form with personal information, email ID, mobile number, choice of centre, selection of optional subject (Mathematics or Biology), self-declaration form, etc.
• Enter the OTPs sent to the registered email ID and mobile number
• Upload a recent coloured passport-size photograph with 200 px height and 150 px width and file size not exceeding 200 KB in JPG or JPEG format
• Pay the application fee of INR 2,000 through Credit Card, Debit Card, Internet Banking or UPI
• Download the e-receipt of the form and preserve it till the admission process is completed. 

How to Fill the OUAT 2026 Entrance Exam Form B

The OUAT 2026 Entrance Exam Form B will be released tentatively in the fourth week of May and has to be submitted by the second week of June. Only those candidates who submitted Form A will be eligible for Form B. The process and the information to be entered in the form are as follows:

• Go to the OUAT Entrance Exam portal.

   

• Log in using your registered email ID and mobile number.

   

• In the Activity section, click on Form B.

   

• Enter your OUAT Entrance Exam Application Number.

   

• Some details will already be filled in from Form A.

   

• Enter the total marks and the marks you got in Class 10 for all subjects.

   

• Enter the total marks and the marks you got in Class 12 Science stream for all subjects.

• This includes extra or optional subjects, if any.

• If you did not study Biology, Mathematics, or Biotechnology in Class 11 and 12, enter 0 in the secured marks box.

   

• Select your Education Board from the dropdown list.

   

• If you are from the Other Board or equivalent (not CHSE, CBSE, or ICSE) and your marks were given separately for the 1st and 2nd year.

• Add the theory and practical marks of both years together, then enter the total marks in the given format.

There is no separate application fee required for the OUAT Entrance Exam Application Form B. 

The OUAT Entrance Exam 2026 will be conducted in computer-based mode. The total duration of the exam is two hours. There will be 200 multiple-choice objective-type questions from Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics or Biology. The first two subjects are compulsory to attempt. The third section has to be either Mathematics or Biology. Each question carries one mark, and there is no negative marking scheme. The detailed structure of the exam is given in the below table.

Each question carries one mark, and there is no negative marking scheme for wrong or unanswered questions. The weightage of the third section or the optional section has the highest weightage. 

The syllabus of the OUAT entrance exam is released along with the release of the official notification. Applicants who want to appear and qualify for the exam must complete the OUAT entrance exam 2026 syllabus and prepare short notes in advance.

By preparing short notes, applicants can revise in no time, and they can focus more on practising and solving the previous year's question paper as well as the mock test. It will increase their chances of qualifying for the exam with good marks. The OUAT Entrance Exam 2026 Syllabus for Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics are of the higher secondary level. The chapters and topics are the same as the Class 12 Board exam. The table brings the subject-wise syllabus of the OUAT Entrance Exam. 

The OUAT Entrance Exam Admit Card will be released tentatively in the third week of May 2026. The admit card will be available only in online mode for the registered candidates. The process to obtain or download the OUAT Entrance Exam 2026 hall ticket is explained below. 

• Go to OUAT Entrance Exam portal 

Details in the OUAT Entrance Exam 2026 Admit Card

The OUAT Entrance Exam 2026 admit card will carry the following information.

• Candidate Name
• Roll number
• Date of birth
• Candidate photograph
• Candidate signature
• Exam schedule (date and time)
• Exam centre address
• Exam instructions

The admit card is a mandatory document to be carried to the exam centre. Without this, candidates will not be allowed entry. Along with this, a valid photo identity card has to be carried.