In order to be eligible for admission in Undergraduate Programs of Kathmandu University School of Engineering, candidates must have passed 10+2 level (or equivalent) with a minimum aggregate GPA of 2.0 (aggregate 50% in percentage scale) and must have appeared in Kathmandu University Common Admission Test (KUCAT-CBT) and obtained the required threshold score in the test.

KU Engineering Entrance Examination: Kathmandu University Common Admission Test  (KUCAT-CBT)  
School of Engineering (SoE) at Kathmandu University, established in 19 September  1994, is  the country’s first autonomous, not-for-profit, self-funding public institution in Higher Education in Engineering programs.

Kathmandu University School of Engineering has been running undergraduate and graduate-level programs in many specialized areas of Engineering. These are:

1. BE (Electrical and Electronics Engineering)
- Communication
- Power & Control
2. BE (Mechanical Engineering)
- Automobile
- Energy Technology
- Design and Manufacturing
- Hydropower
3. B.Arch (Architecture)
4. BE (Civil Engineering with specialization in Hydropower)
5. BE (Chemical Engineering)
6. BE (Geomatics Engineering)
7. BE (Computer Engineering)
8. BTech in Al (Artificial Intelligence)

In order to be eligible for admission in Undergraduate Programs of Kathmandu University School of Engineering, candidates must have passed 10+2 level (or equivalent) with a minimum aggregate GPA of 2.0 (aggregate 50% in percentage scale) and must have appeared in Kathmandu University Common Admission Test (KUCAT-CBT) and obtained the required threshold score in the test.

KUCAT currently is conducted in computer based mode called Computer Based Test (CBT) at various centers.

Overview of Kathmandu University Common Admission Test (KUCAT-CBT)
1. Total duration of each test (KUCAT-CBT) is two hours and has 120 multiple choice questions in total.  
2. The test contains three parts one for each in PCM. There are 40 multiple choice questions in each part. The questions are distributed uniformly across the topics of the syllabi provided at the end of this document.  
3. For each subject, the syllabus has 40 topics. In actual test, one question will be asked from each topic.  
4. Questions are categorized into one of the five possible difficulty levels from 1 to 5; 1 being the easiest and 5 being the toughest.
5. Each part of the exam starts with a difficulty level 1 question. If a candidate answers a question of a particular difficulty level correctly, the difficulty level of the subsequent question will be increased by 1. Similarly, if a candidate answers a question of a particular difficulty level incorrectly, the difficulty level of the subsequent question will be decreased by 1. However, answering a difficulty level 5 questions correctly or a difficulty level 1 question incorrectly will not change the difficulty level of the subsequent question.  
6. Initial score of the candidate is zero. Answering a question of difficulty level 1 will add 11 points to the candidate’s total score while the score added by higher difficulty level question increases by 2 for each of the higher difficulty level. (For e.g. answering question of difficulty level 5 correctly, adds 19 to the total score).  
7. CBT scores range from 0 to 2220, 0 being the score for attempting all the questions and answering all of them incorrectly and 2220 being the score for answering all the questions correctly.  
8. The candidates are not allowed to skip any questions or go back to the submitted questions but are allowed to switch between the subjects (parts) any time during the test.  
9. The score of 528 is benchmarked as the minimum threshold (PASS MARK) in KUCAT-CBT 2022 for the programs offered by the School of Engineering. A candidate shall at least obtain this score for being eligible to be offered admission in respective programs.  
10. The candidate will be able to view their KUCAT-CBT scores at the end of their tests.

How to Register for the Test ?
1. Opening of the registration is announced with the admission call notice from KU SoE generally on the mid september month. The registration deadline is around mid October month. The application for the test is available ONLINE only.
2. Candidates should fill the online application form available at http://apply.ku.edu.np/cbt. A valid email id is required for online application. Confirmation link and confirmation code will be sent by email. Be sure to click on the confirmation link and enter the confirmation code for online application. Use the login credentials provided to log into the online application system and complete online admission form. (If confirmation link is not found in inbox check it in junk/spam/promotions folder as well.)  
3. Pay the required application processing fee. Fees can be paid using any method specified in the Procedure of Application and Admission of the respective year. Refer admission call document for details. Upload/Provide the evidence of fee payment through online form.  
4. Download and color print the admission card after it becomes available in your registered email account. Date , time and center for the CBT test is mentioned in admission card. Appear at test center accordingly.   
5. Any additional Information or Instruction if needed will be published in university website at appropriate time.   
3 Appearing in the Test  
3.1 Appear in KUCAT-CBT-2022 on the exact date and exact time as notified.

NOTE:
One candidate can have only one application and will be allowed to appear in KUCAT-CBT only once. If multiple applications are identified from the same applicant (using same or different identification document) or if the candidate appears in KUCAT-CBT exam more than once, his/her exams will be cancelled and he/she will be disqualified for the admission process.  

ONLINE PRACTICAL TEST
1. In order to get familiar with CBT procedure, take online practice test. Online practice test will be available at:  http://apply.ku.edu.np/opt or http://cbtdemo.ku.edu.np  
2. The online practice test is intended to make the applicants familiar with the Computer Based Test (CBT) and has two parts with five questions each. The number of questions, topics and difficulty levels do not reflect the actual computer based entrance test.