TS ICET 2026: First Phase Allotment Out, Final Phase Counselling From August 17

TS ICET (Telangana Integrated Common Entrance Test) 2026 counselling is currently underway for admission to MBA and MCA programmes across Telangana. The Telangana Council of Higher Education (TGCHE) released the First Phase seat allotment result on 11 August 2026 at the official counselling portal, tgicet.nic.in. Allotted candidates have until 14 August 2026 to complete self-reporting and tuition fee payment. Candidates who did not receive a seat in the First Phase, or who want to try for a better college, can carry their preferences forward into the Final Phase, which runs from 17 to 25 August 2026. This follows the TS ICET 2026 exam, held on 13 and 14 May 2026, and its result, declared on 12 June 2026 by Mahatma Gandhi University, Nalgonda, on behalf of TGCHE.

TS ICET 2026 Counselling: First Phase Allotment & Final Phase Schedule

TGCHE conducts TS ICET counselling in two stages, First Phase and Final Phase, each with its own registration, verification, option entry, and allotment cycle. The table below reflects only the current and upcoming milestones from the official TGICET-2026 counselling notification.

Candidates allotted a seat in the First Phase who miss the 14 August self-reporting and fee payment deadline risk forfeiting that seat. Those who skip the First Phase entirely, or who were not allotted a seat, remain eligible to register fresh for the Final Phase within its own window.

TS ICET 2026 Counselling Fee & Registration Process

The counselling fee is separate from the exam application fee and is paid once, at the registration stage of whichever phase a candidate is participating in.

How to register and participate in TS ICET 2026 counselling:

1. Visit the official counselling portal, tgicet.nic.in, and complete Candidate Registration using your TS ICET hall ticket number, date of birth, Aadhaar number, and a valid mobile number and email ID.
2. Generate your login password, then send an SMS to 9731979899 in the format "TGICET 01 Your Hall Ticket Number" to retrieve your Login ID if needed.
3. Pay the counselling processing fee online through the portal.
4. Complete slot booking for certificate verification within your phase's window.
5. Attend certificate verification at your allotted centre, or at Government Polytechnic, Masab Tank, Hyderabad, if you fall under the NCC/PH/CAP/Sports special category.
6. Log in again during the option entry window to select and prioritise your preferred colleges and courses, then freeze your options before the deadline.
7. Check your seat allotment order once released, then complete self-reporting and tuition fee payment within the prescribed window.

TS ICET 2026 Counselling: Documents Required

Keep both original documents and photocopies ready for certificate verification, since incomplete or mismatched documents are a common reason for delays at this stage.

• TS ICET 2026 Hall Ticket and Rank Card
• TS ICET 2026 Application and Registration confirmation
• Bachelor's degree marksheets and provisional/original certificate
• Intermediate (10+2) and SSC marksheets and certificates
• Study/Bonafide certificates from Class 9 through degree
• Transfer Certificate (TC)
• Caste Certificate (SC/ST/BC/Minority), if applicable
• Income Certificate issued by the MRO, if applicable
• Aadhaar Card or another government-issued photo ID
• NCC/PH/CAP/Sports certificate, if claiming a special category priority
• Recent passport-size photographs

Minority (Muslim/Christian) candidates who did not qualify or did not appear in TS ICET 2026 can also apply between 31 July and 1 August 2026 for consideration against leftover seats in minority institutions, once seats reserved for qualified minority candidates are exhausted; this route does not carry fee reimbursement eligibility.

TS ICET 2026 Result & Rank Card

TS ICET 2026 result was declared on 12 June 2026, and this remains the reference document candidates need throughout counselling. If you haven't downloaded your rank card yet, or want the full breakdown of qualifying marks, normalisation, and marks-to-rank mapping, the TS ICET 2026 Result page covers it in full. In brief: candidates need their registration number, hall ticket number, and date of birth to download the rank card from icet.tgche.ac.in, and the qualifying cutoff is 25% (50 out of 200 marks) for General/OBC/EWS candidates, with no minimum qualifying marks for SC/ST candidates.

TS ICET 2026 Cutoff & Last Rank Trends

Cutoff, or "last rank," for each college and course is published by TGCHE alongside the seat allotment result of each counselling phase, not before. For the previous cycle, TGCHE released both a First Phase and a Final Phase last-rank statement, and the same two-statement structure applies to TS ICET 2026. For category-wise and college-wise last-rank data, along with how to read and use it, see the TS ICET 2026 Cutoff page.

TS ICET 2026 Highlights

The table below summarises the exam's core structure for quick reference.

TS ICET 2026 Exam Pattern & Syllabus

TS ICET tests candidates across three sections: Analytical Ability, Mathematical Ability, and Communication Ability, for 200 marks in 150 minutes, with no negative marking. Analytical and Mathematical Ability carry 75 marks each, and Communication Ability carries 50 marks. For the full section-wise question breakdown and topic-wise syllabus, see the TS ICET 2026 Exam Pattern page and the TS ICET 2026 Syllabus page.

TS ICET 2026 Eligibility Criteria

Candidates need a bachelor's degree of at least three years' duration with a minimum of 50% aggregate marks (45% for SC/ST/BC categories) to apply for MBA; the MCA route additionally requires Mathematics at the 10+2 or graduation level. There is no upper age limit. Full category-wise detail, along with the number-of-attempts policy, is available on the TS ICET 2026 Eligibility Criteria page.

TS ICET 2026 Application Process Recap

TS ICET 2026 registration is closed; this section is retained for reference only. Applications opened in February 2026, and after multiple late-fee extension windows, hall tickets were released on 4 May 2026 ahead of the exam. For the complete step-by-step registration process and document checklist as it applied to this cycle, see the TS ICET 2026 Application Process page.

TS ICET 2026 Admit Card & Answer Key

The TS ICET 2026 admit card was released on 4 May 2026, and the final answer key was published alongside the result on 12 June 2026, after a provisional-key objection window that closed on 5 June 2026. Both remain useful reference documents if you need to verify your exam-day details or recompute your score. Full download steps are available on the TS ICET 2026 Admit Card page.

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