COMEDK is the “Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka” – an autonomous institution consisting of
senior academicians and reputed administrative officers who have been associated with the educational eco system. This autonomous
COMEDK was entrusted the responsibility to organize testing procedures to determine the merit of aspiring students in an effective,
fair, transparent and non-exploitative procedure by KPCF (Karnataka Professional Colleges Foundation – Medical & Dental) and KUPECA
(Karnataka Unaided Private Engineering Colleges Association). By this, COMEDK has been serving 16 Medical, 24 Dental and around
190 Engineering Colleges. COMEDK since its inception in 2004-05 has been conducting the annual entrance exam for Undergraduate
and Postgraduate courses in the member institutions and has also been organizing single window centralized counseling process over
the last 15 years. In all these years, the efforts of COMEDK have been appreciated by all the Government appointed Admission
Overseeing Committees and also been mentioned by the Hon’ble Supreme Court as the model examination.
Subsequent to the National Eligibility -cum- Entrance Test (NEET) being mandated as the only acceptable entrance exam for admission
to Medical and Dental courses in the country, COMEDK continues the evaluation process for the members of KUPECA i.e. around 190
Engineering colleges. For the current academic year 2021-22, COMEDK would conduct an online examination all over India on
Sunday, the 20th June 2021, across 400 centers for Engineering programs which offer around 20000 seats and will be followed by
online counseling.
Karnataka having been pioneers in establishing premier professional higher educational institutions, still continues to be the most
preferred after destination for students who seek quality in established colleges.
The said test will be held keeping in view the triple test criteria of being fair, transparent and non- exploitative and to ensure merit
based admissions through a single common entrance test followed by centralized Online counseling as envisaged by the Hon’ble
Supreme Court in TMA Pai Foundation Vs. the State (2002) 8 SCC 481, Islamic Academy of Education Vs. the State reported in (2003) 6
SCC 697 and PA Inamdar Vs. the State of Maharashtra reported in (2005) 6 SCC 537.
This Brochure provides a fair idea as to how and what the candidates have to follow as procedure for filling the application, eligibility
criteria, test procedures, eligibility to participate in seatselection process, mandatory certificates/ documentsto be produced, securing
the Test Admission Ticket, the malpractices and the measures required to be observed for avoiding the same, consequences of such
malpractices, etc.
Applicants are required to read this brochure thoroughly, so as to familiarize themselves and adhere to the rules strictly. Further,
COMEDK’s website www.comedk.org contains information and current updates/alerts. Thissite is updated regularly. COMEDK suggests
all applicants to visit it frequently for relevant information.