ICAR AIEEA (All India Entrance Examination for Admission)

ICAR AIEEA 2026 is the national entrance exam for BSc Agriculture, BSc Horticulture, BSc Forestry, BSc Fisheries, BTech Food Technology, and PG programmes (MSc/PhD) at ICAR-deemed universities — IARI New Delhi, NDRI Karnal, IVRI Bareilly, CIFE Mumbai, and IIFPT Thanjavur — plus agricultural colleges under state agricultural universities with ICAR funding.

Northeast India has strong agricultural education infrastructure directly relevant to ICAR AIEEA: Assam Agricultural University (AAU) Jorhat — one of India's largest agricultural universities with multiple colleges; College of Agriculture Lembucherra (Tripura); Central Agricultural University (CAU) Imphal — a central government institution with constituent colleges in Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, and Sikkim. For rural NE students, ICAR AIEEA-qualified institutions lead to careers in NABARD, state agriculture departments, IARI, food processing, and agricultural research — meaningful and locally relevant paths.

• UG: Class 12 with PCB or PCM or Agriculture group with minimum 50% (40% for SC/ST)
• Age for UG: minimum 17 years, maximum 25 years (27 for OBC, 30 for SC/ST) as of August 1 of admission year
• PG (MSc): Bachelor's in relevant agriculture/science/fisheries/veterinary discipline with minimum 60% (50% for SC/ST)
• Indian nationals only for most programmes

Mode

• Computer-Based Test (CBT) — conducted in July
• Duration: 2.5 hours (UG) | 2 hours (PG)

UG Paper

• Total questions: 150 | Total marks: 600
• Physics: 30 questions | 120 marks
• Chemistry: 30 questions | 120 marks
• Biology / Agriculture / Mathematics: 90 questions | 360 marks (choose based on Class 12 subjects)

PG Paper

• Total questions: 120 | Total marks: 480
• Core subject questions (100): discipline-specific — Agronomy, Plant Breeding, Soil Science, Animal Science, Agricultural Economics, Horticulture, Agricultural Engineering, Fisheries, Forestry, etc.
• General Agriculture / Research Aptitude (20 questions)
• Separate papers for each PG specialisation — register for the relevant paper

Marking Scheme

• Correct: +4 | Incorrect: −1 | Unanswered: 0