OUAT Entrance Exam - Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology Entrance Exam

The Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) counselling process for the UG and PG programmes have been concluded on December 27 and January 19 respectively. entrance exam 2021 has started on September 27 and the four-day window exam has concluded on September 30. The result of The admit card was released on September 22. The OUAT entrance exam 2021 Application Form 'B' has also been released and the last date to submit the form was October 7. The OUAT 2021 entrance exam result was scheduled to be declared on October 22 but it has been postponed by a week. The rank cards will be released on November 1.

OUAT entrance exam is conducted by Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) to offer admission to aspirants in undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes. The official website informs: “The University offers education at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels in Agriculture, Horticulture, Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Fishery Science, Home Science & Forestry in the semester system. Research and Extension programmes 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”. 

Latest Update:

September 27, 2021: OUAT Entrance Exam 2021 Begins on September 27 in Odisha and New Delhi

The following table brings the key features of the OUAT entrance exam 2021.

The minimum education qualification to pursue a BSc course at Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology states that aspirants should have pursued their Class 11 and Class 12 with Science and secured a minimum of 50 per cent aggregate marks including extra optional. For candidates who have applied for admission under SC/ST/PH category need to have secured a minimum of 40 per cent marks in their qualifying exam.

Apart from the above, aspirants need to have studied the below-mentioned subjects in order to be eligible for OUAT admissions 2021:

Note: Candidates who seek admission in “BSc (Ag.)/BSc (Hort.)/BSc (Forestry)/BSc (Home Science) without having Mathematics or Biology at the +2 level will have to make up their deficiency by taking pre-requisite courses in the subject (Mathematics/Biology) to be offered during the first two semesters”, informs the official website.

Additional OUAT entrance exam BSc eligibility criteria that aspirants need to fulfil in order to secure admission is as mentioned below:

1. Cleared HSC or equivalent examination with Odia as 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 confirming 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: Candidates must be 17 years of age as of December 31, 2021 (that is, born on or before December 31, 2003).

Eligibility Requirement for BSc Forestry

Candidates are informed that the below-mentioned dates are tentative and the official dates for the OUAT Entrance Exam will be announced soon.

For UG course admission, the OUAT entrance exam test paper would be 200 marks. The medium of instruction in the exam is English and the duration is two hours. OUAT entrance exam for admission in PG and PhD courses consists of objective type as well as short answer type questions. The entrance test for PG and doctoral course admissions is of two hours duration. Courses offered at OUAT are as mentioned below:

Aspirants need to note that admission in all PG programmes is offered through the OUAT entrance exam except for MSc Microbiology, MSc Biotechnology and MSc Computer Science. Admission to these programmes is conducted on the basis of career marks. Know the list of colleges that accept OUAT exam scores for admission.

Aspirants need to follow the below-mentioned steps as part of the OUAT admission process

Aspirants needed to fill OUAT entrance exam 2021 application form on the official website of Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology. At the time of submission of online application Form-A, candidates had to fill in the particulars such as correct personal information, e-mail id, mobile number, choice of centre, self-declaration etc and upload his/her recent passport size colour photograph (Height: 200px, width: 150px, file size: 200kb maximum), full signature (Height: 100px, width: 150px, file size: 200kb maximum) in jpg/jpeg format. After submission of online application Form-A, an application number was generated and sent to his/her mobile number & e-mail). Candidates could pay the OUAT entrance exam application fee for UG course admissions online through Credit/Debit Card, Net Banking or UPI. 

Aspirants applying for UG course admissions can download their OUAT entrance exam 2021 admit card from the official website of the university. The admit card for the OUAT entrance exam 2021  contains the candidate’s name, course for which they applied, centre allotted, date and time of entrance exam, roll number, photograph and signature. It is a mandatory document that has to be carried to the exam centre.

In order to be eligible for admission in UG programmes offered at OUAT, candidates had to take the entrance exam which is of two hours duration. However, aspirants seeking admission in BSc (Forestry) Course should qualify for Physical Endurance Test to be conducted one day before their respective day of the counselling of each category, failing which their candidature for admission into BSc (Forestry) course will not be considered”, informs the official website. OUAT entrance exam 2021 for MSc and PhD course admissions is of two hours and the maximum score an aspirant can have in it is 100 marks. Candidates need to appear for the OUAT entrance exam as per the date, time and venue mentioned on their admit card. Candidates who are seeking admission in PhD programmes at OUAT also need to appear for the viva-voce admission round.

Aspirants need to visit the official website to view the OUAT entrance exam 2021 result. The result for OUAT admissions can be viewed by filling in roll number/application number/Aadhaar number, mobile number and date of birth on the official website of the exam.

Candidates who make it to the OUAT merit list need to appear for the counselling round as per the date and time mentioned on their OUAT intimation-cum-rank card. Candidates can download the intimation-cum-rank card of their OUAT entrance exam 2021 from the official website of the exam by providing their OUAT roll number, mobile number and date of birth. 

Candidates can refer to the below list of 26 cities where the OUAT 2021 entrance exam centres would be located:

1. Angul2. Balangir3. Balasore4. Baragarh5. Baripada6. Berhampur7. Bhadrak8. Bhawanipatna9. Bhubaneswar10. Boudh11. Cuttack12. Dhenkanal13. Jagatsingpur14. Jajpur15. Jeypore16. Jharasuguda17. Kendrapara

18. Keonjhar19. Khurda20. Nabrangpur21. Puri22. Rayagada23. Gunpur24. Rourkela25. Sambalpur26. New Delhi

. The centres for the 2021 OUAT entrance exam will be announced by the university.

Note: The examination centre option filled by the candidates in the application form cannot be changed at a later stage under any circumstances.

Address: Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar-751003, Odisha, India.

Email: registrarouat@gmail.com

Asst. Registrar (Academic) - 0674-2397970- Extn.-111/218

The official dates for the OUAT Entrance Exam 2021 were released by the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT). The OUAT Entrance Exam was conducted from September 27 to September 30, and the result was scheduled to be declared on October 22 but has been postponed by a week. The result will be followed by the counselling sessions for various programmes offered at the varsity. The OUAT entrance exam 2021 admit card was released on September 22. The admit card release has been postponed by six days. The OUAT 2021 Application Form 'B' has been released on September 17 and the last date of submitting the form was October 7. The OUAT 2021 application form 'A' for admission to OUAT was released on July 31 and the last date of application was extended from August 30 to September 3. The OUAT 2021 entrance exam mock test has been released by the University on September 6. 

Application Form: The OUAT entrance exam 2021 application form was released online on the official website of OUAT 2021 on July 31. Candidates could register and apply online till September 3. The last date to pay the application fee of Rs 1.500 is September 4. Application Form B has been released on September 17 and the last date of application was October 7.

For more information on how to register and apply, click here.

Admit Card: The OUAT 2021 entrance exam admit card was released on September 22. Candidates who have successfully applied for the OUAT entrance exam can avail the admit card from the official website of OUAT. The admit card is an important document that needs to be carried to the exam centre, which is mentioned on the admit card. Without the admit card, candidates are not allowed to appear for the OUAT entrance exam.

To know how to download the OUAT admit card, click here.

OUAT 2021 Entrance Exam: The OUAT Entrance Exam was conducted from September 27 to September 30. Candidates had to reach the exam centre well on time and should carry their admit cards and identity proof along with them. Latecomers were not be allowed to sit for the entrance exam.

OUAT Entrance Exam Results: The OUAT 2021 entrance exam results will be declared online on the official website of OUAT on or after October 29. Candidates who have appeared for the entrance exam will have to sign in to check the OUAT entrance exam results.

To know how to check the OUAT results, click here.

Declaration of Weightage of marks and Ranks: Once the results are released, a merit list was released online on November 1 and the names of candidates who have been shortlisted for admission will be mentioned. 

OUAT Counselling: Once the results and the merit list was released online, candidates were called to the campus to complete the admission formalities. The schedule for the counselling session varied for UG and PG courses. Students had to carry their original documents at the time of counselling.

To know more about the counselling session, click here.