The Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination (BCECE) is held for admission to colleges in Bihar that offer B.Pharma, Agriculture, and para-medical programs (such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and so on). Candidates applying for the BCECE must review all of the eligibility criteria outlined in this article for more information. If an applicant fails to meet any of the BCECE Eligibility Criteria, the examination board will reject his or her application.

BCECE 2024 questions cover Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics/Biology. However, candidates have the option of taking all four topics (PCMB). The BCECE 2024 syllabus is based on the ideas learned in classes 11 and 12.
Only applicants who meet all of the eligibility requirements will be awarded their BCECE Admit Cards for the exam.
There is no higher age limit for students wishing to enrol in engineering programs or take the BCECE. The BCECEB outlines the requirements for BCECE 2024 Eligibility Criteria. Before filling out the application form, students should carefully review each point to ensure that they are qualified to sit the BCECE 2024 entrance exam.

Age Limit

The students who want to apply for different courses that are under BCECE, and include different age limits. Students can go through the table that is mentioned below, which contains an age limit for all the courses. If the interested student is not able to meet any of the BCECE 2024 Eligibility criteria, their application will not be submitted by the examination authorities.

Course

Age Limit

Engineering/Pharmacy Courses

No age limit. 

 

Candidates are eligible as long as they fulfil the other criteria.

Medical Courses

Minimum 17 years

Agriculture, Veterinary Science, and Animal Husbandry

Private Pilot License Course

Educational Qualification

Students who apply for BCECE 2024 should check the eligibility criteria before filling out the BCECE application form. The educational qualifications that are required for the exam are given below. Go through the details that are given below.

Course

Educational Qualifications

Subjects (if applicable)

Engineering 

Higher secondary education or an equivalent program with a minimum of 45% or more.

Mathematics or Physics as mandatory subjects, with Chemistry/Biotechnology/Biology/Technical as one of the optional subjects.

Pharmacy

Candidates must have completed their 10+2 exams or equivalent examinations with a minimum of 45% or more.

Physics and Chemistry as compulsory subjects, and Mathematics/Biotechnology/Biology/Technical Vocational Subjects as one of the optional subjects.

Medical 

Candidates must have passed the 12th-grade exam or an equivalent exam in English, physics, chemistry, and botany/zoology.

 The minimum aggregate percentage for the SC/ST/EBC category is 40%.

A minimum of 50% overall marks in biology, chemistry, and physics

Candidates for the course at Tibbi College in Patna should be familiar with Urdu or have completed a full-time course in it.

B.Sc. Agriculture

Passed ISC Or Equivalent

Physics, and chemistry as compulsory subjects with Biology/ Mathematics/ Agriculture as one of the optional subjects.

B.V.Sc and A.H

Physics, Chemistry and Biology

B.Tech Dairy Technology

Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics

B.Tech Agriculture Engineering

Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics

B.F.Sc

Physics, Chemistry and Biology

B.Sc ( Horticulture)

Physics, Chemistry, and Biology/ Mathematics

B.Tech (Biotechnology)

Physics, Chemistry and Biology/ Mathematics/ Biotechnology

Private Pilot License Course

  • Passed ISC/10+2 Or Equivalent with 60%, for SC/ST candidates with 50%.
  • Passed B.Sc course with 50% for general candidates, with 45% for SC/ST Candidates

Physics and Mathematics.

BCECE 2024 Nationality Eligibility Criteria

Students should note that according to the BCECE 2024 Eligibility Criteria, students must be from India. The student should the documents that are required to prove their identity have. If the student is from a foreign country and not a citizen of India, the application of the student will be rejected by the Official Examination authority 

Domicile 

students who are applying must be Indian every requirement must be fulfilled by students, if not the official authority can reject the application at any moment. Look at the requirements mentioned below:

  • The candidate's parents reside in Bihar permanently
  • The candidate's parents have Bihar refugee registration.
  • The candidate's parents live in different states yet work for the Bihar government.
  • The candidate's parents are stationed in Bihar and work for national unions.

Number of Attempts

There is no age limit, mentioned by the authorities and also there is nothing mentioned about the number of attempts by the BCECE exam authorities. students who satisfy the BCECE 2024 Eligibility Criteria are eligible for the Exam.

Physical examination

The students must go through the medical examination first that is performed by the appointed doctors. Only the students who can pass the medical examination will be admitted. the students are required to pay an additional cost for this physical test. Students must take note that this step is very important for all the selected candidates.

Accumulation Marks in Qualifying Examination

Students can go through the below educational eligibility criteria for all of the courses that are provided under BCECE. ; Students should make sure that they are satisfying every expectation of the eligibility criteria mentioned below before filling out the application form for BCECE. 

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Course

Aggregate Marks

Engineering 

A minimum of 45% or more in 10+2

Pharmacy

Medical 

A minimum of 40% or more in 10+2

B.Sc. Agriculture

Passed ISC/ Equivalent, i.e., at least 33% marks.

B.V.Sc and A.H

B.Tech Dairy Technology

B.Tech Agriculture Engineering

B.F.Sc

B.Sc ( Horticulture)

B.Tech (Biotechnology)

Private Pilot License Course

General Category- A minimum of 60% in 10+2

 

SC/ST- A minimum of 50% in 10+2

 

B.Sc Course:

General Category- A minimum of 50% 

 

SC/ST- 45%

BCECE Eligibility Criteria for Foreign/NRI Students

According to the eligibility requirements, students must be citizens of India. They can determine their eligibility by reviewing the residence requirements listed in this article.

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Significant revisions to the BCECE Eligibility Criteria by 2024

In 2024, there are no modifications to the BCECE 2024 Eligibility Criteria. Note, however, the points listed below.

  • Before 2019, the BCECE was held for the engineering, medical, pharmaceutical, and architectural sectors.
  • Next, BCECEB offers BCECE counselling for engineering and architecture courses based on JEE Main scores, and for medical, veterinary science, and animal husbandry courses based on NEET scores.

BCECE 2024 Reservation

The table given below lists the BCECE 2024 reservation seats for the different reserved categories. Students need to be aware that the General category will be able to claim the remaining 50% of the seats.

Serial Number

Category 

Seat reservation

1

Scheduled Caste 

16%

2

Scheduled Tribe

1%

3

Extremely Backward Class

18%

4

Backward Class

12%

5

Reserved Category Class

3%

6

Disabled Quota

3% of the seats in every college

7

Servicemen Quota

To be announced during counselling

Documents required for BCECE 2024

 The students must upload a scanned copy of their photograph and signature while submitting the application form for BCECE 2024, as per the information mentioned in the below table 

Documents

Dimensions

Size of the file

Format

Photograph

3.5cm to 4.5cm

Up to 100KB

JPEG

Signature

3.5cm to 1.5cm

Up to 100KB

JPEG

The students who can satisfy the criteria will be allowed to sit in the exam. The exam requires thorough preparation.

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