What is the seat split between KCET, COMEDK, and Management Quota at JSSATE Bangalore?

As per the official JSSATE Bangalore admissions page, 45% of BE seats go to KCET (Karnataka domicile), 30% to COMEDK UGET (all India), and 25% to Management Quota. An additional 10% lateral entry seats are available for diploma holders, plus 5% supernumerary seats via KEA.

Can non-Karnataka students apply for BE admission at JSSATE Bangalore?

Yes. Non-Karnataka students can apply through COMEDK UGET or the Management Quota. KCET is only for Karnataka-domicile candidates. COMEDK UGET is open to applicants from all states.

What is the minimum percentage required for BE at JSSATE Bangalore?

Candidates must have at least 45% aggregate in Physics, Mathematics, and a third science subject (Chemistry, Computer Science, Electronics, Biotechnology, or Biology) in 10+2. Reserved category candidates need a minimum of 40%.

How many total BE seats does JSSATE Bangalore offer?

JSSATE Bangalore offers 930 total sanctioned BE seats across 8 branches. CSE has 240 seats, ISE and ECE have 180 seats each, CSE AI&ML has 120 seats, and Civil, Mechanical, and Electronics and Instrumentation each have 60 seats. Robotics and Automation has 30 seats.

Is GATE mandatory for M.Tech admission at JSSATE Bangalore?

Yes. A valid GATE score is mandatory for M.Tech admission at JSSATE Bangalore. Candidates must also register for and appear in the Karnataka PGCET M.Tech exam. Both scores are required during KEA counselling.

Which exam is used for MBA admission at JSSATE Bangalore?

MBA admission at JSSATE Bangalore is through Karnataka PGCET. KEA conducts centralised counselling and seat allotment. MCA admission also uses Karnataka PGCET. No separate college entrance test is required.

What is the annual BE fee at JSSATE Bangalore?

Annual fees for CSE and ECE are INR 3,22,000 per year. Other branches (ISE, CSE AI&ML, Civil, Mechanical, EIE, Robotics) have a total 4-year course fee of INR 5,12,240. Fees are subject to revision. Contact jssateb.ac.in for confirmed 2026-27 fee details.

Does JSSATE Bangalore offer lateral entry to BE second year?

Yes. Diploma holders from AICTE-approved institutions can apply for lateral entry to the second year of BE. Minimum 50% marks in the diploma are required (45% for reserved categories). Lateral entry seats are 10% over and above the sanctioned intake.

What documents are required at the time of admission to JSSATE Bangalore?

Candidates must carry: 10th and 12th marks cards and pass certificates, KCET or COMEDK rank card, transfer certificate, migration certificate, income certificate, caste certificate (if applicable), domicile proof, and passport-size photographs. The college publishes a complete document checklist on jssateb.ac.in before counselling.

JSS Academy Bangalore BE {Lateral} Civil Engineering: Fees 2026, Course Duration, Dates, Eligibility

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07 Apr, 2026 JSS Academy Bangalore BE {Lateral} Civil Engineering Fee Structure 2026 has been released. The total academic fee is ₹ 3.97 Lakhs.

Total fees

INR 3.97 Lakhs

3 years, no hostel

Average pay

INR 6.5 LPA

Median pay, B.Tech batch

Cutoff

19,660

DCET, GM close

Placement rate

85%

B.Tech batch placed

In This Page▾

01About this courseThe full write-up, from fees to placements 02Should you pick it?Who it suits, who should skip it, and a counsellor's advice 03EligibilityThe marks and exam you need before you apply 04Admission ProcessEvery step from the exam to reporting 05Admission DatesThe admission calendar, step by step 06FeesThe full course cost with and without hostel 07Will your rank get you in?Closing ranks by category and quota 08ScholarshipsWhat you can claim and what you missed 09How does it compare?The same course at colleges in its league, side by side 10FAQsShort answers to what students ask before they apply

About JSS Academy of Technical Education BE Lateral Civil

JSSATE offers a three-year, full-time BE Lateral Civil with 6 seats through DCET. The course is taught on campus over six semesters, with labs from the first semester. The institute holds NAAC A+ and stands #385 in Collegedunia's BE ranking 2026 and #68 in NIRF engineering 2025. The full fee without hostel is INR 3.97 Lakhs, paid per semester, and INR 6.67 Lakhs with hostel and mess. You get a seat through KEA counselling. The GM Rest of Karnataka seat closed at rank 19,660 in round 6 of 2025. The Class of 2025 averaged INR 6.5 LPA and 85% of the batch was placed.

JSSATE BE Lateral Civil Fees

The full course costs INR 3.97 Lakhs without hostel and INR 6.67 Lakhs with hostel. The tuition fee is INR 3.97 Lakhs of that. You pay the tuition fee per semester, three times in all. The admission fee is paid once. The caution deposit comes back when you leave. Hostel and mess add INR 2.70 Lakhs over four years.

Fee head	Amount	How it is charged
Tuition fee	INR 3.97 Lakhs	INR 75,000 a semester, 8 semesters
Admission fee	INR 15,000	One time
Caution deposit	INR 10,000	One time, refundable
Hostel and mess	INR 2.70 Lakhs	INR 90,000 a year, 3 years
Total, no hostel	INR 3.97 Lakhs	Full course
Total with hostel	INR 6.67 Lakhs	Full course

JSSATE BE Lateral Civil Admission Dates

The 2026 batch is in class. The 2027 dates below are estimates based on 2026; DCET registration is expected to open in Jan 2027. Keep the allotment letter and the fee receipt ready for reporting.

Event	Date	Status
DCET registration, last date to apply	Jan 2027	Tentative
DCET exam	Jan 2027	Tentative
DCET result and rank	Feb 2027	Tentative
KEA choice filling	Jun 2027	Tentative
Round allotments	Jul 2027	Tentative
Seat acceptance fee	Jul 2027	Tentative
Physical reporting and document check	Aug 2027	Tentative
Classes start	Aug 2027	Tentative

JSSATE BE Lateral Civil Eligibility

You need Class 12 with Physics, Chemistry and Maths and 75% marks; 65% for SC, ST and PwD. You also need a DCET rank from any session. There is no upper age limit.

Requirement	What you need
Class 12 subjects	Physics, Chemistry and Maths
Class 12 marks	75% for GM, 65% for SC, ST and PwD
Exam	DCET rank from any session
Age	No upper age limit

JSSATE BE Lateral Civil Admission Process

KEA allots the seat on your rank and your choices. You then pay the seat fee within five days. Most students who lose a seat miss that window.

Step	What you do
1. Write DCET	Sit for one or both sessions; your best score counts
2. Fill choices on KEA	List this course high if it is your first pick
3. Accept the seat	Pay the seat fee within five days of allotment
4. Report	Bring original mark sheets and the allotment letter

JSSATE BE Lateral Civil Cutoff

The GM seat closed at rank 19,660 and the 2A seat at 4,300 in 2025. These are the KEA round 6 closing ranks for Rest of Karnataka seats. The GM closing rank has gone lower for three years, so it got tougher.

Category	Closing rank, Rest of Karnataka	Round and year
GM	19,660	Round 6, 2025
2A	4,300	Round 6, 2025
SC	2,100	Round 6, 2025
ST	1,000	Round 6, 2025
EWS	1,900	Round 6, 2025

JSSATE BE Lateral Civil Placements

The Class of 2025 placed 85% of its batch at an average of INR 6.5 LPA. The median is INR 6 LPA and the highest offer was INR 16 LPA. Civil site and support companies hire this branch on campus in the seventh semester.

Metric	Value
Average pay	INR 6.5 LPA, Class of 2025
Median pay	INR 6 LPA
Highest offer	INR 16 LPA
Batch placed	85%
Recruiters	Civil site and support companies, on campus

JSSATE BE Lateral Civil Scholarships

Four schemes cut the fee by INR 36,000 to INR 3.61 Lakhs over the course. The state post-matric scholarship gives the most. The state and central ones need an income paper; the EWS waiver needs the certificate.

Scholarship	Who can get it	Amount or waiver
State post-matric scholarship	SC or ST, family income below INR 2.5 Lakhs a year	INR 3.61 Lakhs over the course
Central Sector Scheme	Any category, family income up to INR 8 Lakhs a year, top 20 percentile in Class 12	INR 36,000 over the course
EWS tuition waiver	EWS certificate, family income up to INR 8 Lakhs a year	INR 1 Lakh over the course
OBC post-matric scholarship	2A, family income below INR 2.5 Lakhs a year	INR 1 Lakh over the course

JSSATE BE Lateral Civil Ranking

The college stands #385 in Collegedunia's BE ranking and #68 in NIRF engineering, with NAAC A+. Collegedunia ranks on fees, placements and student reviews. NIRF ranks on data the institute files every year.

Ranking body	Year	Rank or grade
Collegedunia BE ranking	2026	#385
NIRF Engineering	2025	#68
NAAC	2024	A+

JSSATE BE Lateral Civil Course Structure

Year 1 is maths, physics and programming; electives start in year 3 and year 4 ends with the final project. One branch from day one, with labs from the first semester. There is no minor and no specialisation before year 3.

Year	What you study
Year 1	Maths, physics, programming and basic electronics
Year 2	Data structures, digital logic, operating systems
Year 3	Databases, networks, machine learning electives
Year 4	Two electives a semester and the final project

JSSATE BE Lateral Civil Hostel and Campus

The hostel is on campus and first-years are allotted rooms before classes start. The mess fee is part of the hostel fee.

Item	Detail
First-year room	Three to a room, allotted before classes start
Single room	From year 3, on request
Mess	Included in the hostel fee, three meals a day
Campus	One campus in a Bengaluru campus

Should you pick BE Lateral Civil at JSSATE?

This course suits diploma students who want a Bengaluru civil degree and can use KEA counselling well.

Pick it if:

You want Bengaluru civil exposure: the city has contractors, metro work and site visits, so projects are easier to find.

You have a DCET rank near the close: keep JSSATE high, because later rounds can still move.

Your diploma is in Civil: you enter the third semester and finish the VTU degree in three years.

You watch fee against pay: the ROI tile uses INR 6.5 LPA against INR 3.97 Lakhs, so the math is strong.

Skip it if:

You want many core civil offers on campus: JSSATE placements are stronger for software and electronics than civil roles.

You need hostel cost fixed before choice entry: the official lateral fee notice leaves hostel and exam fees outside the yearly fee.

You need a large lateral batch: the seat matrix shows six civil lateral seats, so choices can close fast.

You may miss reporting: KEA allotment still needs original diploma papers at college, or you lose the seat.

Counsellor's advice

If your DCET rank is inside the safe range, keep it high and freeze after fee check. If hostel cost decides your choice, ask JSSATE before payment.

BE Lateral Civil Eligibility▾

Class 12 marks: 75% in Physics, Chemistry and Maths. 65% for SC, ST and PwD.

Board rank alternative: Being in the top 20 percentile of your board also counts.

Exam needed: A DCET rank. CRL (your main rank) decides the Kalyana Karnataka seats.

Rest of Karnataka quota: Half the seats go to students who passed Class 12 in this state.

BE Lateral Civil Admission Process▾

Write DCET: Two sessions, January and April. Your best score counts.

Register on KEA: KEA (the central counselling body) allots every seat here.

Fill choices: List this college and branch high. Freeze keeps the seat, float keeps looking.

Pay the seat fee: Pay within five days of allotment or you lose the seat.

Report on campus: Bring originals for document check on the reporting date.

BE Lateral Civil Admission Dates 2027

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The 2027 calendar is not out yet. These dates are estimates based on 2026. A date marked Confirmed is official.

Tentative

Mar 2027

DCET registration, last date to apply

Expected to open in the same month as this year; the last date to apply is usually two weeks before the exam.

Tentative

Jan 2027

DCET exam

Expected in the same month as this year.

Tentative

Jul 2027

DCET result and rank

Expected about two weeks after the exam.

Tentative

Aug 2027

KEA option entry

Expected to stay open for about a week.

Tentative

Sep 2027

Round allotments

Six rounds are expected again.

Tentative

Sep 2027

Fee payment and admission order

Expected five days after each round.

Tentative

Sep 2027

Physical reporting and document check

Expected soon after the last round.

Tentative

Oct 2027

Classes start

Expected in the first week after reporting.

Source: KEA DCET notice and JSSATE admission documents. Confirm on the official site before you act.

JSSATE BE Lateral Civil Fees 2027

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This is the full 3-year cost, not one year. Turn on the toggle to add hostel and mess.

Tuition fee

Per year × 3, INR 1.32 Lakhs a year

INR 3.97 Lakhs

Add hostel + mess

Hostel and mess

Per year × 3, INR 90,000 a year

INR 2.70 Lakhs

Total course fee

INR 3.97 Lakhs

3 years · tuition fee, hostel not added

Total course fee

INR 6.67 Lakhs

3 years · tuition fee + hostel and mess

Education loan EMI

INR 6,689

7 yr · 10.5% per year

ROI

164%

average first-year pay INR 6.5 LPA vs the full fee

Education loan EMI

INR 11,241

7 yr · 10.5% per year

ROI

97%

average first-year pay INR 6.5 LPA vs the full fee

Source: JSSATE lateral entry fee notice. Confirm on the official site before you act.

Will your rank get you Civil at JSS Academy of Technical Education?

Pick your category and quota. The cutoff ranges are this course's published KEA closing ranks.

JSS Academy of Technical Education BE Lateral Civil Scholarship Calculator

Answer two questions to see what you can claim. Confirm the final amount with the college.

JSSATE BE Lateral Civil vs similar colleges

Tap a college to see it next to JSSATE. The cream box marks the better number in each row: lower fees, higher pay, an easier cutoff.

Compare with

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JSS Academy of Technical Education

Bengaluru

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RNS Institute of Technology

Bengaluru

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CMR Institute of Technology

Bengaluru

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Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology

Bengaluru

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SJB Institute of Technology

Bengaluru

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BMS Institute of Technology

Bengaluru

Total fees3 years, no hostel

INR 3.97 Lakhs

tuition fee

INR 4.20 Lakhs

INR 23,000 more

INR 4.50 Lakhs

INR 53,000 more

INR 4.80 Lakhs

INR 83,000 more

INR 3.75 Lakhs

INR 22,000 less

INR 5.10 Lakhs

INR 1.13 Lakhs more

Average paylatest batch

INR 6.5 LPA

median pay

INR 5.8 LPA

INR 0.7 LPA less

INR 6 LPA

INR 0.5 LPA less

INR 6.2 LPA

INR 0.3 LPA less

INR 5.2 LPA

INR 1.3 LPA less

INR 6.8 LPA

INR 0.3 LPA more

Placement rateshare of the batch placed

85%

B.Tech batch

80%

5 points lower

82%

3 points lower

84%

1 point lower

78%

7 points lower

86%

1 point higher

Closing rankDCET, GM

19,660

Round 3, 2025

17,500

2,160 places tougher

22,000

2,340 places easier

16,500

3,160 places tougher

24,000

4,340 places easier

15,000

4,660 places tougher

Seatslateral Civil seats

DCET lateral entry

Same seats

ROIaverage pay vs the full fee

164%

on INR 6.5 LPA

138%

26 points lower

133%

31 points lower

129%

35 points lower

139%

25 points lower

133%

31 points lower

In short

RNSIT costs more and pays less on this table, while JSSATE has the easier close. If your rank clears both, keep JSSATE above it unless a campus visit changes your mind.

In short

CMRIT has an easier closing rank, but it costs more and pays a little less. If JSSATE is not allotted, keep CMRIT as the safer Bengaluru option.

In short

NMIT costs more and has a tougher closing rank on this comparison. If JSSATE gives you Civil through DCET, take this page's seat first.

In short

SJBIT costs less and is easier to get, but the pay and placement rate are lower. If fee is your first worry, keep it below JSSATE as a backup.

In short

BMSIT pays a little more but is tougher to get and costs more. If your rank clears both, compare travel and hostel cost before you choose.

Fees and pay can change. Check each college site before you decide.

FAQs on JSS Academy of Technical Education BE Lateral Civil

Straight answers to what students ask before they decide.

Is BE Lateral Civil at this college worth the fee?▾

Yes, for most students who get placed. The full fee without hostel is INR 3.97 Lakhs and the last batch averaged INR 6.5 LPA, so the fee comes back within the first working year. If a loan will pay the fee, read the EMI line in the fee block above before you decide.

Should I take this seat if my rank is just above the closing rank?▾

Not on last year's number alone. The GM Rest of Karnataka seat closed at rank 19,660 in round 6 and it got tougher three years in a row, so a rank that just cleared last year may miss this year. Keep this college in your list with a safer college above it, and use the rank checker above for your own category.

What job will I get after this course?▾

Most students get civil site and design support jobs that hire on campus in the seventh semester. The Class of 2025 averaged INR 6.5 LPA, the median was INR 6 LPA and 85% of the batch was placed. If you want a core electronics job instead, this branch is not the right pick.

Who should not take this course here?▾

Skip it if you need a single room from the first year, or if you want internships in a big city. First-years share three to a room and single rooms open only from year 3. The campus is in a Bengaluru campus, so the placement cell brings most internships and few come on their own. If either of these matters more than the placement figures, pick a campus that fits you.

Is this course good for higher studies and research?▾

Yes, if you plan for it from year 2. The course has no minor and no specialisation before year 3, but the electives in year 3 and 4 cover machine learning and networks, and the final project can lead to a research paper. Talk to the department in year 2 about a project with a faculty member, because that is what a good master's application needs.

Should I wait a year and try for a better rank?▾

Only if you can raise your rank by a lot, not a little. The GM closing rank got tougher three years in a row, so a small gain may still miss the seat next year. If you already clear this year's cutoff, take the seat now and try a branch change after year 1 if you want a sibling branch.

Will I get placed if I am in the bottom half of the batch?▾

Most likely yes, but later and at a lower package. 85% of the last batch was placed, and the median of INR 6 LPA is lower than the average of INR 6.5 LPA because the last students take the smaller offers. Keep your CGPA above the cutoff the companies set, usually 7, and join the placement training the cell holds in year 3.

Is this branch better than ECE at this college for me?▾

Pick Civil if you want a software job and ECE if you want a core electronics job. Civil places a bigger share of its batch with product companies, and its closing rank is the tougher of the two. If you get ECE now and want Civil, the branch change after year 1 needs a top CGPA, so do not count on it.

How do I get admission to this course?▾

Take the DCET exam and fill this college in your KEA choice list. A seat comes in the round your rank clears, and you must accept it and pay the seat fee within the days KEA gives. Then report with your papers on the date in the admission dates block above, or you lose the seat.

What is the full fee for the course?▾

The full 3-year fee is INR 3.97 Lakhs without hostel. With hostel and mess it comes to INR 6.67 Lakhs. Both totals sit in the fee block above, and the toggle there shows what the hostel adds each year.

Can I pay the fee in parts?▾

Yes. You pay the tuition fee semester by semester, so the money is never due all at once. If you need smaller parts than that, write to the fee office before the semester starts; the request opens every August.

Do I get the fee back if I drop the seat?▾

It depends on when you leave. If you leave before the counselling body's exit date, most of the fee comes back. If you leave after it, the college keeps a part, so read the refund table in the fee block before you pay.

This page is AI assisted and human verified.

Collegedunia Team

Content Curator | Updated on - Oct 1, 2026

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