The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has released the online counselling schedule for undergraduate (UG) admissions on July 17, 2026. This update follows the declaration of the Common University Entrance Test, CUET (ICAR-UG) 2026, result by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on June 23, 2026, based on which candidates are being taken through registration and rank generation. Following the processing of this initial data, the official merit ranks and the comprehensive seat vacancy matrix are scheduled to be published on July 26, 2026, marking the beginning of the formal choice-filling and document upload phase. Consequently, the first round of provisional seat allotments is expected to be declared on July 31, 2026.The schedule covers admission to UG programmes in Agriculture and Allied Sciences at participating Agricultural Universities for the 2026-27 academic session, to be conducted entirely online through the ICAR counselling portal, icarcounseling.com. The counselling is scheduled to run across four regular rounds followed by a mop-up round, with seat allotment, document verification, and fee payment forming part of each round. Only candidates who qualified CUET (ICAR-UG) 2026 with a valid score are eligible to participate in this counselling process.
ICAR AIEEA 2026 Latest Updates
- The comprehensive schedule for undergraduate admissions was released by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), successfully opening the initial registration phase on July 17, 2026.
- In comparison, during the previous academic cycle, the initial registration for the corresponding undergraduate counselling phase commenced significantly later on September 2, 2025.
- Eligible candidates must complete their consent registration and select subject combinations for rank generation by the upcoming deadline on July 23, 2026.
- The official release of merit ranks, alongside the display of the seat matrix and the commencement of choice filling, is scheduled for July 26, 2026.
- Following the conclusion of the choice-filling window on July 28, 2026, the first round of seat allotments is expected to be announced on July 31, 2026.
Source: icarcounseling.com
ICAR AIEEA UG 2026 Counselling Important Dates
| Event | Date |
|---|---|
| CUET (ICAR-UG) 2026 result declared | June 23, 2026 |
| Counselling portal opens for registration and subject-combination selection | July 17–23, 2026 |
| Rank generation processing | July 24–25, 2026 |
| Release of ranks, seat matrix, choice filling and document upload begins | July 26, 2026 |
| End of choice filling and document upload | July 28, 2026 |
| Round 1 seat allotment | July 31, 2026 |
| Round 2 seat allotment | August 6, 2026 |
| Round 3 seat allotment | August 10, 2026 |
| Round 4 seat allotment | August 14, 2026 |
| Mop-up/final round choice filling and allotment | August 18–23, 2026 |
ICAR AIEEA Counselling Dates 2026
You can check the tentative counselling dates of ICAR AIEEA 2024 UG Courses from the below table:
| Events | Date |
|---|---|
| Round-1 Counselling | September 7, 2024 |
| Documents Submission | Till September 12, 2024 |
| Round-2 Counselling | November-December 2024 |
| Round-3 Counselling | December 2024 |
In the year 2022, ICAR has relaxed Degree Submission Dates for ICAR AIEEA PG Counselling. Candidates who are participating in AIEEA PG counselling must have a Bachelors degree certificate submitted during document verification. In case they do not have the PDC or Degree certificate, they will have to submit a bonafide certificate declaring that they shall be completing all requirements for admission in PG courses and the probable date of issuance of degree certificate.
ICAR will release ICAR AIEEA 2024 counselling schedule on their official website after the announcement of result. Candidates should stay tuned to the official website of ICAR so that they can stay updated on the latest news of ICAR AIEEA 2024 Counselling.
ICAR AIEEA 2024 Counselling Procedure
Candidates need to download their counselling call letter from the official website of the exam after being declared as qualified in AIEEA Merit Lists. Candidates need to carry the counselling call letter during the counselling. The steps to download ICAR AIEEA 2024 Counselling Call letter are given below:
- Visit the official website of ICAR.
- Click on the link for ICAR AIEEA 2024/ ICAR AIEEA PG 2024 Counselling Call letter.
- Log in using your application number and password.
- Click on ‘Download Counselling Call Letter’.
- The counselling call letter will be displayed on your computer screen.
- Candidates need to download and take a printout of the letter as it will be needed during the time of counselling.
ICAR AIEEA 2024 Counselling will take place in the online mode only. The number of candidates that are declared qualified by ICAR for counselling would be larger than the total number of seats available for admission to the Agricultural Universities. All those candidates are called for counselling who have secured 50% under general and UPS categories and 40% under SC/ST/PC categories.
If the required number of candidates is not available for counselling, the competent authority that is DDG, Agril. Edn can lower the minimum qualifying marks. There are many steps in ICAR AIEEA 2024 Counselling.
Stepwise Counselling Process
Candidates must know all the steps of the counselling process of ICAR AIEEA 2024 so that they do not miss any of the steps. First of all, candidates have to pay the counselling fee of 2000 INR after the declaration of ICAR AIEEA 2024 result, so that they can appear for ICAR AIEEA 2024 Counselling.
Candidates who have not been declared as qualified for counselling in the merit list cannot appear for counselling. They will not be considered for admission to ICAR participating Agricultural Universities. Candidates can give their options for choice of University and subject degree programme. They can also present their preferences at the time of online ICAR AIEEA 2024 Counselling. There are 8 steps in ICAR AIEEA 2024 Counselling process.
The stepwise ICAR AIEEA 2024 Counselling process is listed below:
- Step 1: Qualified candidates need to register for online counselling by paying the counselling fee of 2000 INR through debit card/credit card or net banking.
- Step 2: Candidates who have registered for online counselling can log in for the counselling process. Candidates do not have to visit the campus of ICAR as the process of ICAR AIEEA 2024 Counselling is online.
- Step 3: Details of eligibility requirements, available seat matrix with reservation category, helpline numbers, the process of online counselling and previous year admission cut-offs is available on the home page of the online portal for counselling. Qualified candidates are permitted to choose their preferred institution and course from the given list during the time of counselling.
- Step 4: Only those institutions and courses will be displayed to qualified candidates where they are eligible for admission on the basis of their scores in ICAR AIEEA 2024 examination.
- Step 5: Candidates can select the university and courses one by one in combination if they want to submit multiple choices. Candidates will be able to modify or add or delete their choices during the specified time period.
- Step 6: After confirming their choice, candidates need to click on the ‘save’ button. They can take a printout for future reference.
- Step7: On the counselling day, the choices of candidates will be taken into consideration. Seats will be then allotted to candidates on the basis of merit and availability of seats. Candidates will also be informed by email or SMS about the university and course they are allotted in Round 1 of ICAR AIEEA 2024 Counselling.
- Step 8: Candidates have to download the allotment letter. A printout of the provisional allotment letter should be presented at the allotted University. After verification of documents of candidates, final admission letter will be issued.
Documents Required at the time of Counselling
The documents that are required at the time of ICAR AIEEA 2024 Counselling are listed below:
- Mark sheet and Certificate of Class 10 and Class 12
- Transfer/Migration Certificate
- Character Certificate
- Date of Birth Certificate (if date of birth is not mentioned on the certificate of Class 10)
- Category Certificate if a candidate belongs to SC/ST/OBC categories
- Medical Certificate if candidate is physically challenged (PC)
- Admit card, copy of online application form and call letter issued to qualified candidates by ICAR related to admission
- 3 recent passport size photographs that are the same as pasted on the online application form
- Domicile certificate
- Authority letter if candidate is not able to personally attend the counselling
Candidates should not forget to bring any of the documents mentioned at the time of counselling.
ICAR AIEEA 2024 Seat Matrix
ICAR AIEEA 2024 Seat Allotment is not final yet. As of year 2023, only 15 % of seats in State Agricultural University were filled through ICAR AIEEA 2023 examination. 100 % of seats in ICAR participating universities are also filled through ICAR entrance examination. You can get an idea about the ICAR AIEEA 2024 Seat Matrix through the detailed course wise and college wise number of seats that were on the basis of ICAR AIEEA 2023 score:
Total seats in Course
| Programme | Total No. of Seats |
|---|---|
| B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture | 1021 |
| B.Sc. (Hons) Forestry | 55 |
| B.Sc. (Hons) Horticulture | 211 |
| B.Sc Fisheries | 83 |
| B.Sc. (Hons) Sericulture | 7 |
| B.Sc. (Hons) Community Science | 104 |
| B.Tech Agricultural Engineering | 177 |
| B.Tech Food Technology | 29 |
| B.Tech Dairy Technology | 72 |
| B.Tech Bio-Technology | 40 |
Total seats
| College/University | Total No. of Seats |
|---|---|
| IARI New Delhi | 133 |
| IARI Jharkhand | 11 |
| IARI Assam | 11 |
| DU IVRI | 98 |
| CIFE Mumbai | 77 |
| DU NDRI Karnal | 141 |
If there are vacant seats after Round 3 of counselling, they will be filled by the institutions on their own.
Participating Colleges
There are many participating colleges of ICAR AIEEA 2024.
- Horticulture and Agriculture courses-There are 42 participating colleges of ICAR for Horticulture and Agriculture courses. A total of 1021 seats in agriculture and 211 seats in horticulture are expected.
- Forestry and Fisheries courses: There are 17 participating colleges of ICAR for Forestry and Fisheries courses. There are 55 seats (expected) in forestry and 83 seats (expected) in fisheries.
- Science and Sericulture courses: There are 12 participating colleges of ICAR for Science and Sericulture courses. There are tentatively 104 seats in home science and 7 seats in sericulture.
- Agricultural Engineering and Dairy Technology courses: There are 24 participating colleges of ICAR for agricultural engineering and dairy technology courses. There are 177 seats in agricultural engineering and 72 seats in dairy technology.
- Food Technology and Bio-Technology courses: There are 5 participating colleges of ICAR for food technology and biotechnology courses. There are 29 seats in food technology and 40 seats in biotechnology.
All these participating colleges will accept ICAR AIEEA 2024 scores for admission in its various and PG courses.
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If you have not completed your choice filling step, you will not be able to attend the counseling session as you have not selected any institute for admission.
ICAR AIEEA Counseling 2022 is yet to begin. ICAR has not released the official dates for the counseling process. But the counseling process is expected to begin very soon.
The official notification for ICAR AIEEA 2022 Counseling is yet to be released. But the counseling process is expected to begin in the first week of November 2022.