ICAR (Indian Council for Agriculture Research) conducts National Level entrance exam for UG and PG courses in Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Fisheries, Agriculture Engineering, Dairy Technology, Food Technology, Bio technology, Sericulture, Community Science under 15% of total seats in Government Universities all over India.
For UG the entrance test is called AIEEA – UG (All India Entrance Exam for admission) and will be held in the month of May 2018.
No. of seats available for different courses for qualified students is shown in the table below
AIEEA UG 2018 Important dates
| Event | Date |
| Date and Time of Online Examination | 23.06.2018 (Saturday) 10:00 A.M to 12:30 P.M. (2 1⁄2 hrs) |
| Commencement of Online Application submission | 18.05.2018 (Friday) |
| Last date of online application | 31.05.2018 (Thursday up to 11.59 P.M.) |
| e-Admit card information (on ICAR website) | 14.06.2018 (Thursday) |
| Online Mock Test | 14.06.2018 |
| Declaration of Result | Last week of June 2018 |
| Schedule for online Counseling | |
| 1. Choice Filling | 01st July 2018 to 03rd July 2018 |
| 2. 1st Counseling Result | 06th July 2018 |
| 3. 1st Round Reporting | 06th July 2018 to 10th July 2018 |
| 4. 2nd Counseling Result | 12th July |
| 5. 2nd Round Reporting | 12th July 2018 to 16th July 2018 |
| 6. 3rd Counseling Result | 18th July |
| 7. 3rd Round Reporting | 18th July to 22nd July 2018 |
| 8. 4th Round (If need be) |
AIEEA UG 2018 Application Fee
General, OBC and UPS Categories : Rs. 700/-
SC/ST/ PH : Rs. 350/-
Plus gateway and GST as applicable
No of seats available for different courses throug AIEEA UG
| S No. | Course | No. of Seats |
No. of Universities |
| 1 | B.Sc (Agriculture) | 1021 | 31 |
| 2 | B.Sc (Horticulture) | 211 | 14 |
| 3 | B.Sc (Forestry) | 55 | 7 |
| 4 | B.Sc (Fisheries) | 83 | 11 |
| 5 | B.Sc (Community Science) | 104 | 10 |
| 6 | B.Sc (Sericulture) | 7 | 2 |
| 7 | B.Tech (Agriculture Engineering) | 177 | 18 |
| 8 | B.Tech (Dairy Technology) | 72 | 6 |
| 9 | B.Tech (Food Technology) | 29 | 4 |
| 10 | B.Sc (Bio Technology) | 40 | 2 |