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Final AP EAPCET Phase Fills 3,141 Engineering Seats
AP EAPCET is a process that helps students get engineering college seats.
In the last counselling phase, 3,141 more students received admissions.
Many students registered and selected colleges online.
The final seat allotments were announced on September 20.
Students were told to report to their colleges by September 24.
Overall, 1,02,650 of the 1,52,100 Convener quota engineering seats were filled.
This means 49,450 seats were still empty.
Another 659 sports-category seats were not allotted because the sports authority had not sent its final merit list.
The third and final AP EAPCET-2026 MPC counselling phase allotted 3,141 fresh admissions.
The final-phase notification was issued on September 7, with web counselling starting September 9.
Of 1,74,971 qualified candidates, 1,15,562 registered for counselling through the final phase.
Candidates must self-report and join their allotted colleges between September 20 and 24.
Engineering colleges had 49,450 Convener quota seats vacant after 1,02,650 of 1,52,100 seats were filled.
- Who
- Students who qualified for AP EAPCET-2026 and participated in MPC stream counselling.
- What
- The third and final counselling phase allotted 3,141 fresh engineering admissions.
- Where
- Engineering colleges in Andhra Pradesh.
- When
- The notification was issued on September 7; counselling began September 9, allotments were released September 20, and reporting was scheduled for September 20–24.
- Why
- To complete admissions for available Convener quota seats; 659 sports-category seats were withheld because the final sports merit list had not been received.
Key facts
- Fresh admissions
- 3,141 in the third and final counselling phase
- Qualified candidates
- 1,74,971
- Counselling registrants
- 1,15,562 through the final phase
- Convener quota seats
- 1,52,100 available; 1,02,650 filled; 49,450 vacant
- University college seats
- 9,479 available; 7,441 filled; 2,038 vacant
- Private college seats
- 1,27,487 available; 81,653 filled; 45,834 vacant
- Sports-category seats
- 659 held back pending the final merit list






