Telangana: Engineers, doctors, dentists, pharmacists, architects set their sight on courtrooms

A large number of professionals have lined up to take the Telangana Law Common Entrance Test (TG LAWCET), signalling the shift of career preference among the professionals

Hyderabad: After coding, creating software, treating patients and developing life saving drugs, they have now set their sight on the courtrooms.

A large number of engineers, doctors, dentists, pharmacists and architects have lined up to take the Telangana Law Common Entrance Test (TG LAWCET) 2025, signalling the shift of career preference among professionals.

This year, after 9,515 commerce and 7,212 science graduates, at 6,897, the largest number of applicants are engineering graduates for the three-year law degree programme offered by various law colleges in the State. Similarly, 512 candidates with BPharmacy qualification enrolled to crack the three-year law entrance examination.

Regarding candidates with the medicine qualifications, 92 allopathic doctors, 18 homeopaths, 16 ayurvedic doctors, and four Unani doctors have made their plans to pursue the three-year law programme.

In 2024, 7,111 engineering graduates registered, 5,328 appeared and 4,485 qualified for the three-year law entrance exam. As for 109 doctors who registered, 72 appeared and 68 qualified. Similarly, 64 dentists applied, 45 took the exam and 38 qualified.

According to officials, this time the number of applicants would go up as the last date to register for the LAWCET on the website https://lawcet.tgche.ac.in/ without a late fee is April 30. So far, 31,132 candidates registered.

With a late fee of Rs 500 and Rs 100, the applications can be submitted up to May 10 and 15 respectively. Applications will also be accepted with a late fee of Rs 2,000 and Rs 4,000 up to May 20 and 25 respectively.

Hall tickets can be downloaded from the website from May 30, while the entrance test for admissions to three and five-year LLB programmes, and LLM programmes is scheduled for June 6. A preliminary key will be announced on June 10 with the last date to submit objections, if any, on the preliminary key is June 14. The final key and results will be tentatively declared on June 25.

Last year, 25 law colleges offered 4,910 seats in the three-year LLB programme, while 2,280 seats in the five-year law programme were available in 22 colleges. The LLM programme had 990 seats in 19 colleges.

Applications for TG LAWCET for three-year law programme so far

Qualification examination          Candidates Applied1301963

BCom                                                        9515

BSc                                                             7212

BE/BTech                                                6897

BA                                                             5599

BBA                                                           679

BPharmacy                                              512

BCA                                                           230

MBBS                                                        92

Pharm D                                                   50

BHMCT                                                    49

BDS                                                           45

BPT                                                           40

BArch                                                        19

BHMS                                                       18

BAMS                                                       16

BUMS                                                       4