On July 7, the CET will be held for Biology and Mathematics and for Physics and Chemistry will be held on July 8, 2021.
Announcing the dates on Saturday, deputy chief minister CN Ashwath Narayan, also minister for higher education, said dates were finalised considering the schedule of entrance tests of other states, II PUC examinations in Karnataka and CBSE timetable.
The Kannada language test for Horanadu (other states) and Gadinadu (border regions of the state) Kannadiga candidates will be conducted on July 9, the statement said.
The II PUC exams will be held between May 24 and June 16, while CBSE 12 exams are scheduled between May 4 and June 11.
In 2020, the CET was held on July 30 and 31.
CET 2021 timetable
| S. No. | Date | Subject |
| 1 | Jul-07 | Biology, Mathematics |
| 2 | Jul-08 | Physics, Chemistry |
| 3 | Jul-09 | Kannada language test for Horanadu (other states) and Gadinadu (border region) candidates |
Last year amid Covid-19 pandemic breakout, a total of 1.47 lakh students had taken CET examinations out of the 1.94 lakh students who had registered for it at 497 centres across the state, marking about 75 per cent attendance
Among these, 60 Covid-19 positive students including 12 were from Bengaluru were among the 1.47 lakh who appeared for the Karnataka CET for engineering and other courses.