Six Among Karnataka's Top 17 in the KCET 2026 Engineering Stream

Eleven CFAL students place in the state's top 200 and nineteen in the top 500, as Mangaluru's young engineers post one of the region's strongest showings.

MANGALURU — Students of the Centre for Advanced Learning (CFAL), Mangaluru, have delivered an exceptional performance in the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET) 2026, with six students placing among the top 17 ranks in the Engineering stream — the most competitive of all KCET streams — including three within the top 8. The results, declared by the Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA), reaffirm Mangaluru's standing as one of Karnataka's leading centres for science and engineering aspirants.

KEA publishes separate rank lists for each professional stream — Engineering, Pharmacy, Agriculture and allied farm sciences, Veterinary, Nursing and Naturopathy. Of these, the Engineering stream draws by far the largest field, with roughly 2.83 lakh candidates eligible this year out of about 2.93 lakh overall. A top rank in Engineering is therefore measured against the deepest and most competitive pool of students in the state, which makes the depth of CFAL's results especially notable.

Top Ranks — Engineering Stream

All six top-rank holders are students of CFAL's JEE Advanced track — a reflection of how a foundation built for the country's toughest engineering examination also translates into elite performance at the state level.

Strength in Depth

Beyond the headline ranks, the results show remarkable consistency across the cohort. In the Engineering stream, CFAL students secured:

This breadth — not a handful of standout ranks alone, but strong outcomes across the whole group — is what CFAL regards as the truest measure of its teaching.

Strong Results in Pharmacy

Several students also posted excellent ranks in the Pharmacy stream, where the same disciplined preparation carried across. Rishon Fernandes secured Rank 10 in B-Pharma and Mrinal D Bhat Rank 28 in Pharm-D, with five CFAL students placing within the B-Pharma top 100 — underlining the strength of the cohort's command of the core sciences.

A Word from the CFAL Academic Team

A Proud Year for Mangaluru

CFAL's achievement adds to a strong overall showing by Mangaluru's students in KCET 2026. The coastal city has long been recognised for its culture of academic seriousness, and this year's results continue that tradition. KCET remains one of the most important admission pathways for Karnataka students, opening doors to government-quota seats in the state's top professional colleges at regulated, accessible fee structures.

CFAL congratulates all students from Mangaluru and across Karnataka on their results, and wishes them clarity and confidence as they enter the counselling and college-selection process.