Candidates who have passed any Bachelor Degree Examination of Mangalore University or any other examination considered as equivalent thereto with any three science subjects or two science subjects with geography at the undergraduate level or B.E., in any subject securing 45% (40% for SC/ST/CATEGORY-I candidates) marks in aggregate are eligible. For candidates with B.Sc. degree the aggregate marks should be 45% (40% for SC/ST/CATEGORY-I candidates) excluding languages and group III subjects.