Diploma Entrance Test, Odisha[1] is a complete state government controlled centralised entrance examination for getting admission to many government & private diploma engineering schools or polytechnics in Odisha.
Students can get admission to Diploma Engineering, Diploma Non-Engineering like Hotel Management, Hospitality management & Film Making studies etc.
Candidates can appear in this examination after 10th, ITI or after +2 science.
First one is freshers for getting admission to first semester or first year & another one is lateral entry, that is after ITI or +2 Science getting admission to second year or third semester.
Also the lateral students have only 20% over the whole seats and no reservation quota is available for them.