[3][4] The exam was started in 1986 by the Government of Andhra Pradesh as "Engineering Medical Common Entrance Test (EMCET)".
It is a yearly examination taken by a large number of engineering and medical aspirants for the entrance into undergraduate colleges across Andhra Pradesh.
The Supreme Court on 1 August 2014 reserved verdict on Telangana State's application seeking extension of the time schedule for counselling for admissions to engineering and medicine for 2014-15 till 31 October.
Since the inception of EAMCET, it used to be the entrance exam for medical colleges in Andhra Pradesh (later Telangana also), but after the introduction of NEET (UG) and NEET (PG) in 2013, it the latter two have become the mandatory entrance exams for medical colleges across the nation.
[9] Prior to the exam, the Government of Telangana has made it official to use nomenclature of TG instead of TS.
Candidates should have passed or appeared for the final year of intermediate examination (10+2) with Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry as optional or related vocational courses in the fields of Engineering and Technology held by the Board of Intermediate Education or Diploma Examination in Engineering/Architecture conducted by the State Board of Technical Education & Training or equivalent.