The Andhra Pradesh State Eligibility Test (APSET) 2025 notification has been officially announced by Andhra University in Visakhapatnam on 31.12. 2025.
AP SET 2025 examination aims to determine the eligibility of candidates for lecturer and assistant professor positions in government and private degree colleges, as well as universities across the state. Scheduled to be conducted online on March 28th and 29th, 2026, the APSET exam will commence its online application process on January 9th, 2026
To be eligible to apply for APSET 2025, General/Unreserved/General-EWS candidates who have secured at least 55% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s Degree or equivalent examination from universities/institutions recognized by UGC. The Backward Classes (BC) /Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled Tribe (ST)/Persons with Disability (PwD)/Third gender category candidates who have secured at least 50% marks (without rounding off) in Master’s degree or equivalent examination are eligible for this Test.
For more information about AP SET 2025 Eligibilty, visit: https://apset.net.in/eligibility
- The question paper – I which is common for all candidates appearing APSET will be bilingual (English and Telugu).
- Paper – II for the following subjects a) Commerce b) Economics c) Education d) History e) Political Science f) Public Administration and g) Sociology will be bilingual (English and Telugu).
- All the remaining papers are in English only except Hindi, Sanskrit, Telugu and Urdu.
- The first paper carrying 100 marks is of General Awareness comprising 50 compulsory objective type questions of two marks each. The duration of this paper is one hour. Paper-I is common to candidates of all SET subjects.
- Paper-II carries 200 marks and is to contain 100 compulsory objective type questions of two marks each from the subject selected by the candidate. Further, the duration of this paper is two hours.
Application Fee Details:
- For Open Category Candidates : ₹ 1600/- + Convenience Charges
- For BC-A, BC-B, BC-C, BC-D, BC-E, EWS Category Candidates : ₹ 1300/- + Convenience Charges
- For SC / ST / PWD / Transgender Candidates : ₹ 900/- + Convenience Charge
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