AP SET 2025 Exam - Exam Date, Registration, Pattern, Syllabus, Sample Papers, Cutoff, Previous Year Papers

The AP SET 2025 notification will be released in May 2025. The candidates will be able to apply for AP SET in May 2025. The last date to apply for the exam will be in June 2025. After the registration process, the admit card will be released in July 2025. The exam will be conducted in August 2025. After the conduction of the exam, the answer key will be made available online. In September 2025, AP SET Result 2025 will be announced. 

Andhra University is responsible for organizing the Andhra Pradesh State Eligibility Test (AP SET) exam to determine candidates' eligibility for the post of Lecturer/ Assistant Professor in degree colleges and universities across the state. Via AP SET, the eligibility of the candidates is determined for the promotions of Assistant Professors/ Lecturers in colleges across the state. Every year, Andhra University conducts the AP SET exam on behalf of APSCHE. Earlier, AP SET was conducted once every two years. In 2018, a decision was taken to conduct AP SET every year.

AP SET is purely conducted as per the guidelines of UGC and NET (National Eligibility Test) and the test conducting authority for the same is NTA (National Testing Agency). The exam pattern of AP SET was changed in 2018, and the new exam pattern will be continued for subsequent editions of the AP SET exam. Candidates aspiring for the AP SET 2025 exam can check all the details, here such as AP SET eligibility, application procedure, important dates, exam pattern, syllabus, etc here.

Check out the AP SET 2025 important dates from the table below. As per the exam dates, candidates can apply for the AP SET 2025 exam. 

The most important highlights pertaining to the AP SET 2025 exam have been provided below. 

The AP SET exam is divided into two parts: Paper 1 and Paper 2. Paper 1 comprises 50 questions, while Paper 2 comprises 100 questions. The AP SET exam pattern will include subjects such as English, Anthropology, Economics, History, Political Science, Telugu, etc.

• Paper 1 (General Studies) covers subjects including Teaching & Research Aptitude, Reasoning, Communication, and Higher Education.
• Paper 2 (Subject-Specific) will be conducted for the subject chosen by the candidate from 30 available options.
• The time duration for Paper 1 is 1 hour.
• The time duration for Paper 2 is 2 hours.
• Both papers consist of objective-type questions.
• Paper 1 comprises 50 questions.
• 100 questions will be asked in Paper 2.
• Paper - I will be common for all candidates appearing APSET and will be bilingual (English and Telugu) in nature.
• Paper – II will be conducted for 30 subjects and 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 will be conducted in English language only except Hindi, Sanskrit, Telugu and Urdu.
• Paper I is of General Awareness and carries 100 marks. It comprises 50 compulsory objective-type questions of 2 marks each. 
• Paper-II comprises 100 compulsory objective-type questions of 2 marks each from the subject selected by the candidate. Hence, the total marks of Paper II are 200. 

AP SET exam is conducted in various cities across Andhra Pradesh. Candidates must note that there may be multiple exam venues in the cities mentioned below. The complete list of AP SET 2025 exam centres can be checked below.