KCET syllabus is based on the first year and second year PUC syllabus as determined by the department of Pre-University Education of Karnataka State. The details of the KCET syllabus are given below. The candidates are advised to go through the syllabus before they start their preparation for KCET.

KCET 2023 syllabus first-year PUC include Physical World and Measurement, Kinematics, Laws of Motion, Work, Energy & Power, Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body, Gravitation, Properties of Bulk Matter, Thermodynamics, Behaviour of perfect gas and kinetic theory, Oscillations and Waves.

KCET portions 2023 of second-year PUC includes Electrostatics, Current Electricity, Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism, Electromagnetic induction and Alternating Currents, Electromagnetic Waves, Optics, Dual nature of matter and radiation, Atoms and Nuclei, Electronics devices, Communication system.

The first-year PUC of KCET Chemistry syllabus include Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry, Structure of Atom, Classification of elements and periodicity in properties, Chemical bonding and molecular structure, States of Matter: Gases & Liquids, Chemical Thermodynamics, Equilibrium, Redox reactions, Hydrogen, S-Block Elements (Alkali and Alkaline earth metals), Some p-blocks elements, Organic Chemistry – Some Basic Principles and Techniques, Hydrocarbons, Environmental Chemistry. General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements.

The second-year PUC of KCET Chemistry syllabus include Solid State, Solutions, Electrochemistry, Chemical Kinetics, Surface Chemistry, General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements, p-Block Elements, d and f Block Elements, Co-ordination compounds, Haloalkanes and Haloarene, Alcohols, Phenols and Ether, Aldehydes and Ketones and Carboxylic Acids, Organic compounds containing Nitrogen, Biomolecules, Polymers, Chemistry in Everyday Life.

KCET Maths syllabus includes topics such as Sets, Binomial Theorem, Mathematical Reasoning, Principle of Mathematical Induction, Linear Inequalities, Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations, Permutation and Combination, Introduction to 3D Geometry, Statistics.

KCET exam syllabus includes Matrices, Linear Programming, Inverse Trigonometric Functions, and Application of Integrals.

KCET Biology syllabus for first-year PUC includes Living World, Plant Kingdom, Body Fluids and Circulations, Photosynthesis in Higher Plants, Breathing and Exchange of Gases, Digestion and Absorption, Plant Growth and Development, Respiration in Plants, Morphology of flowering plants, Biomolecules, Cell Cycle and Cell Division, Locomotion and Movement, Excretory Products and their elimination.

Karnataka CET syllabus 2023 for Biology for second-year PUC includes Microbes in Human Welfare, Reproduction in Organisms, Biotech: Principles and Processes, Environmental Issues, Biotech: Application, Biodiversity and Conservation, Organism and Population, Ecosystem, Reproductive Health, Human Reproduction, Evolution.