Exams, admissions, results and career trends, written by the CareerBox editorial team.
Gujarat’s nursing and allied-health admission committee has allotted every one of its 2,469 government seats in round 4. Students who got a seat must pay by 3:30 pm on 22 October and confirm at a help centre by 4 pm on 23 October. The 35,430 empty self-financed seats now go to the colleges to fill themselves under Rule 17.
Gujarat Technological University is inviting students of government engineering colleges in civil, mechanical, electrical, computer and chemical engineering to study their 6th semester at IIT Gandhinagar. Two students per branch get in, the state pays ₹50,000 of the tuition, and applications go to IIT Gandhinagar before 26 October.
The Medical Counselling Committee has now published the final result of the all-India stray vacancy round: 2,589 MBBS, 405 BDS and 114 B.Sc Nursing seats, the same 3,108 allotments as the provisional list. Report to your allotted college by 26 October.
The Railway Recruitment Boards have added 768 Technician Grade III posts under CEN 02/2026, after zonal railways asked for more Fitter (open line), Carriage and Wagon and Welder (open line) staff. The CBT is already over; candidates can still check the answer key and object until 11:55 pm on 22 October.
NBEMS has extended the window to correct a rejected photograph, signature or thumb impression for FMGE October 2026 from 19 to 21 October, the same deadline as deficient documents. Test cities are shown only in the applicant login, not by email or SMS. Admit cards follow on 27 October and the exam is on 31 October.
The Gujarat Panchayat Service Selection Board has cleared 139 candidates for Talati cum Mantri and 112 for Junior Clerk under its special recruitment drives for persons with disabilities. All of them must attend district allocation at the board’s office in Gandhinagar on Thursday, 22 October, or lose the job.
The Gujarat Subordinate Services Selection Board has fixed dates for nine exams between 21 October and 16 November. Call letters are already open for the Laboratory Assistant test on 24 and 25 October and for the Occupational Therapist and Agriculture Overseer papers on 30 October.
The Gujarat Subordinate Services Selection Board has published the final result for 86 Library Clerk posts under the state’s Directorate of Libraries. The last general-category candidate selected scored 143.22 out of 210, and 19 candidates are on the waiting list.
The Gujarat Public Service Commission has shortlisted 164 engineers for 11 Industrial Safety and Health Officer posts and 48 for 3 Deputy Director posts. Everyone on the lists must upload documents on gpsc-iass.gujarat.gov.in from 1 pm on 27 October to 11:59 pm on 5 November.
National Insurance Company Ltd. has opened 321 Scale I officer posts, 200 for generalists and 121 for specialists in finance, law, IT, engineering, agriculture and company secretaryship. Graduates aged 21 to 30 with 60% marks can apply online until 28 October 2026. The prelim is on 17 November and the main exam on 22 December.
UPSC declared the written result of the Combined Defence Services Examination (II), 2026 on 19 October. 8,956 candidates have qualified for Services Selection Board interviews for the IMA, Naval Academy, Air Force Academy and OTA courses starting in July and October 2027. Army first-choice candidates must register on joinindianarmy.nic.in.
Before the Level 1 (Group D) merit list is drawn, the Railway Recruitment Boards will open a window from 12:01 am on 22 October to 11:59 pm on 28 October 2026. Course-completed Act Apprentices who sat the CBT but left their NCVT marks blank must fill them in. NCVT marks make up one third of their final merit score.
The National Institute of Open Schooling has fixed its October 2026 theory exams from 22 October to 7 December. Hall tickets are on sdmis.nios.ac.in, but only for learners who paid the October exam fee and whose photograph NIOS has on record.
The Medical Counselling Committee has set a fresh round 3 for all-India quota, deemed, central university and AFMS dental PG seats. Registration runs until 3 pm on 27 October, choices lock at 11:55 pm on 28 October, and the result is due on 31 October.
Students who wrote the Indian Olympiad Qualifier in Mathematics on 6 September can see their scores in the IOQM student login. HBCSE says registration for students eligible for the Regional Mathematical Olympiad on 15 November is likely to begin between 26 October and 1 November.
Joint master’s programmes funded by the EU are taking applications for courses that start in 2027. A scholarship pays €1,400 a month for up to 24 months and the consortium cannot charge you tuition. Each programme sets its own deadline: Mundus MAPP closes on 1 December 2026 and NOHA on 15 December 2026.
The German Academic Exchange Service is taking applications for its 2027 university summer course scholarships until 23:59 Central European Time on 30 October 2026. It covers course fees and housing, adds €475 in cash and a €1,188 travel allowance for India, and needs at least B1 German.
Gujarat’s medical admission committee has opened a third round for Ayurveda and Homoeopathy degrees. Students who have not registered so far can buy a PIN and register until 12 noon on 20 October, and must get their documents checked at a help centre by 4 pm on 21 October.
The Gujarat Subordinate Services Selection Board will refund the exam fee to candidates who appeared in the combined competitive prelim held from 16 to 29 September. Bank details must be filled on OJAS by 11:59 pm on 22 October, and the board says the deadline will not be extended.
The Railway Recruitment Boards have opened the exam city and date link for the first-stage computer test for 4,029 Junior Engineer, Depot Material Superintendent and Chemical and Metallurgical Assistant posts. The test is on 27 and 28 October, and RRB Ahmedabad has 143 of the posts.
The Railway Recruitment Boards will hold the computer test for 590 paramedical posts, from Nursing Superintendent to Pharmacist and Lab Assistant, on 23 and 25 November. The paid correction window for applications is open until 26 October, and scribe details are due from 27 to 31 October.
From 3 November 2026, Canada will give extra Express Entry points for Canadian work experience or a job offer in a high-wage occupation, and a qualifying job offer will no longer need a labour market impact assessment. Candidates who want job offer points must update their profiles before 3 November.
A proposed US rule published on 14 October 2026 would remove the regulation that tells USCIS officers to defer to an earlier approval when an employer asks to extend an H-1B or other work visa on the same facts. Every extension would have to prove eligibility again. It is only a proposal, and comments close on 13 November.
The Gujarat Police Recruitment Board has named 1,063 candidates for the first round of document verification for 870 PSI (Wireless) and Technical Operator posts. Checks run on 27 and 28 October, and call letters open on OJAS at 2 pm on 22 October.
