Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board conducts the Entrance examination for the admission in Polytechnic coursesthroughout the state of Bihar. The Bihar Polytechnic Entrance Test is also known as Diploma Certificate Entrance Competitive Examination (DCECE). The Board conducts this examination every year in the month of May for the admission in various courses in the field of Paramedical (PM), Paramedical – dental (PMD), polytechnic engineering (PE), polytechnic non-engineering (PNE) and hotel management (HM).