Admission to R.D. Engineering College's B.Tech programmes (CSE, CSE-AI, CSE-AI&ML, CSE-Data Science, Information Technology, Mechanical, Electronics & Communication, and Civil Engineering) requires candidates to have passed 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics from a recognised Board. Seats are allotted through AKTU/UPTAC counselling on the basis of the candidate's rank in the JEE Main entrance examination and their position in the resulting merit list. For postgraduate technical and management programmes — M.Tech (CSE and Thermal), MBA and MCA — admission to the first semester similarly proceeds through counselling based on merit lists generated from JEE Main/CUET (M.Tech and MBA) or JEE Main (MCA, where the qualifying degree must include Mathematics as a compulsory subject and three years of regular study after 10+2). Separately from the main counselling-based intake, RDEC also admits candidates to NRI seats and to Management/Institution-level seats directly at the institute, based on merit in the relevant qualifying examination, following the guidelines laid down by the affiliating university (AKTU) or the State Government. Once a seat is allotted, an initial college fee of Rs.25,000 must be deposited within seven days of admission, failing which the offer may be cancelled or the seat/branch preference reassigned based on availability; all admissions remain provisional until confirmed by the university, and outstanding dues for a given academic year must be cleared on or before 31st December. Fees, once deposited, are not refunded, and any admission is liable to cancellation without notice if a candidate is later found not to meet eligibility criteria or fails to provide the required documents, with the candidate solely responsible for any resulting inconvenience. Payments can be made either through a Demand Draft in favour of "R.D. Engineering College" payable at Ghaziabad, or via NEFT/RTGS transfer to the college's official Indian Bank account, and any dispute arising from admission or fees falls under Ghaziabad jurisdiction. Prospective students can apply online for the 2026-27 session directly through the college's official "Apply for Admission" page, and are advised to consult the officially published Fee Structure and Admission Procedure pages, along with the RDEC Prospectus, for the most current eligibility, seat-matrix and counselling-schedule details, since specific counselling dates are set annually by AKTU/JEE Main and can shift from year to year. The college's admission office and Training & Placement cell together emphasise that its academic session for new B.Tech entrants begins in the first week of July rather than the last week of August, intended to give freshly admitted students an early head-start in bridging the gap between school-level study and the engineering curriculum before formal AKTU classes commence in full.