KEAM (Kerala Engineering Agriculture and Medical) Entrance Examination:
KEAM 2016 is being conducted by the office of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, Government of Kerala. KEAM is the entrance examination for admission to professional degree courses offered in the state of Kerala.
Date & Time of Entrance Examination :
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Stream |
Subject |
Date |
Time |
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Engineering
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Paper I Physics & Chemistry |
25.04.2016
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10 AM - 12.30 PM |
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Paper II Mathematics |
26.04.2016
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10 AM - 12.30 PM |
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Medical
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Paper I Chemistry & Physics |
27.04.2016 |
10 AM - 12.30 PM |
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Paper II Biology |
28.04.2016 |
10 AM - 12.30 PM |
Important Dates:
Sale of Security Cards through selected Post Offices : 02.01.2016 to 29.01.2016
Last date for submission of Online Application : 29.01.2016, 5 pm (Friday)
Last date for receipt of Online Application Printout along with supporting documents : 30.01.2016
Downloading Online Admit Cards : From 28.03.2016 (Monday)
Declaration of Results:
Medical : On or before 25.05.2016
Engineering : On or before 25.05.2016
Engineering Rank list (After marks integration) : On or before 25.06.2016
Scheme of the Examination :
Duration - 2.5 hrs
Objective,multiple choice questions with 5 options and single correct response
Each Paper will have 120 questions to be answered in 150 minutes.
Each question paper will have 4 versions.
Each correct response will fetch FOUR marks while incorrect response will attract a penalty of 1 mark. Multiple answer marking will also attract a penalty of 1 mark.
All entries in OMR answer sheet are to be made with blue or black ink ballpoint pen only.
Standard of the Entrance Examinations will be that of Higher Secondary or equivalent examinations.
Eligibility for Admission
Nativity : Only Indian citizens are eligible for admission to Professional courses unless otherwise notified. Persons of Indian Origin (PIO)/ Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) will also be treated at par with Indian citizens for the limited purpose of admission. Candidates seeking admission to Professional courses will be categorised as Keralite, Non-Keralite Category I (NK I) and Non-Keralite Category II (NK II). Details could be found in the KEAM prospectus.
Academic Eligibility:
Candidates who have passed Higher Secondary Examination, Kerala, or Examinations recognized as equivalent thereto, with 50% marks in Mathematics separately, and 50 % marks in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry put together are eligible for admission.
Application Process:
Applications have to be submitted online through the KEAM website www.cee.kerala.gov.in for admission to all the courses (Medical & Allied, Engineering and Architecture). Candidates should complete the requisite steps and should send the signed printout of the online submitted application along with the necessary certificates and documents so as to reach the following address on or before 30th January 2016.
Office of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations,
5th Floor, Housing Board Buildings,
Santhi Nagar, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 001
Rank list for Engineering courses :
Equal weightage of 50:50 shall be given to the score obtained in the Entrance Examination for Engineering (Paper I & Paper II put together), and the grade/marks obtained in the final year of the qualifying examination for Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry put together, after effecting the standardization procedure.
The final year marks of the qualifying examination of each subject Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry/Computer Science/Biotechnology/Biology of the students who have passed the subject, received from the respective Boards, shall be transformed out of 100. The marks of the three subjects shall be computed out of 300 after effecting standardization in each subject.
The marks secured by a student in the qualifying examination from any Board will be standardized with respect to the statistical parameters such as Global Mean and Global Standard Deviation.
The score obtained by the candidate in the Engineering Entrance Examination (Paper I & Paper II put together) shall be computed out of 300, and added to the total standardized marks of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry/Computer Science/Biotechnology/Biology as the case may be, of the final year of the Qualifying Examination, computed out of 300, both corrected to four places of decimals. The rank list for Engineering Courses shall be prepared based on the total marks obtained out of an Index mark of 600, computed as mentioned in the brochure.
Qualifying Standards in the Entrance Examination for admission to various courses:
To qualify in the Entrance Examination and thereby become eligible to figure in the rank list for Engineering /Medical/Ayurveda, a candidate has to score a minimum of 10 marks each in Paper I and Paper II of the concerned Entrance Examination. The candidates who do not score the minimum stipulated marks will not find a place in the rank list. Exemption: For SC/ST candidates there is no requirement of minimum marks in the Entrance Examination except for MBBS/BDS courses. However, the candidates who fail to answer at least one question in each paper will be disqualified.
Allotment Process:
The Centralised Allotment Process will be done through the Single Window System (SWS) to give allotments to the various courses and colleges under the Engineering/ Architecture/Medical streams in the State, based on the options submitted by the candidates who have been included in the rank list of their preferred stream.This is a system of 'Allotments through Online Submission of Options'
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