ADMISSION TO PROFESSIONAL DEGREE COURSES IN KERALA
Office Of The Commissioner For Entrance Examinations (CEE) conducts entrance examinations for admission to medical/agriculture/ veterinary/ fisheries/engineering/architecture degree courses, offered in various professional institutes across Kerala.
Eligibility for Admission:
Nativity: Applicant should be an Indian citizen. Persons of Indian Origin (PIO)/Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) Card Holders will be treated on par with Indian citizens for the limited purpose of admission.
Both Keralites and Non-Keralites are eligible to apply for the Entrance Examination. Applicants of Kerala origin will be categorized as 'Keralites'. Others will be categorized as 'Non-Keralites'. Non-Keralites are classified as 'Non-Keralite Category-I' and 'Non-Keralite Category-II'. Details can be obtained from their official website, www.cee.kerala.gov.in.
Academic Qualification:
Engineering Courses:
The rank list for Engineering Courses will be prepared by giving 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/Computer Science/Biotechnology/Biology put together, after effecting the standardization procedure as described in Clause 9.7.4 (b)(iii) of the Prospectus 2012. Only those candidates who have secured a minimum of 10 marks each for Paper I and Paper II will be included in the rank list. SC/ST candidates will not have any minimum mark restriction for inclusion in the rank list.
Candidates who have passed the qualifying Higher Secondary Examination, Kerala or examinations recognized as equivalent thereto, with 50% marks in Mathematics separately, and 50% marks in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry/Computer Science/Biotechnology/ Biology put together are eligible for admission. The candidates who have passed/appearing the qualifying examination are eligible to apply for the Entrance Examination.
Candidates having Three Year Diploma in Engineering awarded by the Board of Technical Examinations, Kerala or equivalent, having 50% marks in the final Diploma examination, are also eligible for admission. They will be eligible for admission only to the Special Reservation Quota of 4 seats reserved under DE category. Such candidates should prove their academic eligibility on the date of admission. However, the Diploma holders are not eligible for admission to the Engineering courses offered by Kerala Agricultural University/ Kerala Veterinary & Animal Sciences University.
Medical Courses:
Candidates should have passed the Higher Secondary Examination or examination recognized as equivalent thereto, with 50% marks in Biology/Biotechnology, and 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology put together. Those who wish to take admission to MBBS/BDS courses should secure 50% marks in the Medical Entrance Examination (As per the guidelines issued by Medical Council of India). Candidates should prove their academic eligibility on the date of admission.
Eligibility of BSc. Degree holders: Those who apply based on their BSc. Degree, for admission to MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS, BSMS Courses, should have obtained their BSc. Degree with one of the subjects, Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, Biotechnology as Main, and any one or two of these subjects as subsidiaries, with 50% marks for Main and Subsidiaries taken together, provided they have passed the Higher Secondary or equivalent examination, with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as optional subjects.
Age : The candidate should have completed 17 years of age as on 31st December, 2012.
Schedule for the Entrance Examinations :
The Entrance Examinations will be held at all the District Centres in Kerala, New Delhi and Dubai (UAE).
Important Dates:
Last date by which application form and other documents should reach CEE - 15.02.2012
Admit card down load from website starts - 24.03.2012
Engineering Entrance Examination: (except for Architecture)
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23.04.2012
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10.00 am to 12.30 pm
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Paper-I : Physics & Chemistry |
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24.04.2012
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10.00 am to 12.30 pm
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Paper-II: Mathematics |
Medical Entrance Examination (For Medical/Agriculture/Veterinary/Fisheries Courses)
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25.04.2012
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10.00 am to 12.30 pm
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Paper I : Chemistry & Physics. |
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26.04.2012
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10.00 am to 12.30 pm
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Paper II: Biology |
All candidates are required to apply online through the website www.cee.kerala.gov.in for the Entrance Examination for admission to Medical, Agriculture, Veterinary, Fisheries, Engineering and Architecture Courses.
Pattern of the Paper:
The KEAM Entrance examination will be objective type with Multiple Choice Questions. For each question, five suggested answers would be given, of which only one will be the most appropriate response.
For Engineering and Medical Entrance Examinations, each Paper will have 120 questions to be answered in 150 minutes.
Scoring, negative marks:
For each correct response in the Engineering and Medical Entrance Examinations, the candidates will be awarded four marks, and for each incorrect response, one mark will be deducted from the total score.
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