Commissioner for Entrance Examinations (CEE), Kerala has invited applications for admissions to Professional Degree Courses, Kerala in Medicine (including Agriculture and Veterinary), Engineering and Architecture for the academic year 2010-11. The Entrance Examinations for admission to these courses except Architecture will be held at all the District Centres in Kerala, New Delhi and Dubai (UAE) as per Indian Standard Time (IST).
The Engineering Entrance Examination (For admission to engineering courses except Architecture) will be held from 10 am to 12.30 noon (IST) on 19th and 20th April, 2010 with Paper-I (Physics & Chemistry) on 19.04.2010 (Monday) and Paper-II (Mathematics), on 20.04.2010 (Tuesday).
The Medical Entrance Examination (for admission to Medical/ Agriculture/ Veterinary Courses) will also be held from 10 am to 12.30 noon (IST) on 21.04.2010 (Wednesday; Paper-I : Chemistry & Physics) and 22.04.2010 (Thursday; Paper-II: Biology).
Courses in the Medical/Agriculture/Veterinary stream include (i) MBBS (ii) BDS (iii) BHMS (iv) BAMS (v) BSMS (vi) BSc. Hons. (Agriculture) (vii) BFSc. (Fisheries) (viii) BSc. Hons. (Forestry) and (ix) BVSc & AH Courses in the Engineering stream include the B.Tech Courses in Engineering Colleges and the B.Tech (Agricultural Engg) and B.Tech (Dairy Science & Technology courses under the Kerala Agricultural University. Allotment to the Medical and Engineering courses will be based on the rank in the respective Entrance Examinations.
No Entrance Examination will be conducted by the CEE for admission to B.Arch. course. Allotment to B.Arch course will be based on the rank list prepared by giving equal weightage to the marks in NATA and qualifying examination. Those desirous of seeking admission to B.Arch course should compulsorily appear and qualify the National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) conducted by the National Institute of Advanced Studies in Architecture (NIASA) and also apply separately to the CEE as per this Notification.
Eligibility:
Nationality: 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.
Nativity: Applicant should be a Kerlaite or Non-Kerlaite. Applicants are considered for admission to various types of seats allotted by the CEE, based on their Nativity status.
Keralite: Applicants of Kerala origin will be categorized as ?Keralites?. Others will be categorized as ?Non-Keralites.
Age: Applicant should complete 17 years of age as on 31st December, 2010.
Application Forms: Only one application need be submitted for the entrance examinations for admission to one or more of Medical/Agriculture/Veterinary, Engineering and Architecture courses.
Application Fee: Application Fee is Rs.700/- for General candidates and Rs.350/-, for SC/ST candidates. Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates whose annual family income is below Rs.40,000/- can have Application Form free of cost from the District Offices of the Scheduled Tribes Development Department on production of Community Certificate and Income Certificate. The colour of the General Application form is White while the colour of the Application from for SC/ST applicants is Sky Blue. Those under ?Other Eligible Communities' (OEC) should apply in the General application form. Applicants who are children of Inter-Caste Married Couple, of which one is SC/ST, should apply in the form meant for SC/ST.
Online Application: Those who do not claim any reservation benefit and those belonging to Non-Keralite category can apply ?Online? at www.cee-kerala.
Last Date: Filled in Application Form along with the OMR Data Sheet and other relevant documents, to be submitted with the Application Form, enclosed in the printed envelope bearing the address of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations supplied along with the application form or the print out, DD/Challan and other documents in case of online applications, should reach the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, latest by 5 p.m. on 06.01.2010 (Wednesday), by Hand/Registered Post/Speed Post. Completed Applications will be received in the Office of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations on holidays also.