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Engineering colleges in India are producing hundreds and thousands engineers every year. But
only a few thousand pass out from a University or College that they can boast of. This is the
reason why the entry to these few prestigious University & Colleges is one of the toughest battles
for lakhs of candidates, who annually appear for different engineering exams in India.

Though JEE Main is the most popular exam among the engineering aspirants, there are several
other National Level Undergraduate Entrance Exams that candidates must take to broaden their
chances of admission. Careers360 brings you a list of National Level UG Engineering
Entrance Exams that B.Tech aspirants should not miss.


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The table below brings you the list of Top National Level UG Engineering Entrance
Exams in India along with their Important Dates (tentative):
Exam Commencement of
Applications
Exam Date Result Date
JEE Main 3 week of November 1 week of April 1 week of May
JEE Advanced 1 week of May Last week of May 3 week of June
BITSAT 3 week of February 2 week May onwards Just after the entrance
exam gets over
VITEEE 1 week of December 1 week of April Last week of April
MU OET Last week of October 2nd week of April Last week of May
SRMEEE 2 week of November 2 & 3 week of April 1 week of May
Note: The above mentioned dates are based on last years schedule and subject to change
based on the discretion of the exam conducting bodies.

Top Nati onal Level B.Tech Entr ance Exams

JEE Main
Joint Entrance Examination or commonly known as JEE is taken by lakhs of students from
all over the India and few cities from abroad. Over 13 lakh students appeared in JEE Main
2014, which was conducted in both modes- offline and online. JEE Main is the first stage of the
Joint Entrance Examination, the two tier examination from 2013, for the engineering
undergraduate admissions to 30 National Institutes of Technology (NITs), 12 Indian Institutes of
Information Technology (IIITs, IIITM & IIITDM), 16 Central Government/State Government
Funded Institutions, and various Self Financed Deemed Universities/Universities/Other
Institutions, which offer a total of around 50,000 engineering seats (+10,000 seats for IITs if
candidate comes under top 1.5 lakh scorers). JEE Main All India Ranks are also accepted by 9
states that have a total of around 1,100 state engineering colleges offering more than 4.6 lakh
seats.

JEE Main Eligibility Criteria:
Candidates must have passed in final examination of class XII or its equivalent, referred to as the
qualifying examination to be able to apply for JEE Main. They must have passed 5 subjects in
their Class XII. Candidates can attempt JEE Main for a maximum of three times.

JEE Main Paper Pattern:
Course JEE Main
Papers
JEE Main Subjects Duration of
Exam
JEE Main
Exam Mode
B.E/B.Tech Paper 1 Physics,Chemistry,Maths 3 hours Offline
Online
B. Arch/
B. Planning
Paper 2 Part 1 - Mathematics
Part 2 - Aptitude test
Part 3 Drawing test
3 hours Offline
JEE Advanced
JEE Advanced is the second stage of the Joint Entrance Examination, the common
entrance examination for engineering admissions to 16 IITs and ISM, Dhanbad. Only top 1.50
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lakh scorers of JEE Main can appear for this entrance exam and they compete for around
10,000 seats. Admissions to IITs are based only on category-wise All India Rank (AIR) in JEE
Advanced provided such candidates are in the top 20 percentile of their respective boards. JEE
Advanced is considered as the toughest engineering entrance exam in India.

JEE Advanced Eligibility Criteria:
Candidates must qualify in the JEE Main and be one of the top 1, 50,000 candidates to appear
for the JEE Advanced.

JEE Advanced Paper Pattern:
JEE Advanced Exam JEE Advanced Exam Mode Duration
Paper - 1 (PCM) Offline 3 Hours
Paper - 2 (PCM) Offline 3 Hours
BITSAT
BITSAT is the Birla Institute of Technology and Science Admission Test for admissions
to the engineering degree courses at the BITS campuses in Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad. Going by
the statistics, the competition of BITS Engineering is as tough as IITs. Sample this: In 2014,
around 1.8 lakh students appeared for this national level entrance exam for around 2,000 seats
available in various BE (Hons.) programmes in BITS. The competition is similar to that of IITs
where around 13 lakh candidates appeared for around 10000 IIT seats. Thus, getting into BITS
is as tough as getting into any one of the 16 IITs.

BITSAT Eligibility Criteria:
Candidates must have completed their 10+2 from a recognized Board in the country. They must
have secured a minimum of 75% in aggregate in the subjects of Physics, Mathematics and
Chemistry. In addition, they must have secured a minimum of 60% in each subject separately.
Candidates must be proficient in English as well.

BITSAT Exam Pattern:
Duration of Online Test: 3 hours
All questions asked in BITSAT are of objective type / multiple choice questions with
candidates required to choose one answer out of four options.
Every correct answer carries 3 marks.
Every incorrect answer will be awarded -1 mark.
Language of BITSAT Question Papers: English
BITSAT Exam Section Subject in BITSAT No. of questions
Part I Physics 40
Part II Chemistry 40
Part III (a) English Proficiency
(b) Logical Reasoning
15
10
Part IV Mathematics 45
Total: 150
VITEEE
VITEEE is the VIT Engineering Entrance Examination conducted by the VIT University
for providing admissions to the engineering degree courses at its campuses- VIT Vellore and
Chennai. A total of 1,84,483 candidates had appeared for VITEEE 2014 and competed for 5,000
engineering seats.

VITEEE Eligibility Criteria:
Candidates must have completed 10+2 from a recognized Board or Intermediate or Two-year
Pre-University Examination conducted by a recognized Board or High School Certificate
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Examination of the Cambridge University or International Baccalaureate Diploma or
Advanced (A) level General Certificate Education (GCE) examination.
Candidates must have obtained a minimum of 60% aggregate in Physics, Chemistry, Maths/
Biology (50% for SC/ST and candidates from Northeast and Jammu Kashmir).
VITEEE Paper Pattern:
The total number of questions is 160, divided into four sections with 40 questions each for
one mark.
The duration of VITEEE is 2.5 hours.
Candidates may note that there is no negative marking for VITEEE.
MU OET
MU OET is the Online Entrance Test conducted by the Manipal University for admissions to
various courses in engineering at the affiliated institutes of the University.

MU OET Eligibility Criteria:
Candidates must have passed 10+2 or A Level or IB or American 12 grade or equivalent
with a minimum of 50% in Physics, Mathematics and any one of the optional subjects.
Candidates must have studied Physics, Mathematics and English as compulsory subjects
with optional subjects being Chemistry or Biotechnology or Biology.
MU OET Paper Pattern:
Candidates have to appear for an online test of 2.5 hours duration.
The total number of questions is 200 and distributed as follows-
Physics- 50 questions
Chemistry- 50 questions
Mathematics- 70 questions
English & General Aptitude- 30 questions
SRMEEE
SRMEEE is SRM University Engineering Entrance Examination for admissions to the
undergraduate engineering courses across the campuses of the SRM University. A total of
1,63,678 students registered for the SRMEE 2014 exam, who competed for around 7,000 seats
across its four campuses- Kattankulathur, Ramapuram, Ramapuram Part II Vadapalani and
NCR Ghaziabad.

SRMEEE Eligibility Criteria:
Candidates must have passed 10+2 or equivalent from any recognized board.
Candidates must have obtained a minimum aggregate of 70% marks in Physics, Chemistry
and Maths.
SRMEEE Paper Pattern:
SRMEEE Question Paper comprises objective type questions divided into four parts -
Part 1 : 35 question in Mathematics for 105 marks
Part 2: 35 question in Physics for 105 marks
Part 3: 35 question in Chemistry for 105 marks
Part 4: 35 question in Biology for 105 marks.
Every wrong answer in Physics, Chemistry and Maths carries negative marking of minus 1
mark.
Every wrong answer in Biology carries negative marking of minus 0.7 marks.
Above described are the Top National Level Undergraduate Engineering Entrance
Exams and if you manage to qualify in any one of these, then there is a bright chance of getting
th
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