Top National Level Engineering Entrance Exams

Some facts Updated on 30th June 2016

2016 Pattern of all exams  will be updated soon. Read it in reference to 2015. 

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. Psychograhphic Society 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	3rd week of November	1st week of April	1st week of May
JEE Advanced	1st week of May	Last week of May	3rd week of June
BITSAT	3rd week of February	2nd week May onwards	Just after the entrance exam gets over
VITEEE	1st week of December	1st week of April	Last week of April
MU OET	Last week of October	2nd week of April	Last week of May
SRMEEE	2nd week of November	2nd & 3rd week of April	1st week of May

Note: The above mentioned dates are based on last year’s schedule and subject to change based on the discretion of the exam conducting bodies.

Top National Level B.Tech Entrance 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, 12.5 lakhs in 2015 and 12 lakhs in 2016.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), 20 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs, IIITM & IIITDM), 18 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 2 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 22 IITs and ISM, Dhanbad. Only top 2 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 Advancedprovided such candidates are in the top 20 percentile of their respective boards. JEE Advancedis 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 in 2015 and 2 lakhs in 2016.

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 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 12th 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 into a good engineering college in India. Try to give as many as possible engineering entrance exams as this will help you in landing into the college of your dreams.