All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) An Overview

AIEEE opens avenues for about 40-50,000 dexterous students, willing to get admission in varied fields including Engineering, Technology, Pharmacy and Architecture in some of the top-notch colleges in India. The decisive government body is Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India that takes the policy decision to take up All India Engineering Entrance Examination every year. This entrance examination is carried out to minimize the problems arising in front of well-deserving candidates seeking admission in some of the well-reckoned colleges in different corners of the country.

Usually conducted in the month of May, AIEEE calls only those students for counseling who perform well in the entrance and secure a respectable position or rank. AIEEE is responsible for providing admission in country’s 19 National Institutes of Technology (NITs). Candidates are eligible for central counseling or state counseling only on the basis of their All India Rank (AIR) or State Rank. SC/ST and physically handicapped candidates are called for counseling on the first and second day of the counseling. In order to ensure ease for everyone, candidates are offered the convenience to submit online application forms at AIEEE’s official website.

Eligibility- Any candidate who has passed final 10+2 examination of equivalent is eligible for appearing the examination. Additionally, those who are appearing for 10+2 are also considered eligible for the examination but they are admitted provisionally and need to submit their passing certificate in class XII qualifying examination. In case the student is unable to submit the mark-sheet, their admission will be cancelled.

Examination Pattern- Those opting for Engineering are tested in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and the duration is 3 hours for the same with maximum marks 540 and an equal weight-age of 180 each. Aspirants opting for Architecture are tested on the basis of their performance in Mathematics and an aptitude test.