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CEE KEAM Exam 2017



Applications are invited for the CEE KEAM 2017 Entrance Examinations for Admission to Medical / Agriculture / Veterinary / Fisheries / Engineering / Architecture / MBBS & BDS Degree Courses 2017 . KEAM, short for Kerala Engineering Agricultural Medical is an entrance examination series for admissions to various professional degree courses in the state of Kerala, India. Commissioner of Entrance Exams run by the Government of Kerala conducts this examination for entrance in various government colleges of the state. Since there are many big universities in the state KEAM is probably the only entrance test series in India that is conducted by a State Government directly.

CEE KEAM 2017 Entrance Exams Details

Engineering Courses-Students are tested on topics of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics taught in the 11th and 12th grade Kerala State Education Board Higher Secondary Examinations and similar boards and national boards such as Central Board of Secondary Education and Indian Certificate of Secondary Education. The entrance exam is in two parts. Part I is Mathematics and Part II is Physics and Chemistry.

  • Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)
  • B.Tech. (Agricultural Engineering) [B.Tech. (Agri. Engg.)
  • B.Tech. (Dairy Science & Technology) [B.Tech. (D.Sc. & Tech.)
  • B.Tech. (Food Engineering) [B.Tech. (Food Engg.)

Architecture Course

  • Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.)

Medical Courses

  • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
  • Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS)
  • Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS)
  • Bachelor of Siddha Medicine and Surgery (BSMS)
  • Bachelor of Homoeopathic Medicine and Surgery (BHMS)

Agriculture & Forestry Courses

  • Bachelor of Science-Agriculture [BSc. Hons.(Ag.)]
  • Bachelor of Science-Forestry [BSc. Hons.(Forestry)]

Veterinary Course :

  • Bachelor of Veterinary Science & Animal Husbandry (BVSc. & AH)

Fisheries Course :

  • Bachelor of Fisheries Science (BFSc.)

KEAM 2017 Eligibility For Admission

Nativity : Only Indian citizens are eligible for admission to Professional courses unless otherwise notified. Persons of Indian Origin (PIO)/ Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) will also be 16 KEAM-2012, © CEE, TVM treated at par with Indian citizens for the limited purpose of admission. However PIO/OCI candidates will not be eligible for any kind of reservation.

Keralite : A candidate of Kerala origin will be categorised as a ‘Keralite’. Children of All India Service (AIS) officers (Non-Keralites) allotted to Kerala cadre are deemed to be ‘Keralites’. But they will not be eligible for Communal/Special/Persons with Disabilities reservation. (ii) Non-Keralite : A candidate who is not of ‘Kerala origin’ but who has undergone the qualifying course in Kerala, and who is the son/daughter of the following categories of Non-Keralite parents will be categorised as Non-Keralite : (a) Employees of the Government of India and Defence personnel, posted to Kerala. (b) Employees, who are serving the Government of Kerala, subject to the condition that the employees have served in the State of Kerala or for the State of Kerala, for a minimum period of two years. These candidates will be considered against ‘State Merit’ seats only for Engineering/Medical Allied courses and will not be eligible for Communal/ Special/Persons with Disabilities reservation. (iii) Non-Keralite (Category II) : Candidates who do not come under ‘Keralite’ or ‘Non- Keralite (Category I)’ will be categorised as ‘Non-Keralite (Category II)’. Such candidates are not eligible for admission to the Engineering courses in Government/Aided/KAU/KVASU/ Engineering Colleges or to Medical/Agriculture/Veterinary/Fisheries courses in Government/ Aided /KAU/KVASU/KUFOS Colleges. Such candidates are only eligible for admission to Engineering courses in Management quota seats in Government Controlled Self financing Colleges and Government seats in Private Self financing Colleges, which will be notified
separately.

Academic Eligibility

Medical Courses

  • For admission to Medical Courses (MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BSMS, BHMS): Candidates who have passed Higher Secondary examination of the Board of Higher Secondry Education, Kerala, or examinations recognised equivalent thereto, with 50% marks in Biology/Biotechnology separately, and 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology put together, are eligible.
  • For admission to B.Sc.Hon(Agri), B.Sc.Hon(Forestry), BFSc courses: Candidates who have passed Higher Secondary examination of the Board of Higher Secondary Education, Kerala, or examinations recognised equivalent thereto, with 50% marks in Biology separately, and 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology put together, are eligible.
  • For admission to BVSc. & AH Course, candidates should have secured not less than 50% aggregate marks in English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology for the qualifying examination
  • Candidates who have passed the BSc Degree (Three year course) examination with Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, or Biotechnology as Main, and any one or two of the above subjects as Subsidiaries, with 50% marks for Main & Subsidiaries taken together, subject to the condition that they have passed Higher Secondary Examination, Kerala or examinations recognised as equivalent thereto with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as optional subjects are eligible for admission to MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS & BSMS courses.

Engineering Course

  • Candidates who have passed Higher Secondary Examination, Kerala, or Examinations recognized as equivalent thereto, with 50% marks in Mathematics separately, and 50 % marksin Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry/Computer Science/Bio-technology/Biology put together are eligible for admission.
  • Candidates who have Diploma in Engineering awarded by the Board of Technical Examinations, or an examination recognised equivalent thereto, by the State Board of Technical Education after undergoing an institutional course of at least 3 years, securing a minimum of 50% marks in the final Diploma Examination are eligible for admission to the special reservation quota (DE)
  • Candidates who have passed Higher Secondary Examination, Kerala, or examinations recognised as equivalent thereto, with 50 % marks in Mathematics/Biology separately, and 50 % marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics/Biology put together are eligible for admission to the seats reserved for Dairy Farm Instructors of Dairy Development Department for B.Tech. (D.Sc. & Tech). However, the candidates admitted to the course have to take a make up course in Basic Mathematics (2+0) credits or Applied Biology (1+1) credit as the case may be.

Architecture Courses

  • Minimum academic eligibility for admission to B. Arch.: 10+2 or equivalent examination from a recognised Board with Mathematics as a subject of study by securing 50% marks in aggregate. OR
    10+3 Diploma (any stream) recognised by Central/State Governments with 50% aggregate marks.
  • Only those candidates who score 40 % or 80 marks out of 200 (for all categories of candidates) in the National Aptitude Test in Architecture (NATA) will be considered for admission to B. Arch. course.
  • There is no provision for lateral admission to the second year or at any stage during the 5 year course in Architecture.
  • Candidates who have a Diploma in Engineering awarded by the Board of Technical Examinations, or an examination recognized equivalent thereto, by the State Board of Technical Education after undergoing an institutional course of at least 3 years, securing a minimum of 50% marks in the final Diploma Examination are eligible for admission to B. Arch. Course.

Marks Relaxation

For all the courses, candidates belonging to Socially and Educationally Backward Classeswith a total annual family income not exceeding Rs.4.5 lakhs, will have a relaxation of 5% marks in the qualifying examination. They need only 45% marks in the case of Mathematics/Biology and 45% marks in the case of optional subjects put together. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes candidates need only a pass in the qualifying examination. However, for admission to MBBS/BDS courses, candidates belonging to SC/ST categories need 40% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology put together in the qualifying examination. Candidates with Locomotory disability of lower limbs between 40% to 70% need only 45% marks in case of Biology/Biotechnology and 45% marks in case of optional subjects put together for admission to MBBS course (as per the Guidelines of Medical Council of India). Provided that in cases where only grades are given for qualifying examination and marks are
not mentioned, the grade covering 45% marks will be considered as criterion for eligibility

KEAM 2017 Admission Procedure

Admission to Engineering courses shall be regulated on the basis of merit as assessed by giving equal weightage of 50:50 to the marks obtained in the Entrance Examination for Engineering (Paper I & Paper II put together), and the grade/marks obtained for Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry/Computer Science/Biotechnology/Biology put together in the final year of the qualifying examination, after effecting the standardization procedure.

For admissions to the Architecture course*, the merit as assessed by giving equal weightage to the marks obtained in the ‘National Aptitude Test in Architecture’ [NATA], conducted by the National Institute of Advanced Studies in Architecture (NIASA), and the grade/marks in
the qualifying examination will be the criterion.

Admission to Medical courses, Agriculture, Veterinary and Fisheries courses are regulated on
the basis of merit as assessed in the Medical Entrance Examination.







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4 Responses to “CEE KEAM Exam 2017”

CEE KEAM Exam 2017 discussions
  1. disqus_9Io9NYUlzp Says:

    where is the KEAM entrance exam centers in calicut for 2013?

  2. AKHIL Says:

    What is the cutoff mark of kerala engineering entrance examination 2013 for each subjects.?

  3. devika Says:

    How to give options for the med.&allied courses? When is the last date ?

  4. fathima nazar Says:

    my role number for keam medical 2015 is 118952.what is my rank?

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